thank you. >> thanks, gabe. and one of the nation's preeminent constitutional law scholars, harvard law professor laurence tribe-s back with me now. he was part of al gore's legal team during the 2000 election recount. professor, you've been with me again and again through all this just as gabe has and he's come out again and again debunked methodically every single one of these claims. now, i want you to look at this from a legal perspective. when you listen to the 60 minutes, right? of call and the president saying he won and putting all these falsehoods out there and saying at one point very clearly that, quote, "there's nothing wrong with saying that, you know, that you've recalculated" to the georgia secretary of state, did the president commit a crime? >> it sure sounds like it. i've almost never heard a crime committed on a live tape, let alone by the president of the united states. but this very much looks like a violation of the federal extortion statute because he was basically threatening to get this

we begin tonight with gabe gutierrez >> reporter: tonight, more than 15,000 national guard troops are patrolling the nation's capital. >> i don't think anybody has ever seen anything like this. >> reporter: d.c. is now broken up into green and red zones and there are military and law enforcement vehicles on virtually every corner but today armed protests advertised online by far-right extremists did not materialize here there are small nonviolent gatherings at some state capitols in michigan this man says the fbi contacted him days ago to make sure he was planning a peaceful rally >> a bunch of people decided not to come today because of the fear of the national guard and our state boys over there watching us right now. >> reporter: at least 13 states have deployed their national guards to protect state capitols arkansas is using civilian law enforcement. >> you want to be overprepared versus underprepared. >> reporter: so far, authorities have arrested 116 people involved in the u.s. capitol siege. now among them the mother of this man previously taken into custody seen carrying plas

reporter: and that's when his buddy andy, now a virtual stranger, came to visit. >> i said, "well, gabe is going to sound really weird, but i need you to do something for me. give me a high-five." and he was like, "okay." >> when the moment happened, my body just did what it's been doing for years-- clap, snap, high-five. >> reporter: that was in september. since then, a lot of his memories have returned, but few more cherished than this silly tradition, which doesn't seem quite so silly anymore. >> it's really special to have a memory of something... to have something that's this consistent in my life that means this much. >> reporter: andy even wrote a song about their ritual. ♪ so take a walk with me on monday morning ♪ >> reporter: it's a reminder that going out of your way for someone is still the straightest path to an everlasting friendship. ♪ knowing small things matter is really no small thing ♪ >> reporter: steve hartman, cbs news, "on the road." >> o'donnell: that's something you never forget: a true friendship. we'll be right back. tasha, did you know geico could save you hu

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gabe: number one, lots of investigations, official washington was shocked.ryone that's all that was quite frankly shocked. -- everyone that saw that was quite frankly shocked. investigation within the capitol police, investigations that will be done with the metropolitan police department that overseas the district of columbia police. there is also going to be an investigation at the federal level on how this could happen. listen, there were a lot of warning signs, when donald trump was speaking, he was egging on his supporters to go to the capitol building and be aggressive. everybody agrees that it was donald trump fueling the fire. officials say they did not expect what they saw with these thousands of trump supporters rioting at the capitol and breaking through police lines. there is going to be a lot of fallout from this. anchor: thank you. we have the reaction from u.s. president elect joe biden. >> he very specifically did not say anything about whether or not the 25th amendment should be invoked, which would put mike pence in charge of the government

>> well said gabe gutierrez in new york gabe thank you very much. >>> in much of the world, the new year is here some countries are celebrating like the virus is no longer a threat, others are under more severe lockdowns. sarah harman has more. >> reporter: incredible images from new zealand, a giant crowd, no masks, like basically back to normal as they ring in the new year in the small island nation where covid patients have been virtually eliminated. >> want this to be more, more happier than last year. >> reporter: in australia, fireworks soared above a mostly empty sydney harbor. while in the chinese city wuhan, wher covid-19 originated, thousands packed the city center to celebrate. in europe, festivities and traditions curtailed by lockdowns and curfews. statues, monuments in london barricaded off. berlin banning fireworks. rome and st. peter's square empty inside the basilica, a socially distanced mass took place without the pope across the continent, abandoned streets and uncanny quiet as the world says farewell to a year few will miss but no one will forget here in london, peop

