waging a censorship campaign the day after bonding president trump of voting and praising the capitol hill facebook also removed the popular pro trump hash tag walk away campaign page it's founder brandon striker who was also says that there are glaring double standards applied. our walkway campaign group on facebook has grown to 508000 people telling their stories telling their testimonials and facebook about 11 days ago banned the group and banned every person who was an admin on the group employee's volunteers and we don't really have an explanation why they never they didn't tell us that it was a specific post or a specific incident or anything i think that what we're seeing right now is only the beginning there will be more bans there will be more censorship is donald trump a legitimate president that's an acceptable conversation but the opposite is not true you are not allowed to question if joe biden is a legitimately elected president you're not allowed to question if oter fraud existed in order to enable the democrats or joe biden and if you engage in that kind of speech you will be de pla

youtube began removing live streamed videos of the violence on capitol hill. facebookd it took offlinese veral forums, including one with thousands of members who in advance of wednesday's riot posted the home addresses of federal judges and politicians, often accompanied with images of guns and weaponry. facebook stopped the president from posting to his page.rb ceo mark zucg justified the ban saying, "we believe the risks of allowing the president to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great." after some back and forth, twitter permanently took the president's account offline and removed l his prior messages. in a statement the company said "after close review of recent tweets from the @realdonaldtrump account and the context aroundth we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence." these moves by the social media giants were applauded by some, though many said it wan far too lateming. many conservatives, meanwhile, cried foul, alleging censorship against their political views. the social media ap

according to nbc news, these extremist organized the capitol hill riot in plain sight. they posted fliers on facebook and instagram as well as discussing their plans on far-right corners of the internet. some even live streamed their destruction of the capitol as they did it, earning thousands of dollars from fans as they ransacked and destroyed priceless american history. joining me now, two experts in online disinformation, nbc news reporter brandy is he droez sni. good to see you both. brandy, twitter one of several social media sites cracking down on president trump's after the capitol hill insurrection. how are the president and his followers reacting to the bans? how is this going to change the ways, if at all, that they organize? >> well, from reports we can tell that trump is lived. we can guess that because this is the main form of communication that he has used to communicate with his followers. he loves twitter. the fact that he can't be on it right now must be driving him insane. but he can't because what he does with twitter and what he did with twitter was send a mob to go seemingly get

capitol hill. social media platforms twitter, facebook and instagram have now locked mr trump out of his account anda permanent suspension. peter bowes is our north america correspondent. talk america correspondent. us through the process ongoing talk us through the process ongoing in the senate. yes, the process continues, the one that had to be halted abruptly earlier in the day when those protesters stormed into the building and they picked up exactly where they were. they we re exactly where they were. they were assessing arizona, the joint session had split into two, the senate and house were debating an objection to the result of the state of arizona and that was rejected by both houses. now they are doing exactly the same thing after an objection was raised on the result in the state of pennsylvania. so what was a joint session, the two houses of the upper and lower house, separately debating that objection and now there is no chance of that actually going ahead and being confirmed by either house — there is clearly no majority in favour of opposing that objection, so we expected to be dismis

capitol hill . to domestic terrorism. the leader biden facebook facebook. account indefinitely pending future behavior. living former u.s. presidents have condemned the violence seen on capitol hill with. the kind of thing that happens in. public look at whether america really is that different from one of the. toughest months of germany's. must vaccination already being on the way. thanks for joining us this. seems all maneuvers in a bid to oust president from office this is after the unprecedented scenes witnessed on capitol hill in which a mob of his supporters went on a deadly rampage through the heart of american democracy incited some believe by the president himself. we got our. president invited me. and he confided because. 4 people were killed with dozens of police offices in git president trump has condemned what happened and now promises an orderly transition adding though that this isn't the end for him and his supporters the demonstrators who infiltrated the capitol have defiled the seat of american democracy to those who engage in the acts of v

