the headline should read, congressional black caucus calls, call for immediate change in upgrade in member security, accountability and restructuring of the capitol security plan and protocols. congressional black caucus introduces legislation ranging from domestic terrorism legislation to combat rioting extremist. cbc members will serve as impeachment managers, and we will support the removal and the impeachment of donald trump. our witnesses for the day are majority with congressman james clyburn, reverend al sharpton, national action network. marc morial, president and ceo, national urban league. mayor muriel bowser, district of columbia. malcolm nance, author, a commentator terrorism, intelligence and insurgency. alecia garza, black lives matter cofounder, congressman hakeem jeffries, chairman kim of the caucus. congresswoman maxine waters, chair financial services committee. congresswoman sheila jackson lee, congressional black caucus parliamentarian, congressman bennie thompson, chair homeland security. welcome and thank you for being here virtually. the witnesses will be recognized

. >> the congressional black caucus held a hearing on the u.s. capitol attack. members of the counterterrorism -- they spoke about their concerns related to racism and white supremacy connected to the january 6 attack. they discuss president trump's role in the event and how they should responded to the incident. this is about 1.5 hours. >> we begin today's hearing by given special -- giving special announcement to rev. al sharpton for our like-mindednwaaa -- like-mindedness in needing to call this to order. thank you for joining our power, our message, our fight for justice. we are here to explore the horrific events that took place in our nation's capital one week ago. as chairwoman of the congressional black caucus during our historical 50th anniversary, i look forward to building on the legacy of our 13 founders, my predecessors who have honorably served this noble organization as chair and the members who have and continued to serve as the conscience of the common thread. as the world watched the attack on our capitol, many of us were participating in the s

not only for me, the congressional black caucus, but the nation to be able to witness a black woman. a woman of color, sworn in as the first female vice president. someone who i served with and watched. more importantly, when you look at what she stands for, all of the things that she has been saying to us, it not only builds hope and opportunity, but it also gives us relief from what we witnessed for the past four years. all of the negative things toward women and people of color. it allows us really to understand what building back better will mean. it will be inclusive. it will give us an opportunity to talk about the issues that face so many of us that we have been discriminated against or we have faced disproportionately. it was a great day. great day of hope, of opportunity. i am still relishing in the pact that vice president kamala harris will be speaking for us and before the nation. >> and there are a lot of people of color and black voices in the administration. marcia fudge and lloyd austin to name a couple. what change does that bring? the grieve grieving in the blac com

joyce beatty and certainly want to have you back because you're the incoming chair of the congressional black caucusfor all of america to witness, certainly these agenda items fall at the foot of the congressional black caucus, which has grown membership with the 117th congress as we kick off. so i thank you so much for taking time. i'm happy to know you're safe and your staff is safe and thank you so much for taking the time for joining us this morning. i do want to bring in now my colleague who's joining us from the nation's capitol at the site of wednesday's insurrection. ali velshi, they never give you a rest. you're always on the air and so happy to share the split screen with you this morning. you were shot by rubber bullets over this summer there at the capitol, so i imagine it must have been quite jarring for you as well to witness what happened on wednesday. >> you see in my hand, there's a gas mask, that was in minneapolis in june and here's the sad reality of where we are. i travel with a gas mask and a bulletproof vest now. i was shot at the hands of police, so when i see people comparin

opening doors for the model mob and taking selfies giving this bums some congressional black caucus members have called out police forces for potential involvement in the insurrection house majority whip jim clyburn commented somebody on the inside was complicit in letting rioters in the building in an interview with c.b.s. cliburn pointed to a few reasons why he thought rioters were assisted by the cops he said of the group they knew where to go staff are saying that they saw people being allowed into the building through side doors somebody on the inside of those buildings was complicit in this. under fire several u.s. capitol police officers have been suspended for their actions during the attempted coup the announcement came on the heels of representative tim ryan's comments that the officer featured prominently in selfies with rioters and another who wore a maga hat while directing the rioters were both suspended $10.00 to $15.00 more officers are having their actions were viewed as well and police officer is also being investigated for involvement in the insurrection to seattle police

new the comments from leaders like jim cliburn who is the majority whip these obviously congressional black caucus member comments from him saying that this was an inside job specifically noting that there were people who opened doors there were 2 models in the in the capitol that no one would know about outside of that area there were spaces where there are meetings among congressional. readers that are an unnamed an unmarked areas and yet these individuals knew exactly where they were that's a problem it's a security and safety issue but it also points to a much larger problem that it does i mean you know what all this reminds me of reminds me of the old as a child of the ninety's reminds me of the old rage against the machine song lyrics was you know those who work forces are often those who burn crosses you know when you go back to that and this reminds me of that and but the biggest question moving forward i think and you know you mentioned it to me earlier today is how do you then trust your capital security forces if the how for good and half are bad how do you trust that moving forward how