here's nbc's gabe gutierrez. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: phillip, good morning.ics of the police at the u.s. capitol are pointing out the contrast between what transpired here to the police response to other protests over social justice across the country last year. >> usa usa! ra reporter: when the rioters aged throu thegh capitol, communities of color had noticed something. >> suppose this had been a black lives matter rally suppose this had been people of color storming the capitol. >> reporter: a large crowd of white demonstrators breaking into the hallowed halls of congress, a stark con terrace to the heavy mill terrorized police contest over breonna taylor. >> to see white mobs were able to take over the capitol building and then have this slow response from law enforcement, that was extremely disturbing. >> reporter: during the george floyd protest president trump twted when the looting starts, the shooting starts. >> go home we love you. you're very special. >> reporter: this video of an officer posing for a selfie is also fueling anger. >> no one can tel

gabe, we talk about, here we are. first tell me as we know we are still awaiting final numbers here in the ossoff/perdue race. how many outstanding votes are there still across this state? >> well, our office kind of came in here in the last half hour so operating on three hours of sleep so we have some estimates but i will give every caveat in the world around them. we are looking at a little over 65,000 votes still outstanding mainly from the absentees that came in yesterday. as was noted by your analyst earlier the majority of ballots coming in will be coming in from strongly democrat areas, dekalb has the biggest bucket of them, cobb, fulton, henry has some. there is a few republican areas out but they are smaller, bartow county, gilmore county. we likely will see the leads of the democrat challengers increase as we go through the morning and hopefully we will have a very clear picture of how many votes are left by around lunchtime. >> all right. so as you lay out the counties that these leads of the democrats cou

gabe gutierrez wheeler, is no longer with the team after more details emerged of his violence arrest officers found his girlfriend locked in a bathroom after fighting with the 310 pounds wheeler. wheeler told her to stand up and bow to him she told police after she regained consciousness, wheeler says "wow, you are alive." wheeler suffers from bipolar disorder and did not take his medication >> it is time for me to walk away from football and get the help i need to never again post the threat to another. i am truly ashamed - he wrote. the nfl faced criticism. >> the nfl says the wheeler allegations are being reviewed under the personal conduct policy he's out on $400,000 bail. lester >> gabe, thank you >>> up next, a david and goliath story with billions at stake >>> it is not everyday that the little guys score at the expense of the big guns at wall street jo lynn kent on how they play the game with game stop. >> reporter: tonight a struggling video game, game stop, suddenly one of the hottest stocks, skyrocketed hottest stocks, skyrocketed hottest stocks, skyrocketed commentators o

later >> my emotions are up and down saturday when i heard the news, i wanted to cry. >> reporter: gabe is joining us now from the vaccination site that's forced to close how long will those appointments can be registered? >> reporter: lester, there are waiting new shipments here now but it could take weeks but not days >> the new strains of the virus, dangerous variant from south africa that's elevating concerns tonight. richard engel has more >> reporter: in london covid deaths have risen nearly twice largely because of the new more contagious strain of the virus the cdc estimates could be dominate in the u.s. in march. it is not the only strain, a south african variant may evolve to infect people more than once. >> reporter: dr. richard discovered the south african variant. >> we are worried that this variant may be able to escape some of the natural unity of infection of the virus this variant is able to reinfect people >> reporter: what about the vaccine that we have now can they stop these south african variant? >> we don't know yet that's a critical question that we are not addre

