back in intensive care clemons condition has barely altered. his lungs are being ventilated via a tracheotomy he hasn't received any sedatives for some time now but he still isn't properly conscious the doctors suspect coburg 19 also attacks the brain as indicators suggest. the is just in many cases we see the brain being severely affected many patients are agitated disoriented and need lots of sleep medication as they become so disoriented during the course of the illness the brain has to be involved in the title. in the high security lab of the viral logy department they're studying the coronavirus they're infecting cells with covert 19 so that they can examine it more closely all of the light colored dots are infections that are spreading. under the microscope you can see alongside the blue cell nuclear lie that there are masses of red virus particles that are self replicating. such research is helping viral edges done yellow has lead and helmet angle to know what they're up against the sars coronavirus to which is causing the current coded

back in intensive care clemons condition has barely altered. his lungs are being ventilated via a tracheotomy he hasn't received any sedatives for some time now but he still isn't properly conscious the doctor suspect coburg 19 also attacks the brain as indicators suggest. the incest in many cases we see the brain being severely affected many patients are agitated disoriented and the lack of sleep medication if they become so disoriented during the course of the illness the brain has to be involved in the title. in the high security lab of the viral a-g. department they're studying the coronavirus there infecting cells with covert 19 so that they can examine it more closely all of the light colored dots are infections that are spreading. under the microscope you can see alongside the blue cell nuclear lie that there are masses of red virus particles that are self replicating . such research is helping viral or just done yellow herzliya and helmet and go to know what they're up against the sars coronavirus too which is causing the current covert

well this is obviously a potentially very big developing story let's speak to steve clemons he's the host about to say was the bottom line and the washington editor at large of the hill and he joins us from washington d.c. by skype a good to see you so how do you think the source rick lazio how do you think this audiotape affix the political dynamics right now and crucially seeing as you're obviously sort of it i've been following washington for a long time what stood out for you particularly in in the transcript and the tape. well look you know the drama yesterday was that 12 united states senators were going to contest the electoral college vote certifications that are to be read this coming wednesday and basically overseen by vice president pence so 12 united states senators are going to we're going to point to those boxes and say that somehow something was amiss that somehow someone had cheated or was trying to steal this election well now with what donald trump is done on reporting tape apparently is he's caught red handed trying to force a republican secretary of state a republ

back in intensive care clemons condition has barely altered. his lungs are being ventilated via a tricky ostomy he hasn't received any sedatives for some time now but he still isn't properly conscious the doctors suspect covert 19 also attacks the brain as indicators suggest. that the excess in many cases we see the brain being severely affected many patients are agitated disoriented and need lots of sleep medication if they become so disoriented during the course of the illness the brain has to be involved in the title. in the high security lab of the viral a-g. department they're studying the coronavirus there infecting cells with covert 19 so that they can examine it more closely all of the light colored dots are infections that are spreading. under the microscope you can see alongside the blue cell nuclear lie that there are masses of red virus particles that are self replicating . such research is helping viral edges done yellow has lead and helmet hangal to know what they're up against the sars coronavirus too which is causing the current

that afternoon clemons gets visitors his wife but tina and his daughter have come to see him they're still not allowed to touch because of the danger of infection. out of. there. his eyes are half open but not focused he's only semi conscious. barbara has just received her 2nd negative test the treatment was successful the virus can no longer be detected in her body she's not infectious she has survived kovac 19. she's still weak but she's no longer getting oxygen what she doesn't realize is that the nightmare is still far from over a little later she's back on a normal hospital ward where she gets some sobering news from a lung specialist. he puts her back on oxygen she's not getting enough air to the door and he hit means i'm not independent it's ok when i'm in the room. but it's a bit tiresome to find quite honest this over the shoulders if i want to go outside i have to carry this heavy bottle. it had really been hoping that i would get taken off it soon. but i think i'll just have to resign myself to my fate she's the. time is a long specialist cope at 19 has also confronted doc

