man who said that the democrats didn't bring the articles of impeachment to the senate in time donald trump had left office there for the senate wasn't in a position to start impeaching a private citizen yet it was donald it was mitch mcconnell who actually delayed the articles of impeachment being delivered to the senate by telling the house of representatives that he wouldn't pull the hearing before january the 20th a key date of course because that's the day that donald trump left office headed don't to florida and was no longer president of the united states but it also shows that there is a split in the republican party there are those who are very much the establishment wing people like mitt romney and mitch mcconnell and there are those who support donald trump and they do so for a number of reasons but one of the big reasons among the likes of ted cruz josh hawley marco rubio is that they intend to run for the republican nomination for president in 2024 and they believe that by sticking with donald trump they will be able to convince his supporters to back them now the democrats may

the senators were asking him what his client donald trump did, and he had no answer. and so democratic senator ed markey sent exactly the same question word for word a few minutes later to the desk to highlight the absurdity of the trump lawyer's response. if republican susan collins and lisa murkowski vote to convict donald trump, they will be voting guilty because of the answer to that question. the answer to that question could make this the most bipartisan guilty vote in a senate impeachment trial of a president or former president in history. republican senator mitt romney, who has already voted guilty once before in the first senate trial of donald trump, sent this question to the desk. >> when president trump sent the disparaging tweet at 2:24 p.m. regarding vice president pence, was he aware that vice president had been removed from the senate by the secret service for his safety? >> every serious republican question today was about what donald trump did after the capitol was invaded. republican senator bill cassidy asked the same question mitt romney asked but

donald trump abdicated his duty to us all. we have to make this right. and you can make it right. >> the senate impeachment trial against former president trump resumes today with house impeachment managers concluding arguments in their case to convict the former president before defense lawyers begin their arguments. after that, four hours will be set aside for written questions from senators or lawyers on both sides, in addition, time will be set aside for attorneys to argue whether to subpoena witnesses and documents. closing arguments and the vote are expected next week. watch our live coverage of the senate impeachment trial at noon eastern on c-span2, c-span.org or listen live on the c-span radio app and if you miss any part of the proceedings, watch anytime on demand at c-span.org/impeachment. coming up today on c-span, house ways and means committee members meet again for day two of debate on covid-19 relief proposals as part of the fiscal 2021 budget resolution. on c-span2, the second senate impeachment trial of former president donald trump cont

but i wonder, so many of the state parties hang their hats on donald trump at this moment. do we have much evidence that trump is a winner on the ballot going forward when he is not on the ballot? look at what happened in georgia. they lost those two seats. and as you said, david, they lost them after tying themselves into knots to donald trump. this is going to be the question going forward. yes, they are sticking with him because that's what the republican base wants. but when it comes to the ballot box, he is not on there anymore. what will that mean for republicans. >> that's exactly right, which is a large part of the genesis or the impetus behind mitch kpaunl's speech today, >>> let's discuss. tim, this is the second acquittal the record donald trump in a senate impeachment trial. what's the impact of this moment, and give us the historic perspective. >> well, this is not like the acquittal that he had in 2020. in the case of this trial, the leader of republican in the senate said that the house managers proved their case. indeed mitch mcconnell has said that former pr

in west palm beach in florida very close to donald trump's residence so what can we make of that statement it's only just begun. well i think we can make of it that don trump isn't going anywhere any time soon that was i think the expectation he pretty much knew that he was going to be acquitted and you know it's it's not a strange thing to realize that this man who cast such a long shadow over the republican party is going to stick around and potentially run again in 2024 i think the wider question here is what does the republican party become in the future is it down trumps republican party as it appears to be at this moment in time or is it more the republican party of people like liz cheney who voted to impeach him who is far more moderate than trumpets so i think you know there are people already talking about the republican party being at a civil war over the next few years but ultimately it's the american people they get to decide they will make those decisions in the midterm elections in a couple years and of course in 2024 when president former president trump might run him self s

