cicillinely and -- mr. cicilline and those who got this on the floor. we passed it, of course, and it went to the united states senate. they, of course, ignored it, to their discredit. the house passed this bill last congress with bipartisan support. i hope we have bipartisan support this year. because i remember, mr. speaker back in the days of the early 1960's and mid-1960's, there were giants in the republican party who stood with democrats on behalf of civil rights. i hope we can repeat that today. because no one in america -- we hold these truths to be self-evident. there are moments in history that are celebrated for generations. as those in which americans came together. to perfect our union, to protect and uphold the universal rights enshrined in our foundings documents. that's what -- founding documents. that's what we as the nation did with the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. it's what we did with the 19th amendment. where we said, oh, yes, i know you're a woman, but you're going to be equal, you're going to be allowed to vote. what a radical

cicilline: rep. jason crow compared this event to a time in afghanistan as an army ranger. >> when i felt inow the capital behind us, is something that i've not felt since i was in afghanistan. a member of congress in 2021, in the u.s. capital in the house floor that i was preparing to fight my way out on the people's house. against a mob. that isy just beyond. cicilline: haney was humbled by his experience on january 6th and describes events that was the real as they unfold near the capital. >> i just never thought i would see this in our nations capital. particularly, the house chamber. it was three of as it was unfolding party. cicilline: what is interesting was that the bravery and courage of some of my fellow members. when we got to a point where the mob was banging on the doors and all that kept them from reaching that chamber itself, was the doors and then some furniture that we had moved, and they need to be there. so a new freshman rep. and a few others stepped in. and we broke off furniture

congressman cicilline, thank you for joining us tonight. we really appreciate it especially after that week of work you had last week. i want to begin with mitch mcconnell's statement on the senate floor, and i stayed glued to the senate floor after you left. i expected some speeches. chuck schumer gave what may be the best speech i ever heard him deliver. he's delivered plenty of good ones about your work. and then to my shock and amazement, mitch mcconnell stood up and by the time he was three or four sentences into it, i was absolutely stunned at what i was hearing. and i began to wonder where are the managers right now? are they all gathered together? are they in a room together watching what mitch mcconnell is saying? where were you when you heard what mitch mcconnell was saying on the senate floor? >> we were in a -- most of us were in the room we had worked out of throughout the trial as 219. you know, your first thought is, like, has he picked up one of the manager's closing arguments? he made the closing argument that we made. he c

cicillinely and -- mr. cicilline and those who got this on the floor. we passed it, of course, and it went to the united states senate. they, of course, ignored it, to their discredit. the house passed this bill last congress with bipartisan support. i hope we have bipartisan support this year. because i remember, mr. speaker back in the days of the early 1960's and mid-1960's, there were giants in the republican party who stood with democrats on behalf of civil rights. i hope we can repeat that today. because no one in america -- we hold these truths to be self-evident. there are moments in history that are celebrated for generations. as those in which americans came together. to perfect our union, to protect and uphold the universal rights enshrined in our foundings documents. that's what -- founding documents. that's what we as the nation did with the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. it's what we did with the 19th amendment. where we said, oh, yes, i know you're a woman, but you're going to be equal, you're going to be allowed to vote. what a radical

cicilline: rep. jason crow compared this event to a time in afghanistan as an army ranger. >> when i felt inow the capital behind us, is something that i've not felt since i was in afghanistan. a member of congress in 2021, in the u.s. capital in the house floor that i was preparing to fight my way out on the people's

david cicilline: injuries to the u.s.ice and the metropolitan police department include concussions, irritated lungs, serious injuries caused by repeated blows from bats, poles, and clubs. capitol police officers also sustained injuries that will be with them for the rest of their lives. yamiche alcindor: the house managers yesterday had already laid out a detailed timeline of the capitol insurrection. it included chilling new video evidence from inside the siege. it captured everything from the moment the angry mob stormed the building to scenes of vice president pence and lawmakers being evacuated to safety just feet from the angry mob. but it's still unclear if that powerful evidence has swayed any republicans to vote to convict the former president. at the white house this morning, president biden weighed in on the trial during an oval office event. president joe biden: i think the senate has a very important job to complete. and i think my guess is, some minds may have been changed, but i don't know. yamiche alcindor