. >> i'm steve clemons and i have a question. do americans believe their country is in the middle of a cold civil war? let's get to the bottom line. for years, more and more americans have been losing trust in their journalists and politicians. january 6 will go down and -- as one of the days when mistrust spilled over into mayhem. citizens following donald trump's dark vision of american carnage ackley -- actually attacked the american capital. people died. americans wonder how fragile their democracy is. add covid to the equation, joblessness, economic anxiety, inequality, structural racism, now all sides are angry and out each other, don't political leaders in the media and their social institutions. trust has been supplanted by conspiracy theories trying to make sense of it all. these tensions erupting in a divided america are just happening here. you can see trust eroding inside many other countries around the world. today we are talking to richard, local public relations publisher of surveys called the trust barometer. the

but to take up the trial of president trump and maybe even after he's no longer president ok steve clemons thank you very much and if you're nervous this so as to talk to thank you route the capital and let's return to a debate on the center for democracy if we don't do this then what are we going to stand for we stand for democracy we stand for american values and i stand for the a bit of donald trump you know back around to the chairman yells back down to this time the challenge from new york research the challenge from ohio it's reckon it's a mistake or we reserve the gentleman from ohio wishes to reserve the gentleman from new york. made a speaker and i owe you 30 seconds to sing was gentle lady from pennsylvania scanlan the gentlewoman from pennsylvania is recognized for 30 seconds and carries president trump launched an attack against the united states capitol i to urge my colleagues to unite but to unite in love of country and to hold this president accountable what unites our country is respect for the rule of law without accountability for those who would shatter the rule of law b

where trump is allegedly pressuring him to recalculate the vote in his favor let's go back to steve clemons who we were speaking to before who was listening to that with us i don't know where to start because there's a lot to unpick there but i suppose that stood out was that the president is still talking about rumors and in my opinion based on what i've heard so even the president himself isn't actually presenting the secretary of state of georgia with any kind of proof that the election wasn't valid. well not only let's just say for a moment i mean i hate doing this because i still have chills running down my spine hearing what i just heard but let's just say for a moment that the republican state you know the democracy watchers in georgia wanted to conspire with the president you know what's interesting is you can't challenge electoral results through conspiracies you can't and accusations and opinions the attorney the lead attorney for brad raffensperger who spoke there was exactly right that you know the system as it is which is comprised of you know hundreds if not thousands of poll

hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question now the coronavirus vaccinations are starting in the united states and in some places around the world is this the end of the pandemic or just the beginning let's get to the bottom line. after a year that shook humanity to its core forcing people to rethink their basic social interactions and decide a daily basis what risks they're willing to take vaccinations have been discovered and they're finally being deployed but what happens now the united states still has the highest number of infections and deaths in the world and the numbers just keep climbing almost 1000000000 americans have been in fact that at the moment of this broadcast more than 121000 americans are in hospitals the death toll is eclipse that of every other country with more than 330000 families grieving the loss of a loved one scientists warn that this holiday season we're going to see even bigger spread of infections and that we should brace ourselves well into the next year so what are things going to get under control today we talk with one of america's preeminent scientist

that afternoon clemons gets visitors his wife but tina and his daughter have come to see him they're still not allowed to touch because of the danger of infection. out of. there. his eyes are half open but not focused he's only semi conscious. barbara has just received her 2nd negative test the treatment was successful the virus can no longer be detected in her body she's not infectious she has survived kovac 19. she's still weak but she's no longer getting oxygen what she doesn't realize is that the nightmare is still far from over. a little later she's back on a normal hospital ward where she gets some sobering news from a lung specialist he puts her back on oxygen she's not getting enough air this. means i'm not independent. it's ok when i'm in the room. but it's a bit tiresome to find quite honest. shoulders if i want to go outside i have to carry this heavy bottle. it had really been hoping that i would get taken off it soon. but i think i'll just have to resign myself to my fate she stuff. is a long specialist cope at 19 has also confronted doctors in his discipline with a comp

