grassley: thank you, dr. yellen. before i go to questioning, i have three obligatory questions that we ask all nominees before this committee, and they are usually stated in exactly the same way. first, is there anything you are aware of in your background that might present a conflict of interest with the duties of the office of what you have been nominated? dr. yellen: no, senator grassley, i don't believe i have any conflict of interest. sen. grassley: ok. do you know any reason, personal or otherwise, that would in any way prevent you from fully and honorably discharging the responsibilities of the office to which you have been nominated? dr. yellen: no i do not. sen. grassley: do you agree without reservation to respond to any reasonable summons to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the congress if you are confirmed? dr. yellen: i will testify if asked for a committee of congress. sen. grassley: and finally, do you commit to providing a prompt response in writing to any questions address

he is senator chuck grassley is on that. ric grenell will talk to us about it. more on california governor gavin newsom. he is doing a 180. he, he is lifting his suffocating stay at home orders that have demolished small businesses and slammed churches. he now face as major recall effort. he faces, he has had six recall efforts in just the last few years. also look at this, we reported to you first how the momentum is now growing against shutdowns. look at this. a dozen states are seeing businesses and people suing their own elected officials for botching it. and we'll take you to the border, more outrage over the biden administration ordering i.c.e. to set free all detainees in their custody. that is memo. that is an email going out. including violent offenders like ms-13 gang members? are they going to release them too? this is the debate. this is about putting americans at risk. thanks for joining us. "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪ elizabeth: welcome to the show. you're watching the fox business network. let's get right to fox news congressional corre

that probe was dropped, he and senator chuck grassley is on that ric grenell will talk to us about it more on california governor gavin newsom. he is doing a 180, he lift his suffocating state home orders that have demolished small businesses and slam churches. he now faces a major recall effort. he has had six recall efforts in the last few years. and also look at this, we reported to you first how the momentum is growing again shutdowns, look at this a dozen states are seeing businesses and people suing their elected officials for botching it. we will take you to the border more outrage over the biden administration ordering ice to set free all detainees in their custody, that is a memo ended e-mail going out including violent offenders like ms 13 gang members, are they going to release them to? we have that debate. this is about putting americans at risk. i am elizabeth macdonald, "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪. liz: welcome to the show you're watching the fox business network, let's get to congressional correspondent chad pergram in washington for the latest on the article

chuck grassley said he hopes that will continue. at the same time, we have to think of biden's stimulus plan, a lot of nonstarter's for republicans. maybe this is just an opening bid. but, raising minimum wage, additional checks to american families of these are all things that republicans have said for ages that they will not support. caroline: what about the climate focus? >> janet yellen said that she wants to have a "hub of climate policy makers" to address that and she said that climate change risks are a dark cloud for the u.s. economy. romaine: of course, her confirmation expected to happen in a matter of days here. coming up on the show, we will dig deeper into the incoming administration. president-elect joe biden and his plans to get the economic recovery back on track. this is bloomberg. ♪ romaine: in a little less than 24 hours, we will have a new president. we're just talking of course about the confirmation hearings earlier today for janet yellen to be treasury secretary. a lot of people want to know, not only what bid

the main problem, i'm assuming you got the letter from senator grassley data general 15, 2021? >> yes. >> have you responded to that? >> i am about to. >> again that there's a lot of detail in here, a lot of your testimony was contradicted by what you have done. you said you were supportive transparent and being forthright with this committee. senator grassley in a letter one of these attachments august 23, 2013 he's an issue in writing this letter to you is you've not been forthright, have not answered questions dating back to his overset letters of 2013 but one of the points he makes in this august 23, 2013 letter is the question for the record response is in direct contradiction of your hearing testimony picky goes on to say this -- prepa's told my staff which was you were never involved in individual cases. so again i would just ask members of this committee in evaluating this nomination too seriously take a look at this letter from senator grassley with his exhibits that i've now entered into the record. there's some pretty troubling issues raised by senator grassley i don