cicilline correctly and accurately quoted a new hampshire-- a newspaper account which the distinguished senator had objection to on the grounds that it is not true, and we are-- >> and repeated it, too. >> we're going to withdraw it without any prejudice to the ability to resubmit it if possiblen then debate it-- this is much ado about nothing with our case. >> you're not the witness, sir. >> so the manager's issues stand. mr. lee has withdrawn his request, and we may relitigate it tomorrow if we have to. >> the senate impeachment trial against former president trump continues today with house managers concluding their case to convict the former president before the president's lawyers present their arguments. and the senate will have arguments for both lawyers in addition attorneys to argue whether to subpoena witnesses and documents. closing arguments and the vote are expected next week. watch our live coverage of the senate impeachment trial pat noon eastern on c-span2, c-span.org or listen live on the c-span radio app and if you miss any part of the proceedings, watch anytime on dem

thank you for those of you who participated right away jaime raskin ted liu and david cicilline. they had it written up and ready to go. bipartisan late past the house and then two days later ready with the case to take to the senate. oh we can't receive it. so we receive it the next day. so for mitch mcconnell who created the situation where it could not have been heard before the 20th or even begun before the 20th in the senate today, all the things he said, oh my gosh about donald trump and how horrible he was and is and then say but, at the time the house chose to bring it over, no, we didn't choose, you chose not to receive it. i think that's really important and again it doesn't matter. as jamie and others have told us, you can have it after a person is out of office so it's an elementary discussion. the senate rules in that way and president precedent on this so it didn't matter except it was not the reason that he voted the way he did. he was the excuse that he used. so that's why i think it's important because that's a very important speech. i thought chuck schumer's spe

cicilline. >> mr. president, distinguished senators, you just heard from my colleague, manager degette, how the conduct of donald trump, dramatically increased the threats to our security and ambled into violent domestic extremists. i would like to now turn to the harm that was caused here inside these walls as a result of the conduct on january 6. the harm to us, to congress, to those who serve our country, and to the constitutional processes as the trenton mob tried to stop the election certification process. the attack on january 6th was one of the bloodiest intrusions in the capitol since the british invaded in the war of 1812 and burned it to the ground. and you have heard in painstaking detail the president's mob posed an immediate and serious threat to the continuity and constitutional succession of the united states government. the first, second, and third in line to the presidency, the vice president, the speaker of the house, the president pro tem, altogether, faced a common threat in the sam

it was introduced in the house by david cicilline. of the lgbtq-plus and was one of the house impeachment managers in donald trump's second impeachment trials. congressman, good evening. >> good evening. good to be with you. >> there are already some approach texs that -- protections that come with an that's just wrong. the equality act will end it. most people think it's already the law, it's already the case that you can't be fired from your job or kicked out of your apartment or denied service in a restaurant just because of who you are but in a majority of states that's still possible because there's no protection. so this is really about catching up to where the country is and putting this intoco law so that lgbtq americans can live life free once and for all. what >> what about people who express concerns for religious employers or those who have religious beliefs that run counter to lgbtq rights? >> we have two very important interests. we say, look, the religious exemptionsli that already exist for all the other categories wil

i want to show you the moment mike lee is referring to when david cicilline the democrat of rhode island one of the impeachment managers that helped write the articles of impeachment for these proceedings, he's talking about a phone call that the president made as the violence is happening on capitol hill. >> shortly after 2:00 p.m. as the seed was fully underway then president trump made a call, this is the first call that we are where he made to anyone inside the capital during the attack. he did not call the vice president to ask how he could help defend the capital, did not call the next two in-line to succession of the presidency to check on their safety or well-being. instead he attempts to call senator, he dialed senator lee by accident, the senator lee described it he ended up with his colleagues in the senate chamber and the phone rang, it was donald trump. how senator lee explained that that the phone call goes something like this, hey tommy trump ask and senator lee says this is not tommy and he hands the phone to senator, senator lee confirmed that he stood by as the senator

congressman david cicilline joins me now. the united states adapt the same model as australia? >> well, brian, we have been looking at this issue, as you know, for some time. we just completed a 16 month bipartisan investigation of a large technology platforms. in the last congress we introduced legislation called the journalism competition and preservation act to get at exactly the same issue. and this is a real challenge. i mean, local news is on life-support in this country. two-thirds of americans get their news through facebook and google. those two platforms control the digital advertising online. so there are real challenges here. we're seeing local newspapers close regularly, lay offs all through the industry and a real decline in local journalism. we have to do something about it. this i widget. this is access to trustworthy reliable news. it is how you world power to account. it is how you expose corruption. this is a real challenge and we will be having a hearing on march 12th on the set of proposals to save local

