kevin corke for standing by. kevin, what's going on now? >> john, all quiet here on the northeast corner of the capitol at this hour. obviously, that is in sharp contrast to what we saw happening earlier here. a deadly day here in the district of columbia, as one person is shot and killed, three others died here due to emergency medical emergencies, but clearly, the big story from what i saw here, and i walked over here from the bureau, john, shortly after 1:30, 2:00 this afternoon, we anticipated we would be joined by a large throng of demonstrators. we saw them over at the ellipse. thousands of people making their way from there over here to the capitol, and while by and large, the vast majority were, in fact, doing what most people do when they take part in big events like this, you have some folks who were rowdy. but we certainly saw things beyond that. we saw people trying to gain access to this building, pounding on the doors, engaging with law enforcement officials and officers right here at the capitol theater they were forced, at o

kevin corke, thank you. >> you bat. >> shannon: new secretary of state tony blinken is standing by his view that has been committed against the uighur people in china. presidential climate envoy john kerry says getting china to the table is key. so, blinken's view on human rights makes complicate the effort on climate. >> how do you cooperate with china in climate change when you say you agree that it engaged in? >> the interest of china and the interest of the united states and countries around the world to make concrete progress in combating global warming. >> close to 90%, about 88, i guess, of all of the missions come from outside our borders, too. so the whole world has to come to this table together to solve this problem. >> shannon: by the way, tonight, foxnews.com is reporting that the kerry family

lou: thank you very much, kevin. corke reporting from washington.he biden inauguration and new poll showing the american people aree concerned with the direction of the united states in the latest usa today poll 65% of american voters say america is headed in the wrong direction. nbc's latest polling shows 73% of voters say america is on the wrong track, 53% of americans are pessimistic and worried about the future. joining us now iss victor davis hanson h senior fellow at the hoover institution at stanford in the national review contributor. great to have you withe us victr this is an extraordinary moment as we look, kevin corke just referenced the green zone in baghdad during the iraq war, 25000 of our troops at the nation's capital, have we ever seen that many of our national guardsmen deployed anywhere in this country at one time? >> i cannot think of a historical parallel maybe the rate in 1864 when he tried to take washington and abraham lincoln was shot at that the closest we have seen to these militarization of the capital. what i don'ton un

let's go to fox news white house correspondent kevin corke with the latest from the nation's capital in? >> reporter: lou, good to be with you. the lockdown continues here. 25,000 plus available here in the nation's capital for what's supposed to be, basically, a virtual inauguration. and as we continue to observe the security preparations for the inauguration tomorrow here in washington, d.c., fox news has received confirmation from the head of the national guard that at least a dozen members of the guard have actually now been removed from duty, pulled from duty here in the nation's capital because of, quote, suspected far-right extremist ties. general daniel hokinson would only say authorities saw inappropriate texts or comments that led to the troops being relieved of duty. just the latest striking headline ahead of what's supposed to be a peaceful transfer of power in a capital that's, frankly, beginning to resemble the green zone in iraq if not more than that. but for those who are wondering if this level of vetting is unprecedented, well, those in the know, lou, say think again

i'm kevin corke. fox news. this'll is ktvu fox two news at.y the house of representatives as members vote to impeach president trump for a second time and today 10 republican lawmakers cross party lines voting to charge him for inciting an insurrection against the government. today. in a bipartisan way, the house demonstrated that no one is above the law, not even the president of the united states. president trump is now the first president in u. s history to be impeached twice and today's unprecedented move comes exactly one week before the end of his term. good evening. i'm julie julie haener. i'm frank somerville tonight. the president remains in office since a senate conviction is required to actually remove him from office. our political reporter greg lee here now with more on today's historic action in the house, greg. blanket evening. this second impeachment vote took place just a week after many of these lawmakers were sheltering in place during the assault on the capitol security some metal detectors installed at the entrance to the