there's triple in -- troubling issues raised by senator grassley. i don't know of you want to quickly respond to that? >> i would very much like to senator and mr. chairman may i respond to that? i became involved in a lot of cases because as i said the work of u.s. citizenship and immigration services is casework and i did my job and i learned of the problems i fixed them. as a matter of fact one of the areas in which i became very involved is in the area of international adoption and i have learned of that area and i learned of the problems that inflicted it because senator grassley brought a case to my attention involving an international adoption that had become stuck in a bureaucratic nightmare and i jumped in and i learned about what was going on in our international adoption system at the request of senator grassley and i learned a lot from becoming involved in that case and then senator grassley's concerns were echoed by senator landrieu who called me one day and said we are stuck in moving orphan children in guatemala to their welcoming hom

yellen: senator grassley, thank you for that question. it will be my core focus if i am confirmed as treasury secretary to focus on the needs of america's workers, those living in cities and in rural areas and to make sure that we have a competitive economy that offers good jobs and good wages. and i really look forward to working with president-elect biden and his team first to address the critical issues we face as a country now with the pandemic causing such misery for so many small businesses that have failed or are at risk of failing, need our help and the unemployed workers who have been so badly affected by the impact of the pandemic, especially on the service sector. it's disproportionately hit the service sector and the workers who are employed in that sector. and it's been particularly brutal, the impact on minorities and women. i will be focused from day one on providing support to america's workers and to small businesses, putting into effect as quickly and efficiently as i can the relief in the bill that was recently passed a

grassley, mr. haggerty, ms. hassan. [inaudible conversations] mr. hawley, mr. heinrich, mr. hickenlooper, ms. hirono. mr. hoeven, mrs. hyde-smith, mr. inhofe, mr. johnson. [inaudible conversations] mr. king, mr. kelly, mr. kennedy, mr. cain. [inaudible conversations] ms. klobuchar, mr. lankford, mr. leahy, mr. lee. [inaudible conversations] mr. lujan, ms. loomis, mr. manchin, mr. markey. [inaudible conversations] mr. marshall, mr. mcconnell, mr. menendez, mr. merkley. mr. moran, ms. murkowski, mr. murphy, mrs. murray. [inaudible conversations] mr. ossoff, mr. padilla, mr. paul, mr.. peters. [inaudible conversations] mr. portman, mr. reid, mr. risch, mr. romney. ms. rosen, mr. rounds, mr. rubio, mr. sanders. [inaudible conversations] mr. sasse, mr. schatz, mr. schumer, mr. scott of florida. [inaudible conversations] mr. scott of south carolina, mrs. shaheen, mr. shelby, ms. anna mom -- sinema. >> ms. smith, ms. stabenow, mr. sullivan, mr. tester. [inaudible conversations] mr. thune, mr. tillis, mr. toomey, mr. tuberville. [inaudible conversations] mr. van hollen, mr. warner,

chuck grassley tweeting i'm waiting for president biden to condemn the violence, looting, arson, the last two days in oregon, washington state. >> if you want to root out the mystic terrorism you go after antifa instead of pretending it is a mythical group created by the right or simply an idea his ideas are so damaging that building end of collapsing once they order them. absolutely ludicrous. >> reporter: trump and the media declines to an all-time low. according to reports shared by ask he is 57% of democrats and 18% of republicans trust traditional media sources. todd: dana lash is condemning political violence, she can't understand why democrats won't do the same. >> when joe biden was giving his inaugural address and got to the part where he was talking about white supremacy i was wondering if that was his way of referencing antifa considering the makeup of that violent group and not a lot of reporting as to what they did in portland and i hadn't heard him say anything about going after a state headquarters, this wasn't some street team field office. this is the organ democrati

iowa senator chuck grassley tweeting i'm waiting for president biden to condemn violence, looting, arson, last 2 days in washington and oregon. >> if you want to route at the mystic terrorism you go after antifa instead of pretending it is a mythical group created by the right or simply an idea whose ideas are so damaging that building end up collapsing once the other them. it is absolutely ludicrous. >> trust in the media has declined to an all-time low. according to a report shared by axial this 57% of democrats and 18% of republicans trust traditional media sources. >> newt gingrich as democrats need to speak up and take antifa more seriously. take a listen. >> when president biden in his inaugural talks about extremism and mencius not mention antifa i thought this morning that seattle and portland and denver may have been antifa's response to having their feelings hurt because they earned the right to be considered terrorist extremist group and the fact the left refuses, you will notice now that trump is gone we didn't suddenly get peace, you had antifa out there saying they despise

