chuck grassley said he hopes that will continue. at the same time, we have to think of biden's stimulus plan, a lot of nonstarter's for republicans. maybe this is just an opening bid. but, raising minimum wage, additional checks to american families of these are all things that republicans have said for ages that they will not support. caroline: what about the climate focus? >> janet yellen said that she wants to have a "hub of climate policy makers" to address that and she said that climate change risks are a dark cloud for the u.s. economy. romaine: of course, her confirmation expected to happen in a matter of days here. coming up on the show, we will dig deeper into the incoming administration. president-elect joe biden and his plans to get the economic recovery back on track. this is bloomberg. ♪ romaine: in a little less than 24 hours, we will have a new president. we're just talking of course about the confirmation hearings earlier today for janet yellen to be treasury secretary. a lot of people want to know, not only what bid

chuck grassley tweeting i'm waiting for president biden to condemn the violence, looting, arson, the last two days in oregon, washington state. >> if you want to root out the mystic terrorism you go after antifa instead of pretending it is a mythical group created by the right or simply an idea his ideas are so damaging that building end of collapsing once they order them. absolutely ludicrous. >> reporter: trump and the media declines to an all-time low. according to reports shared by ask he is 57% of democrats and 18% of republicans trust traditional media sources. todd: dana lash is condemning political violence, she can't understand why democrats won't do the same. >> when joe biden was giving his inaugural address and got to the part where he was talking about white supremacy i was wondering if that was his way of referencing antifa considering the makeup of that violent group and not a lot of reporting as to what they did in portland and i hadn't heard him say anything about going after a state headquarters, this wasn't some street team field office. this is the organ democrati

iowa senator chuck grassley tweeting i'm waiting for president biden to condemn violence, looting, arson, last 2 days in washington and oregon. >> if you want to route at the mystic terrorism you go after antifa instead of pretending it is a mythical group created by the right or simply an idea whose ideas are so damaging that building end up collapsing once the other them. it is absolutely ludicrous. >> trust in the media has declined to an all-time low. according to a report shared by axial this 57% of democrats and 18% of republicans trust traditional media sources. >> newt gingrich as democrats need to speak up and take antifa more seriously. take a listen. >> when president biden in his inaugural talks about extremism and mencius not mention antifa i thought this morning that seattle and portland and denver may have been antifa's response to having their feelings hurt because they earned the right to be considered terrorist extremist group and the fact the left refuses, you will notice now that trump is gone we didn't suddenly get peace, you had antifa out there saying they despise

elizabeth: republican senator chuck grassley sent a letter to acting attorney general, release the departments5th. senator grassley is really angry over government leaks at the fbi and justice department he said poisoned and manipulated and distorted the national conversation on both general flynn and trump-russia probe right from the get-go. what do you say? >> i mean i think that is a very serious concern and i think that senator grassley has been right to pay attention to that throughout the past several congresses. i think you know, he worked closely with senator johnson as well and they have done a lot of work but we need to see the documents. we do need to have understanding of what is going on because this area is so damaging. it is damaging to release sensitive material. it is also damaging you're playing by the rules, you're target after leak, you can't respond because the information is sensitive. so it is a very unfair situation and something that needs to be looked into. elizabeth: if we didn't see, if we didn't see the declassified documents you would not have heard about the fbi

liz: republican senator chuck grassley sent a letter to the acting attorney general saint justice department us he is angry over government leaks of the fbi justice department that he said poisoned and manipulated and distorted the national conversation of general flynn in the trump russia probe from the get-go. what do you say? >> i think that's a very serious concern and i think senator grassley will pay attention to that throughout the several congresses and with senator johnson as well and they've done a lot of work but we do need to see the documents and we do need to have an understanding of what is going on because leaking is so damaging, it is in damaging to reveal and also damaging because you're playing by the rules and a target and you cannot respond because the information is sensitive, it is a very unfair situation. liz: if we did not see the declassified documents it would not a occur setting up the perjury trap to corner michael flynn. basically without a miranda warning, without a lawyer present, using a routine briefing turning that into a criminal interview of michael flynn

signed: chuck grassley, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned under host: and with that, that of the last action of the 116tht of the congress as we saw on the senate side. congress is what you will be seeing. follow along on c-span2. we want to welcome all of you watching on c-span and c-span2 as we are covering the hundred 17 congress, is opening day. then you will see later on today both in the house and senate, new members being supported, and a lot of activity. the vote for speaker of the house will be something to watch, but we welcome both c-span and c-span2 viewers to our program. just a few minutes of this program ends, so we are taking your calls. tony in new york, independent line. caller: my call today is about the pensions. we are sending money all over the world, pakistan, india. but american citizens like myself who have been suffering, waiting for the congress and the senate to come together to fix pension problems in this country, may have not done that yet. we kept getting push