thank you >>> the effort to get out the vaccine faster can't come fast enough more on that, here is gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: tonight new york city is running out of the coronavirus vaccines >> we are senior citizens, you are scared >> reporter: the city has been forced to close 15 other vaccination sites and now first responders including hard hit ems workers are having to suspend their first doses. >> reporter: how frustrating had this process been? >> frustrating and painful >> reporter: how soon will new york city run out of vaccinations >> this week >> reporter: mayor de blasio says at least 20,000 appointments have been >> the vaccine supply should increase every single week we found that we hit a wall quickly. >> reporter: at least a dozen states are reporting vaccine supply shortages and some rolling back eligibility requirements this hospital in florida is suspending first doses starting sunday governors are begging for federal help >> our biggest problem is simple lack of vaccine. >> reporter: many states did not have the people to administer all the shots. now it is a suppl

gabe, thank you. >>> i think we might have tom winter with us standing by in one of our news rooms. tom, do we have you? >> present. i'm here. >> hi, sir. let's talk more about security, okay, as we are now within just a couple of minutes now of the playout of the president's remarks. i just want to set the table for viewers. you are obviously looking at marine one at joint base andrews, the president, i believe, just about to board upon landing at andrews. it is our understanding and i'm being told that we will play for you the full 90-second remarks from the president, largely because he does comment on impeachment, that is considered newsworthy. he does talk about immigration and the reason why he is taking this trip to mcallen today. there is president trump getting off marine one at joint base andrews, he's going to be getting on air force one in just a moment to head down to mcallen. tom, all of this is happening of course as -- i will cut you off as we start to play this video here, all of this is happening as we're getting new word on suspensions of some capitol police offic

gabe g gutierrez, , nbc news >>> ouour tribute e to a grounu brbreaking icocon. >>> hollywood has lost a great one. cicely tyson >> reporter: there she was on tv this morning cicely tyson on her last interview recorded this week sharing a story about her mom pushing her carriage >> take care of this child she has a sixth sense. she's going to make you proud one day. >> reporter: she made a lot of people proud refusing parts that would demean african-americans, often going long stretches without work. >> i chose to do more positivity roles. >> reporter: roles like rebecca which earned her an oscar nomination in "sounder." she grew up in east harlem her big break was a model before her career took off. the first to star in a tv drama. >> reporter: from the autobiography to "family reunion. >> family reunion is about uniting. >> reporter: she wonon three ems anand at age 88, a tony. >> i don't work for money. i work because there were certain issues that were just about myself and my grace. >> reporter: it was tyson's role of a lifetime. cicely tyson was 96. what a life. that's "nightly n

. >> gabe, what's the real practical impact of this hour long phone call on the georgia senate races? >> well, obviously that remains to be seen but having spoken to a number of people in georgia over the last few hours, last few days, specifically about this question they keep reminding me this is really a race going to be determined on the margins. this is always true and going to be true when you have a race this close. but for months now you've had democrats essentially trying to push the point that by calling into question the legitimacy of the race republicans might be hurting -- trump might be hurting the republican cause here because you might have republicans out there saying, well, if this isn't going to be a legitimate race, a legitimate election, maybe i shouldn't vote. in this particular case what you may be seeing, what democrats hope to be seeing here is not something that's going to energize nor democrats but in fact something going to take a few thousand republicans or people who want to vote for republican senators even they don't like trump that much essentially say

chairman gabe roosevelt, two of the 48 states. in the fall of 1936, he visited self america, to abdicate his good neighbor policy. as unrest spread abroad. 1937, president roosevelt became the first chief executive, to be sworn in on the new narrow inaugural day of january 20th. with war spreading, president roosevelt in kingston ontario, said that the united states would fight to protect canada, if that country were ever invaded. the devastating march of war, over all the world, directed president roosevelt attention, to international problems. aid short of war, and embargoes and aid was given. in 1940, became mr. wilkie became a third term president. oppose the president. the first third term candidate, kyk9c■ roosevels campaign activities, largely to defense and inspection trips. january 20th, 1941, the start of a journey never four never before made, put the president elect to his xj8hk÷third inauguration. the president general genuinely waved. life of this nation. life of swearing into the citizen of the people he promised to