grassley: two minutes to speak please for two purposes. one, to congratulate my friend patrick leahy for once again assuming the position of president pro tempore after six years of absence, i believe, and also to express my working relationship with him in the 40 years that he and i have served together in the united states senate. but also to the fourth estate, because we always read about rancor on television, radio, and print. they never speak about how senators get along. we've seen a peaceful transfer of leadership position in the united states senate from a senator from kentucky to a senator from new york. now for the second purpose of rising, because most of my colleagues don't know when there's nobody on the senate, and i open the senate up for prayer and for the pledge of allegiance, i usually give a one-minute speech, and i'd like to give my last one-minute speech as president pro tempore, not saying i won't take advantage of that opportunity when nobody else is around as well. four years ago our nation's capital was full of peo

crapo: thank you very much, senator grassley. i want to commend him, even though he just stepped out of the room, for his great service, and for the opportunity to serve under his leadership as the chairman. i will just take a brief moment here to say senator wyden and i have worked together for years on a bipartisan basis, and have built a lot of really big successes. i look forward to working with you as we move forward. and dr. yellen, i appreciate your service. i have worked with you as well. as you know, when we discussed this a little while back, we had a good looking -- a good working relationship while you were at the fed, and i look forward to continuing that as we move forward. my first question is going to be on tax policy. prior to the tax cuts and jobs act, the united states had one of the highest corporate tax rates among developed countries. as part of the tc ja, congress lowered the corporate tax rate to ensure domestic businesses could remain globally competitive. but even now, the corporate tax rate in america i

grassley, mr. haggerty, ms. haskins-- ms. hassan. mr. hawley, mr. heinrich, mr. hickenlooper, miss hirono. mr. hogan, mrs. hyde-smith, mr. inhofe, mr. johnson. mr. kaine, mr. kelly, mr. kennedy, mr. king. ... >> ms. klobuchar, mr. lankford, mr. leahy, mr. lee. >> mr. lujan, ms. lummis, mr. m. >> mr. marshall, mr. mcconnell, mr. menendez, mr. merkley. >> mr. moran, ms. murkowski, mr. >> mr. ossoff, mr. padilla, mr.. mr. portman, mr. reed, mr. risc. >> ms. rosen, mr. rounds, mr. r. >> mr. sasse, mr. schatz, mr. s. >> mr. scott of south carolina,i nema. >> ms. smith, ms. stabenow, mr.. >> mr. thune, mr. tillis, mr. t. >> mr. van hollen, mr. warner, . >> mr. whitehose, mr. wicker, m. [background sounds] [background sounds] >> the senate will be in order. be in order. the acting sergeant at arms make the proclamation. >> hear ye, , hear ye, hear ye. all persons are commanded to keep silent on payment imprisonment while the house of representatives is exhibiting to the senate of the united states an article of impeachment against donald john trump former president of t

>> no, senator grassley. i don't believe i have any conflict of interest >> okay., that would in any way prevent you from fully and honorably discharging the responsibilities of the office to which you have been nominated? >> no, i do not. >> do you agree without reservation to respond to any reasonable summons to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the congress if you are confirmed? >> i will. i will testify if they ask me before a committee of congress. >> and, finally, do you commit to providing a prompt response in writing to any questions addressed to you by any senator of this committee? >> yes, i commit to that >> in regard to that last one, i hope i think senator biden, as senator, would agree with me that when the trump administration first came in, they issued some sort of a regulation that they were going to only answer questions for committee chairmen we finally got them off of it. i don't know whether they answered every question of every senator or not they probably did not. i hope we don't hear that from this administration, t