steve clemons the hosts of al-jazeera as the bottom line add as a. the hill. live for us there in washington d.c. many thanks to hopefully we'll talk to you again a little let's have. big pause because we're waiting for the clock to tick over to the top of the hour it is now 800 hours g.m.t. hello i'm adrian finnegan in doha in a moment we're going to speak to our correspondent alan fischer at the white house in this special extended coverage of the inauguration of the 46th president of the united states joe biden swore the oath a little over an hour ago which we covered live here at al-jazeera this was the moment joe biden said that at this hour my friends democracy as has prevailed today we celebrate the triumph not of a candidate but of a cause and it's the cause of democracy he said this much to do in this winter of peril much to repair much to restore. let's. go live to our diplomatic i did to james bays who's at the capitol and saw that ceremony firsthand what do you make of it james. well a historic moment as these things always saw i was here 4 years a

palace is a former summer residence of colognes archbishop elector clemons how boost. the 2 flamboyant structures were cited as germany's 1st truly significant creations in the rococo style. they served as examples for many a german princely court for over a half a century. only a short walk from a ghost as burg palace beyond a small isolated wood is the falcon los hunting lodge. the name and location relate directly to its purpose it stands right under a migratory route taken by herons and falcons were once used to hunt them. our next stop is his home cathedral. one of germany's oldest of his couple churches its construction began in the year 872. it's also famous for its 1000 euros the rose of hill this time is believed to be the oldest living rose in the world. also over 1000 years old is the nearby st michael's church a part of the hill this time world cultural heritage site and an example of early romanesque architecture. the bulky castle like impression is intentional. in christian symbolism the fortress stands for god as a safe refuge. the world heritage sites i

clemons person i to do this album and this should be something critical to our songs but the rest dowhat you want we started to create. piano pieces very different from what schools are doing. and but the melodies are recognizable and after the album was released people were asking. things like you are classical pianist you're playing classical music and now you're doing something new why are you doing something new this is nothing new basically what we did there it was taking a melody and doing something new creative with that like a variation or transcription and this is something we're composers did in the last 5 centuries. and this melody. was originally compulsory 1929 and france what we did with this melody. like with. 'd old john a lot of us all pianists know the piano concerto number one for a pitcher called ski the 3rd movement which is the famous beginning. and this is a very famous ukraine and folk song which is in russian called reason we divide and that means iran come out led them together and then they were dancing all together and you see the most famous. piano concer

what critics of clemons interpretation were saying that, yes, it's probably true, but this is truth basedesearch done in the american and british archives, and we know that they were maneuvering, and we were that there were negotiation positions and then there were long-term strategy and so on and so forth, and the soviet documents and the soviet position look like a black box because there was no access to the soviet archives so clemons actually was trying to treat stalin at yalta not only as good or as bad as the western politicians, but also to a degree the argument is there that stalin was -- his victory by the western maneuvering. down to the cold war, of course brought access to the soviet archives, and that allowed us to look at the yalta conference also not just from the perspective of the sources that we have from the western side but also from the soviet side and not to surprise probably many found out that stalin was actually quite dishonest in the positions that he was taking, in the way how he was playing the game. the fact that the premises were bugged, that all this informa

could be straightened out before the election you have a big election coming up on tuesday steve clemons is the host of al jazeera as the bottom line and the washington editor at large on the hill he joins us again from washington d.c. via skype steve good to see you again we were talking to you the past hour as well i guess that you know we listen to it it's had more time to the sort of thing can do you think that some of what the president said and that there could be considered illegal. oh yes i mean i think that many people in the country will consider what he did to pressure tactics the efforts to threaten to overturn an election david frum has been now actually tweeting the legal code that would specify that that kind of act would be considered illegal but the president of the united states can get away with a lot and he is near the end of his term so who knows what will really happen but i have to tell people that it was 5 minutes of intense conversation between these people and this is a one hour long tape of that killing i've been listening to large segments of it it's an hour l

