but in spy language, that means that eric swalwell was an asset., he wasn't doing it willingly, he probably wasn't even doing it knowingly. but in the terms of spy craft, he was an asset. he was somebody who was in a position to be bribed, he was in a position to be blackmailed. so here we have a guy who is so unserious that he shouldn't even probably be a member of congress, much less the intelligence committee -- and now they've got this guy leading impeachment 2.0. everybody looks like a fool except for swalwell, and he looks like a fool and a liar. elizabeth: so when you say that you think he may have been on the payroll there, i mean, this alleged chinese spy targeted him when he was just a city councilman in california back around 2011 or so. and then, you know, she raised money for him. what do you mean that he could be on the payroll? >> well, not knowingly. what i mean by that is that he was getting money from a woman who was bundling probably legitimate american contributions, but she was somebody who was being run by the chinese military

but in spy language, that means that eric swalwell was an asset. wasn't doing it willingly, he probably wasn't even doing it knowingly. but in the terms of spy craft, he was an asset. he was somebody who was in a position to be bribed, he was in a position to be blackmailed. so here we have a guy who is so unserious that he shouldn't even probably be a member of congress, much less the intelligence committee -- and now they've got this guy leading impeachment 2.0. everybody looks like a fool except for swalwell, and he looks like a fool and a liar. elizabeth: so when you say that you think he may have been on the payroll there, i mean, this alleged chinese spy targeted him when he was just a city councilman in california back around 2011 or so. and then, you know, she raised money for him. what do you mean that he could be on the payroll? >> well, not knowingly. what i mean by that is that he was getting money from a woman who was bundling probably legitimate american contributions, but she was somebody who was being run by the chinese military, th

but in spy language, that means that eric swalwell was an asset., he wasn't doing it willingly, he probably wasn't even doing it knowingly. but in the terms of spy craft, he was an asset. he was somebody who was in a position to be bribed, he was in a position to be blackmailed. so here we have a guy who is so unserious that he shouldn't even probably be a member of congress, much less the intelligence committee -- and now they've got this guy leading impeachment 2.0. everybody looks like a fool except for swalwell, and he looks like a fool and a liar. elizabeth: so when you say that you think he may have been on the payroll there, i mean, this alleged chinese spy targeted him when he was just a city councilman in california back around 2011 or so. and then, you know, she raised money for him. what do you mean that he could be on the payroll? >> well, not knowingly. what i mean by that is that he was getting money from a woman who was bundling probably legitimate american contributions, but she was somebody who was being run by the chinese military

according to eric swalwell, it's obvious why it happened.political opponents, called members of congress agents. he could tell young girls of south asian descent not to advocating invading libya and stealing their oil. maybe he couldn't cover up sexual harassment. the thing that would be racist, eric swalwell knows that. same thing on television. >> neera tanden is a tough cookie and should be good at that job. so i don't know what manchin is up to. i suspect there's other things going on. i think there's some massogny here.ch >> tucker: nobody likes neopolitician. instead, we say she's a woman of color. it's racism. you hate to play their stupid game of breaking everybody down why racial metrics. since they're doing this, how big a lie is it? asian americans have the highest per capita income. let's be real. the household of an indian american family is $120,000 a year. that passes white americans. so eric swalwell telling young south asian girls that they don't have a chance is ridiculous. why like what he's telling the chinese spies. that

republicans are requesting that fbi director christopher wray hold a briefing on congressman eric swalwell'ses to a suspected chinese spy. the lawmakers want to be informed of the full extent of chinese targeting of members of congress. republicans have also asked for speaker pelosi to kick swalwell off the intelligence committee. back with me now, jose and lisa. jose, first to you. >> we know first and foremost this is a decision for the fbi to make. the congressman, from what i understand, he hasn't been accused of any wrongdoing by the fbi so i'm not really sure what the strategy, with the political strategy is behind these 14 republicans. it should be taken seriously, don't get me wrong. but if the fbi hasn't accused the congress and of doing anything wrong, i'm not sure why we're going back to this. this happened over eight years ago. >> harris: lisa. >> to get to the bottom of how compromised eric swalwell could be. why is he still on the house intel committee? he's already been compromised by a chinese spy has no basis to be sitting on the house intel -- intelligence committee and hav