_ around him do it, but when donald trump saw— around him do it, but when donald trump saw it, ting you, it was not protecting you, it was not protecting the capitol, it was stopping the certification of the relation — stopping the certification of the relation results. —— election results _ relation results. —— election results. the evidence is clear. shortty— results. the evidence is clear. shortly after 2pm, as the siege was fully under— shortly after 2pm, as the siege was fully under way, then president trump — fully under way, then president trump made a call. this is the first call we _ trump made a call. this is the first call we are — trump made a call. this is the first call we are aware he made to anyone inside _ call we are aware he made to anyone inside the _ call we are aware he made to anyone inside the capital during the attack _ inside the capital during the attack. he did not call the vice president. _ attack. he did not call the vice president, ask how he could help defend _ president, ask how he could help defend the capital, did not call the next two _ defend

of trying to impeach someone after they've left office is just ridiculous the you know and to donald trump's lawyer said this is driven by hatred they are worried that he may run again in 4 years that hasn't been entirely ruled out but they are worried about the power that don't trump has over the public and party and that he could come back and they will be in the minority in 4 years. and so jimmy raskin and the others have decided clearly look this is something we need to address and put this in front of the american people so the see more of the evidence all right thanks so much allan let's take the stanley gallacher let's go back to west palm beach in florida and andy is there any universe in which the republicans watching this is not donald trump could be thinking that is. in any way beneficial to have this process dragged out to have more witnesses come and testify before the senators or is it really does it really all add up to more risk of more senators flipping with time. i mean it's a good question sammy i think the former president will be deeply unhappy with this dramatic develop

in donald trump _ showed up onjanuary six. in donald trump behaviour was different.mp behaviour was different. this was notjust a comment trump behaviour was different. this was not just a comment from trump behaviour was different. this was notjust a comment from an official— was notjust a comment from an official or— was notjust a comment from an official or a _ was notjust a comment from an official or a politician fighting for a — official or a politician fighting for a cause, this was months of cultivating _ for a cause, this was months of cultivating evasive people who were violent, _ cultivating evasive people who were violent, praising that violence and then leading them, leading that violence. — then leading them, leading that violence, that reach straight to a joint _ violence, that reach straight to a joint session of congress where he knew_ joint session of congress where he knew his _ joint session of congress where he knew his vice president was presiding. and donald trump had warnings — presiding. and donald trump had warnings about the crowd in front

donald] trump ad'ourned. without ob'ection donald] trump ad'ourned. the motion is agreed to the senate sitting in the case of impeachment stands adjourned. could i have ordered plays, the acting sergeant of arms will escort the house managers out of the senate chamber. ——could i have order, please. the senate journey after quitting donald trump of that single charge of incitement. no surprises there, they did not achieve the majority needed for a guilty verdict but some surprises in the number of republicans who cross the aisle to vote with democrats to convict. let us bring in our correspondent who is on capitol hill for us watching the proceedings. what did you make of the result? figs proceedings. what did you make of the result? �* . proceedings. what did you make of the result? ~ , i. , proceedings. what did you make of the result? ~ , , ., the result? as you say, there is no real surprise- _ the result? as you say, there is no real surprise. this _ the result? as you say, there is no real surprise. this trial _ the result? as you say, there is no

serious attack attack on our country and we saw it and the people around him knew it but when donald trump saw it he was delighted that what president trump did next confirms why he was so delighted i wanted this because it shows that his singular focus that day the day we were attacked was not protecting us was not protecting us not protecting the capital it was stopping the certification of the election results. the evidence is clear shortly after 2 pm as the seed was fully underway then president from made a call this is the 1st call that we are aware he made to anyone inside the capitol during the attack didn't call the vice president to ask how he could help defend the capital didn't call the next 2 in line to succession of the presidency to check on their safety or well being instead he attempted to call center tarboro dialed sarah lee by accident senator lee describes it he had just ended a prayer with his colleagues here in the senate chamber and the phone rang it was donald trump and i would certainly explain that the phone call goes something like this hey tommy from bass and sal

likely to say namely she will testify to the conversation that she heard between kevin mccarthy and donald trump if kevin mccarthy then takes the stand and denies it that will be an extremely difficult situation for the senate to be placed in so i think that kevin mccarthy will be in a difficult position he almost has to take the stand now and in fact defend the defense team almost has to call him to rebut what congresswoman herrera will say there should then be other witnesses and in fact one witness will probably lead to another one of the big questions in my mind is whether or not any of the insurrectionists who said that they were inspired by donald trump and were awaiting his instructions because such as jessica walk ins or edward mcconnell both of whom have been charged with conspiracy and the question is how broad does that conspiracy go who is included in that conspiracy will any of the republican senators who have been supportive of rejecting the certification of votes and who seem to have had contact with donald trump on that day will any of them be called to testify before the senate