let's not forget that chuck grassley had a lot of oversight when it comes to a democratic administrationet that the hunter biden and the foreign business dealings of the biden family will not go away should joe biden have a republican majority in the senate. the difference here is very stark in terms of how much power joe biden will have to implement his agenda not just right away but for the next four years. >> bret: your thoughts? >> this is going to be a world of difference. a difference of having a gridlocked biden the administration on a number of different factors or as katie said, they'll be able to push ahead with a number of different elements here and i think that's why you saw that number mentioned earlier by shannon, in terms of voters in georgia supporting republican candidates, they very much had on their mind the control of the u.s. senate. they had those national policies in mind. it wasn't so much about purdue or loeffler, it was more about what democrats could do if they have a free hand. >> bret: see you in a bit. polls close in georgia minutes from now. speech results

honorable chuck grassley for his service as president pro tem of the u.s. senate to designate senator ashley as president pro tempore of the u.s. senate. >> the work will report, is there objection, the senate will proceed to the major. >> i asked unanimous consent the resolution be agree to and the motion to reconsider a made in late up on the table without debate.je >> objection? no objection. so ordered. mr. president. >> senate majority leader. >> i asked unanimous consent the senate proceed to senate resolution eight submitted earlier today. >> report the resolution. >> senate resolution a divine the president of thes united states that the election of the president pro tempore. >> is there objection to proceed to the major? objection, hearing them, proceed to theas measure number for the president, i asked unanimous consent the resolution be agree to and the motion to reconsider be made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. >> without objection, so the senate proceed to resolution nine submitted earlier today. >> reports the re

. >> senate resolution sevens expressing the angst of the senate to the honorable chuck grassley for his service as president pro tempore of the 90 state senate. and to designate senator presley as president pro tempore emeritus of the united states senate. clerk report the resolution -- mike is there objection to proceed with the measure customer without objection the senate will proceed to the measure. >> ask unanimous consent the resolution bere agreed to and that the motion to reconsider be made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. >> not being an objection, so ordered. >> mr. president respect majority leader paired i ask unanimous consent think proceed to the senate resolution eight submitted earlier today to back the clerk report the resolution price effect senate resolution eight notifying the president of the united states of the election of a president pro tempore. >> is there objection to proceed to the measure? without objection, hearing nine, the senate will proceed to the measure. >> is a president ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed

michael: that goes to what chuck grassley was saying about this not being well targeted. the original plan in april was to get money as fast as -- get money out of fast as you could. now you can't make the argument that perhaps you want to target this more closely to the people who need it, the people who are unemployed, the people at lower income levels. that will be the next fight. i think republicans will go for some sort of additional payments if they are more targeted because that is just very popular with their constituents, but it probably does have to be modified a little bit because it is pretty hard to defend, other than on the basis of speed, the way they did it the first time. guy: it sounds as if we may have senator wyden starting to wrap up. he's been speaking a little longer than many people anticipated he would. we are going to be hearing from janet yellen in just a moment. let's hand things over to the confirmation hearing that is taking place on capitol hill. senator grassley asking a question to janet yellen. she is appearing virtually, as we know. let'

and constitutional questions but republican senator chuck grassley says rushing the trial is unconstitutional regardless how you feel about president trump every american citizen and he is now a citizen afforded due process under the constitution republicans argue a february trial would also allow the senate to approve more of president joe biden's cabinet. >>but oregon democrat ron wyden says why not do both center has always got to be able to do more than one thing want more time we have to get up and running mate these crises >>and the better. >>and president biden says he likes the idea of getting his administration up and running first before the senate tackles the impeachment trial live in washington, i'm anna wiernicki you thank you, anna. one of the house impeachment managers is east bay congressman eric swalwell he spoke with our inside very politics. catherine heenan today saying his team is. >>ready to go whenever they get the green light catherine what do we know, yeah he does say that he is are ready to go but they are also aware grant and vicki of the fact that the first days of