for that so bring in steve clemons he's the host of al-jazeera is the bottom line and editor at large of the hill he joins us via skype from washington d.c. thanks for being with us again so he does not have a specific issue until it's cold in the house but from what you're seeing of the figures how surprising are of those republicans republican figures voting for the impeachment. well we knew that there were going to be some republicans because they had spoken out that they were going to support impeachment we knew that this was labeled a vote of conscience and there was not an effort by the majority the majority leader but the republican leader in the house to whip these votes and hold people in line so this was you know an alleged. vote of conscious and so the numbers are about as i look at it right now we have now about 10 republicans that have joined those who have impeached the president and that is a bigger number than we expected it means though that the republican party is going through a very very interesting divide right now and as heidi was just talking about liz cheney ha

with incitement if insurrection and we'll hear more from the house shortly but 1st a speak to steve clemons who is host of al-jazeera is the bottom line and the washington editor at large for the hill joy.

from the president of the united states himself that's got to create a problem for them ok steve clemons there bringing as analysis live from washington d.c. at thank you steve thank you well in that 000 record saying trump appears citrus in georgia secretary of state broad raffensperger with vague criminal consequences if he refuses to comply with the president's requests. you know what they did and you're not reporting it that's as you know that's a criminal that's a criminal offense and you know you can't let that happen. well bruce fein is a constitutional lawyer and former us associate deputy attorney general and joins says also from washington d.c. creates have you with us on the news hour you're a constitutional lawyer i'm not so it's no immediately clear to me that where the law is just spell it out what did you hear on that call that points to any american laws being broken. well there are at least 2. 1 his threat to criminally prosecute mr raffensperger if he did not hold true to the vote that is exercise his official powers in particular way is extraordinary and under federal

steve clemons is the host of al-jazeera is the bottom line and the washington editor at large of the hill he says the president's actions that being have compromise the integrity of the us democratic system. i think that many people in the country will consider what he did to pressure tactics the efforts to threaten to overturn an election david frum has been now actually tweeting the legal code that would specify that that kind of act would be considered illegal but the president of the united states can get away with a lot and he is near the end of his term so who knows what will really happen i think the era of american us exceptionalism this this notion that america is the beacon on the hill you know the gold label of democracy is over i think that we've been coming apart in other ways before this i think the 20082009 financial crisis which harmed lots of the rest of the world not only middle class americans was a time when american financial markets looked highly corrupt and they were supposed to be the best in the world now we're seeing the wheels come off american governance i

we're joined by steve clemons who's the host of al-jazeera is the bottom line and is editor at large of the hill is joining us via skype from washington d.c. steve as always good to have you with us and all jaziri thank you very much indeed and i want to talk to you 1st of all about this message from donald trump a very different tone one would almost say presidential in which it one point he says i want to be very clear i unequivocally condemn the violence that we saw last week how do you think his supporters feel about him. well i think his supporters who grown used to him. many who are dedicated to the track they're on and believe that you know he was framed and set in this election was stolen are going to believe that's not the authentic donald trump going to be this is another scripted scripted moment that he doesn't really believe in we're so used to and they're so used to getting instructions and commentary from him in large capital letters over twitter that a lot of people are not going to believe this is authentic donald trump others will be frustrated with him like they wer

impeachment of president thank you a talking casserole a house democrat from texas he spoke to steve clemons the host of al-jazeera is the bottom line the day after the assault on the capital i think that the president has been for weeks now really months. tell his supporters that the election was stolen from that there was widespread election fraud without providing any evidence of the . right weight media has followed him down that rabbit hole and so when they got millions of people to believe that then those people started putting pressure on republican and conservative politicians like take cruz and josh valley and then those guys because of their own political ambitions also stoke the flames in the last few weeks and the result is what we saw yesterday and i just it was an insurrection and a takeover literally of both chambers of the legislative branch of the united states government and now the news u.s. federal authorities have executed a woman for the 1st time in almost 70 is judges overturned a stay of execution for lisa montgomery she was convicted of killing a pregnant woman and c