[applause] now, please welcome the new chair of the congressional black caucus, the honorable joyce beattyrepresenting ohio's third congressional district. [applause] >> i joyce beatty, amchairwoman of the congressional black caucus. it is a pleasure to be here. first, let me say thank you to my dear friend and founder of the national action network, referent, al sharpton. reverend, i can't thank you enough for all of your leadership in the fight for justice. for being a friend to the congressional black caucus, and someone i am honored to be able to call a friend. think you for all of your hard work of good and to another friend, martin luther king iii, thank you for cochairing this incredible breakfast event. to all of the honorees, kevin, cindy, latasha, and dr. anthony fauci, congratulations. the last four years have certainly been trying and difficult for all of us. with the knees of injustice on her necks, police shootings, attacks on our democracy, covid-19, and now, the recent january 6 united states capitol insurrection, with white supremacy on display. but martin luther king jr.

[applause] now, please welcome the new chair of the congressional black caucus representing ohio third con congressional district. [applause]e] >> chairman of the congressional black caucus, it is an honor for me to participate in this 2021 national action network dr. martin luther king, jr. day breakfast let me say thank you to my dear friend and founder of the t national action network reverend al sharpton i can't thank you enough for all of your leadership in the fight for justice. being a friend to the congressional black caucus an someone honored to be able to call. to ebony riley chief thank you for all of your hard work and to another friend, martin luther king the third thank you for co-chairing this incredible breakfast event. to all of the honoree for hillary kavanaugh brown, cindy, latasha brown and dr. anthony fauci congratulations. last four years have certainly been trying and difficult for all of us. with needs of injustice on our neck, police shootings, racial disparities, voter suppression, a tax on our democracy. covid-19, and now the recent january 6th united states

i'm asking you until recently you were the chair of the congressional black caucus, how will the whitese deal with that? i talked earlier with dr. fauci. how will you focus on the black community and the imbalance and how this covid-19 virus has impacted and affected us? >> that's one thing i like about this administration. we know what we know, what we don't know and we know where we need help. i was tasked weeks ago -- i convened a call with black male influencers, radio show hosts, athletes, van jones, we all came together to talk about the skepticism that black males have with taking the vaccine. and it was a raw conversation, it was straight to the point and the surgeon general was on the call and he answered the tough questions because we know we have work to do. there's a lot of distrust of medicine, especially coming after this administration who had problems telling the truth and transparency and convincing people that facts were facts. so we're going where people are and we're going to answer the hard questions so that they have the confidence in the vaccine that we have. you

joining me now is the chair of the congressional black caucus, representative joyce beatty of ohio. thank you for being with us, madam chairperson. >> thank you so much, reverend al, for having me. it's always good to be with you. >> now, i want to give you some time to talk about the congressional black caucus' priorities in the new congress. but if you know like i do, protecting voter access for people of color is one of those priorities, and i'm sure you know it better than me, as the chair person. we knew after georgia that republicans would return to the drawing board as far as voter suppression tactics. and you have this from politico today. saying state level gops are looking at new voter restrictions specifically in georgia where republicans want to attack the absentee voting that largely handed the state to joe biden and gave those senate races to democrats. now, as republicans push for these new restrictions, how will the cbc push back? >> well, thank you for that. certainly, we wealize that after all of the work that many of our partners and advocated, including the natio

also, as a member of the congressional black caucus, to have another one of your members to be the vice doors for us as we talk about our power and our message, we have a direct lij link to the white house where we can talk about all of those issues, all of the things that are facing all of america, but especially black america because we know there are so many disparities in the things that we are facing. >> you talk about the inspiration for little girls. you know, of color. and really, we look at some of the pictures of little girls who were standing in front of the television set, you know, with their hands, you know, raised as if they were being sworn in and, you know, it too represents the gamut of color and backgrounds, it's not just little girls who are black and brown, but it's little boys, it's kids who are white. you know, who are inspired by that moment and i think about, you know, my son is now 15. but, you know, he was able to grow up and watch the swearing in of a black man as president in obama and now my little girl, who's 8, is emblazened with the image of seeing a bla

