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we have seen resignations from the president's cabinet in the last several days including chad wolf abruptly resigning is how the washington post put it. wolf was overseas in the middle east last week during the siege of the capital. he attributed his decision to "recent events." gaynor, administrator of the emergency management agency will take over as acting dhs secretary. it will be the sixth chief, twice the number of any other administration. it comes at a time of high anxiety for law enforcement officials as they prepare for the possibility of violent attempts to disrupt the inauguration of president-elect joe biden. is going to happen on inauguration day. expected onecurity capitol hill. a story from "the washington post" says 15,000 national guardsmen could be deployed for the inauguration. that story looking into the defenses that have gone into place around the u.s. capitol including a seven foot high fence around the capital and other fences as well, chain-link blocks from the capital down the national mall. here is a picture of some of those tenses around the capital. the layer's

we'll be talking to chad pergram in the middle of that storm yesterday and what is being done right now to avoid another day like it any time soon. we're also going to be talking to kevin corke about these white house resignations, the impact of them. first, to chad. you might remember this from yesterday. take a look. >> we just got notification from the capitol police there's a threat inside. i can watch the house floor and see the staff running. you don't see that inside the house chamber. >> bill: so it began and ended many hours later. chad, a day after the fact, how are things and where are things looking today? >> that's right. obviously, you know, there's already a call for heads, specifically president trump's head, starting with him. house speaker nancy pelosi wants the cabinet and vice president pence to invoke the 25th amendment, which calls for the removal of the president saying he's not fit for office even though he only has 13 days left during his term. house speaker nancy pelosi says if they don't go down that road, she endorses impeachment a second round of impeachment. listen. >> very dan

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day like this. thanks for taking time out so early in the morning to be with us. the first thing i've got to ask you is, our congressional correspondent chadas been saying all day that we have not seen an incursion like this for over 200 years, since the british set fire to the u.s. capital. >> i've got to tell you, gillian, i so much agree with him. i wasn't around, of course, 200 years ago, but i can tell you, in my lifetime, i've never seen anything like we saw here at the capitol today. but the question is, is there going to be this kind of activity in the future? i can tell you, the one person who holds the match, that lets that match, is the president of the united states, donald john trump. and it's up to him as to whether we are going to see this kind of activity, i believe, here in the near future. i can tell you what i would like to see is that individuals who breached the capitol today, they need to be criminally prosecuted, and i would like to see a grand jury convened right away, and i would like to see donald john trump be brought before the grand jury, to account for donald john trump and people like rudy giuliani should be

you're right on that fuel more hours a day like to thank you. stand by chad. we're just so our viewers know the first images of guns drawn inside the capitol building on that. that's the house side of the senate side. to me. it looks like the house side, but yeah, ok, so that happened a short time ago and this just came out. a moment ago, the president sent another tweet. just his kevin mccarthy predicted, you could say, and here it reads, i'm asking for everyone of the u. s. ca. napa will remain peaceful. no violence. remember we are the party of law and order, respect the law on our great men and women in blue. thank you. that came out four minutes ago will want watch that to see whether or not there are more messages. and we shall see whether or not we see the president on cameras. kevin mccarthy alluded to, perhaps ah, moment ago to our reporters in a moment here, martha maccallum is with me. one williams bread is with us, andy mccarthy. let's just take it around the horn and try and digest what we're watching and try and understand what points. the capita

day. meanwhile, acting homeland security secretary chad wolf administrator pete gaynor takes over in his place. alex, mona, back to you. >> okay, andrew, thank you. >> now to the growing push to remove president trump from office. house speaker nancy pelosi is giving vice president mike pence a 24-hour deadline or she says the house will impeach. for the first time since the residece meeting face-to-face. says the two, quote, had a good conversation last night reflecting on the last four years of the administration's work and accomplishments. last week trump supporters chanted, hang mike pence, as they stormed the capitol. at the time of the siege trump tweeted that pence, quote, didn't have the courage after the vice president refused to illegally intervene in the certification of joe biden's election win. now, unless pence invokes the 25th amendment by tomorrow, democrats say they will move forward with impeaching trump. their single article of impeachment charges the preswith inct insurrection for inciting violence against the government by urging his followers to march on the capitol. this

