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but what's more amazing, don, is he's in the minority. he's in a distinct minority in his own party of people who have come out against her. the former president just met with her, and she said he has my back. it's crazy. >> and not only is he in the minority on this, he's in the minority because of trump and because of this, because there were many people around the country who did not want this kind of craziness, especially at the top, and people who were cosigning it from the top, from the biggest office in the land. so i'm not so sure why those folks will continue to follow the former president and to make excuses for marjorie taylor greene. but i think it's at the detriment of not only their reputations and their legacies but also at the detriment of the republican party and the -- >> guys are worried about antifa and what they can mean in their ugliest manifestations and they're quiet about this? >> listen, antifa does things that are wrong. but you know -- >> sometimes criminal. and you've got to call it out. >> they fall off a ska

>> i think it does, don.ly takes the issue off the table for the time being, and he didn't have to do it. he didn't have to be the one to say, we have to take this out and compromise with the moderates. the parliamentarian made that decision for him. so now i think it's actually easier for biden to make the case that this is a bill that is needed. you know, you heard over the last couple of weeks a message on not the campaign trail, but the sort of soap box trail for the president where he says, what would you have me take out of the bill? well, for moderates and republicans, the answer to that would have been the $15 minimum wage. that's now off the table and i think it will be easier for biden to pose that rhetorical question and it will be harder for republicans to answer it. >> got it. so, charlie, minority leader mitch mcconnell is saying if trump is the gop nominee in 2024, that he would support him. besides the obvious hypocrisy, it also makes mcconnell look pretty weak, doesn't it? >> well, i think th

i'm just saying, don. that's what it was. >> that's why we love having you on., but you're right. it's not to say it didn't have an impact on his family and his wife, but i understand what you're saying. there's a perspective, right? >> i mean, don, think about this. there were sponsors that dropped him over that. over that! it's like come on, man. like all right. okay. you know? >> jemele, love having you. thank you. >> always a pleasure, don. >>> speaking out for the first time, the people responsible for keeping the capitol safe testifying on the hill today. >> i was just stunned that, you know, i have officers that were out there literally fighting for their lives, and, you know, we're kind of going through what seemed like an exercise to really check the boxes. and it's building up in your septic tank. but monthly usage of rid-x is scientifically proven to break down waste. maintain your septic tank with rid-x. hey, i just got a text from my sister. you remember rick, her neighbor? sure, he's the 76-year-old guy who still runs marathons, right? sadly, not a

>> well, i will say this, don. her political loyalties and they're not very strong, i'll tell you that. if you would have asked her a year ago who the president of the united states was, i don't know she would have been able to give you a correct answer. she just doesn't have a political bone in her body. she has people she associates with that have strong political loyalties. you have to remember, she's from small town missouri. missouri is -- and especially this area of missouri is a stronghold for conservative-leaning people. so it is easy for people to say, well, she is from that area, she went to washington, she was going to engage in this protest, in this rally to stop the steal, as they say, but i think people that believe that and people that say that have missed the mark. then don't know the facts about emily hernandez. >> okay. so even if she came there with no bad intentions, she did wind up in a crowd that had conspiracy theories, that had military militia members there, excuse me, far right extremists,

don, if i'm running the fbi today, i have great concerns about that. would be asking three questions. first question is, are we collecting the right intelligence about this domestic extremist threat in the united states? there's all kinds of information out there that people were really getting ramped up for this protest and was the fbi aware of it. second, with the intelligence we are collecting, are we making the right assessments. that gets to the heart of the question you are asking, were assumptions made, do you think that because these were mostly political supporters of the president, they did not have too much to worry about. did they place too much emphasis that there was no sign of counter protesters so they thought it would be peaceful. those are the questions i would be asking. and a final question is, how were we communicating what we know to our partners and we now know it's not done well. >> shouldn't capitol hill security and all the people testifying today, shouldn't they have seen it coming? >> well, they should have had a better view