on the security arrangements that were put in place let's bring in steve clemons he's the host of the bottom line is also the editor at large of the hill who join us joining us from chestertown that's in maryland hi steve thanks for joining us. thanks very much let's let's look at the executive order is the sign just about an hour or hour ago so he's basically targeted trump's policies on immigration climate change racial equality the virus so many issues so many crises. there you go i mean what you want what's most important in your opinion what are the priorities for biden. look i think right now the priorities are trying to try and return america back to you know a normality that it had and that the stright in positions of not only talking about you know immigration from our southern border as if it were a war a national security threat and diverting funds to build the wall that the muslim band so he has you know dismantle the so-called muslim band he is immediately said stop funding any money on the wall he has basically rolled back many many different environmental i mean he wrot

we're joined now by steve clemons he's the host of al-jazeera is the bottom line and is editor at large of the hill he joins us via skype from washington d.c. thanks so much for being with us and in the last few minutes your torent been on air we've heard from mitch mcconnell saying that to has no chance of a fair serious impeachment trial of concluding before president that oddness sworn in on january 20th and the it's best if congress spends the next 7 days on facilitating safe a safe no gration an orderly transition of power and within the last couple of minutes we've heard from his opposite number saying that absent an agreement with mcconnell an emergency session of the tip of the senate an impeachment trial will begin after jamming the 19th so it does look as though that next stage of going to the senate won't happen until off to the inauguration. well that's right and you know one of the interesting consequences of this is that it gives donald trump and his team you know it time to pause and to plan what they're going to do next if this had gone immediately to the senate they had

well steve clemons is the host of the al-jazeera show the bottom line and editor at large of the hill he says trump is living in his own bubble in which he refuses to accept the election outcome. president trump has spent much of his phone time his outreach time and the time down it more log on golf courses with largely sycophantic people people who feed him what he wants to hear and they've continued this fantasy that he can still legitimately win the election by overturning vote and so it's hard to describe the bubble that the president is in but we've known for a long time that he has self selected news inputs that flatter him and tell him what to hear and he surrounded himself with those kinds of people it's one hour of this kind of conversation is very compelling drive president trump towards the secretary of state of georgia driven by conspiracy theories driven by this notion you know that somehow dominion has altered its machines or that votes have been run through several times or destroyed and this is what has been fed to him by people around him he's really put himself into

asking agencies to extend bans on the victuals and student loan payments earlier we spoke to steve clemons he's the host of al-jazeera is the bottom line an editor at large at the hill he explains what will be top of biden's agenda. i think right now the priorities are trying to try and return america back to you know a normality that it had and that the strident positions of not only talking about you know immigration from our southern border as if it were a war a national security threat and diverting funds to build the wall but the muslim ban so he has you know dismantle the so-called muslim ban he is immediately said stop funding any money on the wall he has basically rolled back many many different environmental i mean he wrote an executive order on environmental regulation but it covers a vast number of chemicals and you know requirements for power plants and emissions that donald trump had deregulated during this and so there are so many different areas that in the 15 executive orders the dollar trump signed to date you know i was calling this the day of reset i'm now calling the da

hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question now that trumps presidency has ended will he still be able to pull strings in american politics through the republican party let's get to the bottom line. with any world leader in history knows how to leave office with a bang it's definitely donald trump twice impeached banned from most social media and having inspired thousands the storm the u.s. congress the supposedly stop the steal of november's election he succeeded by the biding his people on political religious economic and geographic lines and now the business of healing in uniting the nation if it can be healed and united and even if it wants to be falls on the new president joe biden but there's no denying that trump's conspiracy theory rhetoric is still out there still captivating the imagination of untold millions in america from all walks of life and in congress itself so what's next for american politics and especially the republican party that donald trump leaves. behind my guest today is a prominent republican legal expert who's been talking about the dangers that trump poses