senator chuck grassley calls her eminently qualified. she cleared the first hurdle, committee hearing. we wouldn't be surprised if she's confirm bid the full senate in a couple of hours. lloyd austin is our new civilian leader of the pentagon. austin needed a waiver from both the house and senate to be considered because u.s. law says former members of the military have to be retired for seven years in order to qualify, and he is not. that waiver passed the houses easily as well. >>> a developing story, derick almena of the ghost ship warehouse fires has pled guilty, connected to the warehouse fire in 2016. this deal avoids a second trial after jurors could not reach a verdict the first time. almena will receive a nine-year sentence. it's not clear how much time he will serve, given the time already confined. >>> baseball legend hank aaron has died. a look at his career and the barriers he overcame to make it in the major leagues. >>> plus the countdown is on to the olympics. we are six months away, at least theoretically. the challenge

the clerk: senate resolution 7, expressing the thanks of the senate to the honorable chuck grassley for his service as president pro tempore of the united states senate and to designate senator grassley as president pro tempore emeritus of the united states senate. the president pro tempore: the clerk will report the -- is there objection to proceeding to the measure? and without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, and that the motion to reconsider be made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the president pro tempore: is there objection? there is none. without objection, so ordered. mr. schumer: mr. president. the president pro tempore: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of senate resolution 8, submitted earlier today. the president pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: senate resolution 8, notifying the president of the united states of the election of a president pro tempore. the president pro

i would have made a joke that chuck grassley had voted d vote thirds of the presidential elections. he is laughing. it is not as good as hitting the deer and the deer is dead but it got a lot. i don't think we want to tell the americans to come after us in this republican is broken and this is a banana republic and the institutions cannot be trusted. i don't think we want that. we don't want it in this body or our hometown >> i don't want to tell the kids that the best days are behind us because it is not true. that is not who we are. america is not had fields and mccoy's blood feud forever. america is a union. there is a lot that is broken in this country but not anything that is so big that the american people can't rebuild. that freedom and community and entrepreneurial effort and neighborhoods can't rebuild. nothing that broken is so big that we can't fix it. generations of our forefathers and our foremothers were ancestors have spilled blood to defend the glories of this republic. why would they do that? because america is the most exceptional nation in history of the world bec

and constitutional questions but republican senator chuck grassley says rushing the trial is unconstitutional regardless how you feel about president trump every american citizen and he is now a citizen afforded due process under the constitution republicans argue a february trial would also allow the senate to approve more of president joe biden's cabinet. >>but oregon democrat ron wyden says why not do both center has always got to be able to do more than one thing want more time we have to get up and running mate these crises >>and the better. >>and president biden says he likes the idea of getting his administration up and running first before the senate tackles the impeachment trial. live in washington, i'm anna wiernicki back to you. >>are there any republicans who could get behind this effort to impeach the former president and if so how many. well as of right now at least 5 or senate republicans have publicly come out and said that they're on the fence. they're not sure which way they're going to. >>a vote at but in order to convict a former president donald trump and they need to be

senators that might add up to the 17, quite a few people who are retiring very soon, people like chuck grassleysasse, and senators who are likely running in 2024 and do not want president trump to be in the running, so you can get to 13 or 1a votes pretty quickly that way, and then it depends on mitch mcconnell and other republicans. british meat exporters say new customs systems post—brexit are "�*not fit for purpose'. perishable goods are being delayed for hours, sometimes days, because of extra customs checks and additional paperwork. the new border rules were introduced two weeks ago at the end of the brexit transition period. the uk exports 15 billion pounds worth of food and drink to the eu every year, a third of that is perishable meat, fish and fresh produce. the bbc�*s business editor simonjack�*s report begins at a meat processing factory in shropshire, near the border with wales. uk lamb is highly prized. at this shropshire—based abattoir, 70% gets exported to the eu. it's an export—driven success story, but the well—oiled machine that gets it there has a new spanner in it. paperwork

senators that might add up to the 17, quite a few people who are retiring very soon and people like chuck grassleyand senators who are likely running in 2024 and do not want president trump to be in the running, so you can get to 13 or 14 votes pretty quickly that way, and thenit votes pretty quickly that way, and then it depends on the mitch mcconnell and other republicans. lauren wright, thank you so much for the analysis. early results in uganda's presidential election have given the incumbent a clear lead. but his main challenger, pop—star turned politician bobi wine, says the poll was rigged. catherine byaruhanga sent us this from kampala. one of my gardeners came and informed me that we were surrounded... he calls himself the hope of a new generation, but tonight bobi wine finds himself surrounded in his home. security forces patrol the area, reminding him of the power of the government he wants removed. the army says it's for his own protection. bobi wine rejects thursday's presidential elections. he told the bbc he believes he is the clear winner. i'm not calling myself a president—elect y

