now and listen to senior republican senator lindsey graham speaking there the 1st thing that stands out to me is how embarrassed in disgusted i am that the united states capital going to be taken over by a domestic terrorist or insertion transferring power from one president to the other. that a band of people who are terrorists not patriots literally occupy the floor of the house drove the senate out of this chamber and the question for the country is how could that happened 20 years after 911. september this year all be the 28th anniversary of the attack on our nation it is mind boggling that such an event could occur. senator schumer's call for the secretary sort of arms the senate to resign i echo that. anyone in charge of defending the capital. anyone in charge of defending the capital failed. in their duties if they would have been in the military they had been relieved of their commands and most likely court martial so the 1st thing that has to happen is to hold those accountable for failing to defend the nation's capital while the congress was in session why am i worried it woul

lindsey graham is not going to persuade anyone. i think the only question is is going to be, will they convince people that the senate just shouldn't hold a trial because trump managed to commit his most impeachable offense very close to the end of his presidency? i don't think that will wash either. >> trump did not go to the capitol, as you mentioned, right? even though he said he was going to do it. the reality of it is, of course, he wasn't physically there. does his first amendment right to freedom of speech, which i would imagine is -- we're talking about the president of the united states here, right, with the bully pulpit. but the free speech right, does it protect him at all here? >> not at all. i don't know many people who are stronger first amendment advocates than i am. but even if my life depended on it, i couldn't persuade myself that he was exercising the freedom of speech. it's ludicrous. there is no free speech defense to someone who doesn't just yell fire in a crowded theater, to use the old metaphor, but sets fir

>> reporter: hey, lindsey, good to see you.t with equal parts criticism and understanding, the situation in the uk and particularly london is quite dire at the moment and there is some understanding for wanting to try to make sure the most people possible receive some sort of protection. however, there are two problems here. the first is science, the second is consent. lindsey, remember let's talk first about the consent issue. pfizer vaccines were given starting december 8th. that means some people are up for the second dose and are told they're not going to receive it. the problem is when they consented to receive the first shot, they did so with the understanding they were going to be vaccinated on schedule. i talked to a front line doctor today who has been giving vaccines and he told me his patients who got that first dose, he is going to go ahead and give them the second one on schedule if they ask for it because that's what they consented to and that's what he promised them when he vaccinated them. the other issue is the

kendis, lindsey? >> cori, as the new mask rules go into force, it's a race against time to vaccinate enough americans before the new variants spread further. many state, and in fact, county officials, are turning to the private sector for help? >> reporter: yeah, this is something interesting happening out of florida right now. governor desantis announced this pilot program for west palm beach, florida, and palm beach county, specifically. he said, starting, coming up as soon as possible, publix stores like the ones behind me here will be the only stores to receive the vaccine, because they have wire distribution availability. now, proponents of this plan say that people, such as seniors who are getting the vaccine, will not have to travel as far in order to get that vaccine, but people who are against this plan, or at least, are worried about the plan, say that there are certain communities that don't have publix, such as poorer communities, and those people are going to have a harder time getting th

steve. >> well, all right, lindsey and kendis. the biden presidency is probably too young at this point where you start having the polls about job approval rating. we've probably got to wait a week or two on that. but we do have some numbers about attitudes towards the new president as he enters office. let me take you through what we know so far about what the public thinks of its new president. first of all, here's an nbc news poll that came out just before inauguration. we asked folks, does joe biden have the right personal characteristics to be president? 43% said they're confident that biden has the right personal characteristics to be president. so, obviously, there is still some skepticism out there about joe biden, but you can also put this in context, because this is a question we've been asking about every incoming president for a while now. and let's compare what the number is for joe biden right now to what the number has been for some recent presidents as they've come into office. so, the most recent president, donald

carley: lindsey graham wondering about the security failures and how they relate to house speaker nancy pelosi, like you said, her chief of staff responded to that moment from maria's show yesterday, saying this disgraceful attempt to shift blame for the mob attack on the capitol is absurd and pathetic. he need only look in the mirror if he wants to start pointing a finger. he has repeatedly cast doubt on results of a fair election and dangerously fanned flames of right wing quackery. lindsey graham went on to talk about the people who participated in the riots, saying they should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. the president should not pardon any of them, guys. jillian: okay. so blake shelton has a thing or two to say, right? carley: he's getting backlash over his latest song, it's called minimum wage. some people are calling it incentive. take a listen to a little bit of the song. we'll talk about it on the back end. ♪ you can take my truck out of the driveway. ♪ like a cadillac. ♪ making a man feel rich on minimum wage. carley: could make a man feel rich on minimum wa