there were about 200000 african-americans years ago who were not participating in elections steve clemons is the editor at large for the hill and he's also the host of al-jazeera is the bottom line he says trump's overt pressure on mike pence shows how desperate he's become. no loyal follower has been less abused and mike pence is mike pence has chosen it every course never to embarrass the president always to stand by him even when i have to tell you it's really tough i mean mike pence was a member of the house of representatives he was a distinguished governor of the state of indiana he knows how the system works and i think he's at the proverbial fork in the road where no matter what he chooses it's going to be consequential for him and protect and but potentially people but look what i think is happening right now some of us are speculating i think we're seeing the break up of the republican party as we've known it right now and that you're beginning to see the split and divide among republicans and republican hopefuls for the 2024 presidential race i think mike pence will be among th

build a few weeks ago the hoping to charge you with incitement of insurrection let's speak to steve clemons who's the host of al-jazeera is the bottom line and the washington editor at large for the hill joins us live from washington d.c. steve great to see the. the ongoing saga continues the house will vote to impeach him. it will trump the question is what happens next and one point we're talking about perhaps impeach will take place after president trump has left office now we're hearing that at least a democratic representative is saying that the senate could hold a vote to expel trump from office on monday if the senate moves quickly enough how do you assess all of this. well there is a fork in the road and you know my sense is that right now the drama that is unfolding today that president trump will become the only president in american history to be impeached twice you know that's really something and you saw a number of republicans in the house including republican leader kevin mccarthy and others try and stop this because the stigma of this moment is so huge he tried to stop it by

world i'm sentimental when you really can lose in current affairs that matter to you hi i'm steve clemons and i have a couple of questions after a day of really unprecedented violence and chaos at the u.s. capitol is american democracy critically fractured or can it survive a white house encouraged assault on the people's house the united states congress let's get to the bottom line. it was supposed to be a day of historic ceremony a stylised traditional reading aloud of the electoral college votes of each of america's states and their acceptance in a joint session of congress instead it was a day where violence and chaos was sparked by a frustrated president drama at least half of americans see what he did as inciting an insurrection an attempted coup against the election of joe biden by a mob of his supporters after a night of tension between the president and his own vice president and cabinet who discussed amongst themselves the possibility of finding trump unfit for office and with lawmakers refusing to be intimidated and finishing their work overnight to certify the election results

or earlier i spoke with steve clemons he's the host of al-jazeera is the bottom line and he's the editor at large of the hill he says the statement from president tom may look out of character to his supporters. his supporters who grown used to him. many who are dedicated to the track they're on and believe that you know he was framed and set up in this election was stolen are going to believe that's not the authentic donald trump going to be this is another scripted scripted moment that he doesn't really believe in we're so used to and they're so used to getting instructions and commentary from him in large capital letters over twitter that a lot of people are not going to believe this is authentic donald trump others will be frustrated with him like they were frustrated with mike pence for basically beginning to take a different track which is more constructive i mean the president's tone is definitely different he's definitely telling his people to stand down telling them they're not is people if they take this course there's a kind of challenge for doll jump right now that he's lost

the hour donald trump tries to cajole and to billy the secretary of state and to recounting steve clemons is the host of al-jazeera is the bottom line and the washington editor at large of the hill he says this puts donald trump's political allies in a difficult place. the drama yesterday was that 12 united states senators were going to contest the electoral college vote certifications that are to be read this coming wednesday and basically overseen by vice president pads so 12 united states senators are going to we're going to point to those boxes and say that somehow something was amiss that somehow someone had cheated or was trying to steal this election well now would donald trump is done on recording tape apparently is he's caught red handed trying to force a republican secretary of state a republican governor to change the votes in their election so all of a sudden i think we don't know how this will go but the senators are in a much more tenuous fragile situation because the president has been caught red handed on tape trying to compel someone to cheat when they have been arguing t