an incredibly dangerous moment where mike pence, nancy pelosi, and chuck grassley -- 1, 2, 3 in line of succession -- were inside the building. are we spending money in the right way on the capitol police? what are we getting in return? that's the same question about the department of defense. i'm on the appropriations committee. i hope to be a member of the defense appropriations subcommittee in the next congress. i will ask the same questions. why are we sending $700 billion on dod if they can't defend the capitol? it should not just be up to the capitol police, especially when there are 10,000 people marching on us. >> in your conversation with the secretary of the army, did he give any explanation for why it took so long? >> yes. there's a protocol today that cityres the mayor of the in order to request and then a level of court nation with the capitol police. first of all, we have to ask ourselves, should the mayor be involved at all and requesting the armed forces to defend perhaps the most important federal building in the country? whynd, we have to ask about that process of g

presidential election, if the vice president was not a chair and i would have made some joke that chuck grassley of those 59 presidential elections. he's laughing, it's not as good as dear dad, but it still got a laugh. i don't think we want to tell the americans that come after us that this republic is broken, that this republic is broken, that this republic is broken, that this isjust that this republic is broken, that this is just a banana republic, that our institutions cannot be trusted. i don't think we want that, we don't wa nt think we want that, we don't want that in this body and we don't want that in our hometown. that senator of nebraska, a noted tribe critic, he isa nebraska, a noted tribe critic, he is a republican talking about the ugliness of what happened on capitol hill today, talking about how he had to help octogenarian members of the senate struggle as there we re the senate struggle as there were riot police everywhere, as staff were sheltering in place. joining us now for more on this is peter bowes, in north america correspondent, and it has been a day of whiplash here in

chuck grassley is also in his 80s.oing to allow you to get better digs? >> no, i don't think so. this is, i know leslie jones is quite upset about my skroundings, but this is what it is. >> people worry about you. they wonder if you have a family, if you go home, if you see them -- >> whether or not you're allowed to leave that office. good to see you, thank you for joining us. today president biden signed an sorter appealing the order against transgender americans from serving in the military. the order also mandates the mill correct their records for those affected by trump's ban. president biden believes that gender identity should not be a bar to military service. and that is american's strength and america's strength is found in diversity. >> up next, a look at how hard it is to reopen schools. reopen. but how do we make sure the direction we're headed is forward? at fidelity, you'll get the planning and advice to prepare you for the future, without sacrificing the things that are important to you today. we'll hel

just like i think a lot of people think that after chuck grassley has been of the united states senate for 40 years, he has forgotten the 10 years he spent on the simile line with the workers of iowa. it's important that they be reminded of these backgrounds. dr. yellen, how will you work at treasury to ensure that the interest of american workers and businesses in rural america are not ignored? ms. yellen: senator grassley, thank you for that question. it will be my core focus if i am confirmed as treasury secretary to focus on the needs of america's workers, those living in cities and in rural areas and to make sure that we have a competitive economy that offers good jobs and good wages. and i really look forward to working with president-elect biden and his team first to address the critical issues we face as a country now with the pandemic causing such misery for so many small businesses that have failed or are at risk of failing, need our help and the unemployed workers who have been so badly affected by the impact of the pandemic, especially on the service sector. it's disproport

debate on arizona's electoral college votes weaving up to the president pro tem of the senate, chuck grassley, declaring a recess because of the security break. >> objection from resident goes are from arizona. object to the counting of the electoral votes of the state of arizona on the grounds that they were not under all of the known circumstances regularly given. >> majority leader. consentld ask anonymous and that following the remarks, the majority leader and the democratic leader each control up to one hour of debate and be authorized to yield up to five minutes of that time to any center seeking recognition. i asking honest consent that the centers be able to insert statements into the record. objection? without objection, so ordered. >> we are debating a step that has never been taken in american history. whether congress should overrule overturn aand presidential election. have shared 36 years in the senate. this will be the most important vote i've ever cast. president trump claims the election was stolen. the assertions range from tocific local allegations constitutional arguments