politically motivated we have all of this covered, breaking news, congressional correspondent chad pergram has been on it all day up on capitol hill. good evening chad. >> good evening. nancy pelosi indicates a house could move articles of impeachment against the president imminently. she instructed the house rules committee which serves as a gateway to the house floor to be ready and this is all too familiar. it was this time last year when president trump's impeachment fall down like a trial to start. the house could impeach the president again as early as next week. >> my numbers are very much interested as our -- my phone is exploding with impeach, impeach. the president must be held accountable. >> nancy pelosi says if they remove the president under the 25th amendment than the house will proceed with our action. she raises alarm with joint chiefs of staff chairman mark milley about preventing and unhinged president from using the nuclear code sing this situation could not be more dangerous. that's despite the fact that a sitting president does not have the sole authority to launch nuclear weapons. articles

chad will . and then nine days for donald trump left the white house, mister wolf resigned, replaced by another acting secretary. an agency with the critical task of keeping america safe, keeping our family safe couldn't even agree on who would had the agency. for former secretaries of homeland security, to a republicans and democrats, every person who served as a second term secretary prior to the trump administration say that mayorkas is the man for the job. they say he's a man of character and compassion, a proven leader to right the ship their endorsement of mister mayorkas, a sata leadership vacuum and turmoil at the department of homeland security may have contributed to the failure to anticipate and adequately prepare for the attack on the capital . that's the reality. after 4 years of disorder and disarray department of ca homeland security, the security of america including the security of this very building suffered because of lack ofleadership under the trump administration . over the last four years, we have watched the politicization of the department of justice and homeland security. we

congressional correspondent chad pergram has been reporting live throughout the day on capitol hill, chad, i know that you have seen a lot in your years on capitol hill, but today was something that none of us will ever forget. >> this is one that will go down in infamy without question. house speaker nancy pelosi indicated that "today was that shameful assaults made on democracy. it was anointed at the highest level of government." she said that this cannot deter us from our responsibility to validate the election of joe biden. that's what we will have a little bit later today. it senators were off in another part of the capital here where they have been sheltering in place for several hours being escorted back to the senate chamber here where there will pick back up, at some point, maybe after 8:00 tonight in the house and senate, they have to make sure that the capital is secure. the fact that they were bringing the senators back in mike pence, the vice president coming back this is where they were in the middle of the debate on the arizona slate of electoral ballots. so what happe

carrie, all of the news is unfolding as we learn that the acting homeland security secretary chad wolf with nine days left issued a letter of resignation. is the federal government prepared to respond to these looming coordinated attacks on our democracy? >> well, with respect to chad wolf's resignation from the acting secretary position, i think there's an argument to be made there might be more confidence in the department of homeland security's response over the course of the next week leading up to the inauguration with him out of that position. the fema director, pete gainer, will become the lawfully appointed acting secretary of the department and the most important thing is that there is a person not perceived as so political as chad wolf was who overtly politicized that department to such an extent that it provides lack of confidence. so what's important is that it be clear who is the new acting secretary. i expect it to be pete gainer, fema director. he should be the next one in line as a senate confirmed individual. and then what we really need to hear because this security situation is rea

day. they seem to be running away as quickly as they can. >> they are running away. chad wolf called the violence tragic and sickening the other day. and i'm sure that didn't sit well with the president. so, you know, their relationship was probably frayed. but i think it is quite remarkable when you take a step back and you say, wait a minute. this is the head of the department of homeland security? if ever there were a time to have someone forceful running that department when there were threats all over the country right now, before the inauguration, this is the time. but instead he is stepping away. and there has to be a reason for it. and i would guess that one of those reasons is that he can no longer tolerate what has occurred and that he doesn't feel he has the support of the president anymore. >> you're absolutely right. dana, let's just get into the secretary of homeland -- acting secretary of homeland security quitting nine days before the end of the trump presidency, but at a time when just a little while ago, and cnn has obtained this internal fbi bulletin th