>> don, i called. i called. we live 15 minutes away from mexico and i called hotels that were right there and they're all -- they have no vacancies, nothing. nothing is available. we considered. i literally told my husband, i said, let's just drive to mexico and we'll get a hotel over there. we called. there's nothing. there's noga available over there either. all the people from here have thought the same thing and started going over there. >> oh, sylvia, sylvia, sylvia, i am so sorry. listen. you be safe. i wish i was there and i would just -- i don't know what i would do. i just wish i was there to help out but i'm here and i'm going to keep broadcasting this story and trying to get help for you guys and get answers. >> keep us in your prayers, don. >> i will pray for you guys. i hope the nation does as well. we'll have you back tomorrow. whatever you do, be safe. watch the candles and all of that stuff. thank you so much. again, we're so sorry. >> thank you. you guys stay warm tonight. >> thank you very much

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>> reporter: well, don, you know, you played her earlier in the show. voter, who used to be a qanon supporter. she's called it out now and realized it's b.s. marjorie taylor greene does not sound like a former qanon believer, right? and what that mom who had left qanon, what she told me, when you see people in power, when you see senior republicans failing to call this sort of thing out, it sends the message to qanon believers that there's something to all of this, that they should stay believing it. they view it as an endorsement of their conspiracy theory. >> it's interesting. i was watching a similar piece earlier, i was on the phone and we both stopped to watch it withdrew griffin, and at the same time the person i was on the phone with said it at the same time, these people are crazy. it's not rooted in any type of reality. it's just -- it's unbelievable. i've got to run. i've got the break. thank you. your work has been excellent. thank you so much. >> thanks, don. >>> marjorie taylor greene removed from her committee assignments. only 11 1 republ

thank you very much. >> thanks don. >> thanks, don. >>> republicans won't kick marjorie taylor greene the education committee but democrats still could. the congresswoman who is leading the charge to remove her and also represents newtown, connecticut, responds next. lled. securely drop off your documents, have them picked up, or upload them, and work with a tax pro online from home. safe and easy ways to file that work around you. want to save hundreds on your wireless bill? with xfinity mobile you can. how about saving hundreds on the new samsung galaxy s21 ultra 5g? you can do that too. all on the most reliable network. sure thing! and with fast nationwide 5g included at no extra cost. we've got you covered. so join the carrier rated #1 in customer satisfaction. and get a new samsung galaxy starting at $17 a month. learn more at xfinitymobile.com or visit your local xfinity store today. >>> house republican leader kevin mccarthy refusing to punish marjorie taylor greene for her dangerous conspiracy theories so democrats are taking action on their own. they're planning a house vote

come on. >> i never know with you, don.poker face is too good. >> hey, i love you. >> don't mess when me when i'm upset. >> i know, i am too. i will talk about it. this is "cnn tonight" and i'm don lemon. we have breaking news. the moment of truth for the gop, or will it be the qop? not the grand old party but the qanon old party. is that what they want to be? irrelevant, racist, crazy conspiracists? fine, if that's who they want to be. that's who they are. own it. congratulations. liz cheney, who has been fighting for her political life after she voted, she voted her conscience on impeachment, surviving tonight's vote to retain her leadership post. >> we're not going to be divided and that we're not going to be in a situation where people can pick off any member of leadership. >> think about this. she was in danger of losing her leadership position for telling the truth, the truth that the president incited the riot at the capitol and for voting to impeach him. she has eyes. she has a brain. so liz cheney survives, right,

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>> don. don, just say, look. and they wonder why there are gop leaders out there talking about developing a new faction, either within the party or out -- outside -- independent of the party or even a new party. that's what they are going to do. they are going to -- the party's fractured and they may split it up and it may be -- may be hard to put it back together, again, as a consequence of this type of stupidity. >> who would -- i mean, who would want to be -- have any sort of relationship or any sort of identity with the looney-tunes party. seriously, i mean, if -- if your party -- john, i'm just being honest. if there was an insurrection, and you had a president who was, you know, always talking about conspiracy theories and trying to coerce people into finding votes. who would want to be associated with that madness? it really is -- it's become the looney-tunes party. the question is, how much power should a twice-impeached, one-term president have over the party? go on, john. >> a lot in acpersonality. what