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fox news white house correspondent kevin corke has more on the story. : lou, great to be with you. as you know, since the violence at the capitol back on the 6th of january, this city has been to varying drees under military occupation, the idea being they wanted to make sure everything was safe ahead of the inauguration and the celebration over at the capitol. but i can show you some pictures, lou, from earlier today. outside of a few dozen or so demonstrators, it was primarily a quiet day here in the nation's capital. we did see some pro-biden supporters out there near the bureau downtown, but that's really all we saw. basically, lou, no major widespread protests which had been feared and we heard an awful lot about. i just want to show you over my shoulder, lou, you do see some troops that are still here right smack dab downtown d.c., but other than that you see those troops there, you still have some storefronts that are opening and conducting business as they always would. now, you do notice as we look across the street here, lou, there is some boar

kevin corke in the middle of that in washington. vin. >> neil, this is political revenge run amuck. republicans want to move on and get to the next administration. let me share part of a letter from kevin mccarthy. he's the gop leader in the house. this to his fellow republicans. he said i continue to believe that an impeachment at this time would have the opposite effect of bringing our country together when we need to get america back on a path of unity and civility. the president echoing that response, but in a very sharper tone. listen here. >> nancy pelosi and chuck schumer to continue on this path, i think it causing tremendous danger to our country and causing tremendous anger. i want no violence. >> i want no violence is what the president said today. on capitol hill, democrats in the house and the senate remain convinced that he's got to go and right now. >> donald trump should not hold office one day longer. what we saw in his statements today is proof positive of that if you needed any further proof, which i didn't. >> but

thanks, kevin corke. ngressman's broad accusations against the national guard for the inaugural have reaction to the january 6 capitol breach. as kevin reported, 12 national guard members have been pulled over concerns that they have ties to malitia groups. so what is behind all of this? acting dhs deputy secretary ken cuchenilli is here for that. and we'll talk to georgia brother brian kemp on his efforts to keep america safe and the future of the gop. ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic®! ♪ (announcer) once-weekly ozempic® is helping many people with type 2 diabetes like emily lower their blood sugar. a majority of adults who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. here's your a1c. oh! my a1c is under 7! (announcer) and you may lose weight. adults who took ozempic® lost on average up to 12 pounds. i lost almost 12 pounds! oh! (announcer) for those also with known heart disease, ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke, or death. it lowers the risk. oh! and i

first let's go to kevin cork, he is in washington, d.c. just outside the capitol building with more on security of of operations. >> reporter: as you see, a couple of tactical vehicles over my shoulder, they're not just used for trans pour of station in this particular instance, they're actually being used in this city for the last several days as sort of a deterrent. we're talking about a physical presence. let me take you inside the numbers as we share the incredible coordination that the secret service has been able to put together to make sure the city is a very safe place to conduct the inauguration. this is the largest security presence in d.c. history and it is really quite frankly something to seem it's so much more than that. you mentioned it, up to 25,000 national guard troops, up to 4,000 u.s. marshals have been deputized and the metro has closed 13 subway stations in areas surrounding the national mall. the mall itself is mostly shut down as well. while i have you for a moment, let me share a look at the travel situation across

the read from kevin corke and how they're getting ready for the big day now six days away. hey, kevin. >> afternoon, neil. federal officials say there's a credible threat. the city, the capitol, the white house are fortified in a way that we have not seen for quite some time if ever. we're talking about thousands and thousands of more troops arriving by the day. you mentioned a massive number of them. i'm going to dive in in just a moment and share with you how many troops are here in the nation's capitol. they're here to shore up defenses against terror targets and numerous law enforcement agencies, here to protect the site of the inauguration, which is expected to be relatively small compared to previous inaugural events in part because of the terror threat and also because of the covid-19 pandemic. they're also here because of the threat of violence possibly from armed malitias that they tell us and other hate groups and the threat of iuds, some were fashioned and discovered in this city last week. 12,000 linear feet of razor wire lining the perimeter around the capitol h

kevin corke, thank you very much. be talking with congressman matt gaits -- thank you -- later in the broadcast as well as former reagan white house political director, the savant himself, ed rollins, on the future of the party. >>> congresswoman liz cheney and the rest of the rinos in congress trying to impeach donald trump despite the clear violations of the constitution that would be involved were they to proceed. they were likely emboldened by the republican party itself. republican national committee chair ronna mcdaniel all but cast aside president trump today saying in a statement that the party will remain neutral on a possible trump 2024 presidential run. now the party's base, which just happens to be trump supporters, his base, are showing just how little they care for such outrageous thinking and statements. a trump-backed poll finds 73% of republican voters and 62% of all voters in wyoming have an unfavorable view of liz cheney. she also trails her primary challenger, state senator anthony bouchard, by 33