chad welcome to the show. it's been a crazy dayyou protecting your reporting all day per implied your sacred tell me about some these reversals? spent we've had to sit in the reverse in the past couple of moments with the senate is back in session at picking up where they left off debating the arizona slate of electors, ben sasse, republican from nebraska who oppose this effort is on the floor right now for just a few moments ago, kelly leff of the republican from georgia who is still for the moment the senator despite her loss last night, she announced that she cannot vote against certify and the electoral route results were that they switch in position and there will be a roll call vote here later tonight at some point on that specific slate of electors in the united states and for the house speaker of representatives is going to come back at 9:00 o'clock eastern time. they will have picked back up with the arizona slate spring than at some point after the house speaker and senate have voted the house speaker and senate have to c

soldiers well one of the people meant to be coordinating that inauguration day security has resigned homeland security secretary chad wolf told his department he was stepping down more now from mike hanna in washington d.c. . there was an internal memorandum distributed to f.b.i. offices across the country that was leaked to the media in which the f.b.i. was warning that it has information of acts of violence being planned in all 50 of the us states during this inauguration period so clearly this a very dire warning from the f.b.i. although it has not been made public i've repeated was a leaked document that the media obtained the issue at the moment with that resignation and that's the acting secretary of homeland security mark chad wolf has announced his resignation he is not linking it directly to last wednesday's events but wolf has stepped up the security around the inauguration by extending the secure period from the 2 days around the inauguration to a media starting immediately that is over the next 10 days so essentially what this means is that the secret service will take over as point organization for secu

dais of the u.s. senate. that was the image from about 60 minutes ago. to chad pergram trying to find whether or not we can restore order. an hour and ten minutes from sun down in our nation's capitol. do you see any semblance of that order? >> so far this is not. this is the balancing act the capitol police have to walk in. they're used to the demonstrations and things. we just had a statement from nancy pelosi and from shuck schumer. they are calling on president trump to demand that all protesters leave the u.s. capitol and the capitol grounds immediately. you know, they try to have these debates above the frey. once you have the frey getting in the building, you can protest outside, you can call your members' office but you can write letters and e-mails and things. what has happened here is you have had a breach here. the idea that someone was shot inside the capitol, we've had those types of instances before. there were puerto rican nationals that shot up the house chamber in 1954, wounding a couple members. members diving under the desks. there's still a b

day, total chaos on capitol hill. you are watching "fox and friends first" on thursday morning. jillian: chad program has been at the capital all day and all night and joins us now, you have a lot of breaking news to get to. >> reporter: we have a new president-elect, it is official, congress certified the electoral college, the final result 306 electoral votes for joe biden, 232 for donald trump. let's listen to amy klobuchar, top democrat on the senate administration committee on the days during the counting of the electoral votes. >> the report we make is joe biden and kamala harris will be the president and vice president according to the ballots that have been given to us. [applause] >> reporter: this was one of the most ignominious days in us history, the certification of the electoral votes but you had this utter chaos at the capital as marauders broke through capital security, got into the senate chamber, there was an armed standoff in-house chamber as they tried to protect members. it was dramatic during one of the most important constitutional processes in american democracy and the

chad. i want to go through president biden's day one. out swinging on immigration, strengthening legal protections for the dreamers, abolishing the muslim ban, canceling the trump administration's interior enforcement rule, halting construction of the u.s./mexico border wall and extending deport deportation protection for liberians. your reaction to what we heard from president biden on day one. >> i think what concerns me the most is as we continue to respond to a global pandemic on covid-19 in an economic crisis, trying to get millions of americans back to work, i'm afraid that some of the actions that president biden and the administration have taken is actually going to cause an immigration and border security crisis on the southwest border and that's something we don't need right now. it's really what i'm watching through these executive actions and through legislation that he's also pushing as well. so a number of these things concern me. the department has done a good job over the last several months of keeping increased number of