. >> the congressional black caucus held a hearing on the u.s. capitol attack. members of the counterterrorism -- they spoke about their concerns related to racism and white supremacy connected to the january 6 attack. they discuss president trump's role in the event and how they should responded to the incident. this is about 1.5 hours. >> we begin today's hearing by given special -- giving special announcement to rev. al sharpton for our like-mindednwaaa -- like-mindedness in needing to call this

you expressed interest in joining the congressional black caucus.ave you made any progress on hat? >> i got nothing, guys. i'm sorry. can't hear you. i want to make ure -- [indiscernible] >> representative elect byron donalds, it's loud there. we look forward to having you back with the hill many times when we can get back in the post covid world, we throw some very, very good and very smart policy sessions. you got to come back for those. thank you so much for joining us. our next guest is congresswoman elect theresa legger fernandez, she'll be the first latina woman to represent her district in new mexico. truth in advise tising, i used to work many years ago for senator jeff bingaman of new mexico in the senate. i consider myself an honorary new mexican. she spent the past 30 years as an attorney in advancing voting rights, providing affordable housing, congresswoman elect, so great to see you. m here with my pal and boss, bob cue sack, chief in editor of the hill. >> congratulations on your victory. i wanted to ask you about the presidential 202

you also chair the congressional black caucus. they made you chair because they recognize your leadership capabilities. in our time in congress together we have worked on a number of things that are bipartisan, increasing -- including increasing the go to college act, which incentivizes students through the pell grant program. in 2014, after a hard rule i thought was a bureaucratic rule that didn't make much sense cut off cleveland families from services, your office and my office worked together to ensure hud worked with cuyahoga county and city mission in particular so that residents could continue to have access to those final services. we were successful in working with hud on that. i know you have experiences working with the hud bureaucracy. during this crisis, she has continued to be a leader in fighting for housing security by cosponsoring amendments to the bipartisan cares act that ensured those affected by the panic -- the pandemic were not foreclosed on due to missed rent or mortgage payments. just as important as her e

. >> the congressional black caucus held a hearing on the u.s. capitol attack.ivil rights activists, the mayor, and counterterrorism expert spoke about their experiences and racism. they spoke about president trump's role in the attack, flaws and security at the capitol building, and their response to the attack. this is about 90 minutes. >> we begin today's hearing by giving special -- special acknowledgment to rev. al sharpton, and the president and ceo of the national urban league . to all other guests and ng

the election as a result and giving supporters, whether they are members of the congressional black caucusmaga supporters, false belief that something happened, it is not healthy for our democracy. thank you so much forjoining us. thank you so much forjoining us. let's return now to capitol hilland us. let's return now to capitol hill and listen to lawmakers who have resumed the process of certifying joe biden‘s election when after the violence that happened today. the biggest bipartisan vote we can in support of our democracy and in support of our democracy and in support of our constitution and in rejection of what we saw today and what the roman republic saw in its own time. there is a tendency around this place, i think, there is a tendency around this place, ithink, to there is a tendency around this place, i think, to always believe that we are the first people to confront something when that is seldom the case. and to under appreciate what the effect of our actions will be. we need to deeply appreciate, in this moment, our obligation to the constitution, oui’ obligation to the const

took an adverse position on electors that had been taken by every single member of the congressional black caucus in 2001 cancellations for some celebrations for others for doing the exact same thing the president united states can't tweet or post on facebook but we know from project bear toss that the principal counsel for p.b.s. can call for the government to steal children from republicans and throw molotov cocktails at the white house we should allow america to heal before america is lost but that is not happening today out of course 30 more seconds. the gentleman has given 30 additional seconds the deal now is house democrats just want in on the act that's the purpose of the resolution today they want to show you that they can still tear things down i guess over the next 2 years we'll see if they're capable of building anything or anyone up this is a deeply unpopular impeachment the public wishes we were here dealing with corona virus not the virus of trump hatred that you seem to have found no vaccine for i yield back gentlemen years back the gentleman from ohio reserves. the gentleman from

