that's where the house republican -- that's where the mood is in the house republican and democrat beingrit k aren't going to bring in terrorists to assassinate one of us or during inauguration somebody else. >> they're afraid for their own safety. imagine this, wolf -- wolf, sorry. jake. they're afraid for their own safety, sitting in a congressional chamber, wondering whether the person sitting next to them is going to dry a firearm on them. it's bad enough you saw republicans refusing to wear masks the other day. >> now three democrats have tested positive for covid. >> have been infected. this gives you a sense of the unease in that chamber and also in the senate chamber, because people privately want to get beyond donald trump, but there are so many who are just afraid to stand up and do it. >> talk about a hostile work environment. i can't imagine having to go to work if my colleagues were literally trying to get me infected or literally possibly complicit in trying to get me killed. >> unbelievable. >> i can't even imagine it. that's the state of the house of representatives right

this was a bipartisan effort today. >> reporter: ten house republicans were there for it, house republicanst have an opinion one way or another, that is sort of astonishing but why those 10 republicans saw what it why those 10 rep the nation saw and cannot stand what president trump, as all of them did for the first impeachment. and you sort of think, well, the shorthand is there is a pro- impeachment house republican conference, and an anti- impeachment-- no there is also another conference here in washington among republicans it's the just get through until inauguration conference. and it is lead by mitch mcconnell, trying to create by h stability and get the president to do the right things to create a an atmosphere for stability. >> o'donnell: what is the heart of the argument that there is no point in impeaching because the president is going to leave office in seven days? >> reporter: right, that there is no time, and that is essentially a process clock argument, it's not an argument about the underlying merits. very few house republicans defended the president on anything along the m

republican for a long time that went to joe biden. i'm from georgia. a part of the country where newt gingrich was speaker of the house. very republican area of the state. now, it went for joe biden. that is just the way things are shifting in politics and that does not necessarily mean there was any fraud. there are irregularities in every election. it is absolutely true that they were probably some of the votes that got counted ways they should not have in some places. but that happens every single year. every election. the issue of whether there was enough of that on any scale to throw the election one way or the other is not justified and i wish more people would be hearing that from leaders in washington. host: brendan buck has been our guest this ♪ >> c-span's washington journal. every day, we are taking your calls live on the air on the news of the day and discuss policy issues that affect you. coming up saturday morning, preparations for potential political unrest at various state capitals following the attack on the u.s. capitol, with seth jones from the center for strategic studies, and carol thompson of the l

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remember, back in 2019, not a single house republican joined democrats in that effort. democrats believed this time is different. why? well, they were all there on january 6th. right now no republicans are signed on. that effort from democrats, jake, it continues. >> yeah. that angry mob, those terrorists, they could have well killed any one of them. they were just out for blood. thanks so much. appreciate it, phil. joining me now, ted lew of california. as i understand it you have 214 co-sponsors for impeachment. do you anticipate any republicans will co-sponsor or vote for impeachment? >> we certainly hope so. david cicilini and i crafted this article of impeachment to be narrow and very straightforward. we hope some republicans will vote for it. it's going to be very overwhelming in terms of american public support. we already know with the recent poll over 56% of the american public already support removing this president immediately. >> house majority leader steny hoyer has assured members there will be heightened security for the impeachment vote on wednesday. are

that's the statement from liz cheney, the number three republican in the house republican leadership. since then, the republican congressman adam kinzinger has said he will vote to impeach the president. republican congressman kinzinger of illinois. there may yet be more. but even those three are news, right? the first time trump was impeached a year ago, not a single republican in the house voted with democrats to support that impeachment, for him trying to force a foreign country to intervene in the 2020 election. but this time for the second impeachment it will be a bipartisan impeachment vote in the house. it is a near certainty that donald trump will be the first president ever to be impeached twice. that will happen tomorrow. now it is a legitimately open question as to whether he will also be the first u.s. president he to not only be impeached in the house but to also be convicted in the u.s. senate and thereby removed from office. 24 hours ago, i would not have told you under any circumstances that i thought this would be a live question. but apparently this is a live questio

ten house republicans _ him. - only way. ten house republicans did _ him. - only way.y way. ten house| republicans did vote for the impeachment but it was largely a democratic impeachment. is this what the founding fathers had in mind when they wrote the constitution, designed the impeachment process? was it supposed to be largely partisan?— supposed to be largely artisan? ., ., , , ., partisan? no, absolutely not the big thing _ partisan? no, absolutely not the big thing to _ partisan? no, absolutely not the big thing to understand l the big thing to understand about the way american politics is working now is that the founders did not anticipate the party system, and the party system has really thrown a lot of the structure of government that they created out of whack, so the way our government works now is not something that the founders intended or really would recognise.— founders intended or really would recognise. thank you very much indeed _ would recognise. thank you very much indeed for _ would recognise. thank you very much indeed for that _ would recognise.