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impeachment effort it includes joaquin castro has a house democrat from texas and he spoke to steve clemons the host of al-jazeera bottom line the day after the assault on the capital. i think that the president has been for weeks now really months. telling his supporters that the election was stolen from him that there was widespread election fraud without providing any evidence of that right weight media just followed him down that rabbit hole and so when they got millions of people to believe that then those people started putting pressure on republican and conservative politicians like ted cruz and josh allie and then those guys because of their own political ambitions also still stoke the flames in the last few weeks and the result is what we saw yesterday and i just it was an insurrection and a takeover literally both chambers of the legislative branch of the united states government let's speak to jostle and sage mitchell who is an assistant professor at northwestern university in cats are seen joining us from doha thanks very much for your time with us on the news hour so we heard t

political party along the lines that adolfo suggested steve thank you very much indeed that steve clemons thanks rob well the u.k. has recorded one of its worst deadly coronavirus death toll since the start of the pandemic on widens day $1041.00 deaths were reported the 1st time the death toll has exceeded a 1000 since april prime minister abbas johnston says restrictions will be eased gradually rather than drastically at the right time more than 77000 people have died from covert 1000 in the u.k. and the 3000000 have been confirmed in fact said let's fix that and then baba who's joining us live from london just talk us through how stretched the u.k. hospitals are. well as stretches they have been during this pandemic if not more 'd the figures are alarming on that wednesday a new record of new covered cases over 62000 and as you were saying 30 a record 30000 people in hospital with the virus now around the country there have been interviews in the last few days on national media with staff working for the national health service who are desperate they're saying they're seeing people as y

john reporting from a pro trump rally let's bring in steve clemons he's the editor at large for the hill he's also the host of al-jazeera is the bottom line his joining us from chestertown maryland over in the united states hi steve lots to talk about take you 1st of all john's reporting his reporting from metro approach trump rally are you concerned that there will be an escalation of some sorts once the certification process is over between the pro trump protesters and the protesters. it's very hard to predict but of course i'm very concerned i mean one reason. it seems so many of us are outside of washington d.c. just you know an arm's length away is that there's a lot of concern to me about this or has asked people not to go in to the inner city area has warned people about guns already apprehended people with guns the city has boarded itself yet again with plywood on storefronts and office fronts throughout that part of the city around the white house and so there is significant concern that the followers of donald trump and potential protesters just or unable to accept the politica

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there's also been a very famous writer by the name of samuel clemons who was here, mark twain. and my father remembers as a 12-year-old boy he used to sit with other kids from dublin at the feet of the writer. and mark twain would read some of his latest work. and then of course most special of all the white house connection was the 300-pound president. neither bushes would have qualified for that. william howard taft's secretary of the treasury built this house in 1902, and taft visited here twice. one of the times he visited the mcveighs who built this house invited the whole town of dublin, which we're like 1,500 now. in those days it was like 600. so he shook hands with 600 people before the supper the mcveighs would offer him. and my grandfather who's a harvard professor was one of the guests. and he brought along his 12-year-old son who was my father. and 40 years later daddy bought the place. it had been empty for 15 years. he bought it for literally a song. and we a wonderful chairman who is full of energy and full of good ideas. ramona branch is our chairman of preside

with incitement insurrection and we'll hear more from the house shortly but 1st i speak to steve clemons who is host of al-jazeera is the bottom line and the washington editor at large for the hill joins us live by skype from washington d.c. and steve this nancy pelosi we heard from her a little bit earlier the speaker of the house of representatives saying that the representatives hold the power of the people of the united states and the president has incited insurrection this armed rebellion he's a clear and present danger to the nation we love and there's been counter arguments from the republican side as well so 2 sides the argument being presented but ultimately the democrats look set to have their way donald trump looks set to be impeached again but when could that trial take place and will he be convicted and really what does it achieve. well i think there are several questions in there one night you're right i think the impeachment will pass the house and we haven't yet received a very clear indication from speaker pelosi as to whether those articles of impeachment will be sent t

