i think some republicans, lindsay graham said they are fine and think that he will be fair. there was question on whether harris would preside, but that isn't going to happen. i'm sure she's happy to not be tied down after hour hour in this trial. >> what is your sense that the former leader mcconnell's own conviction? >> i think that he is in a tight spot because clearly he was horrified by what happened, he was angry that trump was trying to overturn the results and he had a very fiery speech before the riots and after. so it's pretty clear that mcconnell puts a lot of blame on what happened on the president and so he may want to vote to convict and get on the other hand he is the leader of his party and clearly a lot of republicans don't want to go against trump. there would be a backlash among republican voters and potentially causing some trouble within his own confidence especially if you're not going to get to the 17 senate republicans that would be needed to convict and have a break from trump and bar from running again but you know, on the other hand, so he's in a t

sympathetic to the idea that the election was stolen, speaking of allies on his journey, there is lindsay graham at the white house this morning, right before hopping on air force one with the president. lindsay. and that's where we are tonight. a second impeachment ruling. unprecedented threat to the national security. a president who has put the entire country in danger. and here is where we are as we look live at the house floor. as the house is preparing to vote on the resolution of the 25th amendment. tomorrow, impeachment is on the agenda. mitch mcconnell making it clear tonight he has had it with the president as more members of the president's own party are turning on him. the question is, as we watch the live videos. -- clearly, nothing melts like velveeta. ♪ >>> we're back now with live coverage. we're looking now at the house floor, they are about to vote. a major crack in the gop wall tonight ahead of tomorrow's impeachment vote. congresswoman liz cheney, the third highest ranking republican in the house, announced she will vote to impeach president trump. -- mitch mcconnell believes

as allies and his journey, and sympsympathetic toa that the election was stolen, and there is lindsay graham at the white house this morning, right before hopping on air force one with the president. lindsay. and that's where we are tonight. a second impeachment ruling. unprecedented threat to the national security. a president who has put the entire country in danger. and here is where we are as we look live as the house floor. as the house is preparing to vote on the resolution of the 25th aamendment. tomorrow, impeachment is on the agenda. mitch mcconnell making it clear tonight he has had it with the president as more members of the president's own party are turning on him. the question is, as we watch the the question is, as we watch the live videos. ♪ then we're eang grilled cheese. ♪ ♪ because it's time. ♪ ♪ then we're eang grill♪ yeah. ♪. ♪ you don't get much time for yourself. so when you do, make it count with crest pro-health. it protects the 8 areas dentists check for a healthier mouth. the #1 toothpaste brand in america. crest. ♪ in a year of changes. don't take chances on your

the joint session of congress has reconvened says we see lindsay graham here on the right speaking livejust a few moments ago all democrats on the house judiciary committee sent a letter to vice president pence asking him to invoke the 25th amendment which we have been talking about which shift cabinet members were on board would essentially enable them to put the wheels in motion to remove the president from office if they deemed him unfit california. representatives on that committee lofgren eric swalwell ted lieu and karen bass of southern california and they've been discussing that the cabinet members happen meeting about the 25th amendment invoking all during the day so. >>a lot going on tonight and as we see a joint session of congress in full swing as debating the gop a challenge to biden's election. just hours after a pro trump mob forced its way into the u.s. capitol building still working to certify the electoral college count. as we speak, thank you so much for joining us tonight, everybody kron 4 news at 8 we'll resume our coverage with pam moore and jonathan mccall we're al

lindsay graham, you are traded to the country. rowd of trump supporters hassled republican senator lindsey graham at reagan national airport. today a house alert was sent out notifying members of congress about the increased security measures. agents from the u. s. capitol police will be stationed at d. c area airports through the inauguration. officials say divers have spotted parts of the wreckage of a boeing 7 37 jet that crashed off the coast of indonesia. the debris was located at a depth of about 75 ft in the java sea. the aircraft was carrying 62 people when they lost contact with air traffic controllers just minutes after taking off from the capital city of jakarta. there was heavy rain in the area when the jet disappeared from radar screens. those on board the 26 year old plane included 50 passengers and 12 crew members, all indonesian nash. journals. ah, fisherman reported hearing a loud. explosion and then later seeing jet fuel and debris in the water, drawing calls to reopen california businesses that grab the gathered.