guest: donald trump supporters are republican supporters. jane: are they? often called the party of trump. guest: i think that's wrong. the republican party belongs to the republican candidates and in the broader sense, theational and local parties. donald trump was a candidate. he is no longer in my opinion going to be up for any election in the remainder of his lifetime. the party has to move on and get behind donald trump. that's the case in most cases where presidents have left and no longer seek public life. jane: do you think with the end of donald trump's little influence that we will see a toning down in the rhetoric not just from the republican side but the democrat side. is it time for both sides to move on from this? guest: absolutely. the rhetoric on democrats and republicans needs to be toned down a lot and with donald trump, it was always a balancing act between rhetoric versus results. the rhetoric of donald trump worked for the individual who donald trump was, not a politician, a businessman who was thrust into the presidency, highest office

donald trump doesn't have any power. ow. trump is all they have. that's what you're seeing lindsey graham express, is that it's really trump or nothing. >> i'm looking down at my paper because i'm trying to figure out which sot from senator cassidy to play. actually, i want to play the -- element 3, his response to george stephanopoulos about whether donald trump will be -- will remain a force in the party. have a listen. >> will he remain a force in the republican party? what does that mean for the republican party? >> i think his force wanes. the republican party is more than just one person. >> michael steele, you're a former chairman of the republican party. is senator cassidy right, will donald trump's force wane within the republican party? >> with all due respect to the good senator, no. that is not true. that's not reality. the reality of it is, there's no waning going on here. there's only strengthening. i mean, lindsey graham, 43 of cassidy's colleagues standing with lindsey graham, not with him. and those 43 ar

let it live on in infamy, a stain on donald john trump _ on in infamy, a stain on donald john trump thatrump that can never, never washed away mr— trump that can never, never washed away. mr president, on monday, we will recognise president's day. part of the _ will recognise president's day. part of the commemoration in the senate will he _ of the commemoration in the senate will he the _ of the commemoration in the senate will be the annual reading of washington's farewell address. aside from winning the revolutionary war, i consider— from winning the revolutionary war, i consider it— from winning the revolutionary war, i consider it his greatest contribution to american civil life. it had _ contribution to american civil life. it had nothing to do with the words he spoke. — it had nothing to do with the words he spoke, but the example it set. washington's farewell address established for all time that no one had the _ established for all time that no one had the right to the office of the presidency, that it belonged to the people _ presidency, that it belonged to the people. what an

has delivered to them and they're not done with that yet even if donald trump were to leave the scene immediately i think trump ism in that form would continue it would coalesce around someone else who continue to act out in that same way as just going to ask you that assembly of disenfranchised americans even if trump isn't in the white house even if he is not on the political scene as you say they are those same disenfranchised supporters willing to get behind somebody else of whether it be a nikki haley or a ted cruz. well i think the really interesting question is what is the d.n.a. of that leader is it someone that served in the united states senate someone who was a governor who may have come you know from very unusual circumstances as nikki haley did not have to dish will kind of white liberal art you know school in the northeast establishment you know she came from a very poor family of immigrants and worked her way up to the top but she's become part of the establishment and what you see from the trump voters is a disinterest in establishing behavior in people who play

he can't stand donald trump. he thinks donald trump cost him the majority., also, he has to worry about donors who write seven-figure checks who are totally put off by donald trump at this point and, frankly, even if he voted to convict, he knew the majority of his caucus was not going to follow him. that would expose a real weakness in terms of his leadership. >> that's interesting there, kasie. does that comport with your reporting, that mcconnell -- that's the debate. would mcconnell have been able to bring over ten votes or not? claire seems to indicate he might not have been able to. >> i think it was a real open question. i think, had he made a definitive case and really sold it, it's possible that they could have gotten there, but the reality is that afterward that group of people was going to be smaller than the group of republicans who were going to vote to acquit donald trump. so there's no scenario where mitch mcconnell can be the minority leader when he sided with the smaller group. he would have been ceding the power he has. i think he wants to

some members even appealed directly to donald trump. these members who had quote been loyal trump supporters and were even willing to vote against the electoral college results were now scared for their lives . minority leader kevin parking repeatedly even got into a screaming match was underway demanding trumpissue a statement denouncing the mob . imagine many of you sitting here today picked up your phone and tried to reach somebody at the white house to ask forhelp . this wasn't partisan politics. these were americans from all sides trying to thwart our commander-in-chief to protect and defend our country . he was required to do that. the extent of how many people tried to reach the president is not known . but what is clear, what we know without any doubt is that from the very beginning the people around donald trump lobbied him to take command. what's also clear tis what donald trump our commander-in-chief did in i those initial hours to protect us . nothing. not a thing. he knew it was happening the attack was on tv . we all know t