i'm lindsey riser.mes with 2021 is being met with a sobering dose of reality this morning. there are now more than 20 million confirmed cases of coronavirus in the united states. and more than 346,000 people have died as states struggle to quickly get shots into arms. this as florida becomes the third state to record a case of that more infectious mutant form first detected in the uk. speaking of the uk, a shift

lindsey, thank you that will do it for "power lunch."closing bell," everyone, i'm wilfred frost along with sara eisen. stocks falling to close out the week on what's become a very volatile few days of trading let's look at what's driving the action today we have got to start with the short squeezes and retail frenzy will continues to set the narrative, momentum plays like game stop, amc and bitcoin are rallying johnson & johnson and novavax had promising updates. it is the overall efficacy of th

lindsey, lindsey, lindsey, who today says the former president doesn't believe he played a role in what happened at the capitol, and i quote, "i don't think he believes he played a role in the defiling of the capitol. i think the argument that the election was stolen was overdone and got people ginned up. i think he's responsible for that. but people's decision to come here and take over the place that, lies with them, but his last couple of statements have been good rejecting violence. we'll see." the argument it was stolen was overdone, it got people ginned up? lindsey, this you? >> there's a civil war brewing in georgia for no good reason. it's not unreasonable to ask the legislature to come back in and order an audit of the signatur s in the presidential race to see'system worked. what is unreasonable is to sit on your ass and do nothing when you got a chance to save the country. >> hmm. so i wonder where people got that idea. lindsey? these people, man. he's still saying that, weeks after it was reported that he was allegedly pressuring the secretary of state. remember it was just

you know what that makes you, lindsey?if a guy on your bowling team turned out to be a cannibal and you said, "don't turn him in, the championship's next week. so what if he ate carl carl was deadweight anyway." seriously, is there anyone slimier than lindsey graham? he called trump a crazy bigot who was unfit for office, warned, accurately, that if the gop nominated trump they'd get destroyed and deserve it, then did an about face and became trump's loyal foot soldier, golf buddy, and mini me then after the insurrection, said, "count me out, enough is enough." then, flew with trump on air force one, and now he's saying we shouldn't impeach him he's like a hostage negotiator who says, you want a helicopter and $1 million i'll give you something better -- me these people had four years rationalizing and excusing trump's behavior, because they were all in on it. long ago, they decided to disgrace themselves and service this monstrous and irredeemable man, and this dismantling of our democracy is just the culmination of all t

at&t. >>> lindsey, we are looking ahead to the final hour of trade.ajor indices are higher what do you think investors should keep in mine here >> well, you know, i think there has been a major disconnect between the fundamentals and stock prices right now in the last couple weeks. so i think we are this the heart of earnings season and investors really should look into and listen to what companies are saying because i think if we can reconnect the fundamentals it could be a positive for market going forward. >> what does that mean apple is trading at 35 times a richer multiple than facebook. does that mean them returning to -- what is fundamentals in that case? >> yeah, i -- you know, i think that investors really need to look for the companies that have lagged in the latest rally and apple hasn't been one of them so i think there is opportunity to be found. >> okay. >> you just need to find it -- >> you have got to leave it there. it is team for "closing bell." >> john, thank you welcome to "closing bell," i'm sara eisen with wilfred frost, as alway

graham says it appears to be more of a political dodge then an effective remedy in lindsey graham's twitter stamen yesterday getting attention. this was a democratic harassment a few moments ago say in every republican number of congress who shows doubt about the legitimate victory is committing acts that greatly damage the strength of our democracy, just some of the congressional chatter on that this morning but 15 minutes left with molly reynolds. senior fellow at the brookings institution and brookings .edu. if you want to talk about progression all rules, procedures, now is a great time to call and. brian, independent, michigan. >> caller: yes, hello. can you hear me? i want to talk about national security and talk about me so much as what i've held a top-secret compartmentalized security clearance so i worked around the annapolis and mr. tony bob linsky is almost credible people i found on television a long time and i'm wondering along the lines of national security why he has not been brought in before congress and i want to know how these investigations are going and getting