we turn now to fox news correspondent kevin corke with more on the gaetz speech and his activism in wyomingvin. >> reporter: evening, lou. the florida congressman is, frankly, two parts. a tip of the hat to the great cowboy state, also one part shot across the bow against the congresswoman who wanted to impeach president trump, who's lost the confidence of many in her party and is facing calls to have her ousted from her position as chair of the gop conference. matt gaetz testing a bit of trump-style populism in cheyenne, state party legislators voted to censure liz cheney, daughter of the former vice president who's also been criticized for a number of questionable decisions while in leadership including a lack of fundraising effort and for attacking fellow republicans. >> she taunts me for wearing makeup in my television appearances. [laughter] now, makeup only hides the slightest imperfections of the skin. it does very little to conceal the soulless corruption of washington d.c. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: matt gaetz sounding like a real firebrand there. at least 107 republicans,

we began with another big expansion of federal power and white house correspondent kevin corke. evening, can kevin. >> evening, shannon. it is highly likely an executive order we just learned about will face lawsuits, challenging not just the limits of executive power but the very definition of what constitutes a national security. but by any definition, it's enacted as constructive, this order could fundamentally change the way the government spend your money. with the covid-19 pandemic raging, a quarter of u.s. workers functionally unemployed, with food banks booming and small business gutted after a year of shutdowns and violence, the biden administration wants you to know that climate considerations shall be an essential element of united states foreign policy and national security. a whole of government approach establishing a national climate advisor, task force, and an office of domestic climate policy, assembling leaders from across 21 federal agencies and departments. >> in my view, we have already waited too long to deal with this climate crisis. >> a time to act, but

white house correspondent kevin corke has the latest on pressure on republicans to distance themselves from president trump and trump-is impaired good evening, kevin. >> good evening. in the span of the few days, the president and his business empire have been rejected by a relatively few but powerful players on wall street and silicon valley added washington. what some are calling the cancel cultures zenith. it's also a way that could ultimately wash over some of the president's closest backers and even his supporters. what a difference a few months can make. over the summer as violent protests raged across the country, the biggest names in technology chronicled every moment but declined to blame or abandon any of abortions in washington for supporting the unrest since a mob stormed the capital last week, big businesses certainly made it abundantly clear who would blame for the violence. dozens of companies deciding to withhold or limit contributions to republican lawmakers who objected to the certification. financial recrimination for supporting the president's election fight. even d

white house correspondent kevin corke has the latest on the latest devastating report of loss of lifeterday, new details on the four other people who also lost their lives on capitol hill. good evening, kevin. >> good evening, martha, we continue to chase confirmation on the story. i personally have called out as a number of my colleagues tried to confirm what's been reported in the u.s. capitol police officer has died in the wake of yesterday's violence. we can tell you that foxes affirmed the police chief has announced his resignation after yesterday's violence. he will leave his post on generator the 16th. the decision comes just that one day after all the violence here that claimed the life of ashli babbitt, a 14 year air force veteran. she served four tours in the air force before she was killed yesterday. if she lived in san diego prior to her death. as you know, the violence unfolded in dramatic fashion yesterday afternoon after thousands of people walked over into the capitol following a speech by the president. >> the metropolitan police department is handling the investigati

kevin corke, thank you as always. one of president biden's first official acts, that includes revoking the permit to the keystone xl pipeline. negative reaction was swift from one of biden space groups, one tweeting and that will kill thousands of good paying jobs. in the united association of union plumbers and pipe fitters saying "in revoking this can permit the biden administration has chosen to listen to the voices of grange activists instead of union members in the american consumer on day one. president biden transformation secretary nominee was grilled about it. >> mr. buddha judge, what do you say to those workers whose jobs have just been eliminated by presidential edict? >> getting this right means there are more good-looking than any jobs from americans, delivered through the researcher mission. >> the answer is that we are able to see those workers continue to be employed in good paying union jobs even if they might be different ones. >> one thing at canadian company announcing it will lay off a thousand w

mike: kevin corke, great advice there. thanks a lot.we held toward president trump's final days in his term, there's plenty of speculation about whether the will issue more pardons in the coming days. mark meredith is live from the white house with more. >> reporter: good afternoon. right before christmas president trump issued a slew of pardons including notable names like paul manafort and george papadopoulos, but the question is who else will receive a reprieve. everyone trying to read the tea leaves of what that'll include. president clinton, right before he left in 2001, issued more than a hundred pardons on his last day. senator lindsey graham said on "sunday morning futures" president trump should not pardon anyone tied to the capitol hill riots. >> i hope we don't go down that road. they chose to go into that capitol, defile the capitol. president trump never said go into the capitol and try to interrupt a joint session of congress. that was the choice they made, and they need to live with that choice. >> reporter: the pardons c