self-critical and in your book you talk about the need for a change in leadership with the congressional black caucus many are my age and the need to regenerate and refurbish and i have to agree with you. >> if you look at the caucus delegation it is appreciably older and that should become part of the leadership delegation. and on how that mentality of around with black leadership that the people who came of age that would lead us in to the 20 thirties. in the end men at least we need the municipal state level in the federal government. >> some years ago we had a discussion so i ask them for the remainder you can appreciate. >> but i'm not from atlanta. [laughter] >> but you know atlanta. and asking why it was peachtree and not the at auburn avenue? that is where traditional law seat on - - lawsuit limits for white businesses are. so at that time why did you select the redevelopment as opposed to auburn avenue? >> now i am intrigued. >> and he didn't want to say why. >> would do you think the reason was? >> the black elite that you talk about benefited economically from the choice. that is why it ha

was the first meeting of the congressional black caucus. still waiting for full clearance.y of us witnessed and marched in and participated in these. it was a different day, today when i think about photos that i look back on when black lives ander came to the capital how it lines up with officers -- they were not allowed to come to the steps. today, we watched people scaling andwalls and climbing up coming with things that could be harmful to the police officers but it gives me pause to wonder how they got through metal doors. how did they get into the capital? be in the capital throughd then moving the halls and they were not escorted or arrested. where were all of the vans and the trucks to arrest them? it is too great discomfort that they were able to do that at this level. david: congresswoman, you were all there to take the tallies of the electoral college. they are going to be some objections, i think we all know how it would come out. >> absolutely. i am comfortable that we will go back into the chambers and do the people's work. this is something that this presiden

that came out of the democratic caucus, came out of the congressional black caucus advocating for it.ut housing and s.n.a.p. and you talk about moratoriums on mortgages and you talk about not having people evicted, we also know there are disparities. covid-19 has to be a top priority. black folks make up 13% of national population, yet when you look at the death rates, we're much higher numbers there. i can go down on this the same for economic development, minority businesses, 41% of black businesses are in trouble because of the economic and certainly we all know what the injustices are. we witnessed some of that in the last week with the attack on our democracy. so we will stand with president-elect, soon to be president biden and vice president-elect kamala harris, who is a member of the congressional black caucus and has been very active with us. >> congresswoman davis, i want to turn to you. as i was preparing for this interview, i did talk to some folks on the hill about you specifically. some of the feedback i got, it's not just your presence on capitol hill, it's how you chal

we must impeach this president and the congressional black caucus stands ready to stand in a bipartisan message. >> the gentleman from ohio is recognized. >> we reserve. >> the gentleman from ohio reserves. >> the gentleman from new york? madame speaker, i now yield 30 seconds to mrs. moore. >> madame speaker, the president radicalized american citizens and as his vice president please, the speaker cowered while people died, he watched with glee. that is why even though it is only seven days before the end of his term, we have the fierce urgency of now. he could declassify state secrets. he could monetize national -- and he could even pardon the person who killed a member of the capitol police. >> the gentleman from ohio is recognized. >> thank you madame speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from texas, mr. arrington. >> i rise with sorrow to oppose this second attempt at a baseless impeachment. the people involved should be met with swift accountability. the president did not insight a riot. he didn't lead an insurrection, and there are no misdemeanors . the criminals that stor

also want you to stay tuned because we will be rolling out our first 100 days from the congressional black caucus, the conscience of the congress. stay tuned. god bless you. our power, our message. you heard it from us. our power, our message. thank you. >> yesterday british prime minister boris johnson yielded questions from members of house of commons and the first question time session of the new year. he answered a range of questions focus mainly on the government's response to the coronavirus pendant and oppose brexit trade agreement. this runs 45 minutes. >> we are not committee questions to the prime minister. >> i will first call the prime minister to once, engagement question want and then i will call -- his supplementary. >> prime minister. >> mr. speaker, i'm sure members of when want to join and offering our condolences to the family and friends of our former colleague brian findley who died over christmas eve. mr. speaker, today with publishing our proposals for reforming the mental health act. for too long we seen rising rates of the tension that not only had a little bit of affect