lindsey? >> we have to remember, shy of nine supreme court justices and the president himself, this was a state of the union. and it got attacked, we were talking about the president not having any options to get his message out, prior to bush, w. bush and obama, they had other options. including the podium. what's the white house saying about that? and about impeachment? >> well, you're absolutely right. the white house and the president at any point in time could issue a press release, they could hold a news conference in the white house, the press briefing room, i guarantee you news outlets would attend that. the white house is saying that impeaching president trump at this juncture would be divisive rather than healing, which is a sent million soaked in irony given the fact that president trump stands personally accused of fomenting an insurrection attack asns the guch -- against government. but as trump said yesterday, this is a time for healing and unity, as one nation, describing a futu

lindsey graham you can eyes make a deal with the guy who's in charge.n mccain when john mccain that they nomination he liked -- and most have seen the clip of lindsey talking about joe biden starting to tear up talking about what a great american he was american he was and how much he loved him. i suspect a few people like lindsey graham may surprise all of us in being willing to work on a bipartisan effort especially on the international stage because while people like marco rubio and lindsey graham have followed president trump on foreign-policy matters there is no doubt that lindsey and our and a good number of republicans are far more comfortable with joe biden's view of nato and joe biden's view of our democratic alliances across the world than they were with donald trump. again i'm optimistic. maybe i'm being pollyanna-ish but i don't think so. >> the next question is more of a domestic policy question so it's outside the confines of the book but you have such a wide sweep of truman that i'm going to let the question come across any way which is h

in the last 24 hours, we have seen some of his closest allies, like lindsey graham, criticize him for what's happened. i wonder what kind of support he has lost after yesterday's events. >> a lot, quick frankly. he's lost a lot of support from people like lindsey graham, one of estrada strongest supporters, who defended him through everything. even him today was backing off donald trump and condemning his rhetoric that led to these riots. the bottom line is, i think this message was to two people -- to the wider american public, but also to republicans. because ultimately, it's going to be republicans, such as lindsey graham and mitch mcconnell, that are going to decide if he stays in office for the next 13 days when a -- 13 days or not. also vice president pence, these are the republicans that have the power to potentially put the pieces into motion that would remove the president trump our. -- the president trump our -- the president from power. trying to say, you do not need to remove me from power, i've realized the mistakes i've made. i think that was his message, as well, just a

worry by both democrats and republicans one of the president's closest allies republican senator lindsey graham says wednesday's on the rest has tarnished trump's record in office but come close to the president personally i think this president has been consequential from a conservative point of view it's been an amazing 4 years in terms of judges securing the border. a vaccine in record deregulating the con to be cutting taxes historic mideast peace agreements the destruction of the caliphate all on and on and on was tarnished but yesterday when it comes to accountability the president needs to understand that his actions are the problem not the solution atika joins us live now from capitol hill patty interesting there hearing a senator lindsey graham saying that the president's actions were part of the problem and not the solution i mean how do you feel about hearing from senior republicans that in a sense are opposing the president now and what happened yesterday but perhaps too little too late. it is fairly remarkable so here was the big question after the of her news of the events

lindsey?ght, deepa shivaram, thank you so much. >>> so, still at this point, at this very point, ten days following the insurrection, we're learning new and often terrible details about what took place on capitol hill. it's actually insane. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez was on with rachel last night describing what she says was her brush with death and the fears for her safety, even while around her republican colleagues. >> there are members of congress who have made public comments, comments like, that muslim americans should not hold public office. they've made public comments that are quite closely aligned with the beliefs of white supremacists and white supremacist sympathizer organizations, and these are all public record. and, you know, people of color are not safe around any individual who, frankly, sympathizes with a white supremacist cause. and it doesn't matter if you've been elected to congress or not, it is a complete abdication of any responsibility that we all have to p

republican senator lindsey graham recently said that he supports prosecuting every person who enteredapitol illegally but does not support impeaching former president trump. though, i'm not sure that makes sense. that's like saying you hate maroon 5 but you love adam levine. youtube announced on tuesday that former president trump will remain suspended from the platform indefinitely. i'm guessing because of his makeup tutorials "you just dip your face into aa yesterday, walked from car to car offering the coronavirus vaccine to stranded drivers before their supply expired. so, there's a lesson here, kids. if a stranger knocks on your window and offers to inject you with a needle, you're gonna want to say yes the nfl has announced that youth poet, laureate amanda gorman will recite a poem before next it's easier for a 22-year-old poet to reach the super bowl than it is the jets. health officials -- "we should rhyme more working so much on tackling. health officials in china are considering using an anal swab method to test for the coronavirus. the bad news is, it still has to reach the