is there enough serious traction for house republicans to push for censure? >> i think there is no question that there are republicans who would like to register dismay and disapproval with what they saw on wednesday but don't want to go so far as to get involved in an effort to impeach the president or even this effort that house democrats have launched to try to call on the vice president to invoke the 25th amendment and begin that process himself with the cabinet. so, yes, i think there is a lot of interest among some of those republicans, and they have had conversations also with some democrats about whether this could gain traction. i think the problem we did see, as you probably remember, the last time the house impeached this president, there was also talk of a possible censure, and the problem is that most of the democrats who are involved in this effort, and frankly most of the republicans, think that doesn't go anywhere near far enough to respond to what we saw on wednesday. there is a lot of anger and a lot of really deep conviction that the house h

the question is, how many more house republicans will back this effort? and on the senate side, what could be the biggest break of all, the questions are, will senator majority leader mitch mcconnell vote to convict the president? and will senate republicans join him? it is "way too early" for this. >>> good morning, and welcome to "way too early," the show that is privileged to guide you through another unprecedented day in washington. perhaps in the history of our country. i'm kasie hunt on this\wednesday, january 13th. we'll start with the news. this afternoon donald trump is expected to become the first u.s. president to be impeached twice after vice president mike pence informed nancy pelosi that he will not use the 25th amendment to remove trump from office. in a letter to speaker pelosi just hours before the house passed a resolution urging pence to invoke the 25th, the vice president wrote that such action is not in the best interests of the nation. and would set a, quote, terrible precedent. the house convenes at 9:00 a.m. debate on the impeachmen

house republicans which are a different beast than senate republicans in terms of the dynamics of theirference, that is the vast majority of them would have a bigger problem going against president trump back in their districts than they would regardless of what they think about things, however, there is frustration inside the republican ranks for how far leader mccarthy and steve scalise and others were willing to take this backing the president. look, here is the reality right now on capitol hill, you have kevin mccarthy calling joe biden and saying that unity is what's necessary right now. the same kevin mccarthy that helped lead house republicans to vote twice to object to electors to overturn the election. so the idea that they are on any type of ground to be able to call for unity or call for everybody coming together or say impeachment isn't necessary is completely absurd and i think that any type of cya movement that's going on right now in wake of what happened on wednesday should be rejected and frankly laughed out of office, but i do think the dynamics in the republican confe

the third ranking republican in the house, common. a vote will be asked to impeach plump the, no republican support in the house at all. so what does this development mean? >> it means she won't be alone. there will be other republicans influenced by her decision, and these things have a way of gathering momentum. i wouldn't be surprised now to see a considerable number of republicans join in supporting the impeachment resolution and these reports that mitch mcconnell may be open to the impeachment charges as well is a potential earthquake in the senate. >> you're right, the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says he believes right now that impeaching president trump will make it easier to rid the republican party what they call trumpism. how does that tell you that a -- he'll be gheeftd house. but thernlt need 17 republicans to vote to convict. what do you think the chances of that are? >>. >> there are senators who even after the attempted insurrection went back to contesting the election all over again, seemingly shameless and n

the house republican from wyoming, liz cheney, the former daughter of the vice president and i talked to, you know, i talked to a trump advisor this evening who said listen, trump is in serious trouble tonight. republicans in the house and the senate may decide that now is the time to quote tear the band-aid off. this advisor went on to say looking at what mitch mcconnell, the senate republican leader did today in the senate essentially sending a signal to his caucus that they can go ahead and vote however they want in all of this, that the presidents' days could be numbered and by that i don't mean the number eight as in how many days he has left in office. it could be fewer than that. i did talk to a senior trump campaign advisor that said some of the president's advisors are trying in vain to warn and threaten and intimidate fellow republicans not to vote to impeach the paresident and remoe him from office. >> they're scared of their own base. i mean, that's the situation a lot of these republican members of congress are in. they don't want to be like, you know, yelled at in every