i'm kevin corke. fox news families in berkeley held a sit in this morning to demand that school's resume in person learning they gathered 1000 oaks primary school, where classes were set to resume today, but the first day back was canceled due to a surgeon covid-19 cases in the bay area. the families chose 1000 oaks elementary because that's where vice president elect kamala harris attended school as a child. today was the day that our kids were supposed to go back to school for in person. we're commemorating that day by doing this sit in at kamila harris is school that she graduated from. we feel that that's um symbolic because had she had it, you know, a year of education disruption. would she be are vice president now? berkeley unified school district says it's making progress and we'll be ready to open schools for in personm thee tear, no big winner and last night's big mega million lottery jackpot now expected to grow to about $750 million for friday night's draw, even though there was no big jac

white house correspondent kevin corke with the latest for us. od evening, kevin. >> good evening, shannon no matter what happens on the hill tomorrow afternoon, tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of the present strong supporters will lift their voices right here in washington. they will speak with one accord calling on congress to stop this deal. >> a wash in red, white and blue arrived by thousands to the nation's capital they say to save democracy, a journey unfolding the day before the certification of the still contested 2020 election. but not before they raised their voices and their objections to an election that was, in their view, stolen. on wednesday, the demonstrations expected to begin as early as 7:00 a.m. move from the capital throughout the day. and 11:00 a.m. thea semple will hear from their leader, the leader of the free world. and president trump to deliver remarks from the white house. then at 1:00 the certification process begins on capitol hill, a process that will go into january 7ty 7th. why? there are expected t

elizabeth: thank you, kevin corke from your report from washington.e have representative guy reschenthaler and counsel sol wisenberg. how did you vote. >> thank you, liz, thank you for having me on. call me guy. i want to unequivocally state what happened last wednesday was wrong. it was unacceptable. it was un-american. those that broke the law should be held accountable. i condemned political violence all summer long. i'm condemning it right now. as for the vote today, liz, i have voted vote on impeachment. tell you why i did it. i did it because the nation needs healing right now. we need to come together. as kevin mccarthy, said this further divides the country. it does nothing to heal us. we need to be coming together, not only in the republican party but more importantly as an american people right now. this vote today continues to fan the flames of the divisions that we have. elizabeth: okay. sol wisenberg, next to you, let's show the viewer what the president said just a week ago. sol, they voted to impeach, 10 republicans led by liz cheney vo

elizabeth back to you. >> great to see you, kevin corke.'s welcome back to the show, good to see you, league eagle jim trusty, former federal prosecutor and former deputy independent counsel sol wisenberg. first to you, jim, your take on snap impeachment coming from house democrats wednesday. what are your thoughts? >> the whole concept is bothersome. there is lot of vigorous debate we could have whether or not the president did something that is impeachable. ed idea of a snap impeachment is oxymoron. we shouldn't exist. we shunt talk about something that important, that weighty, rushing forward without sufficient too many to explore the evidence to push something on a dime. that is horrible precedent. i think we had a bad precedent last impeachment going forward without a clear crime. the concept of snap impeachment just aggravates that. elizabeth: sol, what democrats led by nancy pelosi is saying that the impeachment step is necessary to insure trump can never hold federal office again and to send a message but you know, we've got jonatha

i'm kevin corke fox news.x two news at six, right now, the south bay is getting drenched once again, is that atmospheric river? we have been tracking stalls right above the burn scar area in the santa cruz mountains. showers are actually showing a bit more infants strength. then what was initially expected. tonight the storm is much more isolated as it continues to pound the south bay, leaving the rest of the bay area wet but relatively unscathed. hello again, everyone. i'm julie julie haener. i'm frank somerville right now. a flash flood warning is in effect for the area around the season. you lightning complex fire, and that's why mandatory evacuati

that is one perspective among many. >> tucker: kevin corke for us tonight, thank you so much. >> you bet. >> tucker: again, for the third time tonight, this is like looking through a shower curtain, things are happening so quickly, it's opaque. it's not exactly clear what's going on, we are getting all kinds of reports some of which we'll try to run down and get to you in just a moment but for clarity we want to take a quick break, a sanity break and speak to one of our favorite guests, maybe our smartest guests, victor davis hanson, he's a senior at the hoover fellow institution, thanks for coming on -- what is this? >> you have to have calm and respect for the law, you can't have republic or democracy, you can't have civilization unless there's law. people who dared to vandalized the capital, the heartbeat and brain of democracy, what people look all over the world for for guidance, they have to be prosecuted and there is no excuse. we've got to remember something else and i think it's very important. the american people are exhausted, they've gone through a year of plague and quar