. >> the congressional black caucus held a hearing yesterday on the u.s. capitol attack. members of the cbc civil rights activist, d.c. mayor muriel bowser and counterterrorism expert finance spoke about their concerns related to racism and white supremacy connected to the

you are talking at 60 members in the congressional black caucus, you're talking about six members on ways and means committee. if given the opportunity to implement the division and the agenda that he has. lisa: there is a question about impeachment at this point and going forward with the trial given the immediacy of the vaccination rollout as well as the aid needed to get to people. do you think it is a mistake to move ahead so quickly with impeaching the former president? dwight evans: i believe we can do more than one thing. i believe is a question of accountability. the house has voted for impeachment and that is now passing to the senate. i believe that we can conduct both, we can implement the agenda regarding the virus and the economy, and we also can deal with impeachment. it is a question of accountability. it is not like the constitution has written somewhere that you can avoid the aspect of accountability. no one is above the question of accountability. i believe that the process will be conducted in a very fair way and we should move forward. jonathan: thanks for being w

stephanie jones who used to call me her white son and joyce beatty who's now ahead of the congressional black caucus and a minority leader in ohio. former mayor mark mallory in cincinnati. we've been supportive and active -- [ indiscernible ] even with the covid. i'll be fighting very, very hard for those issues in congress or any other position i need. >> all right. i would love for you to make some news on this show, so when you're ready to make that announcement, you have a permanent invitation. i'd love to have you back. thank you so much, congressman tim ryan. i appreciate it. >> thank you for saying kendrick meek. >> former florida congressman, absolutely. thank you so much, congressman. up next, don't go anywhere. trumpism without trump, he's threatening to start a new party. but let's be honest. he's still got the old one. stay tuned. we'll be right back. uned we'll be right back. #1 for diabetic dry skin* #1 for psoriasis symptom relief* and #1 for eczema symptom relief* gold bond champion your skin gold bond in a recent clinical study, patients using salonpas patch reported reductions in p

, i will say that national action network and national urban league has appealed to the congressional black caucus public hearings with subpoenas of many of these agencies. i'm certain that the information you gave tonight, ebony riley and maya rockeymoore cummings, will help drive that request. thank you for being with us. >>> up next, my final thoughts. stay with us. in only 8 weeks with mavyret... ...i was cured. i faced reminders of my hep c every day. i worried about my hep c. but in only 8 weeks with mavyret... ...i was cured. mavyret is the only 8-week cure for all types of hep c. before starting mavyret your doctor will test... ...if you've had hepatitis b which may flare up and cause serious liver problems during and after treatment. tell your doctor if you've had hepatitis b, a liver or kidney transplant,... ...other liver problems, hiv-1, or other medical conditions,... ...and all medicines you take. don't take mavyret with atazanavir... ...or rifampin, or if you've had certain liver problems. if you've had or have serious liver problems other than hep c, there's a rare chance they may

she beat lacy clay who is a popular member of the congressional black caucus whose family has held thatt in missouri for 50 years, but you've got to acknowledge the hypocrisy of the democrats and the whiplash that gives us just yesterday we were told we were seditious traders and the vanguard of all democracy. today you have a democratic member of congress saying the elected representatives of 70 million americans should be expelled from the chamber. if it doesn't much hurt my feelings, i've been expelled from the state of new jersey already but i don't exactly think it's the best foot forward for the hundred 17th congress of democratic majority do not even want to debate us but instead to want to expel us. josh hawley and ted cruz are patriots, they saw something was wrong, they said something about it, we made our objections and t now wehi have an obligation to make sure we run clean elections in the future because it is still my belief, the people who actually showed up and voted, among the people who had identification tied to their ballot, donald trump won this election in a landsl

congress this is the initiating process that members of congress, particularly members of the congressional black caucusing for since the bill was initiated by john conyers in the '70s, and naacp, we supported that effort then, we continue to support the effort. it's something that is needed and necessary in order for many, many individuals who have been harmed as a result of structural barriers to be made whole. >> derrick johnson, the president and ceo of the naacp. sir, thank you for your time and all the best >> thank you for the opportunity. >>> well, since the start of the pandemic, experts have urged us to do three things, wash our hands, maintain social distance and wear a mask all the time, not when you feel like, all the time when you're not eating and drinking but now the experts say with these variants, it's time to double up and wear two this morning, dr. fauci endorsed the idea on the "today" show. >> if you have a physical covering with one layer, you put another layer on, it just makes common sense that it likely would be more effective. >> more effective especially with one new variant