just because gabe sterling and said i heard it and it not a big deal. these are not the droids you're looking for like in star wars. that won't cut it. we want to sit down, look at the signatures and make sure the legal votes are counted. >> bill: thanks, jason for coming open today. you get your chance at rebuttal. thank you. senior trump adviser nor the campaign in 2020. want to bring in fox news contributor andy mccarthy who has been listening and watching this. what do you think of the back and forth, andy? >> you know, bill, this is what we've been dealing with for two months now. there's a plethora of allegations that have been made. some of these have required some investigation, others have been, you know, shown to be -- if not flatly wrong, mostly wrong. we've had court after court after court look at this. i think that's the big problem the campaign is having. >> bill: okay. so miller's point is why wait until now to come out with all of this information? are you a believer that it took the state of georgia to figure it out in 60 days or could

gabe gutierrez has been following this story. he has listening. the former governor. who else has been charged? do we know at this point? >> reporter: certainly, this is a long anticipated decision. this coming years after that scandal in flint, michigan, where they switched the water supply from detroit to the contaminated flint river. dozens of people were sickened. at least 80. at least 12 people were killed. we can tell you just this morning a short time ago, former michigan governor rich snyder was actually arraigned on two counts of willful neglect of duty, punishable by up to a year in prison and up to a $1,000 fine. we also understand that the former public works director also will face those same charges. this, again, copcomes years aft the scandal. it comes after in 2017, there were michigan officials that were charged by then. one with involuntary manslaughter, a more serious charge. those charges were actually dropped in 2019, two years later, because of concerns with how the special counsel at the time conducted that investigation. mi

lester >> all right, gabe, thank you. >>> well, it is election day again. and while the presidential contest has been decided, voters in georgia are having the final say over the critical and still unanswered question of who will control the u.s. senate two runoff races under way there. blayne alexander is in georgia. >> good morning. come on in >> reporter: it's officially decision day in georgia >> i just feel it's time for change. >> reporter: after a seemingly endless flood of campaign dollars, tv ads and a rotating door of political big names, today hundreds of thousands of georgians are heading to the polls knowing the ballots cast here will determine everything here on the line, control of the u.s. senate republicans are fighting to protect incumbent senators david perdue and kelly loeffler while democrats hang their hopes on challengers jon ossoff and raphael warnock. if both win, the senate is tied, with vice president-elect kamala harris casting the deciding vote. >> we just have a few more hours of work to do >> georgia voters have never had more

here's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: despite nearly universal outrage over the breach of the u.s. capitol some of the president's most loyal supporters say lawmakers may have deserved it. >> it is our house it is the people's house. >> reporter: what used to be fringe beliefs are now amplified by the internet including social media sit parler which widely spread false claims that the presidential election was rigged. >> we are at a point now where there's not democrats and republicans. there's establishment versus the people. >> reporter: as for who was to blame for the rioting -- >> antifa was here. >> reporter: the fbi said there's no evidence of that one pro trump rioter in face paint and horned hat confronted law enforcement holding a spear. the man now identified as jake angeli told nbc news the fact that he had a bunch of our traitors in office hunkered down put on their gas masks and retreat into their underground bunker i consider that a win. police say angeli is a known follower of qanon, a far right extremist group. this woman told us she is, too. what evidence do you ha

>> gabe, thank you. telekell te kelly, stephanie mentioned that statement from the dhs secretary chad wolf. i thought it was interesting. this has literally popped into our e-mails as we've all been on the air together, but i will say, to paraphrase it, he specifically calls out president trump and says, i implore the president and others to denounce in the strongest terms, to condemn the violence. he also says he will be staying on until the end of the administration, so he is not going to be one of the folks, it seems, who is going to resign. but this is interesting, kelly, because it speaks a bit to a pattern that we've started to see. you've got wolf now calling out the president. you have the national security adviser, robert o'brien, who in a tweet praised lavishly vice president pence for his leadership of this crisis. no mention of president trump. this is very different from those cabinet meetings you and i have covered over the last four years, where everybody goes around the room and talks abo