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>> it is, don.how, smartmatic, is that fox news and others made false statements and that they made those knowing they are false or reckless as the falsity. the reason you heard that theory is they're trying to explain why. what was in it for fox. why would fox knowingly and so many anchors there knowingly make these false statements? well, because they want a narrative, they want a villain. there's consequences for that. this is a very smart lawsuit. they will get behind the scenes, what did they know? what are they saying about should we keep doing this? is this true? is this false? this is going to be ugly for fox. >> wow. i want you to listen to some of what was said on fox. here it is. >> let's turn to smartmatic and dominion. are they or are they not linked? >> oh, they're definitely linked. i would call them inextricably intertwined. the way it works the votes can be changed on the ground. president trump's lead was so great at that point they had to stop the counting and come in and backfill

>> absolutely, don.is doing is he is sending a strong message that he understands that what we're seeing across society with regard to violent extremism is somewhat a reflection of what we're seeing in the military. everybody knows that the military is somewhat of a reflection of society. so when we see these trends, we expect to see them on the military side too. the problem, don, is when we see these things on the military side, the stakes are much higher. look, one of the things we're really good at in this country is training war fighters. we take young people. we train them to be -- we give them leadership and problem-solving skills. we teach them marksmanship, tactics, strategy. we empower them. we embolden them to be able to take charge and get things done. so in a military context, that's great. it's exactly what we need in a military context. but when you take those very same skills and you apply them in extremist activities outside of the military, what you end up with is a very dangerous situa

>> well, that was the real story of the week, don. cheney and around marjorie taylor laser beam. and for the short-term, kevin mccarthy kind of kept the coalition together. the problem is for the longer term. the real story this week is that the republican party still is lock, stock and barrel belongs to donald trump, as marjorie taylor greene said today in her press conference. and that's the problem. because republicans had an opportunity at this point, and that is where i think mitch mcconnell jumped out and where liz cheney jumped out. they know for the long-term the party has to move away from donald trump. and now rather than doing that, they're moving even closer and showing that bond is just as tight as ever. >> yeah, well, let's talk a little bit more about those two, ron. because this is a new cnn reporting that former president trump spent the last two days livid and fuming. he sees mccarthy and cheney, that they betrayed him. at the same time, standing by cheney, i should say, as a betrayal to him. but still, her actions a

don. >> omar, thank you so much.ppreciate that. >> reporter: of course. >> i want to bring in now democratic congresswoman colin allred. he represents texas' 32nd district. thank you for joining. i appreciate it. it looks like you're doing okay. we're going to talk about that, though. people are in desperate need for water and food tonight. marginalized communities, communities of color, they're hit really hard, many without resources to get help. what is being done to make sure they're not last in line? >> well, thank you, don, for pointing that out. this is a crisis just like the covid crisis that has not hit our communities equally. homes that were the least able to deal with weather like this are the ones that were the coldest. the folks who lost their power tried to burn whatever they could in their homes, and we've seen far too many lost to carbon monoxide poisoning. so i'm working with fema to make sure we send out mobile units into these communities to try and help out as much as we can, to make sure folks kn

i'll tell you, don. i have a story coming up on my show this weekend in which i talk to one such person at the state level in virginia who is basically campaigning for governor on that lie. and i think that it really illustrates that this is not just a fringe view that belonged to trump and is now gone. it's actually part of the story now. they're just framing it in a different way, pack andaging it in something differently and selling it as election security or confidence in elections when it's really about the same lies that led to the january 6th insurrection. >> abby, it's really unbelievable. so, that leads you to the question that i have been asking, charlie, as you know, on this show all the time ability h about how do you unite with people who are not in reality. why should president biden try to work across the aisle when the republicans are saying he's not a legitimate president? >> no doubt. but look, i supported joe biden and i think joe biden won in large part because people wanted some semb

>> don, it has been a mess.l tell you that the former president does feel better about his legal team tonight. we're hearing from our sources that he thought today went much better than it did earlier this week, and i will tell you, don, talking about the "new york times" reporting i just spoke with the source on the legal team that confirmed the report in the "new york times" that david briefly talked about quitting last night and is still on the team and in the words of the source, for a few moment, it caused, kwquote, all kinds of problems. it just goes to show you, don, this is a problem that to some extent -- this is going to sound awfully familiar, donald trump created himself. he had a separate legal team before this one came onboard and that team bolted because they did not want to deal with trump and his lies about the election and this team came on and they have had trouble every since, and you saw trouble this week when castor had a lot of trouble with his opening presentation, and the legal team is i

