she met in the last hour, lisa murkowski, that is, with chuck schumer. nd john cornyn surmised that she would use this, murkowski would use this as an opportunity to let the administration know of some of her gripes with the biden administration over oil drilling and things of that name. so lisa murkowski, in this governing contract, every senator is in play on every issue. so everybody can kind of use this as an opportunity to make their voice known and their preferences be heard. that's the governing dynamic we're in and that's what we'll be dealing with for the next two years. >> let me mail for you another part of what ron clain said to my colleague joy reid last night. >> if neera tanden is not confirmed, she will not be the budget director. we will find another place for her to serve that doesn't need a senate confirmation. >> so does the white house know what position they would put her in if she does not get confirmed? and do they believe she would accept such a role? >> i was surprised frankly to hear ron klain to go that far to say there was a p

lisa murkowski had a very strong statement after her vote to impeach essentially saying, come at me. i don't care. if somebody like, you know, lisa murkowski who has been elected as an independent can run her own campaign and a republican from louisiana like senator cassidy can be strong in this vote it gives me hope that anybody can. >> of all those seven lisa murkowski is the one who is up for re-election in 2022. so she may have the most on the line in that vote. paul, i want to ask about the house impeachment managers jamie raskin and stacey plaskett among those getting a lot of attention for the job they did during this impeachment trial. specifically for plaskett, you know, she made history as the first delegate to be included in this role. here they are. >> this attack is not about one speech. most of you men would not have your wives with one atechlt at talking to her. it took numerous tries. you had to build it up. that's what the president did as well. he put together the group that would do what he wanted. and that was to stop the certification of the election so that he c

but we wait to hear from lisa murkowski. she had said before that she was going to wait for the committee process. but the committee process can't go because sinema is withholding her support for now. in terms of other nominees, xavier becerra, deb haaland, i think the white house remains confident they can get both of those through. tough questions, absolutely. but i think they haven't had a high-profile defection yet. we'll watch and see. >> john harwood, david gregory, thank you. >>> so the capitol insurrection was a wake-up call about the growing threat of white supremacists in america. what's being done about it? that's next. psst! psst! allergies don't have to be scary. spraying flonase daily stops your body from overreacting to allergens all season long. psst! psst! you're good. if you're on medicare, or retiring soon, making sure you have the right medicare coverage is important. so call unitedhealthcare and take advantage of a wide choice of plans including an aarp medicare advantage plan from unitedhealthcare. it c

they were hoping lisa murkowski would sign on to support tan den for the nomination. as you pointed out, she's not looking like she will support tanden in this nomination. we'll have to wait and see where she falls. >> daniella, it seems there is a problem because they can't get cooperation anywhere. the public overwhelmingly supports this but not a single republican in congress is on board with it. congressman tom reid said the popularity of the bill is going to wear off. tell that to somebody whose unemployment benefits are about to run out, but what are your sources on capitol hill? what are they saying about what it will take to get republicans on board with this bill and anything else for that matter? >> reporter: i really want to be clear, democrats don't need any republicans to sign on to support this package. and republican leaders are urging their members not to support this legislation, as you pointed out, because they feel it's riddled with proposals that had nothing to do with covid-19 and it's very expensive legislation that has to be passed after several

it emerged that one of the mean tweets that she sent was about lisa murkowski. nevertheless the fact that she's meeting with tanden suggests that she might have an open mind and look at an opportunity to say let's put this behind us. don't know the outcome, but neera tanden still have a shot and monday is critical. >> curious and curiousier. thank you so much. >>> the house is expected to pass the covid relief package today. >> let's go to manu raju on the hill. obviously they're going to keep that $15 minimum wage in it but it is not going to get through. it is a big decision last night. explain the importance of that and what it means now for people to get aid. >> reporter: the time line for getting aid will probably be early to mid-march. the push for the democrats is to get this done before that march 14th deadline when jobless benefits for millions of americans expire. today is a critical day to meet that deadline. the democrats advancing the $1.9 trillion package out of the house. this bill would touch virtually all aspects of the u.s. economy, provide mon