joining the list of tech companies blocking or limiting trump's accounts after last week's capitol hill riots now facebook and airbnb just announcing new measures ahead of the inauguration airbnb saying it will ban guests associated with hate groups. facebook will stop and take off all content with the hashtag of stop the steal we saw twitter fall disproportionally to its rivals down 6.5%. angela merkel said this is a problem if these companies decide who can speak, especially a head of state. is this a problem for twitter? >> specifically twitter, yes it manifested itself in the way the stock will speak it's a problem twitter will overcome it's too valuable property i think it will get past this. the one that i'm most concerned about and i've voiced some concern whether justified or not is facebook and if you look facebook's down 15% since its all-time high back i think on september 2nd. not a particularly strong day today. i think earnings at the end of the month are going to be fantastic. i'm not suggesting they won't be but, again, i'll say the existential risk to facebook if it comes under the auspic

facebook. that is not the right message. i am not surprised the head of capitol hill police resigned. in fact everyone who was involved in the leadership should be forced to resign or terminated . members of the mob, they flew trump flags. they wore qanon logos. disrupt and stop the ertificatier next certification of the president of the united states. their claim is something that should be taken serious enough and in charges of sedition should be brought, not only against those that were there but charges of sedition should

eric: in the wake of the deadly riots on capitol hill, tech companies including facebook or twitter restrictedtheir platforms and now with parler at risk of shutting down completely, the president for the moment is without his most frequently used communication tool. as president, he does have the white house briefing room and the east room and a telephone of course to speak out. but so far, he has not chosen to use them. publicly, at least. mark meredith live in washington with the very latest on this. mark, you think we're going to hear from the president soon? >> reporter: eric, i don't think it will be today. the white house has indicated they don't expect the president to speak to cameras. we're hearing from lawmakers as they are praising social media companies for disabling the president's account while others fear this will set a bad precedent and lead to more censorship down the road. president trump's twitter account disabled friday night. the company said they took action to prevent the risk of future incitement. facebook, instagram, snapchat did the same thing over similar concerns.

well to your point about no one really raising a stink about facebook's role in the in the capitol hill riots i would also like to point out that there have been murdered rapes and unfortunately suicides that have all been broadcasted on facebook lifestream me and yet there's been no action taking taken against facebook to try and limit their reach or anything like that actually on the contrary silicon valley has been continue to be propped up by the establishment government in terms of the tech platforms that are out there you know parlor as one of the bigger ones there is. actually gaining as well i think there is this huge need in the market for a platform that won't try to editorialize what views you are and are not allowed to see we see that especially among the republican party that a lot of conservative commentators actually myself included are feeling very stifled there is absolutely and an even an uncool enforcement of their terms of service people are looking for alternatives but my worry is that silicon valley will once again act in collusion with each other to prevent these

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from office kucing of insights into the deadly capitol hill province officials have branded domestic terrorism. polling the leader of team biden facebook facebook blocks trips accounted definitely pending future behavior all living former u.s. presidents have condemned the violence seen on capitol hill with a shock to george w. bush likening it to the gun the thing that happens in a quote banal republic look at whether about really is that different from one of the.

eric: facebook and twitter caught up in the controversy for suspending president trump's account after riots on capitol hills week. twitter banned him permanently it says and facebook until end of term. je -- giano caldwell. what do you think about this action? gianno: first off, thank you for having me. i was out of the country when our attack happened at our sacred institution, u.s. capitol and leaders across the world have denounced president trump encouraging supporters to go to the capitol knowing he has passionate supporters and who knows what they might have done and as a result people did die, so that unfortunate act happened, now in terms of the censoring, if twitter wants to censor president trump, it's their right, it's a private company, however, you should have equality when you're talking about censoring and honestly if you look at the platform now you can censor the whole dang thing. just yesterday there was trending name hang mike pence, how is that appropriate? section 230 given the protections for twitter, instagram, facebook and others should really be revoked because there's an equality

republican democratic like just days after violent protests erupted on capitol hill, california democratic assembly member evan low so this facebook post from santa clara county elected official phil reynolds inciting violence and calling for civil war. this is not just harmless rhetoric. this is incendiary, and this is fundamentally against the principle of our democracy. reynolds who's elected member of the senate, clara county republican party central committee, posted the comments just as a bob took over the u. s capitol in an attempt to overturn the election just days before the violent protests in d. c. reynolds posted these photos of himself at a stop the still rally in los gatos. this is not your average citizen. this is a public elected representative. reynolds is an air force veteran who previously ran for campbell city council and congress but lost. he now holds an elected position on the governing body of the county's republican party. in a statement to ktvu, the party's chairman, said, we denounced the political violence at the capitol. and have been consistent in repeating, hating political violence and those who adv

in the week's top stories riots on capitol hill in washington leave 5 people dead with dozens charged and arrested. in the wake of that chaos twitter and facebook ban donald trump accusing him of inciting his supporters to commit acts of violence . plus a u.k. court refuses to extradite julian assange should the u.s. where he's wanted on espionage charges but his supporters are left frustrated after a bail request is.