my colleague manager cicilline started with this tweet.ause this tweet shows exactly how donald trump felt about what happened on january 6. these are the things that happened. he is saying this was a foreseeable. he said i told her this was going to happen if you certify the election for anyone else. and you got what you deserve for trying to take my power away. great page risk a home with love and peace. remember this day forever. he is saying to them you did good. he's not regretful, he's not grieving, he's not sad. he's not angry about the attack. he is celebrating it, he is commemorating it. this is the entirety of what president trump said to the public once the attack began, five tweets and prerecorded video on the day of the most blood insurrection we have faced in generations. our commander-in-chief who is known for sending 108 tweets in a normal day sends a five tweets in a prerecorded video. that is the entirety of president trump's public statements from when the attack began until he went to bed on january 6. that is all he di

ted lew and david cicilline the list and david cicilline if they were they had it all written up and ready to go bipartisan lady passed the house and then 2 days later ready with the case to take to the senate we can receive it not a question and by the last those who receive it in the next day start the trial so for mitch mcconnell. who created the situation where it could not have been heard before the 20th or even begun before the 20th in the senate to say all the things he said oh my gosh about donald trump and how horrible he was and is and then said but the time at the time that the democrats the house chose to bring it over no we didn't choose you chose not to receive it so i think that's really important and again it doesn't matter as jamie and others have told us you can have the case after the person is out of office so it's an elementary discussion the congress senate rules in that way and try and honor your precedent on this wasn't it didn't matter except it was not the reason that he voted the way he did it was the excuse that he used and so that's why i think it's impor

cicilline and mr. nadler for calling this important meeting. there are a number of issues that i think are really fascinating and need to be explored and i'm really looking forward to hearing the testimony of the witnesses today. the idea that we will do away with arbitration clauses in contracts and not have a serious impact on our judicial system is something that we need to explore and probably in a separate hearing. it doesn't appear these witnesses are necessarily in a position to talk about the impact of that kind of change to our judicial system. there are some discreet areas and sexual harassment is one of them that i think needs to really be explored to decide whether we take that out of arbitration clauses or not. but there are so many literally millions of contracts entered in to every year that contain arbitration clauses and do away with those would have a serious impact. arbitration is a fair system. it is a system that many, many consumers and others have benefitted from the speed that arbitration, the process, how quickly the pr

congressman cicilline joins us now. his district includes bristol and newport. of the lgbtq-plus equality caucus, a member of the house judiciary and foreign affairs committee and of course was one of the house impeachment managers in donald trump's second impeachment trial. congressman, good evening. >> good evening, good to be with you. >> there are already some protections that come be an executive order that president biden signed to prevent and fight discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. how would the equality act differ from that or add to that? >> well, first of all, you know, equality is a founding principle of this country, and i think all americans understand that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and have the equal protection of the law. and so, what the equality act does, it prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in housing, employment, public accommodations, jury service, education and federal funding. and it's really a fully inclusive and comprehensive civil rights bill, to ban

mister cicilline. cicilline:mister president, distinguished senators, as we demonstrated, there is overwhelming evidence that president trump incited the violence and new violence was foreseeable on january 6th. he knew many in the crowd were poised for violence at his urging, many in the sea of thousands were wearing body armor and helmets, holding sticks, not only provoked the very same crowd but aimed them at the capital dish capitol. he literally pointed at this building, at us during his speech, he pointed to where congress was going to certify the election, where he knew the vice president himself was presiding over the process. no one is suggesting president trump intended every detail of what happened but when he directed the sea of thousands before him who were reportedly ready to engage in real violence, told them to fight like hell he incited violence targeted at the capital and most certainly foresaw it. i will talk about what happened after that. there was a lot of discussion yesterday abo

cicilline of rhode island will then respond to the fallacies presented by the president's counsel and after these gentlemen speak i will return to discuss the importance, the fundamental importance of the senate rejecting president trump's argument for the preservation of democratic self-government and the rule of law in the united states of america. >> watch the other house impeachment managers presenting their case on the constitutionality of the trial at c-span.org/impeachment. right now the attorneys for former president donald trump. >> the senate will come to