she still has tweets going after lisa murkowski for some of lisa murkowski's policy positions. so the tanden nomination right now is hanging on a thread. >> what is the perspective from the white house? biden only has 9 cabinet nominees approved by the senate, including those two yesterday. you see there on your screen compared to the past two administrations at this point. obama had 15. trump had 14 by february 24th. what is the mood? what is the perspective like from the white house as they see this delay in confirming the president's picks? >> well, they say that they are fighting for nira tandem still, that this is not over. they continue to back her. they're in conversations with the senate to see if there is a way to muscle this through. it is worth remembering that they started at a disadvantage when you look at those numbers from the obama administration, the trump administration. there weren't many cabinet nominees confirmed day one when president biden took office. there was a rocky transition that delayed a number of things including cabinet nominees. so there is som

he will have to defend both the lisa murkowski, susan collins, mitt romneys of his caucus at one point or another. murkowski soonest of all and find room from his conference for ted cruz, john johnson and josh hawley wings. here is the challenge. in theory, the easy way to do this would be the loyal opposition to joe biden and shape where you can. oppose where you can't the president's agenda. the problem for republican, what joe biden is trying to do now is really popular. the idea of another covid relief bill polls high. he's got a very difficult needle to thread if he wants to come anywhere close to taking back the majority in the next two years. >> it's extremely tough and that split is becoming wider and emotionally fraught and there's less trust in the republican conference than there has been in the past. what's your sense of where his mind is in terps of what happened over the weekend and also what it says about whether he'll be able to work with mcconnell and what challenges will come out of the way this played out. >> reporter: this will continue to be one of the most importa

that's what republican senator lisa murkowski said this morning of the stunning presentation by house impeachment managers. she says, quote, i knew what it meant to be running down this hallway with my colleagues. i wasn't fully aware of everything else that was happening in the building. now that they know, what will they do about it? what other surprises are in store from the house managers today, in the impeachment trial of the former president? they've already revealed a series of never-before-seen videos. vice president pence right there, looking behind himself and his family evacuating the senate chamber just before it was breached. senator tommy tubberville confirming overnight that he told the former president on the phone that pence was being evacuated, but the former president did nothing. house speaker nancy pelosi's staff, running to hide from the mob, moments before the insurrectionists tried to break down the door. senators mitt romney, chuck schumer, also seen on surveillance video. we have never seen this before, narrowly escaping the mob. >> and this morning, we have

democratic senators voted guilty along with seven republicans richard burr bill cassidy susan collins lisa murkowski mitt romney then sasse and pat toomey breading cased you missed any of today's trial proceedings we are going to show them now for you in their entirety. >> the senate will convene in the court of the impeachment and the chaplain dr. barry black will lead us in prayer. can is have order. the chaplain will lead us in prayer. >> let us pray. oh lord our god, yesterday this chamber reverberated to it a standing ovation for the coverage of officer eugene goodman in defending this building and human life. may our legislative jurors strive to emulate his courage in their defense of the united states t constitution. lord, touch and move them to believe that the end does not justify the means. help them to remember that they and is inherent and built-in to the means. fill our senators with the spirit that combines common sense with commitment, conscience and courage. we pray in your mers cell phone name -- merciful name, amen. >> please join me in signing the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge

open today is this question that has gone unanswered it seems from senator susan collins and lisa murkowski, they asked specifically when did trump learn of the breach of the capitol, what specific actions did he take to bring the rioting to an end and when did he take them. what do you think is the consequence for that at the end of the day being unanswered? there were no specific actions that were given by his attorneys to defend him in that regard. >> yeah, it is actually such an important question because the trump lawyers argued that when trump was saying fight, when trump was saying all the things that he was saying, it was just sort of normal politician speak, that he didn't intend otherwise for this riot, for this occupation, for this insurrection to happen. that wasn't what he was planning. and as evidence of that, the house managers pointed to just as you said the fact that it doesn't appear that after the president knew that the capitol was being occupied, that he did much of anything. and so what the president was doing as the capitol was being occupied became a central issue. t

