liz: congressman dan kildee of michigan, we appreciate you coming on. you and your team were able to find safety and thank you. >> thank you so much. liz: coming up, the stunning bipartisan move made on the house floor and the republican congressman who made it happen. new york's tom reid is here. what are his plans to pursue the republican ideals he promised to fight for in a democratic-led government? we ask him next with the closing bell ringing in 26 minutes. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> madam speaker, i come to this side of the aisle as a proud republican, but most importantly, as a proud american. today we saw an assault on our democracy. liz: that was gop representative tom reed speaking before he then actually physically crossed the aisle to object to the arizona electoral votes challenge after quite the trying day on tap capitol hill. he moved from that podium, he then went and stood next to his fellow problem solvers caucus chair, democratic representative josh gottheimer. joining us now, republican congressman tom reed of new york. of welcome, congressman. i a

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. >> joining us now is congressman dan kildee.ised in flint and represents the area in congress. congressman, good evening. >> thanks, joshua, thanks for having me on. >> what does justice look like in this case and do you expect justice to be done in this case? >> well, it remains to be seen whether justice will be done. i never get ahead of a criminal investigation or criminal charges. i think the process will work itself out. and the people of flint finally will have their day in court. but justice for flint comes in lots of forms. holding these individuals accountable, especially thinking about the times we're in right now, seeing that the state of michigan, this current prosecutor team, is not letting anyone off the hook no matter who they are, no matter what position they hold. the facts led them to these defendants. and even though they were in high positions of government, they're going to facial a jury and a judge. i think that's obviously one measure of justice. there are lots of other things that flint needs in order to

shame on them. >> congressman dan kildee of michigan, thank you so much. we're glad that you're safe. we're glad that you're okay. >> also, dan, we haven't forgotten about what's happening in flint. we know the people there are still not being treated to the kind of water, that the infrastructure was never done, the funding didn't come through. you'll always have a place on our platform to discuss about the need. >> thank you. i appreciate it. thank you for what you're doing. >> chris, we have to remember there's a lot going on. as my rant at the top of the show -- >> it was a rant. >> i feel it's the truth, and i know it's the truth. i'm speaking for people out there all day who i've been listening to have been contacting me and have been watching not just on social media but every -- the first thing people said was, wow, can you imagine if these were black people, what would happen? it wouldn't be come on into the capitol, let's take a selfie. i'm sorry. it would not be that. it would be get on the ground. it would be tear gas. it would be -- it would be,

who's going to reach out to them, maybe from the right, and say i'm going to work with dan kildee. i'm going to get you the infrastructure. that's what we need to see more of. just so you get it, before you want to dismiss this because you listen to some fringe who says that don and cuomo, they were upset again. why? did you see what happened today? do you understand and appreciate that we saw something we haven't seen since the british attacked us in 1812. >> a coup. can i make a quick point here? >> you can make five, one for every bracelet. >> i think you're on to something here, but let me just say -- they play it over the holidays, the wizard of oz. the wizard of oz was exposed last night, america. it was exposed. if you are a republican president, right? someone who is holding off, you have two republican incumbent senat senators. in what is traditionally a ruby red state and you go down to support them and campaign for them and you cannot take them over the finish line, poof, you have no power. >> when you're running against a black guy and a jewish guy. >> when you're runni

officially sworn in sunday in the face of dual economic and health crises due to the pandemic democrat dan kildee from michigan says the new congress is agenda has to start with vaccine distribution. >>and more stimulus getting a national strategy. >>on vaccinating every american who wishes to be vaccinated illinois democrat cheri bustos says she wants this congress to work on a large infrastructure package to boost the economy and unfulfilled priority from the last congress meaning roads bridges locks and schools that have aged rural hospitals, the ranking member on the natural resources committee i'm going to be doing a lot of work on conservation arkansas republican bruce westerman says he hopes there's bipartisan work on both the environment and the economy which he says are linked with the 2 go together later this week, the new congress will almost immediately be thrust into a divisive political storm. i announced some time ago that i will be objecting to certain states on january 6 dozens of republicans say they plan to object to joe biden's electoral college win in multiple states and that

i want to bring in two democratic members of congress, barbara lee and dan kildee. you're right there, you're experiencing all of this. representative kildee, there's so much tension and rage in congress after this horrific attack. you say you're now having a hard time working with colleagues who voted to overturn this election even after the mob's behavior. what is that like? >> it's really difficult. and in fact, it's not something i'm sure i'm going to be able to do, because the question that keeps coming to my mind is, what is the greater danger? is it a mob that can be put down by an army? or is it some of these cartoonish figures like marjorie taylor greene or matt gaetz, mo brooks? these are cartoonish figures. i think what represents a much bigger threat is the fact that two-thirds of a party that was just recently in the majority of the house, the senate, and had the white house, two-thirds of the members of the house of representatives, after that attack, went to the floor of the house and voted to overturn a democratic election that was decided by a wide