at after hearing these speeches and seeing his support, this is what donald trump ozment cavalry was pable of. —— trump's cavalry. shouting. let's go! back-up, back-up! what you 'ust saw let's go! back-up, back-up! what you just saw was — let's go! back-up, back-up! what you just saw was the _ let's go! back-up, back-up! what you just saw was the violence _ let's go! back-up, back-up! what you just saw was the violence that - just saw was the violence that ensued after that rally. the proud boys after that rally engaged in serious acts of violence in downtown dc. some trump supporters and self identified proud boys vandalized churches after that rally. if we look at these events, it is clear how we got here. because what did mr trump to after that? he turned right around and, a little over a week later, he began coordinating the january six save america rally with the same people who had planned in the same people who had planned in the second million maga march. you'll recall that the women for america first had organised that second million maga march. they had originally planned ra

senate crossing the aisle and voting to convict donald trump for donald trump to be convicted in this trial and that is quite unlikely the last impeachment proceeding against donald trump saw only one republican mitt romney cross the aisle and vote to convict trump now it's important to know that donald trump is kind of going down in history at this moment he is at this point the only u.s. president to have ever been impeached twice and furthermore he is the only u.s. president to have been impeached after he finished serving his term when he was no longer in office so donald trump appears to be you know breaking quite a few records throughout his entire presidency he was under investigation there were constant allegations against him by democrats and by critics etc however many are looking on at what's happening here and wondering if this is really going to help heal the country democrats seem to be talking about the need to reunify the country but when we spoke to people around the country about this 2nd impeachment of donald trump after he's already left office we got quite an inte

moving on, donald trump was moving _ senate. moving on, donald trump was moving on — senate. moving on with _ senate. moving on, donald trump was moving on with making - was moving on with making america great again, does want to get back and politics? t to get back and politics? i think it's going to be very active when it comes to and supporting people that were opposed to him, whether it is in this impeachment and other areas and that is speaking to republicans. and i don't personally believe he is going to run into thousand 2a, i think you would rather in essence uses the fear of him rooting further republicans to keep the position open and be a bit of a kingmaker and whoever that individual ultimately is and i do think you will have a kingmaker role in that. seth, we did get — kingmaker role in that. seth, we did get there _ kingmaker role in that. seth, we did get there in _ kingmaker role in that. seth, we did get there in the - kingmaker role in that. seth, we did get there in the end. | kingmaker role in that. seth, j we did get there in the end. i hope we can have m

both sides of the house interesting that bruce castor who's the the 1st attorney to speak for donald trump mentioned several senators by name particularly republicans and perhaps was pointing to them to say look that this vote is in. your hands at the argument that the trump team put forward is that this is unconstitutional you're sensually can't impeach a private citizen because to impeach someone means to remove them from office and you can't remove him from office because he's already gone and claiming as well that this was all a partisan move by democrats and you have to remember that 10 republicans also voted for the impeachment is done from a point made by jimmy raskin right at the end that the man who's leading the impeachment drive for the democrats that by saying that this was the most partisan impeachment in american history earlier he had really put forward an emotional case . for those who are hearing this. should have video of what actually happened on capitol hill on january the 6th intercut that with a number of tweets from donald trump some of them decrying the role of his

in donald trump _ showed up onjanuary six. in donald trump behaviour was different. ot _ trump behaviour was different. this was notiust— trump behaviour was different. this was notjust a comment trump behaviour was different. this was not just a comment from trump behaviour was different. this was notjust a comment from an officiai— was notjust a comment from an official or— was notjust a comment from an official or a _ was notjust a comment from an official or a politician fighting for a — official or a politician fighting for a cause, this was months of cultivating _ for a cause, this was months of cultivating evasive people who were violent, _ cultivating evasive people who were violent, praising that violence and then leading them, leading that violence. — then leading them, leading that violence, that reach straight to a joint _ violence, that reach straight to a joint session of congress where he knew— joint session of congress where he knew his _ joint session of congress where he knew his vice president was presiding. and donald trump had warnings — presiding

where former us president donald trump's unprecedented 2nd senate impeachment trial has resumed trump is accused of inciting insurrection in the past are they house impeachment managers and trump's lawyers made their case for.