cicilline.. >> mr. president, senior senators, as we have demonstrated, there is overwhelming evidence that president trump incited the violence and new violence was foreseeable january 6. he knew many in the crowd were posed for violent at his urging andtr many in the seat of thousands in a crowd of body armor and holding sticks and flagpoles and not only provoked that same crowd but aimed at the capital. he pointed at his building during his speech. he pointed to the building where congress would certified the election and renew the vice president himself was presiding over the process no one is suggesting president trump intended every detail ofer what happened january 6 but when he directed the seat of thousands before him, who were ready to engage in real violence, we told them to fight like hell, he incited violence target at the capital and most certainly foresaw it. my colleague will stand up after me with overwhelming evidence that supports the claims. i want to start by talking about what happ

to talk about that more specifically, but i want to salute david cicilline for his leadership on this legislation and senator merkley and point out that when we announced that legislation, john lewis stood with us as a leader, as a leader in that -- passing the equality act. again, we are waiting as we all are to hear from the senate parliamentarian as to what will happen with the minimum wage piece of the legislation. i don't know what other considerations she has, but i feel that we have a very, very strong argument and we have a very big need in our country to pass the minimum wage. we've been working on this fight for 15 for a number of years now. and it's long overdue. and it will be phased in and we hope it could be part of this reconciliation bill. but it could be any moment. if you hear -- i don't have a phone. if you hear before i do, let me know, okay? and then that will be -- as you know, it's part of our american rescue plan that we are putting forth. it's about putting vaccinations in the arm, money in the pocket, children in the schools, workers in their jobs, and it is

amy: that is house impeachment manager david cicilline speaking on thursday.trump's legal team begins its defense today. where david chung predicted it would take just -- david schoen predicted it would take just three to four hours to present trump's case. on thursday evening, three republican senators -- ted cruz, lindsey graham and mike lee -- met with trump's legal team in the capitol, raising fresh doubts over their ability to serve as impartial jurors. when we come back, we will be joined by longtime consumer advocate and former presidential candidate ralph nader. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "it is ok to cry." sophie died at the age of 34 january 30. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. as we continue our look at the historic senate impeachment trial of donald trump for inciting the january 6 insurrection at the capitol, we are joined by ralph nader, the longtime consumer advocate, corporate critic, and former presidential candidate. he ran for president four times. he is the author of many books, incl

mister cicilline. cicilline:mister president, distinguished senators, as we demonstrated, there is overwhelming evidence that president trump incited the violence and new violence was foreseeable on january 6th. he knew many in the crowd were poised for violence at his urging, many in the sea of thousands were wearing body armor and helmets, holding sticks, not only provoked the very same crowd but aimed them at the capital dish capitol. he literally pointed at this building, at us during his speech, he pointed to where congress was going to certify the election, where he knew the vice president himself was presiding over the process. no one is suggesting president trump intended every detail of what happened but when he directed the sea of thousands before him who were reportedly ready to engage in real violence, told them to fight like hell he incited violence targeted at the capital and most certainly foresaw it. i will talk about what happened after that. there was a lot of discussion yesterday abo

cicilline came to see me that day. dozens of members, lots of republicans, lots of democrats came to see me. and i felt a sense of being lifted up from the agony. and i won't forget their tenderness. and through the tears, i was working on a speech for the floor. when we would all be together in joint session. and i wanted to focus on unity when we met in the house. i quoted abraham lincoln's famous 1838 speech, where he said that if division and destruction ever come to america, it won't come from abroad. it will come from within. said lincoln. and in that same speech, lincoln passionately deplored mob violence. this is right after the murder of elijah lovejoy, the abolitionist newspaper editor, and lincoln deplored mob violence, and he deplored mob rule, and he said it would lead to tyranny and despotism in america. that was the speech i gave that day, after the house very graciously and warmly welcomed me back. and tabitha and hank came with me to the floor, and they watched it from the gallery. and it was -- when i