. >> thank you for the question, an interesting question coming a day after it was acting homeland security secretary chad wolf resigned on monday, now the new acting dhs secretary peter gaynor will be taking over in that department. >> i get this question more than any other and in part that is there is a misperception that the entire cabinet or most ofof the cabinet is acting right n n, for most of the presidency there was one or two briefly threeth acting out of the 15 that voted. so this is an area where section four does not really answer the question, it is not clear from section four who counts, we know it's not cabinet level people like the chief of staff or the trade representative is the 15 court apartments defined by statute as executive department and the ones who are in the line of succession but it does not tsay and if you look at legislative history what it congress think it was providing there is division on then. house side they said acting secretary would participate if there was a vacancy although they're not as clear what would happen if the vacancy because the president fired someone,

your thoughts. >> i think we'll learn a lot of civic lessons from chad pergram the days to come as he explains the rules. what we saw from mitch mcconnell is that yes, while there's a 50/50 split in the u.s. senate right now, he's not going to bring the senate back with a emergency session. there's not a love lost between mcconnell and the president. there's a lot of senate republicans that blame the president for losing the majority and look, even if mcconnell was not to vote to impeach, he could give a signal to the rest of his caucus that they can vote their own consciouses. >> neil: phil, if you think about it, it is a stunning fall from grace. you think about where we were after the election. the president protested a lot of what he saw. but quickly morphed into robbed, stolen, everything was shot down and even administered by judges appointed by donald trump that dismissed it as well and then last week. i'm thinking of a figure that did get 74, 75 million votes that could have been a credible threat on the national front as a conceivable candidates for president four years from

days. new york city, the same thing in the 40s, your normal should be 3. back to you. >> chaduch. and your "new day" continues right now. >>> i think it's pretty clear that we won. we won very substantially in georgia. i just want to find 11,780 votes. >> well, mr. president, the challenge that you have is the data that you have is wrong. >> it's time for a new party faithful to the people of this country who vote to elect him. >> the irony is, if it tilts at all, very close races for two georgia senate seats, democrats will control the senate. >> i don't think i should be in this runoff if everything had happened the way it should have in november. >> that is a direct attack on our democracy. >> announcer: this is newday, with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is newda"new day." and if you have ever wondered how president trump gets weak-willed people to do his bidding, you're about to hear it. this is president trump in his own words trying to undo his election loss. these stunning new audio

chad. i want to go through president biden's day one.immigration, strengthening legal protections for the dreamers, abolishing the muslim ban, canceling the trump administration's interior enforcement rule, halting construction of the u.s./mexico border wall and extending deport deportation protection for liberians. your reaction to what we heard from president biden on day one. >> i think what concerns me the most is as we continue to respond to a global pandemic on covid-19 in an economic crisis, trying to get millions of americans back to work, i'm afraid that some of the actions that president biden and the administration have taken is actually going to cause an immigration and border security crisis on the southwest border and that's something we don't need right now. it's really what i'm watching through these executive actions and through legislation that he's also pushing as well. so a number of these things concern me. the department has done a good job over the last several months of keeping increased number of folks coming to

a sudden ambitious goal of vaccinating 100000000 americans in his 1st 100 days in office he spoke with political commentator chad whitmore who believes amazon has benefited from the pandemic. if that's credible that amazon had been secretly working with the trumpet ministration good for them but of course the fact that they wait to announce it and you know i think that the question there would be how long had they been working with the trump administration you know certainly if it was before the election you know and then they wait till after the biden operation to announce it that's a little shady that seems like a big deal you know if they had just been always sort of planning to go behind the scenes and help with this and the kind of benevolent service to the to the country that has made them so aggressively right right while the by the way the lock down has made amazon incredibly wealthy ok so amazon profited so much out that virus so they waited until after biden's who sort of make a move on this so it just seemed suspicious that amazon even if they were working 'd with the tribe the ministry shouldn't prev