donald trump abdicated his duty to us all. we have to make this right, and you can make it right. >> my fellow manager david cicilline showed you what president trump did and did not do in those first critical hours of the attack. he sent a tweet at 1:49 p.m. where he re-posted a video of the speech that incited the attack, and he called a senator to ask him to delay a certification as the senator was being evacuated for his own safety. we left off around 2:15 p.m. at this point insurgents were inside the senate in the house and the senate had been evacuated for everyone's safety, and as you saw, vice president mike pence and his family even had to be evacuated for their safety. now you'll recall donald trump had made vice president pence a target. he attacked the vice president at the rallies, in speeches and on twitter. during president trump's speech that morning of the attack he ramped it up again after privately pressuring mike pence in front of thousands in the crowd. he called mike pence out 11 times including saying, qu

se refiere a las falsas acusaciones de fraude electoral por parte donald trump.rdiÓ por mÁs de 7 millones de votos. el mayor margen en la historia. una turba saltÓ a un capitolio en el que se pedÍa que no se certificara el resultado de las elecciones. murieron cinco personas, incluido un policÍa. la cÁmara bajaes de mayorÍa demÓcrata. necesitan 17 senadores republicanos en el senado para declarar culpable a donald trump. algo muy improbable. m ♪ >> habla en inglÉs los republicanos dirÁn que es un juicio inconstitucional que lo calificÓ de pÉrdida de tiempo. >> eso a pesar de que el dÍa posterior al asalto capitolio responsabilizo a donald trump de lo sucedido. los republicanos dicen que es inconstitucional porque donald trump ya no es presidente. los demÓcratas responde que lo eracuando fue encausado y que si es situacional. agregan que incitÓ el asalto y que se debe castigar claramente. se espera que el juicio dure alrededor de una semana. el 47% de la poblaciÓn piensa que donald trump debe ser declarado culpable. el 40% que no. segÚn la Última encuesta. donald

this is about holding donald trump accountable. something the democrats cooked up, this was something that trump did. and you're right, maybe the outcome is inevitable. what is missing is the second and more important audience, the american people who already believe that what donald trump did injanuary six and the incitement before that was wrong. if this convinces the american people that donald trump is guilty of the worst transgression in the history of the presidency, inciting this mayhem at the icon of our democracy, then it does not matter whether he is formally barred from running again, his political career is over. trier? political career is over. very interesting _ political career is over. very interesting to _ political career is over. very interesting to talk _ political career is over. very interesting to talk to - political career is over. very interesting to talk to you . political career is over. very interesting to talk to you as | interesting to talk to you as ever. thank you. my pleasure, take care- _ the world

. >> donald trump acquitted once again.ow comes the fallout, the former president indicating he will target republican senators who voted against him. >> president trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. no question about it. >> but even the senate's lead republican warns trump could face more legal troubles. live from cnn tworlworld headqus in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching in united states united states, canada and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber, this is "cnn newsroom." reaction to donald trump's acquittal in his second impeachment trial is coming in fast and at times furious. he was accused of inciting last month's deadly siege on the u.s. capitol and a majority, 57 senators, voted against him, but it wasn't enough to reach the required two thirds majority. house speaker nancy pelosi blasted the republicans for cowardice. >> oh, these cowardly senators who couldn't face up to what the president did and what was at stake for our country are now going to have a chance

donald trump on trial. impeachment managers say the former president alone is responsible for an attack on the u.s. capitol that killed five people. they are arguing that trump had been stoking his supporters for months. our washington correspondent is standing by with the latest. the u.s. announces sanctions againsthe military regime in myanmar following a coup there last week. protester in the fifth straight day with two protesters -- hurt in clashes with police. one critically. a well-known activists in saudi arabia is released after serving three years. she was a leading voice in the fight in her countries ban on criminal -- ♪ hello, everywhere. thanks for joining us. the inciter in chief come the name house managers gave to donald trump as they argue h is responsible for an insurrection of the u.s. capitol on january 6. this is the second day of his impeachment trial in the senate. since he's already out of office he faces the punishment of not being allowed to run for political office again. they are

to have donald trump as a witness.know, probably, on the development of the evidence exactly what he knew about that statement of his going to the capitol. he knew he was lying when he said he was going with them. did he know he was specifically violating the law of that permit when he was making that declaration? >> i mean, if past is prologue, the notion that donald trump would have an understanding of that level of detail is very far fetched. i don't think he would know that. i understand your point. certainly it would be, you know, a nice little piece of evidence in a courtroom trial but we need to disassociate this notion that what we're going to start to see tomorrow in the senate chamber is akin to a courtroom trial. it's not. it's very far from a courtroom trial. there's nobody who is making any evident area ruling. there's nobody making any rulings as to what arguments are okay. what arguments are not. what law is okay and what law is not. what facts, you know, you can rely on, what you can't rely on. it's a b