david cicilline and david castro at the end there, they were talking about what does the president do. one, it drove a wedge between the president and other republicans, so they pointed out that former members of staff were tweeting at him. chris christie is calling into nbc saying, he's got to send them home. all these republicans were saying, send them home, send them home. he doesn't send them home. what do you think of that part of the presentation today? >> i thought it was very effective. i thought it was particularly effective coming where it did, right after -- right after you went through the whole narrative of the protest. they could have, in theory, weaved it in, weaved his tweets in with what they were showing as they were doing the timeline, but they chose not to do that, and i thought that was incredibly effective. what they did today, which was so good, is they showed trump's central role in the lead-up to this event. and you pointed out, it wasn't a thing until trump did it. but they also showed how much his supporters reacted to his lies about rigged election and the

congresswoman diana degette and congressman david cicilline talked about the rioters that day, saying explicitly that they were there in d.c. because they believed they had been invited to be there by the president. when president trump asked his supporters to come to d.c. to stop the steal, to stop the certification of the vote on january 6th, his supporters took him seriously and literally. the president's defense is expected to argue tomorrow, as they did in their written legal filings, that all these people just came to d.c. of their own accord and for their own reasons and it really had nothing to do with president trump. the rioters' own words that day, many of which were broadcast today in the senate chamber for senators to see, and the rioters' words in their legal defense filing, since they've all been arrested, give absolute light to that assertion because they say they were there at trump's request, at trump's instruction. the impeachment managers today rebutted also an expected defense from the president's lawyers that, somehow, him inciting a crowd to violently attack the

. >> house impeachment manager david cicilline of rhode island with appeal to the senators in that chamberse are both jurors and witnesses to the crime in this impeachment trial. joining us now is delaware senator chris coons. i appreciate you making time to be here with us tonight. i will tell you it was absolutely gut wrenching at home watching the proceedings today, really interested to hear from you what it was like today in the room. >> rachel, it was a long and a very hard day. you have just shown some of the clips that were the most compelling. the moments where senators, myself included, for the very first time saw a video clip of us running down the hallway and realized that we were just 50 feet away from an angry mob. that clip you showed of senator mitt romney walking directly towards the mob and being turned around by officer goodman. i think for a lot of us today was the first time we really put it altogether and the house managers did an amazing job of givings the timeline, the order, the clarity, the forcefulness of the moments. this is a day we won't forget. we shouldn't fo

and i think the impeachment managers, joe neguse, jamie raskin, madeline dean, dave cicilline made aclosing argument at the end of the case. >> and congressman neguse, i have to say when that threat came from the president's defense counsel, i'm going to want at least over 100 depositions, while that was a sort of counter proposal from the defense team, that can't have sort of instilled too much fear in your side. it felt like sort of an empty threat to me. it also felt like something that would be just as hard for them to handle as it would be for you to handle. abc news, in fact, reported that when the witness motion passed that there could be witnesses, the president's defense team was, quote, stunned, stupefied and in total panic because they were -- their legal team was falling apart. they were hanging by a thread. they were terrified if the trial went on any longer than saturday all the lawyers might quit. it seems to me you can't have been too afraid of what they were going to do in response to you calling up witnesses if that's what you decided you wanted to do. >> no. i mean

cicilline he --. >> mr. president, senators you just heard from my colleagues about the harrowing events that happened here at the capitol on january 6 and saw that very disturbing video. i would now like to turn your attention to what was happening on the other end of pennsylvania avenue at the white house. and the truth is, the facts are that on january 6, donald trump is not once condemning this attack. he did not once condemned the attackers. in fact in january 6, the only person he condemned was his own vice president mike pence who was hiding in this building with his family in fear for his life. in the first crucial hours of this violent attack he did nothing to stop it, nothing to help others. by all accounts from the people that were around him, he was delighted. .. these are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so un- ceremoniously and viciously stripped away from a great patriot who is been badly and unfairly treated for so long. go home with love and in pe

david cicilline and representative castro in the end there, they sort of were looking at the time line of after the insurrection happens, after the capitol assault what does the president do? and that case which i thought did two things effectively. one it drove a wedge between the president and republicans. they point out former members of his staff are tweeting at him. chris christie is calling into abc to say he's got to send him home. all these republicans saying send them home, he doesn't send them home. what do you think of that part of the presentation today? >> i thought it was very effective. i thought it was particularly effective coming where it did right after you went through the whole narrative of the protest. they could have in theory weaved it in, weaved his tweets in with what they were showing as they were doing the time line, but they chose not to do that, and i thought that was incredibly effective. what they did today which was so good is they showed trump's central role in the lead up to this event. as you pointed out it wasn't a thing until trump did it. but they

actually came to reaching members of the congress in the last hour or so we heard from castro and david cicilline both impeachment managers focusing more on what trump was doing in the hours after. the riots had got on the way and. and basically. making the point that trump did nothing to stop the protesters despite seeing what was happening on t.v. despite pleas for him within the senate from senators asking him to do something to stop what was happening let's turn to our correspondent alan fischer. actually let's return back to the senate.