what didn't happen is donald trump didn't change, lindsay graham lindsey graham laid into him in 2015 and then donald trump came into power and lindsey graham started realizing he enjoyed sort of sniffing the thrown and getting whatever power he could out of that. some folks said maybe it's about partisan politics. but since that primary is over, the tune hasn't changed. he can't resist sucking up to the strong man and it is a real disservice to the memory and independence of john mccain he was an advocate for for so long. >> it's amazing. enough is enough. it wasn't even a week later on air force one congratulating him on tone. it stunning lindsey graham could look at himself in the mirror and act in such a way. president obama said senator graham could be in a hoeist movie, he writes lindsey is the guy that double crosses everyone to save his own skin. that's what he thinks. does he have a point? has this changed the way that republicans in washington respect or don't respect lindsey graham? >> well, i think you can't say he's someone that will speak his mind and tell it like it is.

lindsay graham and policy priorities of the incoming administration and democrats plan impeachment trialer joe biden is sworn in. scholar alan dershowitz on whether the senate can actually impeach a former commander in chief. plus, breaking news this morning on a string of executive orders that we are expecting by the new president in the first ten days. former director of national of national --intelligence ric , pulitzer prize winning glenn greenwald. all that and more as we look ahead right here right now on sunday morning futures. maria: first this morning a few page turned in america as the peaceful transfer of power will take place wednesday morning with the inauguration of president elect joe biden. biden's aides say he will take executive action within first ten days to return the united states to paris climate accord and put new mask mandate in place after spending trillions with that blow outspending package announced last week. joining me right now with reaction to the new president and policies, south carolina senator lindsey graham. will yo be going to the inauguration and w

republican allies were speaking up for the president and now as you mentioned south carolina senator lindsay graham releasing transcripts of how probe got started. we are talking about cross-fire hurricane, investigation into looked into contacts between the trump campaign and there was concerns whether or not they were colluding with russia. graham and others argue that justice department relied way too heavily on unverified intelligence to justify the spying on the campaign to begin with. senator graham as you mentioned, eric, had a statement about this pretty direct, i believe that cross-fire was incompetent investigations in the history of fbi and doj. former fbi director james comey defended bureau, told congress that there were missteps but, overall, done by the book, democrats are also defending scrutiny of ties with russia and trump staffers. >> number one, it's irrefutable the russian government interfered in the 2016 election. the president at the time welcomed that. look, there's no question about it that russia and vladimir putin in particular was allowed to do things that in the last c

loyalists like liz mcconnell and lindsay graham, no evidence of widespread election fraud, doesn't that what the media has been saying pretty much since the election? mollie: well, that removes the problem which is people are trying to conflate very important issues. we had a sloppy elections and tens of millions of people are concerned about that and the concerned should not be lumped in with people who have elaborate conspiracy theories about servers in different states, different countries and what not and these type of conspiracy theories. the problem, the underlying problem whether people have faith in the country, faith in electoral systems, that's not going away. you can't hide the fact that people have these concerns. you to address them. the media have done a horrible job of addressing them for years and also all of the other issues that concern these people and trying to eliminate them or pretend like they are very serious problems with how the country is being run don't exist is not going to help anything. again, people are forgetting all of the violence, the summer of rage t

topics he praised trump administration policies such as confronting beijing as he reiterated with lindsay grahamretary pompeo designated the chinese communist party having engaged in genocide regarding the uyghur muslim population. do you agree? >> that is my judgment as well. you agree? . y>>es to gotart i appreciate that. do you believe the chinese communist party misled the world abouthe coronavirus? >> i do. >> what price if any should they pay? >> they did not give access when it mattered most, in the early days of this virus. had they done so, it's possible the course of the virus would have en dfe, anweld have dealt with it sooner and more effectively. my sense senator going forward, n wongulcud kbe v oery focusedn preventative. nick: on that first topic the state department today designated beijing had committed genocide against the uighurs, a muslim minority in western china. i spoke to the current state department ambassador, kelly curry. i started by asking her if the state department could prove beijing's actions constituted genocide, and the legly required intent to destroy the uigh