facing certain impeachment in the house and probable removal in the senate that republicans in august 1974 marched up to the white house and told president richard nixon that his time on the stage was up. and nixon resigned. wouldn't you know it, his vice president saw fit to immediately then pardon him for his crimes after that resignation and so nixon never set foot in prison. i don't know if this breed of republicans we have now is going to do that for president trump. i don't know if they would see him or listen to him if they did. if i were trump, i would resign tonight. i would resign tonight because if i were trump, i think i would be terrified of the consequences of what i have done in the past week. i would be terrified of going to prison. and i would want that pardon and i would be damn sure that mike pence would give to it me in exchange for resignation. that's what i would do if i were him. lord knows what he will do. he's still president. lots to get to tonight. stay with us. ave time to go to the post office they have businesses to grow customers to care for lives to get

she's the number three house republican and she's got dozens upon dozens, if not more than 100 house republicans who are at least very concerned about her leadership. in large part because of her vote to impeach former president trump earlier this month. sorry. time is blurring together in my brain. it feels like it was so long ago. she has an issue here. her constituency are house republicans and this ties back to the issue with green. house republicans are going to have to decide who and what they want to represent them in the two years between now and 2022. and it is not clear that they have made that choice. they're very much competing visions for what house republicans are supposed to be about in this new administration. >> all right. garrett, stay with us. monica, the president has signed more than 40 executive orders since taking office. none today. what can we expect in the week ahead? what has he got planned? >> yeah. today it was the first weekday without seeing president biden take some executive action. instead he's at walter reed talking to wounded warriors. on monday my

republican party in 2018. he's an msnbc political analyst. former white house communications director for president obama, hillary clinton's presidential campaign. she hosts podcast "just something about her." david jolly, let me begin with you tonight because those are your former colleagues on the republican side of the aisle and the house that nancy pelosi is talking about tonight. what is the difference between kevin mccarthy and the new members who -- some of whom, one of whom, has advocated the assassination of nancy pelosi? >> apparently nothing. kevin mccarthy and republican leaders should publicly condemn marjorie taylor greene. they should eject her from the house republican conference, refuse to seat her on any committees and isolate her from any support of the party apparatus or the friendly donors that typically support republican members. lawrence, here's why marjorie taylor greene is dangerous. the fbi, for the first time in may of 2019, warned that it was not just the white nationalists, not just the white supremacists that were creating a domes

they should eject her from the house republican conference, refuse to seat her on any committees and isolate her from any support of the party apparatus or the friendly donors that typically support republican members. lawrence, here's why marjorie taylor greene is dangerous. the fbi, for the first time in may of 2019, warned that it was not just the white nationalists, not just the white supremacists that were creating a domestic terrorism danger. it was the conspiracy theory groups that were fueling that con sketch when si. when christopher wray, t testif december, he said it was the conspiracy theory groups that are fueling the anger of the white nationalist groups. it's the conspiracy theory groups that are creating the threat to our government. and marjorie taylor greene, one of the members of these conspiracy theory groups, has now been elevated to the united states congress. what fed the lies of the january 6th event was not just the president of the united states, but this dangerous conspiracy ridden online community of which marjorie taylor greene has shown herself to be a ch

don't forget 140 house republicans supported overturning the election when they supported the texas lawsuit. so you know, this is the republican party right now. we can't expect mccarthy to do much other than to say threaten her with loss of a committee assignment or maybe, you know what? after talking that way to a survivor of parkland, maybe you shouldn't sit on the education committee, maybe he'll start with that. >> what do you think, governor? what do you think mccarthy should do to punish this woman? >> he should strip her committee away. they shouldn't have supported her in any way when she was running and now i think what they need to do is isolate her because, you know, just the comments made about parkland and the people, the lives, the kids that were -- the students killed and the parents and the grief. well, it is unbelievable. so, wolf, look, the party has to get a grip. there have to be leaders that emerge who have to say, stop it. we did not win this election. this election is over. and pivot to offering some ideas and some hope, the people who are just clinging to any conspi