days" at least. congressional correspondent chad pergram has details. good evening. walk us through monday. we met good evening, brett. monday is the formal start of the impeachment trial. the nine impeachment managers led by jamie raskin will walk the sole article of impeachment over to the senate, one article, incitement of insurrection and they will read the articles of impeachment before the senate. the question is whether or not they can work out some sort of framework or guidepost for this trial or maybe they don't get to the meat and potatoes of the senate trial until mid-february. lindsey graham, republican senator from south carolina says the trial once it starts, all other senate businesses off. >> we are not going to split today, at least i wouldn't. they're choosing to do this and will do with the way we've always done it. we never split the day. >> by rule 1:00 p.m. six days a week is how you handle the senate trial but we might get some more information here in the next couple of minutes, the new senate majority leader chuck schumer is going to be on the senate floor and has a

fox news congressional correspondent chad pergram has been reporting on the day's developments throughout joins us now with the latest. chad. >> reporter: well, lou, it's unquestionable that this was a win today for the mob and not for democracy considering that the house of representatives and the senate was going to certify the electoral college and go through these various states anywhere from 3-6 states that were going -- lou: excuse me. chad, excuse me. we've just heard reports of flash bangs going off inside the capitol. i don't know where you're positioned exactly right now, but are you within earshot of what's going on or within sight of the capitol? >> reporter: we did not hear those, but we have heard and seen reports there's been instances of those throughout the day. there is a lot of concern here, lou, about other demonstrators, protesters, mob whatever you want to call them here who might still be in the building. they are still trying to secure the capitol, and that's why this is so dramatic, is that, you know, whether or not you agree with what republicans were trying to d

>> nicole, there's fewer than ten days or ten days maximum left for chad wolf, who is overseas during capitol, which he should have been involved in mitigating or preventing. because all of these -- all of these events, like the state of the union, inauguration, when a foreign leader comes and addresses an assembly of congress, the vice president spending the entire day at a capitol, that was all supposed to be a coordinated event between d.c. police, capitol police, and the federal agencies and of course dhs and fbi. there are plans for this. they intentionally did not coordinate this, so he is culpable. he was out of town, overseas for this. he is leaving before the inauguration on purpose. just think of what we do not know. just think of how frightening this is. the security crisis that you outlined in the last hour, that the fbi has now told us, because they're panicked, that they didn't reveal enough before and didn't do enough so in mop-up mode there's telling us there's going to be armed protests in all of these state capitals and in our capital between the 17th of january and

day to stage an uprising if congress removes donald trump. in the middle of all of this, the acting homeland security secretary today abruptly announced his resignation. chad wolf, leaving with nine days left on the job, happens to be the third cabinet member to e the ot, though his resignation letter made no mention of the siege at the capitol. earlier today, joe biden was asked whether he's worried about his inauguration. >> i'm not afraid of taking the oath outside. >> as federal officials track down more of the insurrectionists, there's word that at least two capitol hill police officers have been suspended. ten others under investigation. congressman tim ryan of ohio, who was a guest of ours here last week, told reporters one of the suspended cops is the officer seen taking a selfie with the rioters. the other was seen wearing a maga hat directing people inside the building. meanwhile house democrats are ramping up their effort to hold trump accountable. tomorrow the house is expected to vote on a measure that calls on mike pence to invoke the 25th amendment against trump. if that doesn't happen, and it's not likely, look for a vote on the article of

the steps they are going through days ahead of the inauguration. good evening chad? >> they have fences every time there is a major security breach. the 9-11 terrorists attacks brought even more barricades. some buildings are still boarded up after the riots. the republican south carolina senator lindsey graham said better police could have helped. >> how could they have failed so miserably? yesterday they could have blown us up and killed us all. >> frank larkin blames did on one thing. >> it comes down to a failure of intelligence. if there was intelligence there and that pointed to large crowds in an intent to try to enter the building. >> house speaker nancy pelosi said the house sergeant of arms is resigning. mitch mcconnell asked and received the resignation of the sergeant of arms who advocated extending the capitol perimeter out to the street, that keeps the fight outside and away from the capitol. >> you want to push your confrontation of threats far out as possible. this incident will further amplify the need to redesign the security perimeter for the capit