going to be the president's lawyer in this regard and he picked a lawyer recommended by senator lindsay grahamsouth carolina who hasn't been part of trump's orbit before. i think they're only beginning to take it seriously. i think in trump's orbit he focused on other things until now. but the looming trial, of course, is in fact going to happen. he can't get out of it at this point. he make the constitutional argument, but the democrats will proceed regardless of that. and i think that the president is going to make the case most likely that it was free speech. he said that he thinks his conversation at the rally that preceded the mob attack was, quote, appropriate, unquote, and didn't actually incite violence. he used the word peacefully one time. but the house managers would point out that he used the word fight nine times. i think the house manager is going to try to build a case that will go beyond that one day. make the argument that january 6th was the culmination of months to discredit the election, that they used false claims of fraud in order to overturn the will of the people. i thi

it was lindsay graham who said he recommended butch bowers to be somebody to work alongside donald trumpt we know all of these people are no longer going to be joining that effort or the team. that poses a couple of questions about other attorneys who were maybe going to be brought on board who may be have parted ways. but it just speaks to the timing and the significance here that there is nobody right now who is willing to stand up and say, i'm going to be representing the former president during this impeachment senate trial and then the other thing, we should point out here, alex, that is notable, everybody who did represent the president when he was in office for his first impeachment, none of those people have come back for round two. but in terms of this question of whether republican senators -- there would be need to be 17 of them who join their democratic colleagues in order to potentially convict former president trump. those numbers don't seem to be there right now. but, still, there are republicans in the house who are urging their republican counterparts in the senate to co

you have lindsay graham going after hunter biden on fox news. each play it and i can't even get over people went after the trump kids. you have kevin mccarthy and the house minority leader, you know, going after and sort of already saying bad faith kind of things about the way that he thinks he's going to work with people, and saying that he doesn't think the previous president provoked the 1/6 riots. josh hawley trying to delay the department of homeland security choice. you can go on and on and on. let me read you what "the wall street journal" wrote, in his call to unify, was there too much of a suggestion that we are obliged to unite around one point of view. this doesn't sound like joe biden will get the unity he's looking for. what would be the advice you give his team to seek the unity and how much to be aggressive and to get their stuff done? >> thanks, joy. the great thing about joe biden is that this is not his first trip at the rodeo, right? he's heard these kinds of criticisms in the past. he was part of the team, the number two on t

. >> what's interesting, i have seen some people pat lindsay graham on the back. one speech, i don't believe, absolves lindsay gram for the years of sins he committed against this country and by allowing this president to run rampant and go unfettered, whatever he wanted to do. you served in congress. this attack on your democracy came from within. blood was spilled. what did you think as you saw this ransacking happening on capitol hill? >> it was the most awful feeling i've had in a long time. i was on capitol hill during the 9/11. i was on the baseball field being shot at. i can tell you underneath of those experiences would have been like this. to see our own citizens coming to the capitol and ransacking that sacred building, it was beyond awful. so, i was so glad that the house and the senate decided to move forward today to get right back in and to finish this. today was awful, but tomorrow will be better. on january 20th, we'll inaugurate a new president and better days will be ahead. >> senator, president trump instigated and he defended these thugs, these