additional appreciation is expressed to chairman grassley and ranking member wyden and members of the full committee for their ongoing commitment to improving retiring assistance for america. one of the most effective ways is in long creation of partnering private-sector firms to identify new opportunities to improve, we collaborate with ongoing basis on everything from training and education to policy development. we are excited about renewed public retirement research lab, which we cofounded. we are thankful for the critical support from overseas and nationwide, with us this morning. we are building the largest aggregation of government retirement plan data that will allow sponsors to commit resources or data-driven decisions. mag the is grateful for the opportunity to testify today, the proposals are directly aimed at retirement outcomes, first responders, public health care workers and middle-class americans, state and local government surveys. day in and day out, the remainder of my time this morning i will focus on a few of the policy proposals that were developed by mehdi net d

grassley: we'll stand in recess until the call of the chair. on wednesday, it was not until 8:00 that they could safely

signed: chuck grassley, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned under host: and with that, that of the last action of the 116tht of the congress as we saw on the senate side. congress is what you will be seeing. follow along on c-span2. we want to welcome all of you watching on c-span and c-span2 as we are covering the hundred 17 congress, is opening day. then you will see later on today both in the house and senate, new members being supported, and a lot of activity. the vote for speaker of the house will be something to watch, but we welcome both c-span and c-span2 viewers to our program. just a few minutes of this program ends, so we are taking your calls. tony in new york, independent line. caller: my call today is about the pensions. we are sending money all over the world, pakistan, india. but american citizens like myself who have been suffering, waiting for the congress and the senate to come together to fix pension problems in this country, may have not done that yet. we kept getting push

would, senator grassley from iowa would take his place and that's what happened initially but started to become clear that something wasn't right. somewhere along this, i think it might have been, i think it was before senator langford began to speak, senator romney saw on his iphone that protesters have gotten into the capital but that was all. i could have met two guys in the capital, we didn't immediately understand that was a significant threat. paul: amazing experience. just addressing the president's objections, do think the pennsylvania election was settled fair and square. what's your case? pat: where to begin? this has been evaluated many different ways. most important, my courts, courts i have confidence in and i think we should all. the middle district of pennsylvania senator heard the campaigns case and threw them out for complete lack of evidence. one of the problems is the campaign officials go on tv and make all kinds of shocking allegations of fraud. then they go to a courtroom where there are consequences for lying to a judge. they don't make those allegations anymore

let's not forget that chuck grassley had a lot of oversight when it comes to a democratic administrationet that the hunter biden and the foreign business dealings of the biden family will not go away should joe biden have a republican majority in the senate. the difference here is very stark in terms of how much power joe biden will have to implement his agenda not just right away but for the next four years. >> bret: your thoughts? >> this is going to be a world of difference. a difference of having a gridlocked biden the administration on a number of different factors or as katie said, they'll be able to push ahead with a number of different elements here and i think that's why you saw that number mentioned earlier by shannon, in terms of voters in georgia supporting republican candidates, they very much had on their mind the control of the u.s. senate. they had those national policies in mind. it wasn't so much about purdue or loeffler, it was more about what democrats could do if they have a free hand. >> bret: see you in a bit. polls close in georgia minutes from now. speech results

it's not as good as dear dad, but it's still not a grassley laugh. i don't want to tell the americas that come after this that this republic is broken, that our institutions can't be trusted. we don't want this in our body. we don't want that in our hometowns. we don't want to tell america that our best days are behind us because that's not true. that's not who we are. america isn't hatfields and mccoys, blood field forever. america is a union. there is a lot that's broken in this country but not anything that's so big that the american people can't rebuild it, that freedom and community and even tra pra neural neighborhoods can't be fixed. generations of our forefathers and our foremothers -- probably not a word, our ancestors have spilled blood to defend the glories of this republic. why would they do that? because america is the most exceptional nation in the history of the world and because the constitution is the greatest political document that's ever been written. most governments in the past have said might makes right, and we saw some of tha

honorable chuck grassley for his service as president pro tem of the u.s. senate to designate senator ashley as president pro tempore of the u.s. senate. >> the work will report, is there objection, the senate will proceed to the major. >> i asked unanimous consent the resolution be agree to and the motion to reconsider a made in late up on the table without debate.je >> objection? no objection. so ordered. mr. president. >> senate majority leader. >> i asked unanimous consent the senate proceed to senate resolution eight submitted earlier today. >> report the resolution. >> senate resolution a divine the president of thes united states that the election of the president pro tempore. >> is there objection to proceed to the major? objection, hearing them, proceed to theas measure number for the president, i asked unanimous consent the resolution be agree to and the motion to reconsider be made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. >> without objection, so the senate proceed to resolution nine submitted earlier today. >> reports the re