and then there's lindsey graham. lindsey, lindsey, lindsey. the president's ride or die who allegedly called georgia's secretary of state to discuss how absentee ballots could be thrown out. now after all we've seen, now he says the president went too far. >> as to yesterday it breaks my heart that my friend, a president of a consequence, would allow yesterday to happen. and it will be a major part of his presidency. it was a self-inflicted wound. it was going too far. >> so, here's what i have to say. here's what you have to say to lindsey graham, to bill barr, to john kelly, all the others speaking out or resigning now. i'm glad you did it, but doing the right thing one time one day after the worst president ever does -- after he does one of the worst things a president has ever done doesn't absolve you from having done the wrong thing all the other days. that's the truth. resignations, calls to invoke the 25th amendment, talk of a second impeachment. will the president pay the price for his disgraceful incitement to riot? >> the president c

well one of the president's closest allies republican senator lindsey graham says wednesday's unrest has tarnished trump's record in office become close to the president personally i think his president has been consequential from a conservative point of view it's been an amazing 4 years in terms of judges securing the border a vaccine in record deregulating the con to me cutting taxes historic mideast peace agreements the destruction of the caliphate all on and on and on was tarnished by yesterday when it comes to accountability the president needs to understand that his actions are the problem not the solution well particle angels us live now from capitol hill i guess there are some republicans now coming out more strongly against president trump and what happened yesterday what do you make of how republicans are trying to frame all of this. i think it's the clearest indication yet that republicans are afraid that the winds of public opinion are going to go against the president and therefore themselves you seemed several members of the president's staff quit in disgust but again t

. >> you are a traitor, lindsey graham. >> trump diehard turned on senator lindsey graham after that. >> welcome to the new america, lindsey. >> the rest of your life. >> this video shows the first family wednesday morning, right before the president's inflammatory speech. >> i think we're t mine us a couple of seconds here, guys. >> a couple hours later, the mob trampled the constitution. and rosanne boyland of kennesaw, dpornlg ga. >> president's words incited a riot that killed four of his biggest fans. >> we're in, boys. >> protestors also stormed the washington state governor's mansion. more protests in arizona, florida, minnesota, and the kansas state house. >> talk of more violence now scuttles across social media. our american ideal is still at risk. democracy or ochlocracy. rule by the mob. mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta. >> duncan: around the world america's allies were shocked by the assault on the capitol while our enemies found reason to gloat. cbs news senior foreign correspondent elizabeth balmer reports from london. >> russian state tv took the already dramatic vid

that the white house realizes the political winds are shifting if someone is loyal to the core is lindsey graham can come out and say well this is unhelpful and criticize the president and try to defend his legacy by saying he spoke out when he saw the need which of course he didn't really it shows that they realize that the tide is turning in this president people are outraged in washington and across the country and for them for her to come out and say the president doesn't you know he wanted peaceful protests and try to absolve him of their responsibility is simply just not going to fly let's think about it since the election the president has been giving this false narrative that it was stolen he called these people to come to washington in his words to stop the steel again wasn't stolen he lost but he asked them to come to washington and thousands upon thousands of them did that he went to their rally and he again repeated these false hoods that the election was being stolen from them and that he wanted to be president and they should force and really lobby their senators and their c

>> that's exactly right, lindsey. we saw from marjorie taylor green that she had a conversation with former president trump that she had a great call with, as she puts it, her all-time favorite president and went on to say she won't back down. she will never apologize for any of her actions and words and that she will always keep fighting for the people. that was in a series of different tweets she put out yesterday. nbc news reached out to the former president's team to see if there are any other information on the call. the president -- as he did with house gop leader kevin mccarthy a few days ago, we don't have additional details of the conversation at that time. as you mentioned, lindsey, it started to show these fissures within the gop. we're seeing the infighting taking place within the capitol as we saw a strong tweet from senator mitt romney are of the republican party as he went on to say that lives of a feather flock together. we're starting to see that contrast. she then responded saying mitt romney obvious

. >> and i'm lindsey reiser. you can see, in that video, he pushed one of the rioters to agitate him, so that he would follow him, instead of going over to the senate chamber. trying to lure them away. just an incredible act of heroism there. we have a team of reporters following the latest right now. nbc hill capitol correspondent, garrett haake. and a beautiful sunrise in our nation's capitol. nbc news now correspondent, maura barrett is in harrisburg, the capital of pennsylvania. good morning to all of you. up bright and early with us, and, garrett, let's start with you. the days leading up to inauguration day. they don't usually see the massive-military presence that we are seeing so tell us about the size right now of this operation. >> yeah. enhanced security for inauguration isn't new but this is far beyond the typical scale. it's beyond the scale even when the national guard was called out to patrol the streets after the protest in d.c. over the course of the summer. we are looking at something like 20,00