republican for a long time that went to joe biden. i'm from georgia. a part of the country where newt gingrich was speaker of the house. very republican area of the state. now, it went for joe biden. that is just the way things are shifting in politics and that does not necessarily mean there was any fraud. there are irregularities in every election. it is absolutely true that they were probably some of the votes that got counted ways they should not have in some places. but that happens every single year. every election. the issue of whether there was enough of that on any scale to throw the election one way or the other is not justified and i wish more people would be hearing that from leaders in washington. host: brendan buck has been our guest this is @cspanwj. on biden last night on why the major new relief package is needed in the united states. >> during this pandemic, millions of americans, through no fault of their own, have lost the dignity and respect that comes with a job and a paycheck. millions of americans never thought they would be out of work. many of them never even envisioned the >> we will leave thi

the fines would be deducted from the lawmakers salaries, several house republicans have confronted capitol police officers for asking them to go through the detectors. pelosi says the metal detectors are necessary to keep the people's house safe. in other news you can see air bnb right there are many people they were planning on heading to washington dc in anticipation. inauguration day next wednesday, but out of abundance of caution air bnb is canceling all reservations during next week's inauguration. the san francisco based company is also blocking all new reservations. guests who got the reservations canceled. we'll get their money back from the hosts air bnb says it identified multiple users as people associated with no hate groups are involved in criminal activity at the capitol air bnb says all of those users have now been banned from its platform. california has significantly expanded the number of people eligible to get the covid-19 vaccine. now giving health care providers, the green light to vaccinate seniors, 65 years and older. the announcement by governor gavin newsome puts s

how does republican leadership respond, by giving her a plum assignment on the house hegs committee. republican adam kinzing her is outraged. he will join us shortly, as will that parkland survivor, david hogg. >> we'll start with this first-ever bulletin on a domestic terrorism threat. joining us now, andy mccabe. let me read you part of this bulletin. information suggests that some ideologically motivated violent extremists with objections to the exercise of governmental authority and the presidential transition, as well as other perceived grievances fueled by false narratives could continue to mobilize to incite or commit violence. false narratives fueled by the lie of widespread election fraud. so dangerous that dhs issuing this first-ever warning on domestic extremists, andy. how significant? >> hugely significant, john. huge. let's thib this. this started as the homeland advisory system, right, right after 9/11. and we put that out with a way to disseminate terrorism information to the population, about threats from outside this country, potentially striking us here in the homel

we want to see how many republicans vote for it, because that indicative. tomorrow, when the house. defiant donald trump down in texas - very quickly. defiant donald trump down in texas a - very quickly. defiant donald trump down in texas a few| very quickly. defiant donald - trump down in texas a few hours ago. what sign are you getting that the power might be draining away from him? he didn't draining away from him? he: didn't really help himself when he was down there on the border. he claims that everything he had said in his speechjust ahead of everything he had said in his speech just ahead of those writers of storming the capital, he said it was all perfectly fine —— those rioters. there could be up to 20 senators who would be open to impeaching him. this is not good news for the present at all, tim. :, :, good news for the present at all. tim-— all, tim. that would be amazing- _ all, tim. that would be amazing. the - all, tim. that would be amazing. the senate . all, tim. that would be - amazing. the senate needs a all, tim. that would be _ amazing. the senate needs a two t

others are siding with the house republican claim that it's time to show some unity and going down this route is devivisive a there are some republicans who are signaling very clearly that they are almost certain going to convict, people like lisa m murkowski who believe the president's actions were lawless. mitch mcconnell is in between those camps. listening to the various people in his conference and he says he wants to listen to the impeachment managers, themselves, make their case and ultimately determine what the emotions are like at the time they're to vote, whether or not the emotions are still raw, whether or not people feel the president deserves to pay a price. jake, of course, politics plays a key role in all of this. a number of republicans up for re-election in 2022 have to -- considering the blow-back they may get back home. in talking to multiple republican sources today, jake, internal republican polling shows that the president's taking a hit from republican voters in the aftermath of the elections. whether that's enough to sway republican supporters of trump's who wil