i'm kevin corke. fox news. ktvu fox.ys air 1 97 resolution has adopted without objection. the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. president trump impeached again. 232 house members. voted to impeach the president today for incitement of insurrection. that total includes 10. republicans could even everyone i'm frank somerville. i'm julie julie haener exactly one week until the end of his term. the house voted today to impeach president trump for a second time. the historic action marked a swift bipartisan response to last week's violent riot at the u. s capitol. our political reporter greg lee joins us now live with some of the fiery debate and. boat, greg. julie good evening. this second impeachment vote also came exactly a week after many of these lawmakers were sheltering in place during the assault on the capitol. very different scene today. i want to show you some video, hundreds of troops from the national guard resting and preparing in the hallways of the capital, securing the building and the lawmakers ta

kevin corke live from d.c. send you. in fact, you probably don't know this. in high school i had a full beard, believe it or not, and too much salt and pepper in it now. as you well know, this is an unprecedented circumstance here in the nation's capital. in fact, the fbi director, christopher wray, said extensive and concerning online chatter is in part what's behind the massive security buildup that we're seeing here in d.c. so what's been the response? well, you guessed it, the largest security presence in d.c. history. as i take you inside the numbers, it truly is something that you notice everywhere. it's not just, oh, here's a truck, here are a couple of guys in uniforms. we're talking about people with weapons out all day long. up to 20,000 national guard troops have been authorized to work here in the district. up to 4,000 u.s. marshals have been deputized. some 4,000 metro police officers are on duty, in fact, the metro has closed 13 subway stations in the areas surrounding the national mall. as you kno

kevin corke is connecting all of this. >> authorities charged that florida man as anti-trump with tryingnize an armed protest at his state capitol on sunday underscores the political climate across the nation that has federal authorities concerned here in washington that led to unprecedented security. daniel baker used social media to encircle protestors and trap them in tallahassee with a prediction of civil war. baker is anti-trump, anti-government and anti-police. a u.s. attorney said extremistists from either end of the political spectrums will be stopped. a federal prosecutor said that investigators have not uncovered evidence of kill and capture teams targeting elected officials at the capitol last week. that contradicts allegations made by prosecutors in arizona. thursday this a court filing arizona prosecutors said they had strong evidence that members of the mob that breached the capitol wanted to assassinate officials. an acting d.c. attorney attributed the disconnect to the spalling nature of the investigation -- sprawling. >> what makes this case complex is after the event, t

welcome to fox news at night, white house correspondent kevin cork joins us with security around the capital tonight. good evening, kevin. >> you are right, areas in and around major points of entry, you're in washington dc including the capital building and the white house have been completely encircled by a multiagency security cooperative that is quite frankly something to see. this is all happening in preparation for weeks at a inauguration and its preparation to ward off any potential disruption efforts by groups looking to spark violence here. national guard troops defending the capital has been briefed on additional ied threats, then in addition to explosive devices being found in the city and to give you perspective on the size of the effort to secure the city washington dc more troops staging on duty that are currently serving in afghanistan and iraq combined with the security posture a response to what transpired at the capital last weekend a reflection of growing concerns that some groups could collaborate to desecrate the event next week. something the president said no tr

. >> shannon: kevin corke is tracking the latest development including breaking news from the vice-president. >> much as we saw at the very outset of the trump presidency critics are calling for the use of the 25th amendment. tonight vice-president mike pence he won't lead that charge. it's not happening. that news come on a day that saw the president call for calm after yesterday's devastating day at the capitol. >> the demonstrators who infiltrated the capitol have defiled the seat of american democracy. to those who engaged in the act of violence and destruction, you do not represent our country. to those who broke the law, you will be pay. >> president trump's message to a weary nation by social media tonight condemning the violence that gripped the capitol tomorrow. >> like all americans i am outraged by the violence and mayhem. i immediately deployed the national guard and federal law enforcement to secure the building and expel the intruders. >> the remarks after a turbulent 24 hours that saw 4 people die. >> a new administration will be inaugurated on january 20th. my focus now turns