>>you just heard from bay area representative eric swalwell he is serving as one of the managers our washington dc correspondent alexandra le mon joins us live now from dc with the latest on those opening arguments, alexandra. >>a lot of new dramatic video showing today. >>yeah good evening, not only did we see some new video but we also saw other new pieces of evidence like new court documents with statements from some of those rioters that reportedly said they wanted to kill the vice president mike pence and wanted to shoot. speaker pelosi, if they have the chance of the house managers tried to make the argument that that's all because of president trump. >>republican louisiana senator bill cassidy isn't ruling out the possibility of convicting former president donald trump pursuant to my oath. >>am going to listen im partially to the evidence wednesday house managers like california congressman eric swalwell tried to persuade senators that trump incited the attack on the u.s. capitol he repeatedly over months told him the fight for specific purpose. we will stop the steal we begin

next up was congressman eric swalwell from california's east bay. he picked up where plaskett left off. his narrative begins as rioters breach the doors and force their way into the capitol. he presented newly released video and laid out how members of the house and senate huddled in fear. it's worth noting, january 6th could have been much worse, much deadlier, if an array of things had not gone the way they did. fair warning, some of the evidence coming up is especially disturbing, including the moment a woman in the mob was shot. >> rioters who had entered the building through the senate quickly spread out through the capitol. many headed towards the house and senate chambers. after speaker pelosi was ushered out, chairman mcgovern was presiding in the house, attempting to keep the counting process going. on our phones, members were receiving security updates and watching social media to see the horror that was going on outside. we never thought it would make its way in. by 2:25 p.m., rioters who were already in the building opened the east side

today east bay congressman eric swalwell distinguished between the two on the house floor. it was day two of the impeachment trial for former president trump. congressman swalwell is one of the house impeachment managers who presented the case against mr. trump. his role was to distinguish the difference between the mob who attacked the capitol and peaceful protesters who attended trump's rally and had every right to be there. >> certain americans came to protest peacefully, as their right. that is what makes our country so great to debate freely, openly, and peacefully our differences. >> swalwell went on to lay out the case that president trump repeatedly primed and escalated the anger in his supporters. swalwell says it was actions from the president that led to the riot. now we'll break down the big moments with our political analysts coming up at 6:30. i hope you stay around. >>> san jose, san leandro, sacramento, more reports today of attacks against asians. the recent spike has led to fear and also community reaction talking about citizen patrols. people are taking m

>>i was east bay, congressman eric swalwell he was among those making opening remarks today in the impeachment trial against former president donald trump impeachment managers unveiled never before seen video this afternoon of the capitol riot that happened on january 6 our washington correspondent alexandra le mon joins us now live from washington with the very latest alexandra >>good evening and today we only heard from the democratic house managers they also revealed new court documents with statements from some of those rioters hu said they wanted to kill and shoot lawmakers. the house managers tried to argue that's all because of president trump. republican louisiana senator bill cassidy isn't ruling out the possibility of convicting former president donald trump pursuant to my oath. >>i am going to listen impartially to the evidence wednesday house managers like california congressman eric swalwell tried to persuade senators that trump incited the attack on the u.s. capitol he repeatedly over months told them the fight for specific purpose. we will stop the steal we begin with this. >>an

. >> congressman eric swalwell makes the case that former president trump deliberately encouraged the riots at the these are real people, not actors, who've got their eczema under control. with less eczema, you can show more skin. so roll up those sleeves. and help heal your skin from within with dupixent. dupixent is the first treatment of its kind that continuously treats moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis, even between flare ups. dupixent is a biologic, and not a cream or steroid. many people taking dupixent saw clear or almost clear skin, and, had significantly less itch. don't use if you're allergic to dupixent. serious allergic reactions can occur, including anaphylaxis, which is severe. tell your doctor about new or worsening eye problems, such as eye pain or vision changes, or a parasitic infection. if you take asthma medicines, don't change or stop them without talking to your doctor. so help heal your skin from within, and talk to your eczema specialist about dupixent. if your financial situation has changed, we may be able to help. he. >>> new developments in a

want to ask you about the china threat and house republicans requesting that the fbi them on the eric swalwellhen it comes to lawmakers. here is the congressman on swalwell, listen. >> this is the biggest scandal in congress right now from a member of congress. eric swalwell is proving that he had a close relationship with a chinese spy. it's proven that he was investigated, and yet nancy pelosi has done nothing about it. >> sandra: that was james comer from kentucky. where do you stand on this and what do you want to see happen? >> not only are they not punishing him or investigating it, they had the audacity to send him over as a house impeachment manager to lecture us on how bad donald trump was. meanwhile, he's a guy consorting with the chinese spy, people have to realize, he is on the intelligence committee and they have all kinds of specialized information that i am not allowed access to. i can't go to their meetings, he's been compromised, so without question, he should be suspended until there is a completion of investigation but nancy pelosi is just sweeping this one under the rug. >>