let's get to twitter and facebook stock story, the business fallout in the wake of deadly rising capitol hill consuming shares, both are slumping, twitter down six and a third%, facebook down 3.6%, after permanently in the case of twitter or facebook indefinitely suspending president trump from their platform, twitter has lost nearly 5 billion in market cap value so far this session. flip it over to amazon, apple and google there involved all in the red after booting social media platform parler i favor of the writers detected capital, they kicked parler off its app store, amazon booted parler off its web hosting service earlier this morning. parler is now suing amazon, although this action raising questions about freedom of speech and the role big tech plays in this game, attorneys from the first amendment institute and columbia university have successfully argued cases involving twitter president trump katie fellow is one of the lead attorneys, joining us live with senior research analyst dan fox who covers a lot of the stocks. kadian going to start with you, the first amendment protects pe

were arrested this of course referring to the riots that took place on capitol hill on wednesday and as a result of that facebook and instagram have banned donald trump indefinitely that's according to the company's c.e.o. mark zuckerberg in a statement. that move back and will last for at least the next 2 weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete. well congress was eventually able to formally approved joe biden's election victory clearing him to be sworn in as president on january 20th the senate and house rejected several challenges made to the counting of votes in biden's favor. so as you've been hearing there are questions being raised now about the security lapse that was seen on capitol hill on wednesday and how protesters were able to breach the walls of capitol hill let's bring in diane goldstein she's a retired police officer and the executive director of the law enforcement action partnership she's joining us via skype from las vegas thanks so much for speaking to us on al-jazeera the mayor of d.c. maria bowzer was speaking just a short while ago at a press conference and she flat out sa

so i think there is this question, you know, not just what they face from capitol hill, this question whether facebookiassed in how it regulates content on the platform or whether it can be used as a tool for bad and whether they need to be much more stringent in preventing that from happening. and simply right now they think the risk is too great for the next week. there is a very, very bold move by mark zuckerberg >> to that point, in referencing something that tom friedman said earlier, there was a period before the election where facebook was elevating more credible news content into people's news feed and then they apparently stopped doing that you know, do we have any sense that they're going to revisit that policy and perhaps make it permanent as well? >> well, look, they have been trying to elevate reputable news, particularly about coronavirus. they've been elevating, you know, correct news from reputable sources around the election if you go to instagram right now, they here is the election news you need to know. here's what's happening right now. but i think what has shifted is for many yea

on argue international riots on capitol hill in washington leave 5 people dead with dozens of protesters charged and arrested. in the wake of the chaos twitter and facebook bama donald trump accusing him of inciting his supporters to commit violence. record refuses to extradite joining us on the tube u.s. where he is wanted on espionage charges but his supporters are left frustrated after a bail request has turned out. this is a battle not just for the knife of one. tree growing.

riots on capitol hill in washington leave 5 people dead with dozens of protesters charged under rested. in the wake of the chaos twitter and facebook take the on president instead bombing doubled from accusing him of inciting his supporters to commit. a u.k. court refuses to extradite julian assange just to the u.s. where he's wanted to go espionage charges.

be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. >> biting cabinet nominees on capitol hill this week for their confirmation hearing. three hearings wednesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span. former michigan governor and energy secretary nominee. at 10:00 a.m. on c-span3, retired ambassador nominated for you and ambassador. at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, former obama white house chief of staff nominated for secretary of veteran affairs. on thursday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, one hearing for two nominees. ohio congress moment for secretary of housing and urban development. in the nomination for chair, council of economic advisors. watch the confirmation hearings live on c-span on c-span3. on-demand at c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio app. >> white house domestic policy council director susan rice joined press secretary jen psaki at the daily briefing. miss rice talked about the president's executive actions on improving racial actions on housing and directing the justice department to not renew contracts with private prisons. other topics included the coronaviru