not want to preside over the entire debate so i kind of expected at some time he'd duck out and chuck grassley would, senator grassley from iowa would take his place and that's what happened initially but started to become clear that something wasn't right. somewhere along this, i think it might have been, i think it was before senator langford began to speak, senator romney saw on his iphone that protesters have gotten into the capital but that was all. i could have met two guys in the capital, we didn't immediately understand that was a significant threat. paul: amazing experience. just addressing the president's objections, do think the pennsylvania election was settled fair and square. what's your case? pat: where to begin? this has been evaluated many different ways. most important, my courts, courts i have confidence in and i think we should all. the middle district of pennsylvania senator heard the campaigns case and threw them out for complete lack of evidence. one of the problems is the campaign officials go on tv and make all kinds of shocking allegations of fraud. then they go to a

senator chuck grassley's frustration stems from the fact that as the president-elect sun cozied up to >> we are talking about here is a family having commercial ties with an entity in china that is linked to the chinese military, who are seeking to supplant the united states as a military power of the world by 2050. that's quite a robust challenge and it's not the sort of entity that we want to have our political leaders doing commercial deals with. if reported at all, it was generally dismissed as another russian hoax. >> clearly the origins of this smear are from the kremlin and the president is only too happy to have kremlin help amplify it. >> they have said this higher thing is so obviously a russian plot. it was to me and i was never even an ambassador to the federation. the managing editor of npr says we don't want to waste our time on stories that are not really stories, and we don't want to waste the listener and reader's time on stories that are just pure distractions. >> the reason hunter biden story was so crucial was because it goes to the heart of america's relationship

debate on arizona's electoral college votes weaving up to the president pro tem of the senate, chuck grassley, declaring a recess because of the security break.

, they put parler out of business but your followers, yourself and mitch mcconnell as well as chuck grassleyat do you want to say to twitter real quick? >> senator, we are coming after you and make you like every other country, you make a decision and can be sued based on the decision. a private company has more power than government and traditional media, there's in regulation, they have legal liability immunity. this needs to come to an end. this is a defining moment in democracy. if we do not push back on google and twitter, we would lose the democratic ability to talk to each other. maria: all right, senator, great to have you this morning. thanks very much, we will be watching all of the above. senator lindsey graham, enacting dni ric grenell and which former obama official will be calling the shots. he's calling her the mini president. stay with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ for every trip you've been dreaming of, expedia has millions of flexible booking options. because the best trip is wherever we go together. university of phoenix is awarding expedia has millions oup to one million dollarss. in new sch

fox is told it could be chuck grassley providing over the senate in the individual meetings. harris? >> harris: chad, thank you very much. wisconsin senator ron johnson is with me now. he is one of the republicans planning to object to the electoral vote count tomorrow. senator johnson, i have been talking with your colleagues, senator langford joined me yesterday. he said the objective is not to necessarily flip the presidential election. there's a lot more to it than that. please tell. >> hello, harris. happy new year. i think the plain problem is you have people in the main stream media, democrats, who just want to sweep this under the rug. who want to dismiss these very serious legitimate concerns of what happened during the 2020 election. there are many irregularity. some have been explained, but some haven't. the fact of the matter is, when you have tens of millions of americans who simply continue believe this is a legitimate outcome. we've just gone through four years with the democrats and extreme left that did not acknowledge president trump as the legitimate presid

. >> bill: here is chuck grassley. i'm waiting for president biden to condemn the violence, looting, arson last two days in oregon and washington state. "wall street journal." look who is still riding trump's gun. in seattle and portland the violence continues. michael, would you expect to hear from the new president on this? >> hour 45 and he isn't a twitter president. the mayors of portland and seattle arrested the people who did the damage to the democratic headquarters and the businesses. so yeah, i think joe biden has made it clear, he did it in is inaugural that he would fight domestic and foreign. i don't think he will back off on this. he is not going to sit around and put out 100 tweets about stuff. >> he didn't mention them by name. >> dana: matt, final quick word here. >> this is the thing. as soon as the capitol was breached, everybody was out there condemning this law breaking. trying to find a new way to call it a felony and a crime is a mistake. i think this call by joe biden in his inaugural address sou

signed: chuck grassley, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m., on friday, january 15, a.m., on friday, january 15, >> along with a high priority individuals, if it makes us go fast and if it avoids vaccine sitting on the shelves and for the love of god not having vaccines actually wasted or thrown away because of a failure to administer. so those have been the major issues really at the state level. it's for supporting over prescriptive docent and finally an unwillingness to move to alternative channels of distribution over lions, i caught the hospitalization of vaccine distribution and that was natural as a set at the outset but it's time to move beyond that. we have too much vaccine sitting in freezers at hospitals with hospitals that using it. sometimes hospital systems can be very effective partners in his vaccine programs as he of networks, primary care practices, they are themselves helpful systems, not just hospitals. if they can get to the patie