in 1787 230 for years ago my colleague mr cicilline address the importance of the presidents derelictione specific aspects of this case which the defence have raised legends about. first, the defence suggest that this was just one speech. and one speech cannot incite insurrection. and the defence suggested because the attack was preplanned by some insurrectionist donald trump is somehow not culpable. both of these things are plainly not true. nor are they what we allege. so let's be clear. we are not suggesting that donald trump january six speech by itself and the attack. we have shown that his course of conduct leading up to and including that speech and the attack. the defence is correct that the insurrection was preplanned. that supports our point. we argued and the evidence overwhelmingly confirms that donald trumps conduct over many months incited his supporters to believe one, his big lie. that the only way he could lose was if the election was rigged. two, that to ensure the election would not be stolen, to prevent the fraud, they had to stop the steal. and three, they had to sto

cicilline. >> mr.nators, as we've demonstrated there is overwhelming evidence that president trump incited the violence, and knew violence was foreseeable on january 6th. he knew that many in the crowd were posed for violence at his urging. and, in fact, many in the sea of thousands in the crowd were wearing body armor and helmets and holding sticks and flag poles. and then he not only provoked that very same crowd, but aimed them at the capitol. he literally pointed at this building, at us, during his speech. he pointed to the building where congress was going to certify the election results and where he knew the vice president himself was presiding over the process. no one is suggesting that president trump intended every detail of what happened on january 6th. but when he directed the sea of thousands before him, who were reportedly ready to engage in real violence, when he told that crowd to fight like hell, he incited violence targeted at the capitol, and he most certainly foresaw it. my colleague

actually came to reaching members of the congress in the last hour or so we heard from castro and david cicilline both impeachment managers focusing more on what trump was doing in the hours off to the riots had got on the way. and basically. making the point that trump did nothing to stop the protesters despite seeing what was happening on t.v. despite pleas for him within the senate from senators asking him to do something to stop what was happening let's turn to our correspondent alan fischer. mr president actually let's return back to the senate. here clearly what the ruling of the chair was so if you would repeat that choice to. preserve the senate resolution $47.00 section 4 the parties presentations are not. pursued resolution 47 section 4 primaries preconditions are not rooted to the market provided for section one of that resolution this is from senator from utah. yes i have. and there were. these a. sufficient and what is the question is it shelled the ruling of the chair be sustained is that the question yes. or. no no no no no privy to it what may i ask is the whirling of the chair my

cicilline: i thank my friend for yielding. i rise in strong support for the budget resolution for fiscal year 2021. it's been said that a budget isn't just a series of numbers on a sheet of paper, it's a statement of your values. if that's true, then this budget is a bold statement of our values as democrats. this budget paves the way for a landmark covid-19 rescue plan. it delivers a simple message to the american people -- help is on the way. mr. speaker, since the start of this pandemic, tens of millions of americans have been infected. nearly half a million have died with almost a quarter of all deaths happening in the last month alone. millions of americans can't find work. it's getting harder and harder to pay for food and housing. schools are closed. kids are being left behind. the american people can't afford any more delays or half measures. this is a time for bold action. that's why we have to pass this budget resolution and pave the way for president biden's american rescue plan, that tackles our public health and e

. >> david cicilline making a case. now another one of the impeachment managers coming up. >> to close i want to say something personal about the stakes of this decision, whether president trump can stand trial and be held accountable for inciting insurrection against us. it is personal indeed for every senator, for every member of the house, every manager, all of our staff, the capitol police, the washington, d.c. metropolitan police, the national guard, maintenance and custodial crews, print journalists and tv people who were here and all of our families and friends. i hope this trial reminds america how personal democracy is. and how personal is the loss of democracy, too. my youngest daughter was there with me wednesday, january 6th. it was the day after we buried her brother, our son tommy. the saddest day of our lives. also there was my son-in-law hank who is married to our oldest daughter hannah. i considered him a son, too, even though he eloped with my daughter and didn't tell us what they were going to do. but