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once somebody in the family talks to her every single day, whether the text message that chad instagramtatiana's mother last spoke to her for about an hour on january 7th, and everything seemed fine. tatiana's honda accord was found in the sacramento area, but her phone and other items of still missing anything, whether they think it's big or small. we don't know that could lead us to finding her because at this point we need all the help. we can give anyone with information about tatiana dugger is asked to call oakland police or the view county sheriff's office. henry le ktvu fox two news, coming up president joe biden spath from scranton to the white house, the tragedies 46, president of td states. his swearing in today was the culmination of decades in public service and also a life filled with struggle and a lot of heartache more tonight from fox news, jason martinez. for joseph robinette biden junior, the path to the oval office began up the road in scranton, pennsylvania, come by the old house, the oldest of four and a catholic family. fighting studied at the university of delawar

once somebody in the family talks to her every single day, whether the text message that chad instagram. tatiana's honda accord was found in sacramento, but her phone and other items is still missing. anyone with information is asked to call oakland police or the butte county sheriff's department. immigrant rights activist wasted no time sending a message to the new joe biden administration today doesn't of undocumented families and immigrants right organizations took part in a caravan for justice in san jose. demanding legalization for all the caravan began it, emma push park and ended. it centers. a sitting home with a rally. do you wanna pressure than your administration since day? one s o. then forget about the other committee. immigrants of we've been here before. you know the democrats promising immigration reform, especially with when obama was president. nothing happened, so we want to start pressuring them. so you know what happens in the 1st 100 days. immigrants? rights activists say they're also pushed. thing for the closure of detention centers and. an end to deportations of

days. >>> the acting homeland security secretary chad wolf we signed. what can you tell us about that. >> acting secretary of wolf did not cite the riots of the capitol as we have seen happen in other resignations over the past week. for example, like the education secretary betsy devos. wolf said he felt like he could no longer serve because of his temporary title. he is the acting secretary there has been a lot of questions about him being acting and not formally in that role. there has been litigation surrounding that wolf stepped away. it came just a few days after wolf said in a letter that he would stay on until the end of the administration's term, shep. >> hallie, one more thing, what are your sources saying about the tension or what it's like inside the white house now in these waning days? >> reporter: uncomfortable i think is a word that could sum it up. the president is by all accounts feeling very defiant you know, there's this talk, shep, that he will resign and step down, rather than face what you and kayla were just talking about, the pr

she came back out into the holloway and said, oh no, chad, two this thirds. the next daythirds of the vote. whether you like her or not, she always knows where the votes are. if you look at the original vote on health care back in 2009, november of 2009, there was a 2 or 3-vote margin there. nancy pelosi always seems to know exactly what the requisite numbers of votes are, and she proved that today, basically winning the speaker's race by one vote. and this will portend what goes on over the next two years in the 317th congress -- 117th congress as most votes are going to be right on the edge just like this, frankly. eric: chad, it's closer than i first expected, picking up one more vote for kevin mccarthy. let's just listen for just a few seconds. she is getting a standing ovation from her colleagues in the well of the house. what makes heretic,? you know -- her tick, chad? her father was a congressman, political all the way, it's like an old-line poll that we used to have in the old days. what makes heretic and what can we expect -- her tick and what can we expect with

days without happening. >>> and the acting secretary, chad wolfe, resigned today >> reporter: so, this was interesting. in his resignation letter, acting secretary wolfe, did not site the siege on the capitol like others, like betsy duvos. instead, what he said is he felt he could no longer serve because of his, for lack of a better word, temporary title. he is the acting secretary there's been a lot o not formally in that role. and there's been litigation surrounding that it came just a few days after wolf said in a letter that he would stay on until the end of the administration's term. >> one more thing. what are your sources saying about the tension or what it's like inside the white house now in these wayning days? >> reporter: uncomfortable, i think, is a word that could sum it up. the president is, by all akoung efiaunts, feeling very d there is talk he will step down, rather than face the prospect of a second impeachment based on the reporting i've done and sources i've talked to, it's almost impossible to see what would happen the president truly feels agrieve. he is rather isolated in the wes