now, specifically, i want to present one example from the house managers, eric swalwell. first of all, mr. swalwell have been allegedly accused of having a chinese spy work for him while he is in the intelligence committee. that should be wrong right there. then, for him to produce a tweet from an individual, jennifer lynn lawrence, who they say was verified with a blue check mark, when it never was, and he took the words out of context. she was saying we the calvary, which is a reference to the cross, not cavalry, which is on horseback to attack. host: to riverhead new york, independent line, robert, hi. robert in riverhead, you are on. are you there? well, that will about do it. we lost robert, but thanks for all your calls and comments this morning. david reynolds, we will get him back on the program to reschedule that interview. we are back tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern and we hope you are, too. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and a

they put eric swalwell on the intel committee.been in a briefing just myself and nancy pelosi -- anyone who was at that briefing would not have him at that committee and would question even keeping him in congress. what is the first thing joe biden does? he calls the chinese and placates to them. he said now what they do on human rights, it's a cultural thing. he won't stand up what they are doing in the universities. china wins that election if biden gets in. that's the problem what happens and i don't know what they have on the democratic party, but is powerful and we need people like jim banks who is part of the china task force that has a plan to stand up so the next century is the american century. so let's get to this question of these radical policies hitting the house floor and set up for. i'm sure it is shocking to all of you. we have all been numb since the election and you start seeing well the democrats be as radical in their policy proposals as they told us in we are always such nice people. we say come on, they are n

there were trump managers and advisers retweeting videos showing ted lieu or eric swalwell using words like fight like hell. but the difference is, there was no insurrection after those words. there's no equivalence there by any stretch. and people died. >> it's hard to compare it. lastly, how confident is the former president and his allies that they're still on the path for him to be acquitted? i would imagine, quite confident. >> reporter: yes, they're quite confident. they believe there is no way there will be 17 republicans that will convict the former president in all of this. but i think as you and i were talking about this earlier today, donald trump's problems extend well beyond this senate impeachment trial. he has the very real prospect facing him that he could be brought up on charges of election fraud in georgia. that was announced earlier today. the fulton county prosecutors are looking into, investigating that phone call he had with brad raffensperger, the secretary of state. and one source said he's concerned about other potential legal problems as well. he may be able

they put eric swalwell, anyone who has heard that breathing would not have him on that committee andould question keeping him in congress but that is what happened with the democratic party. what is the first thing joe biden does? he calls the chinese xi and he placates to them. he says that what they do one human rights is ok, it is a cultural thing. he won't stand up to what they are doing to our universities. china wins that election if biden gets in, that is the problem that happened and i don't know what they have on the democratic party but it is powerful and we need people like jim banks who is a part of the china task force who has a plan to actually stand up to them. matt: let's at the question of this radical policy hitting the house floor, hitting the senate floor, i am sure it is shocking to all of you. we have all been numb since the election. and then you start seeing, will the democrats be as radical in their policy proposals as they told us? and we are always such nice people, they are knuckling to be that way, and then it starts coming. and it is so radical on this r

caller: i want to know the integrity of eric swalwell.ou are talking about -- he brought up two names that were in the senate. they had their names, why don't you bring them up as evidence? they were witnesses, they were criminals in the fact. i would like to ask everybody in congress that they give donald trump the due respect. he was elected by the people. did anybody give him the respect ? everybody gets 90 days of probationary period when they get a job. did they give him a chance? host: elaborate on eric swalwell again. i missed that part. what were you trying to get to? caller: he brought up two names of people that were actually in the senate. with the zip tie handcuffs. why don't you bring them out as evidence and see what they have to say? host: you're saying they should be called as witnesses? caller: are we just going to listen to stories of what these people are trying to tell us? swalwell, really? host: if you want to find out more about these two people as far as being brought up as witnesses, that is probably the most forwa