republican democratic like just days after violent protests erupted on capitol hill, california democratic assembly member evan low so this facebookelected official phil reynolds inciting violence and calling for civil war. this is not just harmless rhetoric. this is incendiary, and this is fundamentally against the principle of our democracy. reynolds who's elected member of the senate, clara county republican party central committee, posted the comments just as a bob took over the u. s capitol in an attempt to overturn the election just days before the violent protests in d. c. reynolds posted these photos of himself at a stop still rally in los gatos. this is not your average citizen. this is a public elected representative reynolds is an air force veteran who previously revocable city council and congress but lost. he now holds an elected position on the governing body of the county's republican party. in a statement to ktvu, the party's chairman, said, we denounce the political violence at the capitol. and have been consistent in repeating, hating political violence and those who advocate for him, but a family member low says

should be illegal. >> this is the first time twitter and facebook have locked donald trump out of his account. >> you to react to the chaos on capitol hill, david webb. the top two house republicans sounding off, take a listen. >> this is the worst we have seen this afternoon. we can protest. >> there is no place for violence in america and we are disgusted by what happened at the comparable -- capital. todd: your reaction? >> this is not who we are. if you are truly an american, republican, conservative who believes in law and order you don't destroy property. i am angry. i get the anchor. i had a closer view of this because of rudy giuliani, seeing the fraud and irregularities, fighting this election. i've seen it closer than a lot of americans more than courts are willing to hear. going to this extreme is not acceptable and another thing, what has been done with many on the left textual rising what happened, bl m, biden and harris raising staffers to bail rioters out of jail. there's a lot of wrong in this including those that inserted themselves in violence. i agree with the president, it is time, we have a system, but to go home pea

of trouble from accusing him of inciting the deadly capitol hill which officials have branded domestic terrorism. following the lead of team facebook. accounts indefinitely pending his future behavior. in the living former u.s. presidents have condemned the violence and comfortable with george w. bush blanketing it to the kind of thing that happens in. public whether america really is different from one of those. in other news the toughest months in germany still ahead despite mass vaccination being under way. a very good morning to you this is. democrats seem to be all maneuvers in a bid to oust president. after the precedent it seems on capitol hill in which a mob of his supporters went on a deadly rampage through the heart of american democracy incited some say by the president himself. i. i i. i. i. was sure. that. our. president invited me. and you confided because. live. people have died as a result of the riots among the policeman dozens of offices were also injured president trump has condemned what happened and now promises an orderly transition adding that this isn't the end for him and his supporters. the demonstrators w

quick to outrightly cond dam the violence that we saw at the capitol hill riot last wednesday they've also objected at the way companies like facebook and twitter have denied president trump access to their websites as far as these european leaders a concent those tech companies don't have the right to be able to decide who has a voice and who doesn't speak to the chancellor considers a problematic with the accounts of the u.s. president has now been permanently blocked but there's also concern in france over the power tech companies have shown that they have and you know banishing the person silencing them on social networks which has become a form of public space seems to me a complicated matter in the absence of specifically established criteria digital regulation should not be done by the digital or the go cute self regulation of the digital spheres amounts of sovereign people governments and the judiciary where the e.u. commissioner for internal market terry baton who's long been a big voice calling for more regulation on tech companies described the capitol hill riot last wednesday as the $911.00 moment of social media as far

transition of power is complete in just a reminder that he was blocked from facebook and instagram after the events transpired on capitol hill on wednesday that ban was temporary but now mark zuckerberg confirming that it will be on for the next 2 weeks so let's bring in alan fischer he's standing by for us at the white house will get reaction from him in a moment but 1st particle hane joining us from capitol hill so patty just explain today seen or wednesday's events and you were there you witnessed that you witnessed them all. i was in there and it is a very very different scene today we're seeing a lot more security about 2 blocks outside of the compound and every street that comes to the capital there see appear to be dump trucks and police officers there checking i.d.'s long before you get to the building you have to have a credential to be able to get in there is a visible police presence somewhat surprise in there is no national guard here which i fully expected but really right now i think for the entire country there's just a feeling of shock sadness anger i've talked to people who work in this building they were te