let's turn things over to don lemon and "cnn tonight". >>> this is sent "cnn tonight". i'm don lemon. thank you for joining. >>> here is a question, how much does texas have to take? now it is undrinkable water, there's broken pipes, empty shelves in the supermarkets after days without power and with another night of freezing weather ahead. how much does texas are to take? nearly 15 million people facing a water crisis there. lining up at distribution centers because the tap is dry at home. hospitals, fire departments don't have any water. one hospital collecting rain water and using it just to flush toilets. people are melting snow and millions who do have water, well, they're being warned to boil it before even drinking it. some patients who have been discharged, staying in the hospital lobbies because they can't go back to their homes because their homes have no power. this week has been deadly for texas. at least 26 people have died since this crisis began. 10 from hypothermia in the houston area just alone. "the new york times" is reporting that an 11-year-old boy

congressman don bacon should have stood with us, but he was a coward. he stood with trump and the lies. >> so, reid, republican congressman don bacon, former general in the u.s. air force, they are clearly softening the ground for a race two years from now. but getting it into the public consciousness, it is early yet. i'll give you that. anyway this backfires? >> well, i mean, what they are trying to do is essentially turn every republican into marjorie taylor greene. that's what the vote of tomorrow is about, is about tying house republicans to marjorie taylor greene on the vote. they'll run ads saying that they voted to protect her and to keep her on committees. and it is about sort of building this narrative over the course of the next two years. this isn't the sort of ad that you'd see from democrats heading into an election cycle, if you remember in october their ads were about health care and more

republicans like don bacon are willing to protect trump and let them win. he should have stood with us but he was a coward, he stood with trump and the lies. >> reid, republican congressman don bacon, former general in the u.s. air force, they're clearly softening the ground for race two years from now, any way this backfires? >> what they're trying to do is turn every republican into marjorie taylor greene, that's what the vote tomorrow is about, it's tying house republicans to greene on the vote. they'll run ads saying they voted to protect her and keep her on committees. and it is about building this narrative over the course of the next two years. this isn't a ad you would see from democrats heading into election cycle. in october the ads were about

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don, i swear, i thought i was -- >> going to die? >> -- a dead man i was haunted for weeks after that. i heard screaming, shots of pain, gunfire. i couldn't move because of the position we were in after the explosion. i thought somebody was going to stick their weapon in the turret and it was over. my cameraman and i were looking at each other and we thought it was over, okay? we were wrong. the voices i heard were our troops communicating,kying the insurgents, calling in tank fire and controlling the whole situation but they couldn't talk to me because they were bus. >> i how would you know it? it's the same with this. first up, i'm glad you're here. glad that didn't happen. >> changed my life. i'm glad i'm here. >> i'm glad you said that. i have been watching, you know, media and listening to conservative media because i want to hear the other side. i was like, i don't understand why this is a story. how is she supposed to know who is on the other side of the door? how was she supposed to know how many people were on the other side

i appreciate it. >> don, don, we want to say collectively, thank you for letting us talk because thiss therapeutic for us to talk to at least another brother about what we're kind of going through because we don't get to do this all the time. >> yeah. >> and you -- you know, you wanted to be a part of our story and amplifying it, we thank you, brother, anything you need from us, let us know. >> thank you, mike, thank you, jabir, thank you, remmington. >> thank you. >> jabir, "a," remmington, michael j., use the middle initials, give some respect. appreciate it, gentlemen, we'll be right back. >> appreciate you. hey, mercedes? how can i help you? the 2021 e-class. motortrend's 2021 car of the year. for people living with h-i-v, keep being you. and ask your doctor about biktarvy. biktarvy is a complete, one-pill, once-a-day treatment used for h-i-v in certain adults. it's not a cure, but with one small pill, biktarvy fights h-i-v to help you get to and stay undetectable. that's when the amount of virus is so low it cannot be measured by a lab test. research shows people who take h-i-v t