well, biggest losers in the twitter purchasing, yourself and leader mitch mcconnell as well as chuck grassleywhat do you want tock say to twitter, real quick. >>r twitter, google, the social media companies who enjoy protect under 230, we're coming after you, we're going to strip section 230 liability, make you where you make a decision, you could be sued based on the decision. a private company has more power than the government and traditional media. there is no regulation. they have legal immunity. that needs to come to an end. this is a defining moment in men american democracy. 23 we don't push back against gule ole -- google and twitter, we will lose our democratic ability to talk to each other. maria: senator lindsey graham, thank you, sir. coming up, the man who saw more raw intelligence than anybody except for the president, ric grenell on the biggest threat facing the incoming administration and who will be really calling the shots, he's calling her the mini president. stay with us. ering piece of moviemaking"... is on demand. she needs new memories. and tom hanks is magnificent. jo

senator chuck grassley has already dismissed this as a mass amnesty.the republicans senators and the past who supported some sort of citizenship are gone. lamar alexander johnny isakson cory gardner only mauro rubio and lindsey graham remain from those groups i think one of the big issues for republicans is going to be -- if the democrats do manage to one way or another pass this, and a lot of these undocumented workers begin to -- absorb into the economies of states like california, texas, georgia, and arizona. and if they do so without wreck those economies as many anti-immigrant advocates have said, the democrats are going to be able to take -- credit for helping economies and helping the country if all of these workers have been sitting on the sideline are absorbed into the system we've always advocated for guest worker program. but the question will be whether the democrats would compromise on green cards guest worker programs or go all the way for full citizenship which it looks like they're going to do. >> union simply don't want more legal immi

i would like to move on, senator chuck grassley is asking president biden to condemn the antifa blackes matter riots, 20 were arrested in cities such as big one portland, seattle and denver and protest in sacramento, california against joe biden rioting against joe biden. radio silence i nancy pelosi and chuck schumer not saying anything about this. your reaction. >> radio silence for many summers now we have seen blm and antifa riots for many summers and no one is said a word. joe biden in many of his colleagues let the genie out of the bottle and the fact that they don't condemn it shows us that they are okay with it across the country. they talked that the capital riots were wrong and they should be held accountable but these people should be held accountable as well. there was more than 200 arrested the capital and the fbi working diligently on that. i hope they were diligently on these individuals as well. they are also destroying federal buildings and small businesses in the enter destroying communities and a lot of people are afraid. hope they take the same action and i hope jo

election that the vice president wasn't the chair and if the president proterm was i would joke that chuck grassley voted in two-thirds of those presidential elections. he's laughing. it's not as good as dear dad, but it's still not a grassley laugh. i don't want to tell the americas that come after this that this republic is broken, that our institutions can't be trusted. we don't want this in our body. we don't want that in our hometowns. we don't want to tell america that our best days are behind us because that's not true. that's not who we are. america isn't hatfields and mccoys, blood field forever. america is a union. there is a lot that's broken in this country but not anything that's so big that the american people can't rebuild it, that freedom and community and even tra pra neural neighborhoods can't be fixed. generations of our forefathers and our foremothers -- probably not a word, our ancestors have spilled blood to defend the glories of this republic. why would they do that? because america is the most exceptional nation in the history of the world and because the constitution is the

the vice president and senate president pro tem, chuck grassley, were rushed out of the chamber to a secure location. and those inside the capitol were told to stay away from windows and doors. as that was unfolding in the senate, this was happening over in the house. those are rioters trying to break into the house chamber. can't tell you how many times i've stood outside those doors. capitol police fired a single gunshot that killed one woman. and here was the scene on the other side of that door. members of the house and their staff crouched in the house gallery, including there congressman jason crow, a former u.s. army ranger. as this all unfolded, calls mounted for president trump to call off his supporters, including one from president-elect joe biden, who delivered a public address denouncing the violence. there are also calls this morning for the 25th amendment to be invoked to remove the president from office. the social secretary has since resigned in the wake of this, and multiple sources tell nbc news that more resignations could follow, possibly from national security a