chancellor is not alone and his post-arrest confession that he was following the door directions of donald trump as more and more of these people have been charged they can fashion and the regret simply cascades more and more insurrectionists are admitting that they came at trump's direction. when reilly june williams known for allegedly helping steal the laptops for speaker pelosi sophos appeared in court on january 21st her lawyer said to the judge quote it is regrettable that ms williams took the president's bait and went inside the capitol to try smocks who was in the capitol riot on january 6th posted on line that day quote the pratt president today president trump told us to fight like hell he also posted that the president quote said that our case was a matter of national security samuel fischer was charged with disorderly conduct and illegally being in the capitol on january 6th that day before the attack on this building he wrote on his website quote trav just needs to fire the bat signal and quote then the paying comes the lawyer for dominick preside leader of the proud boys who was th

through my notes that they were saying that donald trump essentially. sparked the crowd and sent them on their way in for 2 hours 3 hours afterwards didn't do anything to stop it and several times they invoke the name of mike pence he is a republican he was very loyal to donald trump essentially i think what they're trying to do is draw a line in saying look mike pence was very loyal to donald trump and look what happened to him he was quite happy essentially to throw him to the crowd and there are they know that there are senators who are sitting in judgment here who are also very loyal to donald trump obliquely saying why why why you bring more oil to don't trump because if it's a case between what he wants and you he's never going to be loyal to use so not quite as dramatic as we saw on wednesday but just continuing to build the case broader and deeper from those opening statements yesterday morning and what's your sense of how this is going to playing with republicans given that it would require 17 of them to to cross over to convict trampy any sens

january 6th, would not have happened but for the actions of donald trump. here's what the republican leader of the senate said. the mob have perpetrated the failed insurrection was on january 6, was provoked by president trump and that was a quote. you want another word for provoked . all that insight. yetbo still, the vast majority f the senate republican caucus, including the republican leader. voted to acquit former president trump and signing the names in the columns of history alongside his name for ever. january 6th, will live as the day of infamy in the history of the united states of america. the failure to convict donald trump will live as a vote in history of the united states senate. five years ago, republican senators might become of their party of donald trump became tha presidential nominee. just look at what has happened. look at what republicans have been forced to defend. look at what republicans have chosen to forgive. the former president tried to overturn the results of the legitimate election and provoked an assault on our own government

especially if donald trump is a witness.re's a permit for the event saying it can only take place here. cannot go anywhere. cannot march to the capitol. the question of what donald trump knew about the permit would be relevant in the courtroom. we are not going to have donald trump as a witness. so we'll never know, probably, on the development of the evidence exactly what he knew about that statement of his going to the capitol. he knew he was lying when he said he was going with them. did he know he was specifically violating the law of that permit when he was making that declaration? >> i mean, if past is prologue, the notion that donald trump would have an understanding of that level of detail is very far fetched. i don't think he would know that. i'm not sure that it makes -- i understand your point. certainly it would be, you know, a nice little piece of evidence in a courtroom trial but we need to disassociate this notion that what we're going to start to see tomorrow in the senate chamber is akin to a courtroom trial

and his behaviour. attack on donald trump and his behaviour-— attack on donald trump and his behaviourno question, none, behaviour. there's no question, none. that _ behaviour. there's no question, none, that president _ behaviour. there's no question, none, that president trump - behaviour. there's no question, none, that president trump is l none, that president trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. no question about it. the people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president.— and instructions of their president. the events of january _ president. the events of january the _ president. the events of january the sixth, - president. the events of january the sixth, when | president. the events of. january the sixth, when the drum supporting mob most on congress and ran amok, after the former president told them too much there, will never be forgotten. closing arguments in this trial set out dramatically different versions of events. the cold, hard truth is that what happened on 6januar

it is not a loyalty to donald trump. it is a loyalty to themselves. as trump remains popular in the gone republican leaders will go along with him because it serves their electoral interests. >> it is interesting, renee, i played sound from matt miller who was on hair lee harry will itman's podcast. e harry will itman's podcast. if they are bringing up donald trump's name over and over again and trying to put him at the forefront that will desubtract from that messages. if they wanted to be done with president trump they lost their last best chance to advantage wish him yesterday. instead of flexing they flinched and allowed donald trump to remain a player in the republican party. frankly, i am not convinced there is that much of a decide in the party. it is the most bipartisan impeachment vote. that's true, but only seven voted to convict him despite mountains of evidence that he was guilty. if republicans was serious about this, if mitch mcconnell was serious about this he would have done more, which is to whip that party into shape and say we have g