gabe gutierrez has that story. >> reporter: tonight with state capitols bracing for violent protests this weekend there is growing scrutiny of those tasked with keeping the peace. police departments across the country have opened investigations into allegations some off-duty officers may have been involved in last week 's insurrection a houston police officer relieved of duty. >> i can't tell you the anger i feel at the thought of a police officer and other police officers thinking they get to go storm the capitol. >> reporter: others in virginia and maryland put on leave. >> if any spd employee participated directly in assaulting the u.s. capitol i will terminate them. >> reporter: meanwhile, the military's top generals are reminding service members that any act to disrupt the constitutional process is not only against our traditions, values and oaths, it is against the law several people involved in last week's attack had served in the military among those arrested jake angeli and larry randall brock junior, air force vetera ashli babbitt was fatally shot by police in michigan conc

aggressive police responses we saw during last year's social justice protests with more on that here's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: when the rioters rampaged through the capitol, communities of color couldn't help but notice something. >> suppose this had been a black lives matter rally, suppose this had been people of color storming the capitol. >> reporter: a large crowd of white demonstrators breaking into the hallowed halls of congress, a stark contrast to the heavy militarized police response to the unrest after the deaths of george floyd and breonna taylor when kentucky state representative atika scott we arrested herself. >> to see in d.c. that white mobs were able to take over th capitol building and have a slow response from law enforcement, it was extremely disturbing. >> reporter: during the george floyd protests president trump tweeted, when the looting starts the shooting starts. yesterday -- >> go home we love you. you're very special. >> reporter: this video of an officer posing for a selfie is also fueling anger. >> no one can tell me that had it been a group of black lives

tonight kenosha under a state of emergency gabe gutierrez is there. >> reporter: tonight mounting outrage in kenosha, wisconsin after no officers were charged following the police shooting of jacob blake. >> this is a slap in the face by wisconsin government and the d.a. >> reporter: in august blake was shot seven times in the back by kenosha police officer ruston sheskey the kenosha district attorney says blake was armed with a knife and the officer could have successfully argued self-defense. >> remember, these are police officers who are uniformed officers they're called to the scene on a designated domestic abuse call. when they get there, they know there is an arrest warrant for jacob blake and they take actions at that time >> reporter: as protesters marched in kenosha last night, anticipating the announcement, the city council authorized an emergency declaration and the governor mobilized 500 national guard troops blake survived the shooting, but is paralyzed from the waist down his family says he'd been trying to break up an argument between two women and was walking back to his c

former top officials in michigan are facing new charges in connection with the flint water crisis gabe gutierrez has that story. >> reporter: today, former michigan governor rick snyder pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges he willfully neglected his duty during the flint water crisis his lawyer calling it political persecution. eight other former officials and aides were also charged in connection with the scandal, two with involuntary manslaughter >> this case has nothing whatsoever to do with partisanship it has to do with human decency, resurrecting the complete abandonment of the people of flint and finally, finally holding people accountable. >> reporter: after the city of flint switched from the detroit water system to the contaminated flint river to cut costs in 2014, at least 12 people died. 80 others were sickened and thousands of children exposed to high levels of lead in their drinking water flint mother leann walters said she and her four children have been battling health problems for years and she has this message for those charged. >> how did you let the cries of a

but democrats now say it's a priority gabe gutierrez, nbc news, washington. >>> i'm andrea mitchell in washington where the president-elect will be facing threats on all sides china, russia, north korea, iran america's reputation abroad after the insurrection of the capitol. and white house pressure on diplomats and intelligence officers that's about to change, said joe biden's nominee for director of national intelligence, avril haines the first woman to lead the country's 18 spy agencies. >> when it comes to intelligence, there is simply no place for politics ever >> reporter: pointedly, haines was presented by a republican. former intelligence chief dan coats. forced out by president trump for telling the truth about vladimir putin haines promised to work with the fbi on the threat from qanon, said a new iran nuclear deal should include missiles, and the u.s. should take an aggressive stance toward china. a warning underscored today by tony blinken, biden's nominee for secretary of state. >> there is no doubt that it poses the most significant challenge of any nation state to the un