>> and steph, not just that, but lindsey graham is now one of trump's only friends. he traveled with the president all day tuesday down to texas and aboard air force one they spent time together in the president's private cabin, graham was -- i interviewed graham yesterday he told me he was phoning senators one after another working down a list to try to convince them not to convict the president in his eventual impeachment trial and that they were together. he was with trump when liz cheney's statement broke, liz cheney, the number 3 ranking house republican was going to be voting for impeachment and it was graham who had to calm the president down and explain that he didn't think liz cheney's views were representative of the entire republican conference, of course fast forward a day, they were not. they were only about a dozen or so republicans who voted to impeach. >> one week and one day ago lindsey graham said i'm done with this guy. kristen, do we have any idea what type of defense the president will mount? >> well, not only is the defense strategy still being

with lindsey, you have lindsey going i'm done with this. >> should have known. >> i'm done with this. off that train. >> huh-uh. >> a couple people, willie, chase him at an airport. >> all right. drinking. >> and suddenly can i fly on your plane? >> then lindsey is going around saying this is unconstitution. this is this. and you did mention ron johnson. >> i did. >> keep blenders away from that man. but ron johnson, willie, says it will divide. it will -- the riot, like the riot didn't divide? i mean, it's absolutely unbelievable that these people are now hiding, trembling, quaking, behind what they consider to be a procedural rock. marco actually sort of gave it away. yeah, of course. of course. yes. he helped inspire the mob. kevin mccarthy had said the same before he got scared. saying, yes, yes. he helped inspire the mob. they are admitting to the substance of the matter. so, they tremble and shake from these very people we're watching on television right now that are back in their districts tremble and quake and are desperate now to hide behind a procedural rock. so hopefully no

and then, of course, kendis, lindsey. we cannot forget the all-important updates on the variants coming out. there are, still, many questions about that. and florida officials are concerned. now, florida leads the nation in the highest number of cases of the uk variant. and they, also, have the highest brazilian population in the nation. and so, epidemiologists are looking closely at whether or not the brazilian variant is here. they have not detected a case, yet. but of course, south carolina, which is close by, has also had the south african variant and that's something they are watching here, closely, in florida as well. kendis. lindsey. >> person found with the south african variant there in south carolina. cori coffin, thank you. >> as cori just mentioned, there are so many variants right now and mutation traveling kroots the country. so what's the difference? and what makes one more contagious, over another? dr. john torres will channel his inner kornacki to explain at his very own big board. >> elizabeth warren joi

to the new america, lindsey.his is the rest of your life. >> reporter: this video shows the first family wednesday morning, right before the president's inflammatory speech. >> i think we're t-minus a couple of seconds here guys. >> reporter: then the mob trampled the constitution and -- >> the president's words insighted a riot that killed four of his biggest fans. >> reporter: pro testsers stormed the washington state governor's mansion and more in florida and the kansas state house. tlk of more violence now skudales across social media. our american ideal is still at risk. democracy or autocracy. rule by the mob. atlanta. >>> around the world, america's allies were shocked by thusalt on the capitol while our enemies found reason to gloat. senior foreign correspondent, elizabeth palmer, reports from london. >> reporter: russian-state tv took the already dramatic video from the capitol and amped it up. wednesday's events are a gift to dictators and to total alitarians everywhere. the message they're sending is i

lindsey? >> yeah.e's no that list of 11 gop senators who say they plan to object to the presidential election results. do you think some voters will see this in georgia and it could hurt republicans loeffler and perdue? >> i think we can because we've talked about how it's a distraction, instead of talking about why voters should get back to the polls another time and support the republican candidates, the focus is still on defending president trump. the focus is still on questioning an election that has happened almost two months ago now. so it's just not on loeffler and perdue as much as it could be if there weren't all these distractions from president trump. again, now they're facing questions about what senator loeffler will do the day after the runoff. senator perdue will be out of office, but she will not. she's being pressured to kind of show her support of president trump by joining those other senators in opposing the electoral college vote, and she's trying to avoid flat-out saying what she