got unanimous approval from the senate finance committee on friday, republicans like senator chuck grassleyaying there was no doubt about the former fed chair's qualifications. that vote scheduled for 5:30 p.m., like throw be an open and shut case. in d.c. you never know. carley: i think it will an open and shut case. also open and shut, tom brady going to the super bowl for the tenth time. >> brady goes for the deep shot, he got it! touchdown! scotty miller. >> oh, my god. todd: if are you the defensive coordinator for green bay you should be embarrassed by that coverage. brady led the buccaneers for a win over the pack. the super bowl is in tampa, making the bucs the first team to play the big game at home. carley: they'll take on patrick mahomes and the kansas city chiefs who stopped the buffalo bills, 38-24. the two quarterbacks reflecting on the upcoming matchup. >> i worked really hard to get to this point and it was a tough game, had a few tough games in a row. the next one will be really tough too. >> to be able to go up one of the greatest, if not the greatest quarterbacks of all t

president pro tempore of the senate the honorable chuck grassley. and misses jennifer heinz.onversations and crowd noise] ♪ [indistinct marching orders] [soldiers marching] [orchestral music plays] ♪ [vast drumbeat leading into horns] --[fast drumbeat leading into horns] [drums and horns play] announcer: ladies and gentlemen, the former vice president, the honorable dan quayle. [orchestral music plays] ♪ -- [footsteps and indistinct conversation] [drumbeats into horn and orchestral music] [orchestral music plays] announcer: ladies and gentlemen the 42nd president of the united states, the honorable william j clinton and the honorable hillary rodham clinton. [orchestral music plays] ♪ [fast drumbeats into orchestral music] [drill orders] [orchestral music continues] announcer: the 43rd president of the united states the honorable george w. bush and laura bush. [orchestral music continues] [applause] ♪ [indistinct crowd noise] [fast drumbeat into orchestral music] ♪ announcer: ladies and gentlemen the 44th president of the united states the honorable barack obama and misses mic

senator chuck grassley is asking president biden to condemn the nt five and black lives matters riotstwenty were arrested in a city such as the denver ac is me, the big one was in portland and seattle in the results of the protest in sacramento california against joe biden. they were rioting against joe biden after the inauguration but there was radio silence. and events like nancy pelosi and chuck schumer not anything about this. your reaction . kim: will there's been radio silence for any any summers now. missing this and tika riots for any summers and no one said a word. but you know what, joe biden and any of us colleagues let this genie out of the bottle and the fact that they do not condemn it, shows us exactly what they are okay with across this country. they talked a lot about about what happened in the capital the capital rights were wrong and all those people should be held accountable that they should be counted countable as well. more than 200 arrests for those who are at the capital the fbi is working diligently and then i hope that they are working diligently in these in

that is what republican senator chuck grassley tells fox news.n administration says they won't discuss it with his attorney general. and politco staffers are complaining that ben shapiro is being allowed to write a daily column. a politco spokesperson said it's an internal matter and will be handled as such. shapiro says it's further proof that many on the left are trying to ostracize conservatives. are journalists once fierce defenders of the first amendment turning their back on freedom of speech? rich lowrey says they have criticized news outlets from former president trump to themselves calling for unwelcome media organizations to be shut down. joining many now is a senior writer from national review and an author of the revolt of the republic. david, to you first and to build on what rich was saying there, you wrote in your op-ed the following quoting here "i remain one of those naive people that still believes that conservatives need to build their own news organizations and platforms, but if amazon kills companies, now do the bidding of on

happened -- even obama admits this in his memoirs the amount of time given to olympia snower chuck grassleynot worth it at the end of the day. one of the biggest progressive achievements that have happened that we have all kind of -- we don't even know is happening is how joe biden and his administration have basically no longer -- has stopped wearing about the deficit, something that hunted even president obama's recovery package. this is a huge sign of a progressive realignment happening in the democratic party. even senator joe mansion is saying he would be in favor of the $3 trillion infrastructure package that tackles childcare and hopefully will also tackle the climate crisis. like you are saying, abraham lincoln was not abolitionist. fdr was not a trade unionist. lbj was that a cil rights activist but these presidents understood the granted history moving beneath their feet and seized the moment, the historical conditions at the time the country faced. they seized that moment and i think president biden has people around him who i think will be able to guide our country through this

earlier today, his office had to clarify whether he was even going to be there, because senator chuck grassley, a republican, indicated if he wasn't there for some reason that grassley would be the one that would have to step in. we need to step in and say we fully expect mike pence to be there tomorrow. "the new york times" put it best. they said this is akin to somebody at the academy awards presenting best picture. he's going to open an envelope and say these are the vote tallies for joe biden and kamala harris which is the last step in this long process before inauguration on january 20th. the length and the amount of time between when he starts this process and ends it is really what is in question here with all of those republicans objecting, that thing now could take hours and hours. but we still expect the outcome to be the same which is not to change anything for the results despite mike pence's loyalty test here. >> all right. so, garrett, let's get to tomorrow as well, and speaking of the fracture inside the republican party, it seems, going into the session tomorrow. you have what