kevin cork is tracking it. >> much of the week spent using executive orders to undo the previous administration's policies. some are more controversial than others. one after another after another, a blizzard of executive orders for the new administration. 40 in all. whether it's halting drilling on federal lands or ending construction on the border wall, critics charge that this administration has killed jobs spearheaded by a man's private jet who emited as much carbon as 38 cars would. witness this admission. >> there is nothing to change the trajectory of the pandemic. >> he tried to clear up that gaffe but tried to avoid gaffes in the white house press shots. >> i will circle back with you. >> whether that's a tick or an intentionally lack of specifics, the lack of clear answers are are a growing frustration for many as are the curious diplomatic policies to the ban on travel from the u.s. from the u.k., ireland and 26 other countries over covid concerns. and speaking of covid, blame shifting of failures of distribution and availability is wearing thin on many including those on the left. esp

white house correspondent kevin corke going in depth on more of the day one bite initiatives tonight.g, kevin. >> so much to get to. the rush to undo the trump legacy will obviously play out in many forms for at least the next two years depending on what happens on the midterms. but what will be most telling is where the biden administration puts its emphasis from the very beginning. without a mind, today we got a pretty good idea of where we are headed. >> president biden: i do solemnly swear -- >> from the moment he took the oath of office then later signed a slew of executive actions and directions, he made it clear today he will be a woke president. for those unfamiliar, woke us being aware and being aware of what's going on in the community. also specific ties to antiracism measures and social activism. from that, he appears to be all in. especially when it comes to the environment. from reentry into the paris climate accord to the permit for the keystone xl pipeline. >> he promised to end all new leasing on federal lands when he was a candidate. do they still have that commitmen

shannon: welcome to "fox news @ night," and shannon bream in washington -- white house correspondent kevin corke joins us now, good evening, kevin. >> good evening, shannon, areas in and around major points of interest here in washington, d.c., including the capitol building in the white house have been completely encircled by a multiagency security cooperative that is really something to see. this is all happening in preparation of next week's inauguration here at the nation's capital, and in theory it's preparation to ward off any potential disruption efforts by groups looking to spark violence here. national guard troops defending the capital have been briefed on potential for additional ied threats. that coming in the wake of explosive devices being found in the city last week. just to give you a better perspective on the size of the effort to secure this city, considered this -- washington, d.c., more troops staging and on duty here than are currently serving in afghanistan and iraq combined. that heightened security posture, a response to what transpired at the capital last week and a refl

welcome to fox news at night, we begin with kevin cork. >> the stage is set, doing peach state rallies including the ruckus affair by the president himself all just ahead of a pair of pivotal senate races that can chart the course for the nation for years to come. >> tomorrow each of you is going to vote in one of the most important runoff elections in the history of the country, it is not runoff, it is elections because it is a bigy. >> reporter: eleventh hour pitch from a man who is not ready to leave the political stage but while donald trump is eager to lead the charge for the gop in georgia it's also his strongest opposition has surfaced. >> i just want to find 11,780 quote quote which is one more than we have because we won the state. what are we going to do. we won the election and it is not fair to take away from us like this. >> opposition to the secretary of state who had his recent phone call with the president record and leaked to the washington post. >> we had to respond to the president's twitter. >> critics from both parties pounced on the limited leaked material. house

. >> kevin cork is tracking all the latest department including breaking news from the vice president. >> much as we saw at the very outset of the trump presidency critics are once again calling for himself is just use of the 20 fifth amendment of the constitution but tonight vice president mike pence says he won't me that charge cylinders simply not happening. that news comes on the day that saw the president again call for call after yesterday's devastating day at the capital. >> the demonstrators who infiltrated the capital have defiled the seats of american democracy. to those who engaged in acts of violence and destruction you do not represent our country and to those who broke the law you will pay. >> donald trump's message to a wary nation via social media tonight condemning the violence that gripped the capital yesterday. >> like all-americans i'm outraged 5 of violence, lawlessness and mayhem. i immediately deployed the national guard and federal law enforcement to secure the building and expel the intruders. >> the remarks encapsulated a turbulent 24 hours and saw at least f

