host: john curtis joins us now.gressman, can you start by telling us where you were a week ago today and how you and your staff are doing a week later? guest: it is amazing. it feels like a lifetime ago. i was in my office. as you know, a lot of us were encouraged not to be on the floor because of covid. i was in my office with my staff. we were all comfortable and did not feel in jeopardy at all. host: does president trump bear any responsibility for what happened? guest: it is clear that he has some responsibility. there is a lack of details and a shortage of time. we do not know if the extent of that. there are so many unanswered question. host: how will you vote on impeachment today? guest: i will not vote on impeachment. i do not understand the rush to judgment in one of the bedrock's of our judicial system. fairchild trial, and a sense until proven guilty. -- in a sense until proven guilty. we are robbing the 7 billion people -- 7 million people to do this so quickly. there are a number of options. i would be

think it's just the wrong the wrong message to american people right now republican congressman john curtis of utah says an impeachment now tsos even more division just days before the president leaves the white house what's best countries to germantown british says he wants to see the president work toward a peaceful transition as the commander in chief promised in his twitter address to the nation thursday, my focus now turns to ensuring a smooth orderly and seamless transition of power friday white house deputy press secretary judd deere said in a statement quote a politically motivated impeachment against a president who's done a great job with 12 days remaining in his term will only serve to further divide the country. >>that was joe khalil reporting for us tonight from 4 looked into where our bay area congressional representative stand on the issue and the 25th amendment issue both impeachment and that take a look we checked with all 12 bay area representatives, including jackie spear barb early jared huffman eric swalwell roe conn and as you and of course speaker pelosi they all say

. >> thank you also well, joining me now is john curtis of utah. thank you nor joining us. your colleague congressman meyer was on earlier today. he said that members are worried for their lives. how do you feel today? >> well, this was dropped off at my office a few minutes ago. i know that my colleagues are very concerned, it is very troubling for all of us. >> can you show that again? that was dropped at your office? >> that was taped to my office door just a few minutes ago. and it is in reference to me not supporting the objection to the articles of impeachment. >> how do you go about doing your job right now? >> well, you know, that is a great question. i just have tremendous confidence in the foundation of the country and the people, we're in a bad spot right now, i understand that. there is lots of glam to go arnold. i'm looking at my role and what do i need to do here to change what is happening in the country. i hope that everyone who watches the tram will also ask themselves what they, too, could be doing. >> in looking forward, a lot of republicans are calling f

you have utah compass member john curtis who showed reporters a death threat left on his door on thursdayster with skulls and crossbones posted over his eyes and the caption -- here is a congressman who was voicing concern about the fact that republicans were not accepting the election of joe biden. but you have other ones who led the charge about doing this. can you talk about one of the congressmembers and what should happen to them now, even in a president trump's latest video he will not acknowledge this election of joe biden. and does it actually encourage the violence, the fact that he is not showing up for the inauguration? many may be deeply relieved that trump won't be there, but does that send a message it is ok to target? >> i think there are couple of things going on here. the first thing, we have not acknowledged the scale of threads and intimidation and violence against public leaders that has occurred over the past ar. we have so many public health officials in thisountry and county and state levels who have been threatened -- federal levels as well, who have been threatene

think it's just the wrong the wrong message to american people right now republican congressman john curtis of utah says an impeachment now tsos even more division just days before the president leaves the white house what's best countries to germantown british says he wants to see the president work toward a peaceful transition as the commander in chief promised in his twitter address to the nation thursday, my focus now turns to ensuring a smooth orderly and seamless transition of power friday white house deputy press secretary judd deere said in a statement quote a politically motivated impeachment against a president who's done a great job with 12 days remaining in his term will only serve to further divide the country. >>and that was joe khalil reporting house minority leader kevin mccarthy, he's echoing the deputy press secretary is a statement saying that this is from the california republican releasing a statement that says in part, impeaching the president with just 12 days left will only divide the country more. he said i've reached out to president elect biden plan to speak to hi

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curtis. he was a drummer. later on, there were african americans in the five fanned drum. but i think what he was speaking of is the john hope franklin timeframe of the fifties and there was an effort to look at african american history and how it could be interpreted at colonial williamsburg. there have been stories that have come out of people who were actually in the buildings. james payne and gerald in pain we are on top of the house. that's where they stayed. and they lived there and then put costume zone or colonial garb and went downstairs and interpreted the kitchen. that was something that i don't know how that came about. i don't know what the purpose of that was. i don't know what they interpreted, but they interpreted african american history down there in the kitchen. i know there were people in the kitchen. but to be honest, we are talking about employees who happen to be black in costumes in those areas. if you were to walk in and ask them, you may not get an answer. that's not what they were there for. and they will tell you, i'm cooking, or the blacksmith, or the silversmith. they were more craft people

curtis, and he was a drummer. later on there were more african-americans in the fife and drum, but i think what he was speaking of was the john hope franklin time frame when -- when was that, in the '50s, there was really an effort to look at african-american history and how it could be interpreted at colonial williamsburg. at that time there had been stories that have come out about people who were actually in the buildings. in my church, the paynes, george payne and geraldine payne used to live on top of the whiff house. they went downstairs and interpreted the kitchen. that's something that i don't know how that came about, i don't know what the purpose of that was, i don't know what they interpreted, but they said they interpreted african-american history down there in the kitchen. and i know that there were people in the kitchen, african-americans were in the kitchen, but to be real honest, we're talking about employees who happened to be black in costume in those areas. and if you were to walk in ask ask them about african-american history, you may not get an answer because that's not what they were there for. and they

i want to thank john curtis, republican of utah, for your time. i will let you get to a busy day on capitol hill. guest: thank you, john. host: now we take viewers live to the house. de possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., january 13, 2021. i hereby appoint the honorable anthony g. brown to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray with me. god, our judge, nothing is hidden from your sight. thus, we stand before you to give account for our role in today's momentus decisions and ou