we're at war, don. so i think they're quibbling over this stuff, but that's what they do. >> john, also tonight, mcconnell finally calling marjorie taylor greene a cancer. but she's fighting back. it's not clear who is going to win this fight right now. >> well, the house republican leadership has been pretty weak in taking this on. obviously, mcconnell is right. over the long term, the more influence and visibility people like marjorie taylor greene get, the worse it is for the republican party. she's crazy. if you identify people like that as at the center of your political movement, as donald trump did by the phone call with her, and she came out and said that donald trump had had a great phone call with me, and that suggests that donald trump is elevating her. and mitch mcconnell is trying to call out that threat. it's belated, of course. the republicans have tolerated playing footsie with some of the elements that produced marjorie taylor greene for quite a long time. but mitch mcconnell has lost h

and don, she's a college student. we kept her in shadow there to protect her identity because she's desperately trying to salvage a relationship with her parents and it's so tragic. there's many people in the country like this right now and people like her, they don't know where to turn because you have people like tucker carlson, you have people like marjorie taylor greene, you have a sort of whole ecosystem of disinformation on certain cable news channels and online that is telling these qanon believers that they are correct. so it's really tragic and i sort of feel that hopefully when we are eventually over the coronavirus in the next few months or over the next year or so i still think that this issue, this qanon virus essentially is something that we're going to be living with and dealing with for a very long time. >> listen, i think we've discussed this, donie, that people have a lot of time on their hands now, especially during quarantine, and they were online a lot and they got sucked into a lot of these thing

don, thanks again. >> thank you. oh, wait, you got a book. don has a book. a new book.is the fire: what i say to my friends about racism." and that's what we're talking about, don, where you say having these conversations. i think it's such an important -- it's a conversation about a conversation. it's hugely important right now. thank you. i'm looking forward to reading that. >> thank you, brianna. good to see you. >> all right. have a good day. >>> next, dr. fauci now saying it will likely be summer before we all have access to a vaccine. so what do we do about schools now? i will be joined by a doctor who says he's losing patience with teachers' unions who refuse to return to in-person teaching. keeping your oysters business growing has you swamped. you need to hire. i need indeed indeed you do. the moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a shortlist of quality candidates from a resume data base claim your seventy-five-dollar credit when you post your first job at indeed.com/promo - [narrator] grubhub perks give you deals on all the food that makes you boogie. (up

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all of those popular things, don.don't think we're going to see a groundswell of republicans joining on to this $1.9 trillion bill. but i don't think it is out of the question yet, don. especially on the house side. that some republicans in vulnerable districts may think they should be on this bill that's getting help out to the american people. >> abby, let's talk a little more because president biden, he's talking about getting back to normal by christmas. you heard him in the town hall last night. that's still a long way off. and people are exhausted. they want to see their lives improving as soon as possible. is he setting a far off goal, you know, after all this is -- overpromise i think. what is it, overpromise, underdeliver is the saying? >> underpromise -- >> underpromise, overdeliver. right, right, right. >> yeah. it's something that -- this is not the first time that you've seen them seeming to do that. they did the same thing on their vaccine goals, saying they wanted 100 million doses in 100 days, which wa

much safer, don. look, this is such an easy call. access to classified intelligence briefings comes down to a need to know. in a normal circumstance former presidents have a need to know so the current president can rely on them for advice. that is not going to happen here. president biden will not turn to president trump for his advice on highly significant national security issues. president trump did not want briefings when he was president. no reason he should have access to classified now. >> biden didn't want to say what his worst fears are. what he was worried about trump could possibly do with high level intelligence. as president we know he revealed classified information to russians. he was talking about intelligence out in the open. he has done that on a number of times he revealed klevelanded or was careless with classified information. >> that is absolutely true. we know that he shared top secret, highly sensitive intelligence with iran and took pictures of it on his phone and shared it with people. this is a president w

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what that tells us, don, is some of our path solutions just won't work. so, it won't be enough to just simply round up the militant right wing gangs because that's only 10% of what we see. it's not going to be enough to go focus and target qanon. in fact, the 8% in capitol hill, that compares to 17% in society as a whole in america who support qanon. what we need to understand is our usual solutions here such as let's solve the employment problem, give them jobs. well, there are only 9% unemployed in this pool, so this isn't going to work. the average age is over 40. so, what we see here is another solution is they'll kind of grow up and grow out of it. well, these are folks in their 40s and 50s. they have kids and so this is not going to work. what we need to do is actually pause a bit on reaching for the quick solution, do more work to thicken our understanding of who we're dealing with in this new mass movement so that we can create true viable solutions that will work for america as opposed to looking for the quick solution. >> yeah. >> this will not