myself, steve clemons. a lot socially, but will on the hill, well on the hill, there it is.re is my picture. i didn't get bobby in. i was going to photoshop him. we have been calling you the once and future congressman. what are you going to accomplish now that you didn't before? issa: to aive-elect great extent, i am returning to provide that perspective you have when you serve a long time in congress. some of it could be mentoring younger members, explaining to people that we have been in the minority with a democratic president before, we worked through it, we have been in the majority and worked with a democratic president before to accomplish legislation. passed with was republican majority in the house, democratic majority in the senate, and president obama. and one of the big cheerleaders for that act was vice president joe biden. some of those things, some of that history is what i am hopefully bringing back, along with a perspective of two years being on the outside looking at the body i served in for so long. >> a lot of people are asking, why come back? what did y

i am a steve clemons. he's bob cusack, show them. wearing a tie. be well.captions copyright national >> join us tomorrow for opening day of the 117th congress. our live coverage starts at 7:00 eastern on washington journal. the house and senate gavel into session. the days proceedings will take longer then usual to accommodate members socially distanced moving in and out of the chambers. the vote for the next speaker is expected. newly elected the speaker addresses the members, followed by the swearing in of members. watch our live all day coverage on c-span, c-span2, online at c-span.org, and listen on the free c-span radio app. dd myers, -- dee dee myers, former press secretary for president bill clinton, joined veteran reporters for a discussion on covering the white house, the role of the press secretary, and how the biden administration might deal with the media. very much. i appreciate this event. i want to thank our speakers, it is midmorning on the west coast, and p.m. on the east coast. we are going to talk about what's next for white house press c

when the unemployment rate is very high like jeff clemons at ucla-san diego has done some research duringinimum wage is usually a bad idea when the unemployment rate is so high because of this hiring effect. during normal, good times it's not that bad of a policy at least if it's kept within a reasonable domain because at least our research shows it can have nice income spillover effects to people making slightly above the wage distribution and can also help their situation. to be clear though, i think if the goal of the biden administration is to reduce poverty with the minimum wage, i think they should instead focus more on more targeted policies. if you think about it, the minimum wage is actually a very blunt policy tool for reducing poverty in the first place. most minimum wage earners aren't core breadwinners, they're college students and other people. they're better off doing things like tax breaks or other more target programs. neil: you know, you're the first professor to use the screening mcduck -- scrooge mcduck analogy. >> thank you, neil. neil: in the meantime, we were talkin

very excited there's a song that i wrote with a new artist, who was just nominated for a grammy, ant clemonsso performing. demi lovato. tom hanks will host this 90-minute special that will be on most of the networks. >> a fun way to end, justin. we were talking about song writing. you were talking about this, and i was thinking about carson. when i watched a little clip of you, you were talking about, on a radio show, how the song "sexyback" came to be. i just want to show this clip. we're just going to take you back take a look. >> okay. >> so he's -- and i was like, oh, i already know how i'm coming in on this. what you gonna say i do, i just go like this. i'm bringing sexyback. he goes, yeah! never forget this moment he's - i was like, oh, i already know how i'm coming in on this. the beat is playing. what you gonna say hmm, hmm i'll go like this, i'm bringing sexyback he goes, yeah. >> is it that easy >> it's tiktok, i get it. >> some songs take days, and some songs are a moment. they all kind of happen in different ways the backstory to that song was i was listening to david bowie's "re

there's been a very famous writer by the name of samuel clemons who was here, mark twain. and my father remembers as a 12 year old boy, that he would sit with other kids from dublin at the feet of the great writer and mark twain would read some of his latest works. and then of course, most special of all, the white house connection, was the 300 pound president. neither bush would've qualified for that. william howard taft secretary of the treasury built this house in 1902. when taft visited here twice. one of the times he visited win the place who built this house invited the whole town of dublin. we were like 600 in those days. we are 1500 today. the good president shook hands, went around the periphery, and shake hands with 600 people. before the supper they were offering. and my grandfather, who is a harvard professor, was one of the guests. he brought along his 12-year-old son, who was my father. and 40 years later, daddy bought the place. it had been empty for 15 years. this evening is sponsored by the dublin area gop. commonly known as dagop. we have a wonderful chai