147 republican members of the house, _ think? 147 republican members of the house, after— think? of the house, after being - think? 147 republican members of the house, after being held l of the house, after being held captive as the coup was going on in the capital with the terrorists. and voted against certifying the electoral college. that is 147 republicans right there. i think if you say ten, 20, 30, 40 republicans right there, the dam starts to break. but you began to see that today already. the first republican came out and said he was voting for impeachment this afternoon was a formerfederal was a former federal prosecutor. then you have liz cheney who represents wyoming. the only congressmen out there that gave donald trump the highest margin of all the states in the november election. and then a former veteran, adam, who has been vocal about donald trump and mitch mcconnell and the senate. if mcconnell ever decides to vote for removal in the senate, thatis vote for removal in the senate, that is it. donald trump will be gone at the end of that day whenever that vote is

>> i'll talk to adam kinzinger, one of only ten house republicans who voted to impeach about his drivereturn the party to more traditional values. >>> what should republicans do about marjorie taylor green, the qanon supporting congresswoman who has many members concerned about their own safety. joining me, eddie glaude jr. of princeton university, amy many walter from the cook political report, republican strategist al card nis and ashleigh "the washington post." welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. we are covering a number of big stories today, including the growing divide inside the republican party and president biden's efforts to try to win some bipartisan support for his covid relief package. we'll begin with the pandemic itself. the good news is cases are plateauing. the bad news is, platoing at an extremely high level of transmission. johnson & johnson coming online to join pfizer and moderna. months of waiting before

so once one house republican raises an objection on wednesday and a senate republican joins him or her, then there would be up to two hours of debate in each chamber and after that two hours of debate there would be a vote in the full house and senate about whether to uphold that objection. those votes are certain to fail. expect bipartisan opposition on both sides. but there could be close can to a majority of the house republican conference still siding with this effort. i just talked to one of them, congressman jeff van drew, he was a democrat, became a republican. he said he's still supportive of the effort to challenge the elections. i tried to ask kevin mccarthy, the house republican leader whether he has any concerns with the phone call the president made to the georgia secretary of state, he did not respond to multiple questions. he also would not say if he supported this effort on wednesday. however i'm told behind the scenes he has green lighted the effort to move ahead. he told the president he's on board with this, even though his number three in the house opposes this as d

there are nine in the republican house. we'll see if that number grows as the final votes are tallied. what happens in the senate? senate republican party and the house republican party even in the trump years have been very different. as we go forward, we'll see that divide grow either farther. mitch mcconnell has said he's not going to tell you how he's going to vote. we knew during the first impeachment. he was fully in the president's camp. he's going to wait this out. i think we're in this testing moment for republicans. one of the fascinating things here is so many of these republicans are stuck in a box, wolf, and don't know a way out. they're disgusted by what happened last week. they're disgusted by the president of the united states but for two months they supported his lies. so for many of these republicans, they cannot give you an intellectual argument because they stood for two months and supported lies from the president of the united states, and they're stuck in that box, and the party is stuck in that box. >>

because there are a lot of republicans in the house that support this president to the end. f why this call is so remarkable. how much of the reasoning is because he knows that there may be a growing group of republicans who would be willing to vote to impeach the president on wednesday? >> kasie, you were hearing the same thing that we were yesterday on the senate side as far as the conviction. the tide running way against the president. of course he's the ultimate lame duck. a couple days of losing any kind of power. he lost any kind of business or cultural power. we have confirmed that reporting. behind the scenes yesterday what was he really upset about? losing the pga golf championship from his golf course in new jersey. that hit him in a way that other things hadn't. between the lines there. it's because it's his peers. it's hurting his business. your question about the members. kevin mccarthy, who stuck with him as long as anybody. but then on that day at the capitol, kasie, you were on the air live. and kevin mccarthy is calling the president, giving him important adv

most house republicans we expect could be up to a majority of house republicans who get behind this effortxpect a minority of senate republicans that are not going to get a majority in either chamber but the republican leadership particularly in the house is split. one congresswoman liz cheney who is a number 3 republican made clear in a conference call last week to her members this was not the way to go and she sent around a memo this morning, 21 pages, laying out her concerns. she said such objections set an exceptionally dangerous precedent threatening to steal the states' explicit constitutional responsibility for choosing the president and bestowing it instead on congress. this is directly at odds with the constitution's clear text and our core beliefs as republicans. a key republican on the other side of this i'm told is kevin mccarthy the top house republican who has not said much publicly about this effort but i am told he has given a green light to these conservatives trying to push to overturn the elections and even told the president he is on the president's side. we're seeing t