. >> laura: congressman bar i thought it was important that congressman cicilline refused to concede that the chief justice not showing up to preside was in fact significant commode watch. >> let me state this very plainly, it does not matter. it is not significant. when the current president is on trial, the chief justice and the vice president preside in it will be constant for someone to preside over a trial to become president if it was a conviction. >> laura: can store vehemently disagreed with that last night on the show and said, it is entirely significant that the chief justice declined to be a part of this. your take. >> first of all, chief justices don't like to sit on impeachment trials. that was obvious a generation ago when had to be sort of drags and kicking and screaming to preside over the clinton impeachment. and the last one president put the chief justice in position. but this chief justice reads the constitution that we cannot impeach by trial, cannot convict a former president very significant, otherwise, president trump the president, they were going to trial hi

managers are led by jamie raskin of maryland, also on that panel diana degette of colorado, david cicilline of rhode island, joaquin castro of texas, eric swalwell of california, ted lieu of california, delicate stacey plaskett who is the delegate from the virgin islands, madeleine dean from pennsylvania. again we'll see them shortly coming across the capital with ready to present the case before the yes, senator want to point out that as you are watching this today what you may want to do is check out our website, c-span.org/impeachment. both the cases prison, the briefs filed by the president lawyers and responses are posted now. they are lengthy but if you want to follow along, that is available at c-span.org/impeachment. today we will be taken up largely by a constitutional question, can the senate hold an impeachment trial of a former federal official? it will be up to four hours of debate on that this afternoon. presentation on that this afternoon and a vote later on this afternoon. we expect to be a simple majority vote later on in the afternoon. the presentations of the case will be

cicilline. >> mr. president, distinguished senators, you just heard from my colleagues about the harrowing events that happened here at the capitol on january 6th and saw that very disturbing video. i'd now like to turn your attention to what was happening on the other end of pennsylvania avenue at the white house. and the truth is, the facts are that on january 6th donald trump did not once condemn this attack. he did not once condemn the attackers. in fact, on january 6th the only person he condemned was his own vice president, mike pence, who was hiding in this building with his family in fear for his life. in the first crucial hours of this violent attack he did nothing to stop it, nothing to help us. by all accounts from the people that were around him he was delighted. and here is the last thing donald trump said that day. and you might remember this from my motions presentation earlier in the week. at 6:00 p.m. on january 6th, after all the destruction that you just saw, the capitol police and t

cicilline actually came to see me that day.ens of members, lots of republicans, lots democrats came to see me, and i felt a sense of being lifted up from the agony. and i won't forget their tenderness. and through the tears, i was working on a speech for the floor when we would all be together in joint session. and i wanted to focus on unity when we met in the house. i quoted abraham lincoln's famous 1838 lyceum speech, where he said that "if division and destruction ever come to america, it won't come from abroad. it will come from within," said lincoln. and in that same speech, lincoln passionately deplored mob violence. this was right after the murder of elijah lovejoy, the abolitionist newsper editor. lincoln deplored mob violence and he deplored mob rule. and he said it would lead to tyranny and despotism in america. that was the speech i gave that day after the house very graciously and warmly welcomed me back. tabitha and hank came with me to the floor and they watched it from the gallery. when it was over, they went bac

cicilline. >> mr.dent, distinguished senators, you just heard from my colleague, manager degette, how the conduct of donald trump dramatically increased the threats to our security and emboldened violent domestic extremists. i'd like to now turn to the harm that this has caused here inside these walls as a result of the conduct on january 6. the harm to us, to congress, to those who serve our country, and to the constitutional processes as the trump mob tried to stop the election certification process. the attack on january 6 was one of the bloodiest intrusions in the capitol since the british invaded in the war of 1812 and burned it to the ground. and you've heard in painstaking detail that the president's mob posed an immediate and serious threat to the continuity and constitutional succession of the united states government as the first, second and third in line to the presidency, the vice president, the speaker of the house, the president pro tem were all together and faced a common threat in the s