, a republican, indicated if he wasn't there for some reason that grassley would be the one that would have to step in. we need to step in and say we fully expect mike pence to be there tomorrow. "the new york times" put it best. they said this is akin to somebody at the academy awards presenting best picture. he's going to open an envelope and say these are the vote tallies for joe biden and kamala harris which is the last step in this long process before inauguration on january 20th. the length and the amount of time between when he starts this process and ends it is really what is in question here with all of those republicans objecting, that thing now could take hours and hours. but we still expect the outcome to be the same which is not to change anything for the results despite mike pence's loyalty test here. >> all right. so, garrett, let's get to tomorrow as well, and speaking of the fracture inside the republican party, it seems, going into the session tomorrow. you have what the president is deeming the surrender caucus of republicans, and then you have folks like kelly loeff

. >> senate resolution sevens expressing the angst of the senate to the honorable chuck grassley for his service as president pro tempore of the 90 state senate. and to designate senator presley as president pro tempore emeritus of the united states senate. clerk report the resolution -- mike is there objection to proceed with the measure customer without objection the senate will proceed to the measure. >> ask unanimous consent the resolution bere agreed to and that the motion to reconsider be made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. >> not being an objection, so ordered. >> mr. president respect majority leader paired i ask unanimous consent think proceed to the senate resolution eight submitted earlier today to back the clerk report the resolution price effect senate resolution eight notifying the president of the united states of the election of a president pro tempore. >> is there objection to proceed to the measure? without objection, hearing nine, the senate will proceed to the measure. >> is a president ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed

grassley? mr. grassley, no. mr. haggerty? mr. haggerty, no. ms. harris? ms. hassen? ms. hassen, no. mr. hawley? mr. hawley, yea. mr. heinrich? mr. heinrich, no. mr. hickenlooper? mr. hicken loop evlooper, no. ms. hirono? mr. hoeven? mr. hoeven, no. mrs. hyde-smith? mrs. hyde-smith, yea. mr. inhofe? mr. inhofe, no. mr. johnson? mr. johnson, no. mr. kaine? mr. kelly? >> no. >> mr. kelly, no. mr. kennedy? >> no. >> mr. kennedy, no. mr. king? >> no. >> mr. king, no. ms. klobuchar? ms. klobuchar, no. mr. lankford? mr. lankford, no. mr. leahy? mr. leahy, no. mr. lee? mr. lee, no. mrs. loeffler? mrs. loeffler, no. mr. luhan? mr. luhan, no. mrs. lomis? ms. lomis, yea. mr. manchin? >> no. >> mr. manchin, no. mr. markey? mr. markey, no. mr. marshall? mr. marshall, yea. mr. mcconnell? mr. mcconnell, no. mr. menendez? mr. merckly? mr. merckly, no. mr. moran? mr. moran, no. ms. murkowski? ms. murkowski, no. mr. murphy? >> no. >> mr. murphy, no. mrs. murray? mrs. murray, no. mr. paul? >> no. >> mr. paul, no. mr. peters? >> no. >> mr. peters, no. mr. portman? mr. reid? >> no. >> mr. reid, no. mr.