party is the republican party. >> joining us to discuss, peter meijer, he was among the ten house republicans who voted to impeach president trump this month. congressman, thanks so much for joining us. you're facing some backlash after your vote to impeach. you now have a republican challenger for your seat. that, of course, he won't be up for re-election until 2022. but still, he's out there. he claims that vote that you cast destroyed trust with your constituents. what's your response? >> i think the betrayal of trust was what happened leading up to january 6th with the president's oath of office. i was watching the segment you had earlier on. that was the iffers i learn fir of the individual arrested near the capitol with a list of lawmakers. it's just staggering how many folks continue to either try to paper over what happened, try to move on, just say, you know, it's been a couple of weeks, let's forget about it. i'm just at a loss for words, jake. >> let's talk about the security issues because i know that is something you publicly expressed. how serious do you think the threat is, and

house minority leader -- 44 are republican. minority leader kevin mccarthy organized a photo opportunity with them on the steps of the u.s. capitol. [cameras shuttering] >> very good. i would like to have -- yup. [chatter] [laughter] >> if i could have you two

. >> house republican leader kevin mccarthy has promised to have a word with marjorie taylor greene about the racist, antisemitic, homicidal thoughts she has publicly expressed. but more important mri for kevin mccarthy, he had to go to florida today to talk to the man who is facing trial for incitement of insurrection at the u.s. capitol. >> the president bears responsibility for wednesday's attack on congress by mob rioters. he should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. these facts require immediate action by president trump. accept his share of responsibility, quell the bruling unrest and ensure president-elect biden is able to successfully begin his term. >> the cowardly kevin did not say a word of that to donald trump today. kevin mccarthy released a statement saying, today president trump committed to helping elect republicans in the house and senate in 2022. that commitment is of course worth absolutely nothing because it's from donald trump. kevin mccarthy still hasn't released a statement saying that marjorie taylor greene has promised not to encour

republican donors are fleeing. he lost ten house members. so why the other 197? what do they see as a reason for sticking with him? >> well, as maeve indicated, so long as 70% of republicans, which we see in polling this week, remain strongly behind donald trump, even after what's happened over the past week, what that means is all of those republican members who represent strongly republican districts are looking at a primary landscape that is tilted way in favor of people sympathetic with donald trump. it is remarkable that you got ten republicans. that's just 7% of the house republicans. nevertheless, that's more than you've had for bipartisan impeachment votes in the past in american history. you had them stepping up. you had liz cheney, an influential figure in the party stepping up. you have mitch mcconnell maintaining his silence about what he's going to do in a senate conviction. and i have to say that the fact that we were talking about the state president trump put out last night, that statement vindicated the decision by pelosi to impeach, by mcconnell

house member says it. so conor lamb proceeded with his speech as he proceeded a republican house member from virginia rose conor lamb's words taken down meaning removed. speaker nancy pelosi overruled the request saying you said that about me every single day. just hold your tongue. and at that point it appeared a physical confrontation was developing between democrats and republicans on the floor. but speaker pelosi somehow kept control of the house. >> one last thing to say, madam speaker, and i thank you for your patience. all people need to know tonight, madam speaker -- >> there will be order in the house. there will be order in the house. there will be order in the house. the gentleman the clear the chamber. the gentleman will clear the chamber. gentleman will proceed. >> thank you, madam speaker. but the fact is this, we want this government to work more than they want it to fail. and after everything that's happened today, we want this more than ever. know that. know that the people watching at home. we want this government to work. we will make it work. they will not make it fail. >> congressman

>>for his role in last week's deadly capitol riot, 10 house republicans joined democrats today to vote in favor of the impeachment including california representative david valid a bakersfield this makes president trump's impeachment. the most bipartisan in history. >>today in a bipartisan way the house. demonstrators. that no one is the law. not even the president of the united states. >>house speaker nancy pelosi congratulating members of congress she then went on to sign the article of impeachment passed by the house before it is sent to the senate joining us now live from washington dc our correspondent raquel martin with the very latest raquel. >>well you mentioned this is unprecedented historic vote. here in the nation's capital where we saw 10 house republicans joined democrats to impeach president trump this afternoon, one of them, liz cheney is the 3rd. 3rd most powerful republican in the house, she said it was a vote of conscience and called the president's actions of the trail. >>speaker we are debating this historic measure at an actual crime scene. >>exactly one week after