remember, eric swalwell had an intimate relationship with a chinese spy for years and he still sits on the house intelligence committee with access to all of our state secrets. adam schiff, he said he had clear evidence that trump stole the 2016 election. that donald trump colluded with russia, russia, russia. he chairs the intel committee. we know he had information to the contrary and he lied and perpetuated a hoax, conspiracyy theory, literally dragged this country down a hell hole for three years but when is he going to be taken out of that assignment, stripped of his committee? let me break this down simply, where i am, what i believe. i am a reagan, i am in america first, contract with america conservative. i am a registered conservative but what i believe is fairly simple to understand. i believe in liberty and freedom, limited government, low taxes, cutting up burdens from regulation and red tape. i believe in the safety of security, law and order in every town in every city in this country. a good education should be available in every school district and school choice for our

and if it wasn't clear enough, representative eric swalwell, one of the house members, brought it directlyt of him. here's what swalwell said. >> you were just 58 steps away from where the mob was amassing. >> just 58 steps. so the house managers drove home that it was just by pure happen assi stance that this wasn't even worse. and the managers argued that donald trump was directly responsible for that. >> elie, what's your next takeaway from yesterday? >> the second big takeaway from the house managers' argument is that it's about the big picture. it's not just about the january 6th rally, it's also about the before and the after. they argued that january 6th was the culmination of a months-long coordinated effort by donald trump to spread the big lie, to undermine democracy, to attack the election itself. and ultimately, to weaponize his followers. here's how one of the house managers, representative joe neguse put it in his argument. >> his false claims about election fraud, that was the drumbeat being used to inspire, instigate, and ignite them. to anger them. >> so the managers also

instead among the prosecutors, congressman eric swalwell a man penetrated by chinese intelligence in the comely shape of things. this is no obstacle to being the prosecutor charged with trying to get chairman more dominic sworn enemy removed from the ballot in 2024. he was pained to distinguish between the incites are in chief and any of you guys who made the mistake of voting for him. >> when we talk about the violent mob during the attack, we do not mean every american who showed up at president trumps rally. a certain americans came to protest peacefully, as is their right. >> mark: got that? some of you rubes are okay, the rest are simply innocent boneheads and inflamed by trump. you are too stupid to figure out the election is on the up and up, you should just settle back and enjoy the mostly peaceful peaceful transfer of power. they advanced to boulder arguments. you're such a jump that you think because trump is the commander-in-chief you are obligated to obey the commands of your commander. andy mccarthy clarified that earlier today in the tea break. speak of the president is

you have eric swalwell and his long-time bff, the chinese spy, you have jamie raskin, that guy actually challenge the 2016 election results which he seems to now think is an impeachable offense and ultimately, the trial would drag on days calling witnesses weeks and in a way i kind of hope they do call witnesses. i've got a great list of republican senators. we are going to see hysteria, you're going to witness feigned selective moral outrage in all witness rank hypocrisy and what is nothing but a detestable double standard. but the outcome is pretty certain and predetermined. president trump will be acquitted and this will all be for nothing. watch your great elected officials in action. here with reaction, donald trump jr. a lot to digest. four major arguments in my mind, one, it's unconstitutional. two, the snap impeachment was made before we found out that the whole thing had been preplanned and advanced, three, the insurrectionist language of the left which i kind of think is a big deal and we can get some more, your thoughts? >> if it wasn't for double standards, the democrats wou

he's congressman eric swalwell making his opening statement today as house managers began their arguments in the second impeachment trial of former president donald trump. >>our washington correspondent alexandra le mon is joining us now live from washington with the very latest they're taking a break right now, but it's been a chilling day on capitol hill. >>i did good evening that's right and so far we have only heard from the democratic house managers to among other things revealed new court documents with statements from some of the rioters to reportedly said they would have killed vice president mike pence and wanted to shoot. nancy pelosi, the house managers argue that's all because of president trump. >>republican louisiana senator bill cassidy isn't ruling out the possibility of convicting former president donald trump pursuant to my oath. >>am going to listen impartially to the evidence wednesday house managers like california congressman eric swalwell tried to persuade senators that trump incited the attack on the u.s. capitol he repeatedly over months told him the fight for spe

reaction 14 republicans demanding fbi director chris wray give them a briefing about democrat eric swalwell'sa chinese spy? they want to know everything they know about that and if they were targeting anybody else in congress. your reaction to that? >> what surprises me all about that, certainly the republicans request. they have to make that request. this should have been done a long time ago, frankly i thought it had been done. a member ever congress targeted by a foreign government, the chinese communist party intelligence service. they have a spy make contact with the congressman with the congressman even before he became a congressman, with an attempt to gain obviously what? influence and information. that is a big deal and it is an indicator of the much more comprehensive chinese communist espionage program that is going on in the united states. it is so massive that it is the largest attempt to penetrate a foreign power in history. nothing that we've ever experienced even with the soviet union compares to what the ccp, the chinese communist party is doing. this should have taken place