days. john, you look at these executive actions. the interview with chad wolf there, and the change he is going to enact on day 1 of his presidency, john. >> john: even joe biden, much to his credit, has said that he can't undo everything president trump -- like it or not, whatever president trump did in the past four years on immigration. you can't undo it all at once. president biden acknowledged that if you were to do that, you'd have 2 million people on your southern border knocking on the door to get in. if he's going to strip this back, he has to strip it back slowly and carefully so he doesn't provoke another migrant crisis son the southern border. >> sandra: very interesting. chris, quite a day in washington. at the moment i believe we'll see congressional leaders. they will present gifts. possibly hear from them a moment from now. you hear about some of these executive orders. extending the student loan pause, reversing the muslim travel ban, mask mandate on all federal lands, extending restrictions of evictions and foreclosures and, of course, ro

you go back 12 years ago, there were eight nominees confirmed on inauguration day for president obama. neil? >> neil: chad, a couple of quick questions as we're waiting for the president-elect to get off of his plane. he arrived at joint base andrews. beginning tomorrow, he upgrades to air force one the next time he flies out or in to the nation's capitol. we're learning he's been working the phones a good deal. to your point about the relationship he's going to have with the leaders and this tight senate. with mitch mcconnell as well. they've been doing a great deal of talking. mitch mcconnell criticizing the president as sort of spurring this violence we saw in the capitol. he's had good things to say about joe biden. i'm thinking about that and all the senators and power brokers who will be with the incoming president, but not tomorrow saying good-bye the outgoing one. what is going on here? >> mitch mcconnell and joe biden had a very good working relationship when they were in the senate together. in fact, in december of 2016, one of the last times that joe biden presided over the senate as vice presi

chad, in detail to begin the signing. this has been pretty much close to schedule all day long. in, one guy goes out through the back door. some of the tradition has been impacted by a coronavirus pandemic. but chad, it seems like we are going forward with what we would expect to see at this point. >> yes, absolutely. this has been pretty much what you see digregorio for an inauguration, with pandemic exceptions, obviously not the crowd on the mall, obviously not so many people in the building. that has been the difference. but the emhoff with the pandemic, the disputes in the election, and certainly the riots on the sixth, they said we have to go forward. it is like that moment with lincoln when they had the dome behind him half built for his inauguration. and we look up and see that construction of the dome, there was the original dome, and then the one that we think of now is the one that they finished in the 1860s. abraham lincoln said we want people to look up and see that dome being completed so that we understand that the nation is going forward. and i think that is kind

chad describe it. unlike anything i've ever seen in my 30 years of journalism, and i can tell you, this is going to demand answers in the days, weeks, and months ahead. asked for the activities outside here, in particular on the north side of the capitol, it was mostly measured when compared to what we saw on the west side. i saw my colleague mike tobin talking about that. we saw a multiagency response to what was happening here. you have the capitol police, the metropolitan police of washington, d.c., the fbi was obviously here, the national guard, and later on this evening, the atf, as well. we are hopeful that this is an anomaly. this is something we will never see happen again, and i think i speak for all americans when i say this is a day we won't soon forget. john? >> john: it was an awful day, and the scenes were quite repulsive. thanks very much, kevin corke, reporting live outside the u.s. capitol building. gillian? >> gillian: lots of americans anticipated to showdown on the hill today over electoral college vote counting. but no one could have foreseen a violent mob would penetrate a joint session of congress. lea

we count on you, chad, and today has been a busy, crazy day. we know this is no different for you. we will check back in as this continues to play out. thank you, chad. >> absolutely. >> shannon: for now, republican congressman from colorado ted buck. congressman, i understand you do not plan to object going into these electoral votes being counted today. what do you make of the fact that it seems like it very much scaled-back operation, based on the events of what happened today? >> it started out as a fool's errand, and it is now pretty much a done deal. my understanding is there will be an objection to pennsylvania. the debate will be more truncated than it has been for arizona, but the result will be the same. overwhelming numbers in the senate and in the house will vote to accept the electors, and we will move forward to an announcement that joe biden is the president-elect. >> shannon: so what do you say to those who will point to the fact that the constitution says that it is state legislatures who are to set election laws, and in a number of states, this was a very strange y