trump ally, senator lindsey graham, is begging incoming majority leader chuck schumer to call off thee trial. listen. >> if we embrace an unconstitutional impeachment of donald trump after he's out of office, it will destroy the party. the republican party wants to move forward. president trump's going to be the most important voice in the republican party for a long time to come. >> reporter: and then you have those house impeachment managers, the democrats over in the house who say they want to see the trial through. >> our plan is to go after every single vote. we want to make sure that every senator is standing up for this country, that every senator is considering the evidence against president trump and the fact that he incited a deadly insurrection and so we're optimistic that when we lay out our case, that we'll be able to convince folks. >> reporter: speaking of that case, there was some thought that the president's personal attorney, rudy giuliani, would represent him in the senate. giuliani said in an interview with abc news over the weekend that he's probably not going to

lindsey graham sounding the alarm in a tweet, if the biden administration does not send a clear unmistakable signal they support the tough policy implemented by donald trump, when borders are overrun again. the president-elect's pick for secretary of state and homeland security secretary also pressed on the subject during their confirmation hearings yesterday. >> what would you tell people in a caravan coming to america? >> do not come. this is not the first caravan over the last four years or 12 years, there is a commitment to follow our asylum laws and provide humanitarian relief. jillian: the incoming white house press secretary announcing the biden administration will not lift restrictions on international travel due to the coronavirus pandemic. texas senator john cornyn firing back wondering if that includes caravans of migrants from central america.

. >> they will never learn, even as senator lindsey graham telling the "washington post" this, the president saw these people as allies in his journey and sympathetic to the idea that the election was stolen. the president looked at these people on live tv. we saw a mob. he saw allies. what more do you need to know? but there is a lesson that we can learn from a true american hero. u.s. capitol police officer eugene goodman. rioters chased that officer up

it was kind of interesting, lindsey, i will say, in that memo. there was basically no mention of the insurrection that happened at the capitol on january 6th. you see this incoming biden administration very much sticking to their message, not waning away from that at all. given everything that happened and all the security and changes taking place, and the huge security concerns that americans have all over the country about what happened, it was kind of significant that this memo in these first ten days don't touch on that at all. everything is changing, a little bit in flux and that list as incoming chief of staff ron klain mentioned, is not exhaustive. that was something that stood out to me. >> deepa shivaram, thank you for your reporting. >>> a lot to dig into including the breaking news from "the new york times" report we were talking about just moments ago. in the run-up to his final days in office, apparently, according to "new york times" reporting, trump allies have collected tens of thousands of dollars, possibly more from people seeki

feast your eyes on lindsey graham on sean hannity tonight. we'll discuss on the other side. >> the president of the united i states was impeached today without one witness being called, without a lawyer present, and it's an assault on the presidency itself. these actions, if they continue, will incite more violence. what good comes from impeaching president trump after he's out of office? joe biden, if you're watching of tonight, you have a chance to practice what you preach. you should call on chuck schumer and nancy pelosi and say for the good of the country president t trump will be leaving office on january the 20th, let's stop impeachment, let's stop it now. >> so lindsey's out there still taking one for the team.er note the hint of violence in his answer. but, alexi, biden contends, as i said earlier, the senate can impeach and chew gum, and he can get enough of his picks through the senate at the same time. >> yeah, brian. and i talked to a handful of senate democratic aides today and i basically asked them oc logistically is this feas

i'm lindsey riser. the hope that comes with 2021 is being met with a sobering dose of reality this morning. there are now more than 20 million confirmed cases of coronavirus in the united states. and more than 346,000 people have died as states struggle to quickly get shots into arms. this as florida becomes the third state to record a case of that more infectious mutant form first detected in the uk. speaking of the uk, a shift in vaccine strategy is causing some alarm within the medical community. health officials there delaying the second dose of the pfizer vaccine in a bid to get as many people vaccinated as possible. >>> in a new year's interview, president-elect biden talked about the need to step up vaccinations in the u.s. and thanked the first responders, guests in the times square last night. >> they have stepped up and we owe them. >> joining me is dr. william hazelti hazeltine, the president of assess health international. happy new year. >> happy new year to you. >> thank you. let's start w

going forward because our country is counting on us but other republicans like south carolina senator lindsey graham see the senate should dismiss the charges and move on to promote healing. >>reporting in washington, i'm basil john. >>the u.s. government says that violent groups may turn to old-fashioned ways of communicating to plan future criminal activities. the federal june communications commission says that hate groups and others could be using radios instead of social media. they also say that would be a grave mistake because conducting or coordinating criminal activities via radio could lead to federal charges that implies to so-called ham radio operators even those using walkie talkies the government says the groups are looking for other ways to talk to each other. now that several social media sites have been now unavailable.

provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable lindsey graham, a senator from the state of south carolina, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: chuck grassley, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned under host: and with that, that of the last action of the 116tht of the congress as we saw on the senate side. congress is what you will be seeing. follow along on c-span2. we want to welcome all of you watching on c-span and c-span2 as we are covering the hundred 17 congress, is opening day. then you will see later on today both in the house and senate, new members being supported, and a lot of activity. the vote for speaker of the house will be something to watch, but we welcome both c-span and c-span2 viewers to our program. just a few minutes of this program ends, so we are taking your calls. tony in new york, independent line. caller: my call today is about the pensions. we are sending money all over the world, pakistan, india. but american citizens like myself who have been suffering, waiting for

that was lindsey graham. presser at 1:30. what a day. ex-prodder nary developments the last three hours. i'm sure there is more to comb. neil cavuto. it's yours. neil: your exactly right, lindsey graham stuff that is the 108 the likes which we've not seen well since 48 hours ago. stuart, we're following all the developments including markets running ahead of records here. dow, s&p, nasdaq trying for the day, we're keeping eye on that. a lot is relief it is over. craziness yesterday is over. a lot of questions being asked, d.c. mayor muriel bowser looking what happened here. what we can do to prevent that. we're learning the national guard will have a presence in the d.c. area right through the inauguration, through next two weeks and next 30 days. we'll hear what is was in house and senate offices when all of this was going down. we have representative mullen and jody harrington with us what they saw what they witnessed. on one occasion one of them tried to get the protesters to calm down. for now we're looking at how and when this could

lindsey, and mrs. lindsey.r, director of national parks and recreation, give some background on a proposed park along the hudson side street, the first four acres would cost nearly 1 million dollars. national park service director, george, presented a federal plan for half the amount. in matching the federal check with state funds and private donations, new york would start immediately to bring the plant to reality. the hudson's deep waters, antjuan inevitable stretches were instrumental in opening up the continent. early for traders told of great lands to the north and west. settlers and a mass migration moved up the hudson. following the sun along the western reaches of the mohawk valley to ohio and beyond. in exploring the hudson, mrs. johnson would not have found a more knowledgeable guide than lawrence rockefeller. the rockefeller family has long been a active force in preserving the sources of the entire hudson corridor. james, the president of the national trust for historic preservation pointed out one

rockefeller and new york city's young mayor john lindsey and mrs. lindsey.wrence rockefeller, director of the new york council of parks and outdoor recreation, gave some background on a proposed parka long the hudson side stream, the holland river. the first 400 acres would cost nearly a million dollars. national park service director george hartzog presented a federal grant for half the amount. a top of state funds and private donations, new york could start immediately to bring the plan to reality. the hudson's deep waters and long navigable stretches were important to open up the continent. soon settlers in mass migration moved up the hudson, following the sun throughout the western reaches of the mohawk valley to ohio and beyond. in exploring the hudson, mrs. johnson could have found no more knowledgeable guide than lawrence rockefeller. the rockefeller family has long been an active force in preserving the scenic and historic forces of the entire hudson corridor. james biddle, president of the national trust for historic preservation, pointed out the un

and you have lindsey graham, poor, poor, lindsey. he said i'm done with this. and then he gets chased through the airport by a couple of qanon people. and then suddenly he's like i'm back in this. and he's flying on airplanes with donald trump. and yesterday he said the most remarkable thing. he said if the senate went through with their constitutional duty to have a trial of donald trump that they could face violence, that america could face violence. and further insurrection. so this is the republican party of donald trump and of lindsey graham, and of those 150 or 160 people who voted to overturn the election. it is a party that is -- well, it's what we read about hitler. he had his brown shirts, those who would go around committing acts of violence. mussolini did it when they took over italy. they would take over government buildings and commit acts of violence and they would intimidate people through violence. i remember back in the days when i was in politics, you would intimidate opponents with a big war chest. by going out and raising money. now donald

i'm libd situate lindsey reiser in for yasmin. we will learn more about a trump plot to use the department of justice to further his false claims in a way that would have left a black mark on the stoougs. >>> the president launching a plan to oust attorney jeffrey rosen, replacing him with a lower level lawyer ready to do his bidding and use the doj's power to help overturn election results. an aide to donald trump issued a statement that didn't address the allegations in the main reporting. >>> with impeachment articles set to be delivered to the senate in less than 48 hours, this is giving democrats new ammunition. >> it is also important we frame this as this was not a heat-of-passion crime. this didn't happen spontaneously with words just slipping out of donald trump's mouth at that rally. for months he had propagated this big lie to radicalize these terrorists. >> in just a moment i will talk to representative david cicilline, one of the impeachment managers who will argue the case against donald trump. >>> while the senate p