you have chuck schumer, maxine waters, jamie raskin, eric swalwell for the love of god. he is an impeachment manager. so play those videos. i also think you need to point out the best impeachment article was what did the president do once the siege began? you can claim you were shocked, people went to the capitol. but once they got there you can't claim you were shocked anymore. they need to point out the witnesses that could have answered that question. who called the president? who told him this was going on? what were the president's precise words? the prosecution didn't call those witnesses. good defense attorneys point out things the prosecutors could have done but did not do. >> harris: i'm curious. is there a chance of unifying through this process? this is really backfiring from democrats as you laid it out. if so much of this is really political is there a chance you unify those members who might not have seen eye-to-eye on this and get some of the six who said yes it's constitutional to join the rest when it is all over not to convict. >> well, i mean in terms

house manager eric swalwell guided us through the weeks of repeated incitement by donald trump. >> on december 19th, at 1:42 in the morning, our commander in chief tweeted, big protest in d.c. on january 6th. be there. will be wild. will be wild. we know why he picked this day. it wasn't random. it was his last chance to stop a peaceful transition of power. and he gave his supporters plenty of time to plan. this was the save the date sent out 18 days before the event on january 6th. and it wasn't a casual one-off reference or a single invitation. for the next 18 days, donald trump would make sure to remind them over and over and over, to show up on january 6th. and he would tell them exactly what he wanted them to do. on december 26th, he tweets, if a democrat presidential candidate had an election rigged and stolen, with proof of such acts at a level never seen before, the democrat senators would consider it an act of war and fight to the death. mitch and the republicans do nothing. just want to let it pass. no fight. he's saying that the republicans are doing nothing and have no fig

let me read you a tweet from eric swalwell about that time.said you are a senator who police will protect, can't sleep in your home because of threats. where are you sleeping customers she is alone while you and your senate colleagues are trying to rush her through a hearing, et cetera. the whole boo-hoo-hoo thing, many of these rioters have been arrested. in fact, when the ap looked through and cnn also did a similar thing, they took many of the rioters who were arrested and looked at their voting records and i think it's really important to remember that many of them, most of them, they didn't even vote in november. all right, so the republicans have a right to separate from the violence and i think to the great majority, they have. on the politics of it, i understand sticking together. and it comes to the democrats, i think they know they are not going to get the votes to convict, but i also think politically they don't have anything to lose. so when this is over and it will be over fairly soon, we might be at a wash, which is where we were

i want to talk about eric swalwell in a minute., the fbi and what needs to be done here to get trust back in place? because clearly there are a lot of things, a lot of places where people are questioning the leadership at the fbi, most notably the capitol breach as well and what they knew and why they didn't pass that information on. >> what needs to happen, i mean, the first thing i believe is that christopher wray has to go. he should have been fired by donald trump and william barr. if joe biden wants to make an honest effort to get people to believe in america's federal law enforcement agency, mr. wray has to go. but as you say, this is a very big problem. the fact that at least half of america, republicans, conservatives, are not going to have faith in the fbi is an enormous issue. as for representative swalwell, i mean, another institution we don't have faith in right now is the democratic-run house intelligence committee. has nothing to do with intelligence for many years now and the idea that swalwell is still on that commi

eric swalwell saying 58 steps, which is so vivid. think about that. 58 steps between maybe life and death for all of you sitting in this room. david, you know, laura talks about trying to convince the senators. i don't know if that's possible and i'm not even sure that's the right bar or what we should be discussing right here and now. i am wondering from the house managers perspective what you think they have left to do in terms of the historical record. the record of this. this moment in history. the mark they want to leave behind. >> i'm so glad you're making this point. it is a bar. it is certainly one of the metrics here, the final vote here, but it is not the only bar. this is for history. this is to make sure that there is a methodical record of this traumatic event that occurred. is just so devastating to go through it and yet so important. now i think the final thing the house managers which, their presentation has been masterful. you just go through the way in which they hit each bucket of the build up. what occurred on the