through a very skeptical united states senate, and that means that they're not going to get what chuck grassley said yesterday he feared, which is a liberal laundry list of policies, you know, they're going to have to get that through a very narrow group of united states senators and, you know, you can see them making the case going to governors, going to mayors, making the case for their stimulus proposal here but there's some skepticism from republicans who say it's simply too much spending too soon. >> and i know it's very early, and early to tell the overarching themes with regard to this administration, incoming one for president-elect joe biden, at the end of four years, what do you think the big focus will be for the biden economic team with regard to the one kind of marquee or crowning achievement they would look to get done many would say for president trump that was kind of the manufacturing tilt, right, towards his rhetoric what exactly do you think it would be for president-elect joe biden once he takes office here? >> well, it's going to have to be bringing the economy back from th

chuck grassley saying he has some concerns with the covid relief bill. those are signs already, before joe biden is even inaugurated, that this will be a tough line for him to walk. tom: jeanne zaino and rick davis with us. the 9:00 hour. air force one pulling away at andrews air force base. the president on his way to florida. outside the cathedral of saint matthews in washington, we are awaiting mr. biden to enter the church, others attending as well. the church is one of the jewels of washington, it is romanesque. for those of you that no boston, there is a church at copley square with the same feeling. rick davis, as we go to this hour, as the president flies away, it is a changing of an era. there is a huge presumption with biden -- in 1978, a one term presidency. i never understood a one term presidency as much as this moment. how much does the assumption of a one term presidency change the moment? rick: joe biden, because of his age is probably termed out the day that he is sworn in. it is something to remember. kamala harris is a new vice preside

$10,000 on state and local tax deductions that came from the republican chairman of the committee chuck grassleythe administration would look to understand the decision i don't remember about how to proceed and they would focus on the impact it's had on state and local governments and their ability to offer critical services guys >> elon, thank you a lot of headlines out of yellen we will keep an eye on that with your health. i got a dumb upgrade of axp. stock up 3%. dow opened up 270, hanging on to just about 90 points or wsoe are back in a minute for skin that never holds you back don't settle for silver #1 for diabetic dry skin* #1 for psoriasis symptom relief* and #1 for eczema symptom relief* gold bond champion your skin hi, this is margaret your dell technologies advisor to listen, is to hear more than what's being said... and offer the answers that make someone feel truly heard. i understand, let's get started call a dell technologies advisor today. (upbeat music) i understand, let's get started - we did it! (crowd cheering) - [narrator] wherever you start, snhu is where you can finish. (

may 2020, senate republicans said led by chuck grassley a bipartisan push with cory booker we'll getand the first-responders more money. that is in may. we are also seeing more p p.e. money for first-responders back in the spring. we're seeing more government benefits the senate was talking about for first-responders, for teachers, transportation, good workers health workers back in the summer. they started out with 2.3 trillion. nancy pelosi admitted she stonewalled because she wanted to give joe biden that victory, because the election was quote a total game-changer. we've got joe biden. now you what you just said they have locked down, shut down the economy. pelosi sat on it for eight months. they're giving joe biden a one trillion dollar bill to sign off. they're working on that. your thoughts on that? >> that is exactly thought. it is all about politics. all year the media and the democrats were using this pandemic for political purposes. the media continued to write these fear-driven stories on covid not based on science or facts while the democrats refused to pass stimulus bil

iowa senator chuck grassley tweeting "waiting for president biden to condemn violence, looting, and arson oregon and washington state." kennedy, i guess the first question before we really dig into this is is this a new argument? because it feels awfully like the same discussion we have been having over and over and over again since violence broke out across the nation during the summer and folks on the right were critiquing the left for not taking a stand. for not allowing law enforcement to do their job, the blm protest that actually then spurred a whole round of anti-police protests that turned into violence and looting. is it the same thing kind of? >> kennedy: it is political violence. it is political violence aimed to scare people and affect their behavior. and ultimately toppled estates. it is the same thing that happened, the same mind-set with the capital riots. they are communicating with each other in the same way. it is it is condemn the bowl in the same way. very much like these protesters who are hurting people, trying to kill cops, vandalizing and looting are not a part of