he has followed the advice of senator lindsay graham and he's going to retain a south carolina lawyerment level. he's done some state impeachment cases. but president trump is very engaged. we saw him over the weekend sending a voice message to arizona republicans with the election of their new state chair and they elected a very, very pro-trump republican. so i think that, you know, in the early going, he's very involved with the shaping of what is still the trump party. and the next few weeks are going to determine if the -- if this remains the trump party or if it remains the republican party. if it can morph into a pre-trump area. but this impeachment gives republicans a chance to push him to the side. we'll see if they do it. at least at this point right now on capitol hill, manu raju and the rest of our team have been surveying republican senators and there are not 17 republican senators by any stretch of the imagination to vote for this impeachment. what is going to happen here is going to see how strong mr. trump emerges from the impeachment trial. he could emerge even stronge

shame on vice president pence, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, and senator lindsay graham, suref abetting the damage being done by the monster they helped create. shame on house minority leader kevin mccarthy, steve scalise and matt gaetz among other. you fertilize the field trod by those domestic terrorists. as i watched the capitol being over run, i couldn't stop by thinking about the star spangled banner. it was written in hope for emancipation. its stirring words fitting for what we witnessed on january 6th, when our land is filled with liberty's smile, if a foe from within strike a blow at her glory, down, down, down with the traitor. by the millions unchained who are birthright have gained, we will keep her bright blazen forever unstained. and the star spangled banner in triumph shall wave, while the land of the free is the home of the brave. what happened on january 6th was a traitorist disgrace. you want to make america great again, donald trump, leave. i'm jonathan came heapehart and is "the sunday show." is "the sunday show. or just the west side. run payroll in less t

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graham back in. because yesterday, lindsay flew on air force one with the president to his speech. so, six days after taking what seemed like a stand, he hopped on the president's plane? ( as graham ) "okay, somebody stuff me in the overhead compartment. good thing my spine folds so easily and i contain less than three ounces of courage." oh, hi. we've got a great show for you tonight. my guests are sam bee and the star of "normal people," paul mescal. but when we return, "meanwhile!" stick around. broken windshield... take 1... hey guys, my windshield just got broken, i feel like i need to blow off some steam. let's go... 1, 2, 3, 4... mr. blanks? there's no need to be stressed. geico makes it easy to file a claim online, on the app, or over the phone. yeah, but what if i never hear back? that's gonna make me want to go jab...jab! nope! your geico claims team is always there for you. that makes me want to celebrate with some fireworks. 5,6,7 go... boom, boom, boom, boom boom boom boom boom boom, yeah! geico. great service without all the drama. when heartburn takes you by surprise.

a lot of democrats tonight it would be good to say senate minority leader mitch mcconnell or lindsay grahamassley. those things mean something. we're talk about bringing things to the floor look a $2,000 stimulus check. we're talking about bringing things to the floor like the john lewis policing bill. whether or not it gets 60 votes or not, mitch mcconnell actually stifled the process. so, by eliminating, by demoting mitch mcconnell tonight because he didn't talk a stand against trumpism a long time ago, and we can debate whether or not that was a strategy that cost him down ballot or not in these georgia bases. but demoting mitch mcconnell tonight there are progressive issues that are good and healthy for the country that we can even have a debate on. so, my whole thing is with redistricting coming in 2022 you asked me a question i didn't really answer earlier because i wanted to talk about black voters. joe biden has to go big. there's no -- with redistricting there's a chance you're going to have trouble in the house because of republican governors that seated there now, but you've got

graham in south carolina and how much i learned from you about south carolina politics. really interested in you talking us through your perspective. i hope you will come back. >> i will come back. lindsay saided that may 2016 if we nominate donald trump we will get destroyed and we will deserve it. i think that is coming to roost. >> democratic national committee chairman jamie harrison. it is great to see you. >> take care. >> much more to get to tonight. stay with us. h more to get to tt stay with us

while people like marco rubio and lindsey graham bit their tongue for the most part and followed donald trump on foreign policy matters there is no doubt lindsay, marco and a good number republicans are far more comfortable with joe biden's view of nato, joe biden's view of democratic alliances across the world than they were with donald trump. i am optimistic. maybe i'm being pollyanna's but i don't think so. >> host: the next question is a domestic policy question outside the confines of the book. such a wide sweep about truman, i will let this question come across anyway which is harry truman was an early proponent of government supported healthcare in america. does he get enough credits from modern-day democrats for helping to start the long march towards obamacare? >> know but you pointed out at the beginning harry truman doesn't get much credit from most americans. a lot of people who pick up a book and say i have read a lot of presidential biographies but can't have read that much on truman, david mccullough wrote an absolute masterpiece on harry truman, it is an indispensable biography on harry truman but most people haven't been made