and constitutional questions but republican senator chuck grassley says rushing the trial is unconstitutional regardless how you feel about president trump every american citizen and he is now a citizen afforded due process under the constitution republicans argue a february trial would also allow the senate to approve more of president joe biden's cabinet. >>but oregon democrat ron wyden says why not do both center has always got to be able to do more than one thing want more time we have to get up and running mate these crises >>and the better. >>and president biden says he likes the idea of getting his administration up and running first before the senate tackles the impeachment trial live in washington, i'm anna wiernicki you thank you, anna. one of the house impeachment managers is east bay congressman eric swalwell he spoke with our inside very politics. catherine heenan today saying his team is. >>ready to go whenever they get the green light catherine what do we know, yeah he does say that he is are ready to go but they are also aware grant and vicki of the fact that the first days of

senator grassley has also been moved to a secure location there they are, like invaders on the capitol. the place where you come as a high school senior to take a photograph the place beneath which you stand to look up at the marvel of this nation of by and for the people, where one of the bellwethers of our democracy is thepeaceful transition of power. i remember it like it was yesterday when barack obama was put into office and marveling after all of the rancor and all the vitriol, standing in front of the white house as the president was sworn into office and republicans and democrats all respecting the process and remember discussing on air that day that it is one of the beauties, the shining lights of our nation for the world that this is who we are and this is how it's done. fledgling democracies gathering steam around the planet, look at this this is your signal in the noise. this is how democrats act. after all is said and done, there is a peaceful transfer of power. and just 12 minutes ago, representative adam kinzinger tweeted, this is a coup attempt. mayor muriel bowser has

grassley mr. hagerty ms ms. harris. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. hicken looper. ms. hirano. mr.ven. mrs. hyde smith. mr. inhofe. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. langford. mr. lakey. mr. lee. missus loeffler. mr. lujan. [inaudible] mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. ms. borkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. , mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. portman mr. reed. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. james rosen. mr. round. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. sasse. mr. schatz. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. shelby. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow now. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. toomey. mr. tauber bill. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. miss warren. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. >> [inaudible] a quorum is present. majorityr. leader. >> very briefly i simply want to welcome all senators on this first day of the one 117th congress. today, 60 members are joining our ranks for the first time. senators hagerty of tennessee, hicken loo

senator chuck grassley calls her eminently qualified. she cleared the first hurdle, committee hearing. we wouldn't be surprised if she's confirm bid the full senate in a couple of hours. lloyd austin is our new civilian leader of the pentagon. austin needed a waiver from both the house and senate to be considered because u.s. law says former members of the military have to be retired for seven years in order to qualify, and he is not. that waiver passed the houses easily as well. >>> a developing story, derick almena of the ghost ship warehouse fires has pled guilty, connected to the warehouse fire in 2016. this deal avoids a second trial after jurors could not reach a verdict the first time. almena will receive a nine-year sentence. it's not clear how much time he will serve, given the time already confined. >>> baseball legend hank aaron has died. a look at his career and the barriers he overcame to make it in the major leagues. >>> plus the countdown is on to the olympics. we are six months away, at least theoretically. the challenge

it's not as good as hit, dear dear dead, but it still gotta grassley laugh. i don't think we want to tell the americans that come after us that this republic is broken. but this is just a banana republic that our institutions can't be trusted. i don't think we want that. we don't want that in this body. we don't wa i don't think we want to tell our kids that america's best days are behind us because it's not true. that's not who we are. america isn't hatfields and mccoys blood feud forever. america's a union. there's a lot that's broken in this country, but not anything that's so big that the american people can't rebuild it that freedom and community and entrepreneurial effort and that neighborhoods can't rebuild. nothing that's broken is so big that we can't. fix it. generations of our forefathers and our foremothers. try not a word. our ancestors have spilled blood to defend the glories of this republic. why would they do that? because america is the most exceptional nation in the history of the world, and because the constitution is the greatest political

grassley: is. the president pro tempore: is there any objection to proceeding to the measure? if not, without objection, so ordered. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the concurrent rugs be grit and the motion to reconsider be considered may and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the president pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. con. res. 2. the president pro tempore: will the senator wait, please. the chair appoints the senator from missouri, mr. blunt, and the senator from minnesota, mr. -- ms. clob char -- clob char -- klobachar to count the votes. the senate majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to immediate consideration of s. con s. res 2. the president pro tempore: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. con. res. 2, concurrent resolution extending the life of the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies and so forth. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? withou