donald trump didn't do that when he came into office. board, a number of obama appointees continued to serve throughout the entire trump administration. they were not fired when donald trump came in in the first week. that's not the case of the biden administration and by and large the media has given him a pass on that when over 600 people who served on 37 boards were all summarily fired because goa wanted to start over -- joe biden wanted to start over and appoint his own people to the commissions. howie: president biden in a taped interview said this. >> should former president trump still receive intelligence briefings? >> i think not. >> why not? >> because of his erratic behavior. related to the insurrection. howie: what's your reaction to biden's decision on the intel briefings? >> i think it's a dangerous precedent to set. many people would admit that joe biden lost something of a soft ball n the last 50 years, joe biden doesn't have the same mental capacity as he had 50 years ago. are we saying that the next president who comes

there are many people who made the decision to vote against convicting donald trump because they want the trump supporters to back them in 4 years time when they run for president the likes of joe sholay ted cruz and marco rubio but interestingly enough marco rubio might well be rewarded for his loyalty by finding that he is a primary opponent in florida and the primary opponent according to some of the speculation and certainly well informed speculation could be a trump donald trump's daughter standing up against marco rubio because his seat is up for grabs in 2022 so there's the split between the very much the pro trampling of the party and won't be seen as the establishment when you have people like mitt romney former republican presidential candidate there who's now a senator in uta you have susan collins lisa murkowski ben sasse from nebraska who has been already criticized by his party for voting against donald trump and then one of the surprises was was bill cassidy from louisiana who would be considered to be a trump supporter i suppose because he's backed a number of the

donald trump's legal odyssey is far from over. katy benner who covers the justice department for "the new york times." katy, i wonder if the trump administration -- i'm sorry, the biden administration, would have any reaction to mcconnell clearly kicking the hot potato of legal consequences for trump with very explicitly language that he hasn't been held accountable yet. do you think that puts more pressure on a garland justice department to take a look at trump's conduct? >> i think there's certainly going to be pressure on garland's justice department both by people on the hill and also people inside of the justice department who are extremely upset there hasn't been accountable for donald trump. in new york there's both a civil investigation and a criminal investigation. the problem is those things take a very long time for the investigation to even come to a point where it could go to the courts. and so the idea of donald trump facing justice in a way that accounts for what he was impeached for is very unlikely. >> you've repor

donald trump knew vice president pence didn't do what he wanted. ice president pence didn't act to overturn the election for him and proclaim him the winner. president trump knew his supporters by then had broken into the capitol because they, too, wanted the election overturned and thought mike pence should do it. he knew mike pence had been taken away by security to shield him from that mob, and then he sent that tweet telling supporters, yeah, mike pence didn't have the courage. mike pence didn't overturn the election like that angry mob wanted. and before this week we knew pieces of this story, but we now have this solid time line of what happened on the 6th, how close the vice president was to being intercepted by the mob. and how donald trump appears to have known about the safety concerns for the vice president at the same time he sent that menacing tweet about mike pence. and his defense counsel lied about it today. they said once the attack had started all he did was call for calm. no, all he did once the attack started he pointed the bulls

they want to talk about donald trump. not only that, pete, they're raising millions of dollars off donald trump and in impeachment. they will need million millions of dollars to go back home to defend the seats with the policies that americans don't like. i don't think this is going away. you will see at an attempt at 14th amendment. they continue to talk about donald trump. he is the best foil for horrible policies from democrats. will: love to follow that quickly, i put this to you, rachel, sean you follow up, i agree with analysis about donald trump. it is their addiction. worked electorally and ratings for television networks. that leads to this, why didn't they neglect to call withins, they could have drug this thing out further? why didn't they, rachel? >> i was thinking great, get witnesses, how quickly everything shut down the question of bringing it nancy pelosi as a witness was brought up. look to me, this brought into focus this was all backwards. we need ad full investigation before this show trial, before thi

donald trump's presidency -- don't get me wrong, the media does a lot wrong, but donald trump's presidency is one of the major reasons there is no trust in media. you lied to the media and try to make those lies into reality by constantly putting them into people's heads. these are verifiable, provable lies. this is what the trump presidency did to the country and there is a lot of blame to be taken and you are a big part of that problem. caller: i would say i -- sean: i have made mistakes, i've been open and honest about the mistakes i made. i wrote an entire book that you are free to read or download that talks about my first day in particular and other mistakes i made. i will own up to the things i screwed up. one of the things i tell people all the time is, as a person and a professional when you make mistakes you hopefully grow by learning what you did wrong and trying to do better next time. to turn around and to blame the media's low approval on the trump presidency dismisses the problems that occurred. i have been doing this for 25 years in terms of working with the media. they hav