. >> congressman dan kildee, thank you for joining us. i'm glad that you, your colleagues, and most everyone in that building is safe today. >>> buried in the chaos of the last few days. the news that democrats took back control of the u.s. senate. har harry reed is joining me. let's talk about what this means. biden will be the president, he will have a slim majority with vice president kamala harris, and a relatively slim majority in the house as well. >> joe biden served many years in the senate. he understands that joe biden is number one a committee dhar will all be democrats. it will determine what investigations will take place nap is a step in the right direction. joe biden is someone that is a compromise. mcconnell is the grim reaper and he is not more than a manufacturing site for judges. we're stuck with him as a minority leader. i think we better be very careful. the world is going to be watching the republicans, and the time has come for people to work together and not be the grim reaper. i hope that republican senators stand

joining me now is dan kildee, the chief deputy whip. thank you for coming in. how quickly is the house going to vote on impeachment this week? >> well it could be as early as wednesday. i'm a co-sponsor of the impeachment resolution. tomorrow we'll go to the floor with a resolution calling upon the vice president and the cabinet to invoke the 25th amendment. ab sent their action, can we're still hopeful about, but ab sent their action, we'll move as quickly as possible to take the impeachment article to the floor of the house and act upon it. >> do you really think there is any chance you're going to hear a response from mike pence? >> you know, it is hard to say. mike pence, like many of us, were targets of this mob. and i have to hold out the hope that he understands that he was left out in the cold by donald trump in a dangerous situation and, kate, it is hard for some of us to not think about this personally. i was part of a small group that was left behind in the gallery when the capitol was evacuated. they were coming for us and for mike pence. the idea t

. >> i want to ask you something about something democratic congressman dan kildee said to politico thise interacting with those members now, especially with those i had a close relationship with. i look at them differently now. they're smaller people to me now. you have a lot of democrats saying, look, i'm not working across the aisle right now when you have this party defending the marjorie taylor greens of the world or wanting to have amnesia about january 6th. yet we'll be talking about the lecturing of the democrats, not being bipartisan enough. do you blame them? >> that's the point. i think the republican party has lost its moral authority in a lot of areas. it doesn't mean we don't need to fight back and defend conservative principles. when i ask what is a conservative principle, how many think that's things just like build the wall and charge the capitol and have an insurrection. that's what country first is all about, going back to saying here is what conservative principles are. i will sit here and defend conservative principles. it's hard to have seen an insurrection three we

. >> congressman dan kildee, thank you very much for your time.e it. >> thank you. >> our special inauguration coverage continues right now. >>> joe biden is going to be ready to govern as soon as he takes the oath of office. >> president-elect has been adamant that this inauguration take place outside. >> the fear of insider threat does continue in these final hours before the inauguration. >> it was sad to walk around and see the national guard everywhere. i think, fortunately, we have the right person to help us get through this. >> he chose for his arrival in washington to be this moment where he sort of served as the nation's grief counselor. >> to heal, we must remember. it's important to do that as a nation. >>> this is a special edition of "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is a special edition of "new day." it is 6:00 in new york as we count down to the inauguration of joe biden. the stage is set for this historic transfer of power in washin

we did hear from congressman dan ki kildee from michigan overnight. his reaction to the republican lawmakers who continue to try to overthrow the results of the election. listen. >> those members of congress who supported this specious attack on the electoral college vote will have their names permanently written in ink and everyone should know those names. i will never look at my colleagues who voted for these challenges, who supported these challenges, who fueled this insanity. i will never be able to look at them the same. and that includes some of my michigan colleagues that i could not look in the eye today, when we were huddled in a safe place. i could not look them in the eye with any degree of respect. i hope we remember those names forever. >> wow. there they are. those are the faces of the u.s. senator who is even after the insurrection voted to overturn the results of the election. maggie, as a sort of addendum to this, for those who have sided with the president on this issue over the last several weeks, and that includes david perdue of g