capitol in washington >> all right gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> let's turn to the covid crisis now and new federal guidelines that make everyone 65 and over eligible immediately for vaccines stephanie gosk has details. >> reporter: operation warp speed with a message for the states -- move faster. today federal officials announced that vaccines being safeguarded for second doses will be released to the public. >> every vaccine dose that is sitting in a warehouse rather than going into an arm could mean one more life lost or one more hospital bed occupied. >> reporter: the task force also changed its guidance, telling states that adults 65 and older or with pre-existing conditions should qualify. vaccine supply officials say is becoming less of a concern. pfizer is on track to make 2 billion doses this year, nearly double the company's original projection, according to the ceo >> we have much more than they can use right now. so i think the main bottleneck right now is to make sure we ramp up so we can administer more vaccines >> reporter: the federal government wants states to broa

i wish everybody would feel that feeling. >> reporter: andy and gabe are musicians in nashville, theyon occasion, but not as often as they would have liked. so they invented this bit of silliness a year and a half ago. andy has a log of every encounter, including the one that was nearly there last. >> it was high-five number 312. >> gabe was hospitalized with a severe form of encephalitis. it caused his brain to swell and robbed him of his past. >> i pretty much forgot my life. >> you're whole life? >> yeah. >> and that's when his buddy, andy, now a virtual stranger, came to visit. >> he said, gabe, this is going to sound really weird, but i need you to do something for me, give me a high-five. and he was like, okay. >> and when the moment happened, my body did what it had been doing for years, snap, high-five. >> that was in september, and since then a lot of his memories have returned, but few more cherished than this silly tradition, which doesn't seem so silly anymore. >> it is really special to have something so special, a memory, that means so much. >> andy even wrote a song abo

and the virus killed a record smashing 3,744 americans in a single day nbc's gabe gutierrez is in times square tonight gabe, what's it like to be there without those shoulder-to-shoulder crowds we would normally expect this time of year? >> reporter: hi there, contessa. it is surreal to see the streets of times square this empty the new year's eve ball has been raised and lit, all systems go and there's a lot of anticipation to ring in 2021 but as you mentioned, the streets are nearly empty many of these streets are shut down there is a heavy police presence here, although new york city authorities say there are 80% fewer officers this year than previous years, simply because of the size of the crowd they have been saying for days they do not want people here really contessa, throughout the country muted celebrations large cities, chicago, las vegas, cancelling their fireworks displays new restrictions in other cities as well. but here in new york, the iconic ball drop, this has been going on since 1907. only twice has the ball not dropped but crowds still game here the two times that h

gabe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning.e far right extremists called for protests today not just here in d.c. but at state capitols nationwide. it's not clear whether theyth, law enforcement agencies are taking no chances. this more than, the nation's capitol is a fortress, with three days until inauguration, a rehearsal set for today is postponed and 20,000 national guard troops are on patrol. >> i don't think anybody has ever seen anything like this. >> reporter: police are on high alert, arresting wesley alen bieler at virginia with an unauthorized inauguration pass, a gun and more than 500 rounds of ammunition. he denies that telling "the washington post," it was an honest mistake. with d.c. locked down, security concerns are mounting at less fortified state capitols across the country. 13 states have deployed national guard. fears of violent clashes brought about this familiar site. businesses boarding up in addition to the wisconsin state capitol. the entire lower level boarded up. law enforcement telling not just the