and so that's why i think we're hearing from so many republicans that you are going to see so many house members expected to join on to this effort and more than one republican senator who's come forward, of course, josh holly and now they are expecting others to come forward as well in this effort. because basically, they think it's a little bit safer to move forward once someone else has already made that first move. but we are told that as the president has come back early, it's incredibly unusual for him to do something like this and miss his new year's eve party. while he was supposed to go back tomorrow, he cut it back, back at the white house and spent most of the afternoon in the west wing and biana, this is basically after he spent his time in florida almost completely consumed by this election loss, and talking about what's going to happen next week when congress does meet to certify biden's win and so while he's plotting along with his republican allies to cause a disruption, have this spectacle go forward, it's not actually going to change what the outcome is. they could affi

how many -- she noted there were 40% of house republicans voted to certify the election. who of that group could join? >> it's hard to see how many people in that group will come out and publicly support getting rid of the president because for so many of those republicans, not joining on to the objection, was a big step within itself and probably would have been much smaller if the riots didn't happen yesterday. you know, the president is losing grip of the republican party, but they've also -- the republican party, so many of them, have also been pretty silent today. we're hearing statements up and down the board from democrats. we heard from the speaker of the house calling for -- calling the

chance -- >> josh hawley says he'll join a handful of house republicans, objecting to certifying the electoral college slates. let me ask you, his colleague, republican senator ben sasse heavily criticized senator hawl hawley's decision says, o n facebook, when we talk in private i haven't heard a single congressional republican allege that the election results were fraudulent, not one. two questions for you. is senator sasse a monday on an island here, or do other republicans feel that way. what's been the reaction inside the white house to the moves by senator hawley and also the criticism by people like senator sasse? >> we've heard of a couple other senators, for example, maine's susan collins who says she'll certify the election results in favor of president-elect joe biden, cementing his victory in november. we've heard from texas senator

house republican leadership appears split on this issue, as do the rank and file house republican lawmakers. kevin mccarthy, the leader of the house republicans, has told lawmakers last night in a letter to his colleagues that he did not believe impeachment would take the country in the direction of unity, that would have the opposite result. however, we understand that liz cheney, the congresswoman, third ranking republican in the house, did tell her colleagues last night that they should vote their conscience on this and they should do whatever they think is right. she has not said how she would vote, but she has been critical of the president's actions that led up to the day of the riot at the capital. we will see where those votes lie. the impeachment process, if the house does vote to impeach, the charges go to the senate, which convenes for impeachment trial. that is expected to be potentially -- we can talk more about how that would unfold. in the senate it would take it would take a two thirds vote to convict. that does not seem likely with the senate so narrowly split. it would tak

house floor tomorrow. >> bret: live outside the doj, thank you. also breaking tonight, at least one top republican in the house and the top republican in the senate both indicating support for impeachment. congresswoman liz cheney says she is aghast. a senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is a maybe. also tonight in less than an hour and a half, the house will vote on a measure calling for the invoking of the 25th amendment and removal of president trump from office. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel following the breaking details on capitol hill. good evening. >> congresswoman liz cheney, the number three republican says tonight she will vote to impeach president trump. cheney says the president summon the mob, assembled the mob, and let the flame of this attack and that everything that followed was his doing. fox has also confirmed senate majority leader mitch mcconnell was furious with president trump for the riot last week and believing the president was a key reason republicans lost control of the senate. mcconnell believes impeachment could help rid the republican party of pre

bobert and marcus who are qanon on the other side. >> it's unfortunate most of the members of the house republican conference remain part of team sedition as opposed to being part of team democracy. the overwhelming majority of the republicans, of course, participated in the big lie that donald trump actually was the winner of this presidential election and that the presidency was stolen from him. that was the foundation of the insurrection and the sedition and violent attack on the u.s. capitol that took place january 6th. and many of those members refused to acknowledge joe biden was the actual winner. so trump may be gone, but trumpism will still be with us. >> quickly, i know we're out of time, but do you think the members who are implicated in helping to plan the january 6th event that then became a riot, do you think they should be expelled? >> i think we need a full-on complete investigation and every single member should be held accountable and 14th amendment, section 3 is pretty clear, you provide aid and comfort to an insurrection, you are no longer eligible to serve as a member of congr