facebook is saying it will ban president trump's account indefinitely. the platform along with twitter suspended the president yesterday over his quotes about the capitol hill riot, obviously getting big attention. susan li is following the story. >> facebook going even further than other players, saying they are extending the block that they placed on president trump's facebook and instagram accounts indefinitely. for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete. on twitter telling that they will keep the form including a further escalation in our enforcement approach is necessary. president trump twitter account is locked until maybe later on tonight after he had three tweets that violated twitter's platform rules. it's not just twitter and facebook, snapchat has locked president trump's account. the e-commerce player in north america said there terminating the source affiliated with the president. social media has been criticized for giving him too much leeway in helping incite the violence. we have seen increased policing since the summer's george floyd protest, but that policing only applies to conservatives according

and be sure to join in with your calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> biden cabinet nominees are on capitol hillhis week for the confirmation hearings. three hearings. wednesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span, energy secretary nominee jennifer granholm. at 10:00 a.m. on c-span 3, the nominee for u.n. ambassador. at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, former white house chief of staff denis mcdonough. on thursday, one hearing for two nominees, the nominee for house and that housing in every element and the chair of the council of economic advisors. watch on c-span and c-span 3, on demand at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span

phil reynolds posted this message on facebook as the mob rushed into capitol hill. the post says, quote, the war has begun. citizens take arms. reynol reynolds claims his words are twisted. >> reporter: he once ran unsuccessfully for congress. his online post shocked and angered many people, including assemblyman evan lowe who was once mayor of campbell. the riot at the nation's capitol has put the public and public officials on edge and certainly raised the emotional stakes on any messages, pro or con, about the violence that took place, that may be why evan lowe wrote a furious reply to phil reynolds when he wrote, the war has begun, citizens take arms, freedom shall prevail. we must protect our constitution to the death. lowe is one of many calling for reynolds to resign as a member of the republican central committee. lowe said he's determined to hold reynolds, a long-time campbell official accountable for his statements. >> it's horrible to see this type of rhetoric and comes, harmful comments with respect to an elected representative. this individual should be

capitol hill siege. but plenty of organization was done on facebook and youtube, which is owned by google. this is a very encouraging development as far as this judge is concerned,. lou: lou absolutely. and you have to deal with this every day and as a consumer of other media, i do as well, as do all americans. but you have to focus on what has become a media that is unabashedly one-sided and also utterly, it is self-blinded to the reality. there's an old saying you can, we can all have our opinions, but we can't have our own facts. the left-wing media has only looked at their own facts as well. that's it. they created new facts, if you will, at least -- and decided which to leave out. i love the fact that chuck schumer is talking about trump's supporters on the ellipse and then at the capitol as if everyone who showed up for save america, that rally, suddenly was in the capitol building. it's, it's a fiction, and it's an intended, an intended oversight on the good soon-to-be majority leader's part. we're watching this every day, a disinformation campaign. it's propaganda. it's brought to

capitol hill in a move critics say risks further dividing the country. twitter permanently bans trump's account over over claims about his tweets were being interpreted this censorship follows facebook shutting down the president's page accusing him of undermining a peaceful transition of power. this is banana republic that we're watching happen this is why.

it looks like it's taken from an instagram live or facebook live, and he left us on capitol hill.ou for doing that and thank you to the parents whoever you are for raising the issue. what's the ultimate goal here of this type of racial indoctrination that we laid out? 18-year-old massachusetts girl use twitter to write out her mom for attending the capitol hill protest last week. hi, mom, remember that time i shouldn't go to blm protests because they could get violent? this is your? she then showed a video reporting to show her mom after a altercation. we should note that there is no indication she went into the capitol building only that she was at the trump march. joining now, former princeton and vanderbilt professor, carol, what's going on here turning child against parent? >> well, it's the indoctrination of the political left. is a very common among marxist communist tactic to divide family. i think it is more important than ever before. for parents to take responsibility and see where they're sending their children to be educated. at schools whether they are private or publ