gabe thank you. steve clemons is the host of al-jazeera is the bottom line and the washington editor at large of the hill he says the president's actions that being have compromise the integrity of the us democratic system. i think that many people in the country will consider what he did to pressure tactics the efforts to threaten to overturn an election david frum has been now actually tweeting the legal code that would specify that that kind of act would be considered illegal but the president of the united states can get away with a lot and he is near the end of his term so who knows what will really happen i think the era of american us exceptionalism this this notion that america is the beacon on the hill you know the gold label of democracy is over i think that we've been coming apart in other ways before this i think the 20082009 financial crisis which harmed lots of the rest of the world not only middle class americans was a time when american financial markets looked highly corrupt and they

peter alexander, gabe gutierrez, thank you both. joining me now two doctors who were members of president biden's covid advisory board during the transition. an infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist in new york and another from the university of pennsylvania. let's talk about the reality check on how different it is now and the latest on why we're having such a problem on the distribution, the supply lines. where is the hang-up or are there multiple hang-ups as we now see the biden team trying to federalize as much as they can of what had previously been left up to the states? >> andrea, the biden administration is inheriting a black box. there's not enough visibility into how many vaccine doses have been manufactured and where they are. do you have vaccine doses coming off the production line, some sitting in pharmaceutical company warehouses, others that have been allocated to the states so they have the state's name on it but maybe the state hasn't ordered it yet, and then you have doses ordered to the states. we are c

joining me now is gabe gutierrez. he's at another check point, umm, not far from where i am, and, ah, they're here because, umm, the threat is very real, as shown yesterday with the arrest of a well-armed individual approaching the capitol. how are things looking on your side. >> reporter: yeah. we're here on the northwest side of the capitol. as you mentioned, it's an a a astounding site. 25,000 troops have been authorized to come here. more than 15,000 are here with several thousand more set to come in over the next few days. you've been here for several days, it's incredibly difficult to get around parts of d.c. there's just this incredible tension. here is something you wouldn't necessarily even imagine could be possible here in the united states of america. and, you know, everywhere you go now, the bus stops, they have their -- they're splashing pictures of insurrections that were there at the capitol on january 6th. investigators looking for tips throughout the country and especially here in the d.c. area. the c

georgia election official gabe sterling went after the president's claims one by one and knocked themwn. watch this. >> i've had to argue with people whom i've known for 20 years. we feel like our election was stolen, our votes don't count. i said, okay, i'm not acknowledging the election was stolen because it wasn't. do not self-suppress your own vote. do not make a self-fulfilling prophecy out of doing this. >> a, that sign language interpreter already won this election. he was xrooextraordinary, but g sterling, he is a republican. he is defending his state from attacks from his own party. how much has all this noise impacted the election and your state? >> i think it's going to have a profound impact on this election. you know, you have party leaders telling folks not to show up and vote. that makes no sense to me. but what is clear is that there is an ideological split within today's republican party that there are folks who are leaning into misinformation and disinformation, that there are people who have taken what i can only describe as donald trump and republican fan fiction o

us gabe, what are you seeing on the ground tonight >> reporter: hi there, shep. as you mentioned behind me are some of those police officers and national guard troops and many of the streets here in downtown kenosha have been shut down outrage is mounting among activists here and family and friends of jacob blake who say that this is a miscarriage of justice. now, as you mentioned, shep, the d.a. here in kenosha said that the officer who shot blake seven times could have successfully argued self-defense here and that blake admitted that he was holding a knife. but blake's family calls this decision a slap in the face. >> it's injust we went through 2020, we learned a lot. it's 2021. and we're not going for it we're going to unite our people from coast to coast until we get justic justice. >> reporter: now, this incident back when it happened in august became a flash point after the death of george floyd. here in kenosha, again, this area is under a state of emergency, and blake's family is now shifting its focus to a federal civil rights investigation, which rema