. >> bret: okay, chad always with a history on capitol hill. amazing images throughout the day and the show. we will show you the still images with guns drawn on the house floor. others as lawmakers tried to escape with the guidance of capitol police. damages throughout the day have just been stunning and throughout the show will be bringing them to you live. senior correspondent mike tobin is on the ground with the protesters. good evening, mike, what can you tell us? >> i can tell you, bret, quite frankly the same reporting from rich edson but i can show you a different angle. we are towards the center of the capitol and the line of metropolitan police making certain no one gets on this lawn on the west side. behind them, you can see a lot of people what those are are more police officers. they came and secured this lawn, if you would. we saw a lot of them stand on with their riot shields. so they are back close to the p of the west side of the capitol commit is a rather calm situation or a standoff particular where the police and still on first street, still have a lot of pe

day. i think people are now trying and very focused to be sure this is the safest, most secure inauguration we've ever seen. >> fran townsend who will not be writing a letter of recommendation for chadolf's next position. fran, thank you very much. >> that was clear. >>> the two met yesterday at the white house days after the president's supporters called for mr. pence's murder. and as the vice president faces calls to use the 25th amendment to force president trump from office. house speaker nancy pelosi has given the vice president until tomorrow to make his decision while she moves ahead with possible impeachment plans against the president. >>> nancy cordes is on capitol hill. so what happens next, nancy? >> reporter: well, what's next, anthony, is that the house votes tonight to urge the vice president to invoke the 25th amendment, that is the first step in a process. but it is unlikely to yield results, because white house sources tell cbs news that the vice president is not going to do anything to force mr. trump out. >> the house will be in order. >> reporter: house democrats will try to up the pressure on the vice president today, passing a resolution calling on him and the

members of congress took some of these rally goers on tours of the capitol in days leading up to the riots i talked to chad wolf, the former acting secretary of homeland security. he's had access to high level intelligence about all of this he resigned on monday but he's seen all of the planning and process material that the secret service and the department of homeland security have about all of this. i asked him if he thinksthere' a threat to the life of the president-elect? here's what he said. >> what i do know there's an increased level of chatter certainly because of the events last week. dhs said there's no credible specific threats to the national capitol area or to the inauguration so i will certainly take them on their word at that. >> reporter: he said he had seen the public reports for them to capture or assassinate lawmakers. those reports have been walked back here's what he said about that. >> if that's the case, obviously it's very disturbing very sickening those individuals need to be dealt with we've seen a number of prosecutions -- not prosecutions, arrests thus far that needs to continu

day or 2 before january 20th. let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. acting united states homeland security secretary chad wolf has announced he's stepping down wolf becomes the latest senior trumpet ministration official to resign following last week's deadly mob attack on the u.s. capitol walls resignation comes days after he pledged he would remain in office president's been very clear. portugal's president marceau a rebel of the souls that has tested positive for corona virus you know incident comes amid campaigning in the run up to national elections later this month the 72 year old has shown no symptoms of cover 19 and his office says he is self isolated . stricter lockdown restrictions have come into force across germany as the country struggles with a 2nd wave of corona virus infections the german covert 1000 death toll past 40000 at the weekend more than 80 percent of the country's intensive care beds are now occupied. at this crematorium signs of the high number of coronavirus deaths in germany it hasn't yet reached its limit but the number of coffins arriving here has increased the daily death

chad wolf, the head of homeland security, resigns last night, nine days before the inauguration? he couldn't wait until joe biden's inauguration? number one, why? what do you think that means? and does. his departure make us less stable? >> certainly shocked that chad wolf would choose this moment to resign after all the things he has lived and seen happen. it's precarious for him to decide that this is a time to throw in the towel when the threat to the homeland is so high. but, you know, i was also confused on why he decided to go ahead and proceed with his trip to the middle east when we had clear indications that there were threats for january 6th, yet he chose to travel overseas. his title is homeland security, right? his focus should be here. and so i think there is a lack of leadership right now, certainly at the department of homeland security. it's evident the balls were dropped in preparation for january 6th. so i think right now it's incumbent on the career leadership there to really take the helm and really crack down on this and prepare for what, you know, the days to