capitol hill riots and continued to perpetuate his lies. but his megaphone isn't completely turned back on. facebook will continue blocking president trump's account, including instagram, for at least through the end of his term, and potentially indefinitely. >> he's still the president of the united states. he's got massive power. and of course he's the commander in chief. he still has somebody who follows him around with the nuclear codes. >> reporter: democrats and a few republicans today calling for the immediate removal of the president. >> a very dangerous person who should not continue in office. this is urgent. this is emergency of the highest magnitude. >> the president is unfit, and the president is unwell. and the president must now relinquish control of the executive branch, voluntarily or involuntarily. >> reporter: soon to be senate majority leader chuck schumer asking vice president pence to invoke the 25th amendment. >> he may have only 13 days left as president, but yesterday demonstrated that each and every one of those days is a threat to democracy so long as he is in power. >> th

morning and be sure to join the discussion with your facebook messages, telephone calls, text messages, and tweets. during a photo op on capitol hillenate majority leader chuck schumer acknowledged the 16 senators who help democrats regain control of the senate. senator schumer also answered a few questions from reporters about the senate agenda, including the second impeachment trial of donald trump. >> what are those papers? [indistinc

on social media for a massive protest on capitol hill to coincide with wednesday's joint session of congress. he is now facing new restrictions online. facebook and instagram have suspended his account. ceo mark zuckerberg issued a statement, saying trump had used the mat foplatform to incite violent insurrection against a democratically elected government. claiming, witho eviden, the nomber predentiallection has since been ken do from youtube, facebo, and twitter. now, these developments will not stop the president-elect from taking the oath of office. still, they have magnified cracks in american democracy. the department of politics and international relations at youngstown state university. nhk world's katherine kobayashi spoke with him earlier. >> professor, what did the break with norms, the challenges, what happened at the capitol, say to you about the state of this republic? >> well, the state of the republic is not good, right now. we are a deeply divided people. we've known this, for a long time. what we saw at the capitol, yesterday, was reall kind of the -- the -- maybe, the tip of the iceberg or what sort of surfaced but it's bee

capitol hill. congressman mark desaulnier will take questions on his facebook page. >> we are continuing to watch everything that's going on in washington very closely. the greatest place to get information when we're not on the air is our web page. capitol riots updates on our trending bar. very easy to find all the stories and updates when they come in, all in one place. >>> 5:05 tuesday morning. some restaurant owners in marin say enough is enough. they're imploring governor newsom to reopen outdoor dining. cierra johnson joins us now. it's been a financial hit for so many people, so many restaurants. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, yes. it's been financially difficult for a lot of those business owners as well as those employees working at some of those restaurants behind me. you can see throughout the bay area they're sitting empty. that latest round of restrictions eliminates indoor and outdoor dining. some of the city leaders here in marin county reaching tout governor newsom, asking him to allow them to reinstate that outdoor dining. that letter asking for that green light to go forward wit

other platforms, including google and facebook have announced bands after the attack on the capital. >>> a live look from capitol hill where a lawmaker is getting ready to play a crucial role in the impeachment proceedings. east bay representative, eric swalwell was named one of nine impeachment managers. if they do impeach the president, he and his colleagues will make the case for his removal at the senate trial. he tweeted tonight that he is humbled and honored. a little over two hours ago, they approved a resolution urging vice president mike penn stewards the 25th amendment to remove president trump from office. reporter skyler henry is on capitol hill. >>> in a letter to house speaker nancy pelosi, the vice president said he would not move against the president saying that it would not be in the best interest of the nation. the house will then seek to ngc week's violenthe president ur ai deed he was responsible for what happened. >> people thought what i said was totally appropriate. >> reporter: here on capitol hill, there are signs of growing division within president trump's party. a handful of gop lawmakers

. >> reporter: ben sasse blasted his colleagues on facebook, sang the president and his allies are playing with fire. here on capitol hill senate majority leader mitch mcconnell blocked the democrats attempt to break up a clean vote on the $2000 stimulus checks for a third day in a row. >> socialism for rich people is a terrible way to help the american families that are actually struggling. >> all that i'm asking sen. mcconnell is, give us what is the problem. >> reporter: they continue to debate on a measure to override the president's veto of the national defense bill. that vote is expected to take pl., friday. so once again, a few things to pay attention to, as we had into next week. that electoral college certification process, we know at least one republican sen. is siding with some of his house colleagues and saying that he is going to challenge the electoral college vote when it comes on january 6. the other thing to pay attention to is that runoff senate race in georgia, as a could shift the balance of power here on capitol hill. here on capitol hill, skyler henry, kpix5. >>> as an fireworks in berlin with a rin

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