wonderful weekend, everybody. ♪ ♪ elizabeth: tonight, a new controversy involving democrat congressman eric swalwellof falsely claiming that the fbi publicly exonerated him over swalwell's messy entanglement with a chinese spy. turns out the fbi never did the that. the debate. for all the d.c. talk about accountability, just where is the accountability on that? joining us tonight is kt mcfarland, david webb and sam dewey, plus kristin tate, gianno caldwell and tom homan. more on that story, also more revelations, more details coming out of government documents into -- it exp

and i'm also wondering about -- that's eric swalwell when he was, we don't know the extent of his relationshiphat out, by the way, from the fbi, and swalwell is stonewalling saying that he's not going to cooperate at all. how much longer can his stonewalling last? >> dade, you're right. nancy pelosi needs to answer questions, why is he still on these sensitive committees, why is he getting classified information. but you're exactly right, the policies matter. are we going to continue to provide arms to taiwan, are we going to stand up for the uighurs and against the theft of american e intellectual property? now, unfortunately, even some of the german leadership has advocate we can just be nice to china, if we continue to accommodate them, they'll eventually evolve towards our standards and principles. that hasn't worked out. the last several years they've stolen our intellectual property, our jobs, they engaged in unfair trade practices. one key test for the biden administration if, are they going to require schools to disclose the funding with these confucius institutes -- david: that's a ve

east bay congressman, eric swalwell was one of the house managers presenting the case against mr. trump. he made the case that president trump consciously laid the ground work for the riots. >> just like to build a fire it doesn't just start with the flames. donald trump for months and months assembled the tinder, the kindling threw on logs for fuel to lead his followers to brief believe that the only way the election would be lost was if it was stolen. >> reporter: this was a really emotional day of arguments as the new evidence showed how dangerous the attack was and how much worse it could have been. the question of course remains how many republican senator the will draw a line of blame to the former president. as house impeachment managers laid out what he said and did on january 6th and the months leading up. newly-revealed, chilling surveillance video presented as evidence in the impeachment trial of former president trump. capitol police were quickly overwhelmed by a coordinated combat-style assault with some mob members bent on finding and potentially executing then-vice

i hope made an impression on the senator's was when eric swalwell talked about the 58 steps, 58 stepsy re evacuating the town hallway, any human shield. capitol police they were keeping from seen them being evacuated because that could have ugly really really fast. >>it did and while he was talking a member eric swalwell talking about how one 0.1 who's still in the house chambers he texted his wife saying i love you and the babies please hug them for me and you know a lot and they thought this is how it's going to end we're going to get taken out by a mob of riders it i mean it was they were afraid for their lives. >>we were just i mean america was just lucky in the congress was just lucky. >>that no more that more people hurt or killed. you can see not withstanding the criticism of the leadership. the capitol police individual police. really stood out there and did their best thing for me to human shields using using their knowledge of the capital its byways and and always to get people to safety as quickly as it's just it's just horrifying i hope that this. this presentation becomes

i think eric swalwell called it a save the date. he said come january 6, it will be wild. january 6 wasn't a thing until donald trump made it a thing. it was created as an event sheerly through donald trump who made it so. and i thought that point was hit home today in a way that i hadn't quite appreciated about. >> that date was a pivotal date, but it wasn't a day to have a demonstration or a rally. no, that was picked particularly because that was the last opportunity for donald trump to steal the election, was to stop this joint session of congress. and what's more, not only that date and that place, but also the person of mike pence. the vice president's role in that process is really just a ceremonial one. but donald trump made it bigger than that. he laid the blame at mike pence's feet for his election loss. that was his last-ditch effort, and it put the vice president's life at risk as well as the rest of us. but imagine that, the president of the united states puts his own vice president's life at risk. and why? so he can help steal an election. >> those two points

elaborate on that a little bit and certainly who we heard from eric swalwell. how do you say that those close to the president and republican house members were simply afraid to come forward? >> >> well, i think there needs to be a thorough investigation and people need to feel comfortable knowing what they now. the problem with acquitting donald trump is emboldens trump and his followers. his followers have morphed over the last four years, from you know, just rabid sort of trump fans to paramilitias, and these -- it has turned into domestic terrorist organizations who are supporting, you know, a once deposed authoritarian dictatian, and that's scary. that's the kind of thing that happens in countries where there's coupes and if these domestic terrorist organizations which are apparently being investigated by the d.c. u.s. attorney's office are left to continue on this path of intimidation we've got a real problem on our hands way beyond trump and we saw it in ukraine where there were significant threats on the whistle-blower and because of the safety issues w