i'm not afraid of donald trump running again in four years. i'm afraid he's going to run again and lose because he could do this again. reporter: the democratic impeachment manager quoted extensively from republicans who lamed and criticized donal trump for what happened here on capitol hill. a clear message to the republican senators that are sitting in judgment. >> impeachment is not to punish, but to prevent. we are not here to punish donald trump, we are here to prevent the seeds of hatred he planted from bearing any more fruit. >> many of the insurrectionists incited to invade this chamber were dangerous. people on the fbi watch list, violent extremists, white supremacists. >> you can't even call yourself american. >> if you think this is not impeachable, what is? what would be? president trump's lawyers endorse his assertion that his conduct inciting these event was totally appropriate and the senate acquits donald trump, any president could invoke insurrection violence against us again. if you don't find this a high crime and misdemeanor

if republicans do not hold donald trump responsible for what the mob waving the trump flag was doingthe capitol that day, why did so many republicans call donald trump and plead with him to stop them, if they didn't think that the crowd was doing what donald trump wanted them to do? anderson? >> jake, want to talk to their legal team about their assessment of today. what do you think? >> i don't think the house managers could have done a better job. i think they were succinct. they were direct. they were logical. they appealed to emotion. and pulling all of that information together is not an easy task, and weaving it into a coherent narrative. i think they did a terrific job. a and, you know, that's where i think they should be after the first day of a two-day presentation. it's going to be interesting to see if the trump team has anything to say about this, because as we have all noted, they do put together a pretty compelling timeline showing what the president was doing, what he seemingly wasn't doing. trump's lawyers have suggested some factual issues. they say no, he was actual

but donald trump had other plans. mer 19th, president trump tweeted his save the date for january 6. he told his supporters to come to dc for big protest. in the day would be filled as wild . just days later, women for america first, amended permits to hold the rally on january 6 . pursuant to the president save the date . instead of after the inauguration. this was deliberate. supports confirmed that the resident himself, president trump became directly involved with the planning of the event . including the speaking lineup and even the music to be played. just as he chose the music first retreat of the caravan without that drove the biden harris bus of the song that fights on bargaining brought the same people who spoke at the second million mega rally to help as well. trump campaign advisor katrina pearson who you recall that on december 12, that this is the only the beginning, we are the calvary also became directly involved in planning the event. they even sent out invitations together. and this is one of the foun

donald trump never calls it off. never. he loves them. crats also showed a video for the first time of a trump supporter reading out loud one of trump's tweets, making it perfectly clear how they went the other direction. they added and stoked the rage that the insurrectionists fell as they stormed the capitol. it was a gutting realization coming on the heels of a day of brand-new video evidence that house managers showed all day long revealing to the public for the first time just how perilously close to mortal danger mike pence, nancy pelosi, mitt romney and dozens was other lawmakers and police and the staff came on january 6th. let's bring in to our conversation the woman who is normally your steward for this hour on this network, joy reid. >> how are you? you know, nicole, i have been like everyone else just riveted to this -- to this coverage today. i had a class, my howard university class today so i sort of was an hour behind when i got out of class and came right in to stacy plaskett's presentation followed by eric swalwell's, and

bill said i voted guilty because donald trump is guilty. y. i know what happened. >> nothing gets your blood pressure than hearing lindsey graham talking about lara trump for being the face of the republican party. i think that is the significant result of that set of comments that you just played. i think the republican party decided this was going to be donald trump's party. they had a chance to put a stake through his heart over the weekend. lindsey graham, who i have sat in private with, and heilman, while he called donald trump's worst names in the book, has decided that he wants trump to be in charge of this party. and i think that's a baffling decision. it's a decision they have made that is purely out of cynical politics. that was the most telling quotes. bill cassidy i think did make a courageous decision and deserves praise. if you look at louisiana, the statement was exactly right. he is not going to get a warm welcome down there. and i remember being in the building when donald trump walked in the stadium. he has very big support

well the 2nd impeachment trial of donald trump is now in full swing we have been hearing donald trump's defense his lawyers say he is simply not impeachable because he is not a sitting president that the impeachment mechanism of the u.s. constitution only applies to presidents who are in office and is applied in order to remove them if they commit a crime donald trump is not in office furthermore they maintain he is not guilty of inciting insurrection under the 14th amendment of the us constitution because that amendment was set to apply to us members of the confederacy who took up arms and the 14th amendment was passed after the us civil war it doesn't apply to rowdy demonstrations now there was some rather intense moments in the chamber we saw at 1 point one of trump's representative attorneys are holding up the u.s. constitution and urging members of congress to follow that rather than holding up mount st thomas red book and saying that this is the example of a of a system where people do not have due process and do not follow constitutional proceedings so basically the charges again