today president trump committed to helping elect republicans in the house and senate in 2022. ke car think said, a republican majority will listen to our fellow americans and solve the challenges facing our nation. despite that show of unity, there are signs of division over trump's role in the party moving forward. >> president trump is going to keep fighting for this country with everything breath that he has. >> reporter: trump loyalist matt gaetz traveling to wyoming to call for the ouster of liz cheney, the third ranking house republican who voted to impeach trump. >> i'll confess this is my first time in wyoming. i've been here for about an hour and i feel like i already know the place a lot better than your misguided representative liz cheney. >> that is newly elected house republicans draw fresh scrutiny for past controversial statements. georgia congresswoman marjorie taylor greene scrubbing her social media pages after cnn uncovered posts indicating support for executing prominent democratic leaders. and video surfacing of her harassing parkland shooting victim david

what's the plan. >> as you know, if a house member and a republican senator, for instance, join together and object, then we move into a debate of two hours on that objecti objection, on the house and the senate and there's a vote. there's no way possible that any of these objections are going to be sustained, certainly not in the house. and i suspect not in the senate, either. we all know the outcome, which is that joe biden is once again, going to win another election. in this case, a certification electi election, on his way to becoming president. the damage that will be done along the way is what republicans will be doing, basically to cast away millions and millions of ballots from americans whose votes deserve to be counted. >> and causing this rift within the republican party, that seems to be more and more long term. many people, as they were wanting to move on, didn't think this would be a topic of conversation, once joe biden was sworn in. is this a new reality in a post-trump presidency? >> i hope not. i would respectfully submit there's a number of americans who want to move

and one of them of course is liz cheney, the number three house republican. conference. some republicans are calling on her to resign that post since she came out for impeachment with an extremely strong statement, saying the president summoned the mob and lit the match. and when he did not immediately step in and try to end the riots, it was the biggest betrayal of any president ever. so, she's running for impeachment. we will see where it goes. there's still a chance he could be convicted in the senate, like i said, if mitch mcconnell decides he wants to have a clean start for his party. the senate has the ability to vote to bar trump from running again in 2024, so that would be the end of the road for trump's presidential ambitions. haslinda: trump on the verge of being the only u.s. president to be impeached twice. bloomberg senate reporter steven dennis, we thank you for your insight. secretary of state mike pompeo has canceled a trip to belgium and told senior u.s. diplomats to scrap overseas travel. one of the trips now off was a u.n. ambassador's visi

sources say mccarthy spoke via conference call to house republican colleagues, gop conference relaying what he and what the president discussed in a phone call yesterday specifically that president trump acknowledged that he was partly to blame for the storming of the capitol but axios is reporting today in that call the president was also blaming antifa for the violence according to ox yos mccarthy saying it is not antifa, it is maga, i know, i

to remind both sides of the aisle, during the joint session, there are 11 house republicans, 11 house democrats, 11 house senate democrats, 11 senate republicans, 44 members on the floor. please use the proceedings from your offices. thank you. >> so, now senators are going to come. there's going to be another joint gathering of both in the senate -- >> -- of how serious we take the coronavirus threat and the need for social distancing. please, my colleagues, if you are not having or participating in the next part of this, please return to your offices. >> so, senators will then walk over. they will begin again on the electors and then they will eventually take a vote on arizona. sorry, again, kaitlan to interrupt. the president's twitter account has been shut off for at least 12 hours. twitter has done that. his allies and objections in the electoral college have dwindled. do we know what he was doing tonight? the idea he was just watching this mayhem on television, not calling in the national guard, reluctant to call in the national guard because these are his people who he calls pa

it's plausible but it needs momentum with the house republicans. a good tip. going to shift away from the republicans for a moment and focus on the democrats and their own party. right now they have the presidency and both chambers of the commerce, but it's a divided party in that they have more progressive wing of the democratic party, national health care, the green new deal. how will that play out with the division of their own party? >> well, look, i think that there's a lot more unity right now when you're defending the democracy. when you're trying to clean up a mess that could have torn down the country. and that's what i think is a fascinating sort of part two to this story. that the next six months, i think the president biden has a huge opportunity here. they're just ashamed of their own behavior and ashamed to make a public extra effort to give booiden a chanc en biden a chance. it may go away after six months. but i think there's going to be an opportunity. a lot of senate republicans, they're a lot more sort of -- moderate, not necessar