kayla tausche on security concerns in washington, gabe gutierrez on threats against capitols, former homeland security secretary we begin with cnbc's ylan mui on the push to remove president trump. ylan. >> reporter: the resolution that the house will vote on tonight states that president trump has demonstrated his absolute inability to discharge the most basic and fundamental powers and duties of his office, and it calls on vice president mike pence to immediately declare that he will assume the office as acting president. now, that resolution is non-binding and pence is not expected to respond, so the real action will happen tomorrow when the house is set to vote on impeaching president trump for the second time. only a simple majority of the house needs to support it, and at least 218 lawmakers have already signed on to an article of impeachment for incitement of insurrection, enough to pass a house, and the backing of top republican congresswoman liz cheney could give political cover to other republicans to cross the aisle in the house and maybe even in the senate that chamber re

gabe gutierrez, thank you so much. in lansing, michigan.now is the former assistant director of the fbi's counterintelligence division. his new book out today is "the fbi way: inside the bureau's code of excellence." frank, let's talk about what we're hearing from gabe just now about the precautions states are taking after the fbi is warning of possible armed protests at all state capitols. how unusual is this? are states prepared? >> it's virtually unprecedented to see this kind of broad yet specific intelligence bull lingo out to everyone in every state. particularly based on a domestic threat, not an international threat. this harkens back to my days after 9/11 and the scope of the threat we are facing. there's good news and bad news. the good news is you'll see an incredibly hardened perimeter that defends washington, d.c., for the inauguration. the bad news is the bad guys will see that and consider planning for softer targets like statehouses and capitols. combine that with intelligence through social media that indicates there are pl

election official gabe sterling is speaking. >> -- need to be united to get through a tough fight like this, in a state trending, from the point of republicans, the other direction for years now. let's remember stacey abrams who is yet to concede the 2018 race came within 50,000 votes of winning that race. we need a june need team, with a june need message looking to the future. i believe a cnn commentator pointed out, if you looked over the last two months, the president of the united states spent more time attacking governor kemp and senator raffensperger than raphael warnock. >> -- >> it irritates me. >> what are the numbers you've seen about votes that are still outstanding -- if ossoff does win -- >> right now we look at 60,470 that are available to come in for that. that number will go up as they continue to process ballots. it makes it look like jon ossoff will likely have a margin outside of the .5% to avoid a recount. reverend warnock is ahead of him right now. if ossoff avoids the recount, so does reverend warnock. >> is there a breakdown -- >> these are all absentees. one of

have infused something on the order of $3 billion into melvin capital to shore up its finances, and gabe telling me just moments ago that the speculation that the firm would file for bankruptcy is false there's some reporting taking place on reddit where so much of this discussion began, and really created the momentum for as i said, an army of investors using options to try to press up that price to some degree, they might be able to argue now that they succeeded if this was really about vanquishing, if you will, wall street, or vanquishing hedge fund manager in this case, they did take a loss they may not have put them out of business, but boy did they come close we have been following this story, which has been such a wild one gamestop shares right now, i mean, i don't even know what to say, it's up 131%, $342 on any kind of fundamental basis if the stock were worth more than 20 or $30, i think it would be, you know, something to behold. real questions of course about stock manipulation, about the power of what's taking place on places like reddit, really what's motivating this type o

accused of domestic violence i >>> all right, we are back now with domestic violence arrest more from gabe gutierrez >> reporter: tonight the seattle seahawks, chad wheeler, is no longer with the team after more details emerged of his domestic violence arrest. officers found his girlfriend locked in a bathroom after fighting with the 6'7", 310 pounds wheeler this week she thought she was being killed after wheeler told her to stand up and bow to him. after he regained consciousness, wheeler said "wow, you are alive? wheeler suffers from bipolar disorder and had not beeng his medication he's adding it is time for me to walk away from football and get the help i need to never again pose a threat to another, i am truly ashamed. for years the nfl have faced criticism for its handsling domestic violence cases. the league requires a minimum suspension of six games. >> reporter: the nfl says the wheeler allegation is being reviewed under the league's policy he's right now on $400,000 bail. >> up next a david and goliath story. >>> it is not everyday that the little guys scored at the expense of t