it's not as good as hit deer, deer dead, but it still got a grassley lau. i don't think we want to tell a americans comier us that this republic is broken, that this is a nana republic, that these institutions can't be trusted. nt don't wahat, we don't want that in our hometowns. we don't want t telour kids america's best days are blind us. that isn't true. it isn't hat fields and mckois, blood feud forever. america's a union.th there's a loat's broken in this country, but not anything e big that the rican people can't rebuild it, that freedom and comni and entrepreneurial effort and that neighborhoods can't rebuild, nothing is broken that's so big that we can't fix it.u emnerations of forefathers and our fohers, our ancestors, have spilled blood to defend the glorious of this republic. why would they do that? because america is the mostna exceptionaion in the history of the world and because te constitution is the greatest political domeat's ever been written. most governments in the past have said p might makes right, and we saw some of that foolery today

i would have made a joke that chuck grassley had voted d vote thirds of the presidential elections. he is laughing. it is not as good as hitting the deer and the deer is dead but it got a lot. i don't think we want to tell the americans to come after us in this republican is broken and this is a banana republic and the institutions cannot be trusted. i don't think we want that. we don't want it in this body or our hometown >> i don't want to tell the kids that the best days are behind us because it is not true. that is not who we are. america is not had fields and mccoy's blood feud forever. america is a union. there is a lot that is broken in this country but not anything that is so big that the american people can't rebuild. that freedom and community and entrepreneurial effort and neighborhoods can't rebuild. nothing that broken is so big that we can't fix it. generations of our forefathers and our foremothers were ancestors have spilled blood to defend the glories of this republic. why would they do that? because america is the most exceptional nation in history of the world bec

and constitutional questions but republican senator chuck grassley says rushing the trial is unconstitutional regardless how you feel about president trump every american citizen and he is now a citizen afforded due process under the constitution republicans argue a february trial would also allow the senate to approve more of president joe biden's cabinet. >>but oregon democrat ron wyden says why not do both center has always got to be able to do more than one thing want more time we have to get up and running mate these crises >>and the better. >>and president biden says he likes the idea of getting his administration up and running first before the senate tackles the impeachment trial. live in washington, i'm anna wiernicki back to you. >>are there any republicans who could get behind this effort to impeach the former president and if so how many. well as of right now at least 5 or senate republicans have publicly come out and said that they're on the fence. they're not sure which way they're going to. >>a vote at but in order to convict a former president donald trump and they need to be

grassley: we'll stand in recess until the call of the chair. the vice president: the senate will come to order. the vice president is present, and the senate would like to give a brief statement with the indulgence of the here providing over the senate.e here providing ork continues. we condemn the violence that took place here in the strongest possible terms. we grieve the loss of life in these hallowed halls, as well as the injuries suffered by those who defended our capitol today. and we will always be grateful to the men and women who stayed at their posts to defend this historic place. to those who wreaked havoc in our capitol today, you did not win. violence never wins. freedom wins. and this is still the people's house. and as we reconvene in this chamber, the world will again witness the resilience and strength of our democracy, for even in the wake of unprecedented violence and vandalism at this capitol, the elected representatives of the people of the united states have assembled again on the very same day to support and defend the co

senators that might add up to the 17, quite a few people who are retiring very soon, people like chuck grassleysasse, and senators who are likely running in 2024 and do not want president trump to be in the running, so you can get to 13 or 1a votes pretty quickly that way, and then it depends on mitch mcconnell and other republicans. british meat exporters say new customs systems post—brexit are "�*not fit for purpose'. perishable goods are being delayed for hours, sometimes days, because of extra customs checks and additional paperwork. the new border rules were introduced two weeks ago at the end of the brexit transition period. the uk exports 15 billion pounds worth of food and drink to the eu every year, a third of that is perishable meat, fish and fresh produce. the bbc�*s business editor simonjack�*s report begins at a meat processing factory in shropshire, near the border with wales. uk lamb is highly prized. at this shropshire—based abattoir, 70% gets exported to the eu. it's an export—driven success story, but the well—oiled machine that gets it there has a new spanner in it. paperwork