the opening arguments were listed about eric swalwell for prosecutor congressman from california let's let's listen in once he realizes that president trump had been spreading for months that the election was full of fraud to stop the steel but now they had a specific purpose how do we know that purpose these ads were designed to run all the way up to january 5 and then they stopped this was purposeful and deliberate planning to target his base to rally around that day and it wasn't just his ads he continued to use his own platform he told his supporters who truly believe their victory had been stolen and who are ready to fight when where and how to stop what he believed was a steal donald trump would issue a deliberate call to action and just like in his ads that was action that action senator around january 6. on december 19th at 1 42 in the morning our commander in chief tweeted big protest in d.c. on january 6th be there will be wild will be wild we know why he picked this day it wasn't random it was his last chance to stop a peaceful transition of power and he gave his supporters

we will talk it a top gop lawmaker wants an fbi briefing on congressman eric swalwell and the push towhere. with mortgage rates at their lowest in history, it's time to refi. but if you're a veteran homeowner and need cash, here's big news. introducing refiplus from newday usa. it lets you refi at all-time low rates plus you could take out $50,000 or more. money for security today, money for retirement tomorrow. refiplus. it's only for veterans and it's only from newday usa. t-mobile is upgrading its network at a record pace. we were the first to bring 5g nationwide. and now that sprint is a part of t-mobile we're turning up the speed. upgrading over a thousand towers a month with ultra capacity 5g. to bring speeds as fast as wifi to cities and towns across america. and we're adding more every week. coverage and speed. who says you can't have it all? wanna build a gaming business that breaks the internet? that means working night and day... ...and delegating to an experienced live bookkeeper for peace of mind. your books are all set. so you can finally give john some attention. truste

. >> reporter: earlier this evening i spoke with an impeachment manager, eric swalwell, congressman,ch for joining us tonight, we at least expected an acquittal, the outcome of the impeachment trial was not a surprise, but you say that it was all worth it. what do you think was accomplished and do you think any of form er president trump's most staunch supporters were swayed at all by any of the evidence presented. >> we were trying to sway the american people that you cannot incite our own people to attack our capitol the day that we are voting every american's vote. we showed our country that we could have an accountability exercise like impeachment, the most bipartisan impeachment vote ever, in the house and in the senate i senate. and in the court of public opinion. 60% of americans believe that donald trump should be qualified from holding office again. so while legally he may not be disqualified. by showing the country what he did, i think functionally the voters will disqualify. >> what you just touched on, how many americans wanted to see president trump held accountable. it

you are looking at california democratic congressman eric swalwell. they will finish presenting their case thursday mr. trump lawyers will get their turn. global news, 24 hours a day come on air and on bloomberg quick take, powered by over 2700 journalists and analysts in over 100 20 countries. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> welcome to bloomberg markets. vonnie: and i'm vonnie quinn. we are joined by our bloomberg and vnn audiences. u.s. stocks are mixed so far today with a positive dow when the two other major indices are negative. we will talk with the chief market strategist in a few minutes and we will break down fourth-quarter results with the ceo of twitter. the bank of canada deputy governor says cryptocurrency does not have the quality of being money of the future. amanda: markets are still paying attention to the earnings coming across, a little bit more negative in tone broadly today but the s&p 500 is showing mixed when we dig into the subgroups. energy is showing some leadership and real estate and health care and financials are doing ok but yo

to weigh in on who represents her district i mean if we're going to do that then we can look at eric swalwell weakens that maxine waters and all the things have been said by by members both parties over the many years. >>house republican leader kevin mccarthy of california he's being blasted for not removing green himself from her committee jobs signaling this issue could turn into a partisan brawl tomorrow on the house floor, republicans very split on green some of them are furious with her others were told actually applauded her at a meeting tonight, a vote tomorrow and any case will force them to go on the record. grant. >>all right catherine and house republicans had a different reality show ask a dilemma to deal with today what to do with liz cheney she is the 3rd most powerful republican in the house the daughter of course of former vice president dick cheney. and liz cheney notably was one of 10 republicans in the house to vote to impeach president trump. but an hour ago in a secret ballot vote. the house gop voted that she should keep her leadership post earlier today. cheney defended