we begin with kevin corke. happy new year. >> happy new year. the stage is set. duelling peach rallies including rally by the end himself and a pair of pivotal senate races that could chart the course for our nation for years to come. >> tomorrow each of you is going to vote in one of the most important run-off elections in the history of our country. it's not run-off. it's elections. it's a biggie. our country is depending on you. >> an 11th hour pitch from a man that is not ready to leave the political stage. while he's eager to lead the charge for the gop in georgia, it's where his strongest opposition has surfaced. >> i just want to find 11,780 votes which is one more than we have. because we won the state. so tell me, brett, what are we going to do? we won the election. it's not fair to take it away like, this. >> opposition in the form of georgia's secretary of state, brat raffensperger that a his conversation reported and leaked to the washington post. >> we responded with the facts. >> critics from both parties pounced on the call's limited leaked materia

kevin corke in washington with the latest. kevin? >> let me say this. having a chance to hear the president talk about the long-term planning, do keep this in mind, charles, he said i have a plan to defeat this virus. then he was pushed as you say there pressed by our colleague, peter doocy, and he said yes, i'm confident that this will still be talked about in the fall but also confident that we will beat this, i'm going to shut down this virus by summer, we'll be well on our way to herd immunity. he talked about this idea of getting beyond the million doses per day. you may have seen the headlines the last couple weeks or so that under the trump administration we saw that there were problem ply right around 900,000 vaccinations per day. so getting up to a million made people slug their shoulders. now he said could be 1.5 million per day by the end of the spring. this is part and parcel to what the administration has been trying to do since the outset, which is to say set the bar and sort of a middle of the road, slightly lower than middle and meet tha

kevin cork has the latest on pressure on republicans to distance themselves from donald trump and trumpishim. >> in a span of just a few days the president and his business empire have been rejected by relatively few but powerful players on wall street and silicon valley and washington and what some are calling the canceled cultures enough but it is also a wave that could ultimately wash over the president's closest backers and even in his supporters. what a difference a few months can make. over the summer as violent protests raged across the country the biggest names in technology chronicles every moment but declines to blame orban the politicians in washington for supporting the unrest but since a mob stormed the capital last week big businesses certainly made it abundantly clear who it blamed for the violence with dozens of companies deciding to withhold or limit contributions to & schuster because his support of the president. >> simon & schuster and a lot of people on the left now decided the first amendment is s time o to rally around the things that unite us as americans and i think

kevin cork is connecting the dots tonight as they pile up. >> they are piling up, news authorities chargeorida man they identified as being anti-trump was trying to organize an armed protest in his state's capital underscores the political climate across the nation that has authorities so concerned in washington which is as you know led to an unprecedented display and armed security and the nation's capital. according to an fbi affidavit daniel baker used social media to plot with like-minded individuals to encircle protesters and trap them at the state capitol in tallahassee. the document describes threats of violence and a prediction of civil war. baker's described as anti-trump, antigovernment and anti-police and noting they correct the rest us attorney lawrence keith said extremists intent on violence from either end of the political and social spectrums must be stopped and they will be stopped this as the top federal prosecutor for the district of colombia said today that investigators have not uncovered direct evidence of guilt after teams targeting elected officials during the incu

white house correspondent kevin cork connecting with donald trump's supporters as he prepares to board air force one for a final flight to florida. good evening. >> we still await those presidential pardons we talked about last night. there have only been 94 during the trump presidency by comparison president obama doled out 1900 so we will see if it drops tonight or tomorrow. meanwhile the president's victory speech was very interesting and in many ways a microcosm of his presidency, passion and bluster and bravado medicines you believe that he did all he could to make the country better but he leaves with unfinished business and with fearful and emboldens detractors hoping to both shun and weaken him forever. >> we built the greatest political movement in the history of our country. we also built the greatest economy in the history of the world. it was about america first because we all wanted to make america great again. >> a swansong for president who backers believe finally succumbed to this one became to drain but donald from insisted in his message to the nation that his mission

shows early signs of cracks in the administration foreign and domestic, white house correspondent kevin cork is tracking it all for us tonight. good evening. >> reporter: quite a week for the biden administration, much of it spent using executive orders to undo the previous administration's policies, and a few campaign promises in the process but some policies prove more controversial than others. one after another after another. a veritable blizzard of executive orders and directives for the new administration. combined, 40 in all. whether it is halting, drilling on federal lands, stopping the keystone pipeline or ending construction on the border wall critics charge the one thing this administration has done plenty of in 10 days is kill jobs, a save the planet posture spearheaded by a man whose family's private jet for the past year has emitted as much carbon as 36 typical passenger cars would. critics also blasted the 78-year-old president who insisted on the campaign trail he would have a plan to tackle the virus on day one for not actually having one. this admission of refugees on the j