putting it together, working with cory booker and kamala harris in the senate but with our congressional black caucuson and has to happen. when the bill was brought up on the judiciary committee, the family came. george floyd's family came. and they asked me -- i greeted them, and they said, madam speaker, will you name the bill for our brother because his daughter needs to know. and i said, i will only name it for george floyd if you think it is worthy of his name. and they did. and we're proud of it. and we hope that it will go. george floyd, breonna taylor, say her name. we carry these people in our hearts. it's so heartbreaking. again, there are many police officers -- people in blue who do their jobs very well, but they have to recognize that the status quo cannot continue in this way. it's a double whammy. they're saying, look, look, millions of people turned out peacefully week-in and week-out around the country, around the world, and republicans ignored it, wouldn't pass the bill. little children were killed in kindergarten and first grade. republicans ignored it. kids in high school shot in

and the congressional black caucus stands ready to join in a bipartisan message on the likes of donald trump. >> the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. >> madam speaker we reserve. >> the gentleman from new york. >> madam speaker i now yield 30 seconds to the gentle lady from wisconsin. >> the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized for 30 seconds. >> met him speaker, the president radicalized american citizens and as his vice president fled from a lynch mob, the speaker coward. while people died, he watched with glee. we have the fierce urgency, and he could declassify the secrets, he could monetize national and he could even -- >> the gentlewoman's time is expired. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. >> thank you madam speaker. i would yield one minute to the gentleman from texas. >> the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. >> high-rise with great sorrow to oppose the second attempt. this week's attempt on that u.s. capital was completely unacceptable and the people involved should be met with swift accountability. the president d

just a couple of days ago, the congressional black caucus, the first organization took a deep dive on this divided and definitively different response and also, the racist over tones of these domestic terrorists. this will not be the end or beginning. many of us will head committees that will immediately look what happened. let me share with you what the real problem was. first of all, the overall collapse of security including helping with the united states capitol fell squarely at the feet of the individual provoking and stoking these fires and that's president donald j. trump. the reason why it included responsibilities in his area is because the vice president traveled from the white house to the united states congress. so you had in essence the representation of two co-equal branchs of government. the president did not encourage, direct homeland security, fbi, doj, the u.s. department of defense or any other agency for that day to do anything, to share information. now, one would think this is the normal work these organizations do and you're absolutely right. there is something

over florida after bush v gore, where he had member after member after member from the congressional black caucus coming up and challenging florida, and al gore, then vice president, presiding over his own loss, ask maxine waters, democrat from california, famously, do you have a senate sponsor? and maxine waters said "i don't have a senate sponsor, and i don't care." and al gore famously said "well, the rules don't care." it did not get to that level in the house chamber tonight with vice president pence presiding. that was a case we had a host petitioner but not a senate petitioner. we have that happen in 2017 whether house members, pramila jayapal from washington, d.c., jamie raskin from maryland, with some of the states that president trump had one back in 2016, this is the 2017 adjudication of the electoral college, and joe biden come again vice president, he said to pramila jayapal from washington state, it is over, tt is the exact quote, because there was never a senate sponsoo trigger this bicameral debate between the house and the senate, shannon. >> shannon: all right, chad, you have wo

donald:tative [indiscernible] you have indicated you are interested in joining the congressional black caucusrgess owen's, the other african-american serving on the republican side -- burgess owens, the other african-american serving on the republican side, has said he is not interested. have you reached out? steve: i am going to say it again. i am going to yell. expressed interest in joining the congressional, have you made progress? donald:tative [indiscernible] i'm sorry, i can't hear you, guys. i want to make [indiscernible] >> representative-elect byron toalds, we look forward having you back with the hill many times. when we get back in the post-covid world, we throw very good policy sessions. you have to join us. thank you. our next representative will be the first latina to represent her district in new mexico. i used to work many years ago for a senator from new mexico in the u.s. senate and consider myself an honorary new mexican. she spent 30 years as an attorney and advocate advancing voting rights, affordable housing, protecting the land of enchantment sacred sites. i am here wit