i hope made an impression on the senator's was when eric swalwell talked about the 58 steps, 58 steps between them as they re evacuating the town hallway, any human shield. capitol police they were keeping from seen them being evacuated because that could have ugly really really fast. >>it did and while he was talking a member eric swalwell talking about how one point when you still in the house chambers he texted his wife saying i love you and the babies please hug them for me and you know a lot and they thought this is how it's going to end we're going to get taken out by a mob of riders it i mean it was they were afraid for their lives. >>we were just i mean america was just lucky in the congress was just lucky. >>that no more that more people hurt or killed. you can see that and now is standing the criticism of the leadership. the capitol police individual police. really stood out there and did their best thing for me to human shields using using their knowledge of the capital its byways and and always to get people to safety as quickly as it's just it's just horrifying then and i

eric swalwell is standing by to talk with us. but first over at the white house, president biden is meeting with a bipartisan group of lawmakers as a key nomination is delayed and his administration appears to be getting off to a slower start than expected. joining us now to talk about all of this is kara lee covering the white house and garrett haag on the hill. a vote about tan den's vote was pushed back. >> she needed two votes and both of those got canceled today or at least delayed. it is pretty clear that democrats don't know where the 50th vote for neera tanden is going to come from. democrats need one republican to crossover and a lot of the usual suspects said they won't. they don't plan to vote for her. democrats are waiting to see what lisa murkowski might do. but so much of this with tanden involves her past tweets. she still has tweets going after lisa murkowski for some of lisa murkowski's policy positions. so the tanden nomination right now is hanging on a thread. >> what is the perspective from the white house? bi

next you're going to hear from east bay congressman eric swalwell, one of the impeachment managers, abouthave changed the outcome. >>> for almost a year you've seen people getting swabbed in the nose for coronavirus tests. now the bay area's biggest county is ready to unveil a ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ deposit, plan and pay with easy tools from chase. simplicity feels good. chase. make more of what's yours. my psoriatic arthritis pain? i had enough! it's not getting in my way. joint pain, swelling, tenderness...much better. my psoriasis, clearer... cosentyx works on all of this. four years and counting. so watch out. i got this! watch me. real people with active psoriatic arthritis look and feel better with cosentyx. cosentyx works fast for results that can last. it treats the multiple symptoms of psoriatic arthritis, like joint pain and tenderness, back pain, and helps stop further joint damage. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor about an infection or symp

house manager eric swalwell actually played this video twice. it shows multiple u.s. senators being evacuated down a hallway while police officers beyond them, basically, blocked the sight of those senators with their bodies. the mob was on the far end of that corridor. the police officers put themselves between the senators and the mob, and the senators ran past to safety. there's reporting out of the chamber today that senators of both parties were seen pointing at that video while it played, apparently recognizing themselves and their colleagues as they were run down that corridor just steps away from where the police was holding back the mob. they had never seen that footage before today, either. this footage shows how senator chuck schumer almost walked directly into the mob that day. house managers say he came within yards of the rioters and had to turn around. they came up that ramp and then they went very quickly back down that ramp. his security detail turned him around, ended up shutting those doors, using their bodies against those doors to keep him safe. s

you saw senators running down a hallway, just 58 steps according to eric swalwell who is presenting the the mob. you summit romney turning around and running down the hallway. you cite aides to speaker nancy pelosi hiding in a conference room, and then minutes later, trump supporters pounding on the doors to that room. it is a very visceral presentation. i think that is what the impeachment managers are trying to do, to remind the senators in particular, the fear and chaos, the violence of that day. and also, perhaps too presented in a packageo the american public, so they can see exactly how it transpired, for people who maybe have not been following the news, and did not realize exactly how dramatic those days'events work. laura: it is the senators who are the jurors. i niced democrats were careful to single out republican senators that president trump had mentioned on twitter in the run-up up to january 6. what is your reading of the room as you watch republican senators taking all of this in? reporter: i think that yes, mentioning mike pence, mentioning mitch mcconnell and others, t

house impeachment managers stacey plaskett and eric swalwell played previously unseen video from then, together with the audio recordings of the police dispatches. note as the video begins, we are seeing the inside view as the mob approaches from outside and beats the windows and doors. you can see that the rider first breaks the window with the wooden beam that you saw previously, and a lone police officer inside responds and begins to spray the first man who enters, but is quickly overwhelmed. i want you to pay attention to the first group of assailants as they break into the building. the second man through the window is wearing full tactical body armor and is carrying a baseball bat. others are carrying riot shields. in this new security video, - you can see the mob attacking officers with a crutch, - a hockey stick, a bullhorn and a trump flag. i want to show you that same attack from the officer's - perspective, from his| body camera footage. and it was what president trump failed to do once the riot got under way onjanuary 6 that formed another key plank of the prosecution's c