people like marco rubio and lindsey graham have bitten their tongue for the most part and followed president trump on foreign policy matters, there is no doubt that lindsay, marco and a good number of republicans are far more comfortable with joe biden's view of nature. joe biden's view of our democratic alliances across the world than they were with donald trump so i'm optimistic. maybe i'm being pollyanna but i don't think so. >> the next question is more of a domestic policy question . outside the confines of the book you throw such a wide to about truman that i'm going to let the question come across any way which is harry truman was an early proponent ofgovernment supported healthcare in america . you think he gets enough credit from modern-day democrats for helping to start the long march towards obamacare? >> nobody but you pointed out at the beginning harry truman really doesn't get much credit from most americans. a lot of people who picked up the book said i've read a lot of presidential biographies but i just haven't read that much on truman and of course david mccullough a masterpiece on the harry truman 30 years ago. it was about 30, 45 year

graham in south carolina and how much i learned from you about south carolina politics. really interested in you talking us through your perspective. i hope you will come back. >> i will come back. lindsay donald trump we will get destroyed and we will deserve it. i think that is coming to roost. >> democratic national committee chairman jamie harrison. it is great to see you. >> take care. >> much more to get to tonight. stay with us. h more to get to tt stay with us ♪ got my hair ♪ ♪ got my head ♪ ♪ got my brains ♪ ♪ got my ears ♪ ♪ got my heart ♪ ♪ got my soul ♪ ♪ got my mouth ♪ ♪ i got life ♪ robber all right. let's start with the good news. president biden today announced his administration will be able to distribute most vaccines to states soon as next week. the administration says they will be able to ship out about 10 million doses per week for the next three weeks. that is about 1.5 million more doses per week than they were previously planning on shipping out. they have gone from like 8.6 million to 10 million for the next three weeks. that's good. president also announced that his administration has ordered 100 million more doses each of the two kinds of vaccines that are cur

lindsey graham -- and i will close with this -- lindsey graham said in 2016, if we nominate trump, we will be destroyed and we deserve it. lindsayself-fulfilling prophecy because the gop destroyed and they will never, ever recover from this. host: on to our republican line next, leon, west virginia, cecile. caller: good morning, c-span. first of all, i enjoy your program. believe theerday, i government let it happen because the day before they said that security, be extra and where was the security? to security had the right shoot these people who come in the white house. i wouldn't have blamed them if they did. happenediots that during the summer was no different than what happened yesterday, except it was our house. not states. the next thing, they talk about butp inciting the riots, where was the outrage when maxine waters and others encouraged people to attack ,rump supporters at restaurants grocery stores, whatever? there is a double standard. people -- another things -- thing people are outraged about. host: pedro, what do you have? guest: you were talking about the end result of the georgia runoff races with elections of

capitol, we have seen a lot of reporting about significant threats and videos of people like lindsay grahamas been by and large a trump supporter being accosted angrily by members of his own party in airports. i think you can't underestimate the degree to which fear is going to play into the calculations. you can undersmiment the security threat to members of congress which was made so very real last week. the going to drive things. not necessarily in a rational or unity direction but towards further fragmentation and unpredictable acts of political theater and violence. 4 yousef: thank you for making it to the program. some insights then around the u.s. political situation. let's get some first word news now with laura. >> thank you, the u.k. is tightening travel restrictions, removing the united arab emirates from its quarantine free travel corridor after an uptick in cases in the gulf country which have risen 50% from the past week. today people traveling from the u.a.e. will need to self-isolate 10 days. joe biden's inauguration in just other a weeks time. thousands of national guard tr