graham, we will listen to lindsey graham and talk about the other thing. >> i want to send them back to the states. i believe there was fraud. to the conservatives who believe in the constitution, now is your chance to stand up and be counted. originalism, count me in, it means what it says. so my, vice president, just hang in there. they said we can count on mike, all of us can count on the vice president. you are going to do the right thing. you are going to do the constitutional thing. you have got a son who flies f-35s and son in laws who fly f-18s they are out there flying so we get it right here. there are people that are dying, my good friend illinois to make sure we have a chance to argue among ourselves and when it is over it is over. it is over. the final thing, joe biden, now traveled the world with joe and i hope he lost, i prayed he would lose, he won. he is the legitimate president of the united states. i cannot convince people, certain groups by my words but i will tell you by my actions that maybe i among any, above all others in this body peed to say this, joe biden

take senator lindsey graham. listen to what he said after the chaos at the capitol. >> they say there are 66,000 people in georgia under 18 voted. how many people believe that? i ask, give me ten. hadn't had one. they said 8,000 felons in prison in arizona voted. give me ten. hadn't gotten one. >> hmm. so that is the same lindsey graham who allegedly called georgia's secretary of state to discuss how he could discard legally cast ballots. the same lindsey graham who repeatedly parroted the president's lies about election fraud. >> i want the computer systems in michigan that flipped votes from republicans to democrats to be looked at, and the software was used all over the country. there's a lot of shenanigans going on here. biden got more votes than obama in a few areas of the country. in only a few areas. how could that be? it's not unreasonable to ask the legislature to come back in and order an audit of the system to see if the system worked. what is unreasonable is to sit on your ass and do nothing when you

senator lindsey graham says not a good idea.e will also explain the confrontation that took place at a d.c. airport earlier today and dan bongino reacts to twitter permanentlyyyyy federal authorities are pursuing dozens of other cases. >> sean: last night, the president promised an orderly transition of power having exhausted any potential remedy as it relates to what happened in the election. democrats want another impeachment or they want somebody to invoke the 25th amendment. fox news is reporting tonight house democrats will try to launch another impeachment sham lawn the country monday. senator lindsey graham is pushing back against all the madness tweeting out "as the president stated last night, it is time to heal and to move on. speaker pelosi pushes impeachment in the last days of the term presidency, that would do a lot more harm than good grade later adding that as for the 25th amendment being invoked, i don't believe that's appropriate. and that prompted a bizarre response from the real speaker of the house, the one

senator lindsey graham right here, on next. trump's standings ♪ piano playing ♪ ♪ “what the world needs now” ♪ the only thing a disaster can't destroy is hope help now at redcross.org ♪ ♪ >> laura: here now, senator lindsey >> laura: here now senator lindsey graham of the senate judiciary chairman. senator graham, i am just -- i'm not surprised, but with all of the negative news that's persisted, of course the second impeachment push just out, a new morning console poll is showing that 50% of republican voters want trump to play a major role in the party that's up 9% since the capital riot, and it's being driven by a 15-point surge in support from g.o.p. women. i goes on to say, i think it's 81% have a positive view of president trump. that's up from 76% before thet impeachment vote. he's off twitter, he's not commenting on every news item has the absence made the heart grow fonder? >> i talked to him twice, so -- absolutely. what have we learned? trump policies are universally thought to be good by every corner of the republic

. >> let's take a listen, kurt, to something senator lindsey graham said this week. here it is. >> donald trump will be the strongest voice in the republican party for years to come. if you're wanting to erase donald trump from the party, you're going to get erased. most republicans like his policies. a lot of republicans like his style. a lot of people are disappointed with him personally at times but appreciate the outcome he's achieved for our country. so this idea of moving forward without donald trump and the republican party is a disaster for the republican party. >> is that true, kurt? after all that's happened the past couple of weeks, what influence do you think trump will actually have moving forward? >> well, what i've just heard lindsey graham say -- and it's embarrassing, frankly, what has become of lindsey graham but putting that aside, he said -- let's talk about outcomes. 400,000 dead americans, that's a good outcome? a white nationalist mob trying to violently overthrow the united states government, hang the vice president, hold hostage lawmakers and