>> i do, don.as that donald trump tried to deny that he lost an election, tried to spread a big lie about who won the election and then appealed to the vice president to go beyond his constitutional authority and to fail to certify the results, and on the side, by the way, try to lean on state officials like we saw down in georgia, even if there was no riot, no insurrection in normal times, let's put ourselves in a pre-trump mindset, that would be entirely impeachable. that would be a historic abuse of power. you had all of that here plus you had the blood shed, the murder, the mayhem that resulted in the capitol. >> listen, i'm with you guys. i thought -- i'm with both of you. i thought after i heard -- i remember being in the supermarket on a sunday night listening to that phone call on, you know, on my phone on cnn, on the sirius channel. i was like, this is nuts. i cannot believe this is happening. then the insurrection happens after that, i mean how much more do you need? thank you, gentlemen.

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. >> thanks, don. >>> this is "cnn tonight". i'm don lemon. thank you so much for joining us. >>> so the scene at the capitol today or tonight i should say, beautiful, stately, mournful, honoring a fallen hero, officer brian sicknick who lost his life defending our democracy on january 6th. just think about the desecration there just a month ago when a mob of insurrectionists tried to take down our government. that as the second impeachment trial of the previous president is looming. because of the insurrection he incited, the insurrection that killed officer sicknick who lies beneath the capitol dome instead of home with his family, that's where he should be quite frankly. house democrats laying out their case in an 80-page brief saying, quote, if provoking an insurrectionary riot against a joint session of congress after losing an election is not an impeachable offense, it is hard to imagine what would be. then they laid out the evidence point by point. in the president's own words, the case against the president, and you know the story beca

but, don, this is my fourth impeachment. i was scheduled to be a witness in the first one, which gave me occasion to go back and read those that have preceded where i might be a witness, and i followed the clinton as a commentator, and now again with trump, both one and two. i've got to say the charges, i've looked at all presidential impeachments closely. the charges in this one are the most serious that have ever been brought against any president, and they're fundamental to our democracy. this is a big-time play. if republicans brush it off, and make it disappear by ignoring the facts, i think the party is in deep trouble. >> do you think they're doing that because they know how serious it is, john, and they don't want to have any sort of complicity in what is happening? like, oh, we cannot go down in history as the folks who enabled this? >> these are intelligent men. they know exactly what is going on. and they want to get away from it. they know the trouble that trump has been for their party. they know the party is im

"cnn tonight" with don lemon "cnn tonight" with don lemon starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> and you just heard the president joe biden in our cnn town hall answering questions for more than an hour on the pandemic and the economy, condemning the rise of white supremacy and calling for this country to deal with systemic racism as we look at these live pictures now still coming in from the town hall site in milwaukee. now in the hall, masked, invitation-only socially distanced audience, joe biden is still there, the president, and anderson cooper still on page. this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. we're going to go over the notable moments by tonight. the president saying by next christmas, things could be back to normal and the pandemic could be behind us, saying that by july there will be enough vaccine for everyone who wants it. and then taking time to reassure an 8-year-old girl who's afraid of the virus. i want to get to kaitlan collins with the latest on this. let's talk about the president. made some news tonight on the pandemic and vaccines as he's still behind yo

we don�*t want a repeat of this.e fact that their elected leaders have been taken down by a, you know, right now a constitutional coup stop by the un security council after its meeting, has called for the military in myanmar to step down and allow for democracy to resume. however, without china�*s support what difference do you think that will make? i think right now the key is that governments really need to seek immunity and condemn what is going on. they need to go further put in place these measures and act on what their words are saying and thatis what their words are saying and that is to impose targeted tax and is on the military who are responsible and the architects behind this coup and the crimes against humanity that have been committed against so many of the ethnic minority people of myanmar, including the rohingya. mil myanmar, including the rohingya— myanmar, including the rohin: a. �* , rohingya. all right, manny mauna rohingya. all right, manny maung from _ rohingya. all right, manny maung from human