that might add up to the 17, quite a few people who are retiring very soon and people like chuck grassleyand senators who are likely running in 2024 and do not want president trump to be in the running, so you can get to 13 or 14 votes pretty quickly that way, and thenit votes pretty quickly that way, and then it depends on the mitch mcconnell and other republicans. lauren wright, thank you so much for the analysis. early results in uganda's presidential election have given the incumbent a clear lead. but his main challenger, pop—star turned politician bobi wine, says the poll was rigged. catherine byaruhanga sent us this from kampala. one of my gardeners came and informed me that we were surrounded... he calls himself the hope of a new generation, but tonight bobi wine finds himself surrounded in his home. security forces patrol the area, reminding him of the power of the government he wants removed. the army says it's for his own protection. bobi wine rejects thursday's presidential elections. he told the bbc he believes he is the clear winner. i'm not calling myself a president—elect y

an incredibly dangerous moment where mike pence, nancy pelosi, and chuck grassley -- 1, 2, 3 in line of succession -- were inside the building. are we spending money in the right way on the capitol police? what are we getting in return? that's the same question about the department of defense. i'm on the appropriations committee. i hope to be a member of the defense appropriations subcommittee in the next congress. i will ask the same questions. why are we sending $700 billion on dod if they can't defend the capitol? it should not just be up to the capitol police, especially when there are 10,000 people marching on us. >> in your conversation with the secretary of the army, did he give any explanation for why it took so long? >> yes. there's a protocol today that cityres the mayor of the in order to request and then a level of court nation with the capitol police. first of all, we have to ask ourselves, should the mayor be involved at all and requesting the armed forces to defend perhaps the most important federal building in the country? whynd, we have to ask about that process of g

presidential election, if the vice president was not a chair and i would have made some joke that chuck grassley of those 59 presidential elections. he's laughing, it's not as good as dear dad, but it still got a laugh. i don't think we want to tell the americans that come after us that this republic is broken, that this republic is broken, that this republic is broken, that this isjust that this republic is broken, that this is just a banana republic, that our institutions cannot be trusted. i don't think we want that, we don't wa nt think we want that, we don't want that in this body and we don't want that in our hometown. that senator of nebraska, a noted tribe critic, he isa nebraska, a noted tribe critic, he is a republican talking about the ugliness of what happened on capitol hill today, talking about how he had to help octogenarian members of the senate struggle as there we re the senate struggle as there were riot police everywhere, as staff were sheltering in place. joining us now for more on this is peter bowes, in north america correspondent, and it has been a day of whiplash here in

grassley: we'll stand in recess until the call of the chair. on wednesday, it was not until 8:00 that they could safely resume counting the electoral college votes. was they did, senate leaders and vice president pence, who was presiding, reacted to what happened. >> the senate will come to order. the vice president, as president of the senate, would like to give a statement with the indulgence of senators. today was a dark day in the history of the united states capital. ofnks to the swift efforts u.s. capitol police, federal, state, and local law enforcement, the violence was quelled. the capital is secured and the people's work continues. we condemned the violence that took place here in the strongest possible terms. life ine the loss of these hallowed halls, as well as the injuries suffered by those who defended our capital today. and we will always be grateful to the men and women who stayed at their post to defend this historic place. those who wreaked havoc in our capitol today, you did not win. violence never wins. freedom wins. and thi

chuck grassley is also in his 80s.oing to allow you to get better digs? >> no, i don't think so. this is, i know leslie jones is quite upset about my skroundings, but this is what it is. >> people worry about you. they wonder if you have a family, if you go home, if you see them -- >> whether or not you're allowed to leave that office. good to see you, thank you for joining us. today president biden signed an sorter appealing the order against transgender americans from serving in the military. the order also mandates the mill correct their records for those affected by trump's ban. president biden believes that gender identity should not be a bar to military service. and that is american's strength and america's strength is found in diversity. >> up next, a look at how hard it is to reopen schools. reopen. but how do we make sure the direction we're headed is forward? at fidelity, you'll get the planning and advice to prepare you for the future, without sacrificing the things that are important to you today. we'll hel

grassley: we'll stand in recess until the call of the chair.

grassley: we'll stand in recess until the call of the chair. the vice president: the senate will come to order. the vice president is present, and the senate would like to give a brief statement with the indulgence of the here providing over the senate.e here providing