fate of his office management and budget nominee neera tanden as she meets with centrist senator lisa murkowskifeline on her rocky nomination. now, of course, we don't know house senator murkowski is going to vote, what she is going to decide to do. that is something we will be on the lookout for. >> we appreciate it. thank you. >>> white house correspondent from politico with us now, laura, good to see you. thanks for being here. let's talk about neera tanden first of all. she is having this meeting, as jasmine said, with senator murkowski, who maybe the swing vote. but does the white house have a plan b here? have you heard of other names that might be out there if it doesn't work with tanden? >> reporter: yeah, we have heard of schland a young, who used to work in congress on the house side, on budget issues, and so she is potentially one of the frontrunners. she has a lot of support from black lawmakers in the house, as well as some republicans in the senate. senator shelby also is behind her, before all of the complications of tanden arose. and so -- but every time a name like young's is b

and alaska senator lisa murkowski is really looked at as the last possible line to get this nominationhrough with vice president harris then making that tiebreaking vote. they're meeting monday. we don't know how murkowski is going to vote. they're going to meet and she said she's undecided. we really, we'll rwait until monda. >> thank you. >>> errol louis is with us. right now. errol, good to see you. >> good morning, christi. >> before we get into what happened with the budget bill, the relief bill, i want to ask you about neera tanden. how crucial is her nomination, her appointment, then, to the biden administration? i mean, if there's this much discord about it, how long do you think he'll stand by her? >> well, it's an important marker politically for this administration. neera tanden was one of the warriors who went out there and sort of fought the good fight and helped bring this administration into power. you don't leave those kind of folks on the battlefield. you have to go and fight for them. even as has been suggested, it looks like the nomination may not go through. it's go

it will need help from at least one republican senator like lisa murkowski who is still undecided on tanden. >> the stage we're in is working to continue to fight for her nomination and as you know, it's a numbers game. >> reporter: sources tell cnn the biden administration is conceding tanden's nomination could fail, as two senate committees postponed a vote on her nomination. >> it's really sad to see someone with her ability being denied an opportunity to serve this nation. >> reporter: and senator lisa murkowski expressing some serious concerns about tanden's past social media posts saying that she's worried that the country and senators themselves are getting numb to derogatory tweets. >> lauren, thanks very much. >>> in just a few hours the house holds its first hearing on the deadly insurrection at its u.s. capitol. lawmaker also hear testimony from the acting chief of the capitol police and acting house sergeant at arms. cnn's live at the preview. >> reporter: the testimony of the acting chief is so important. at the time of the insurrection she was head of intelligence and o

and lisa murkowski, the one senator everyone has been wat watching, hasn't made a decision. however she told reporters she has heard from the white house and is doing her due diligence. wolf? >> thank you so much. >>> growing fight over the creation of an independent commission to investigate the capitol siege. what republicans are objecting to. >> is president biden's pandemic stimulus plan in jeopardy as democrats fight over including a $15 an hour minimum wage? we'll talk about it with a key democratic member of congress. that's next. as someone with hearing loss i know what a confusing and frustrating experience getting hearing aids can be. that's why i founded lively. affordable, high-quality hearing aids with all of the features you need, and none of the hassle. i use lively hearing aids and it's been wonderful. it's so light and so small but it's a fraction of the cost of the other devices. they cost thousands less. it's insanely user friendly. you take the hearing test online, the doctor programs in the settings. you don't even need to go into an office. they're deli

i think the white house is waiting to see whether it's possible that lisa murkowski could support this, just as joe manchin changed the onus for republican senators. before joe manchin declared, the white house believed neera tanden had one or more republican votes. it becomes more difficult for a republican to vote for her if that's going to be the decisive vote. by the same token, if the nominee can get a republican vote, murkowski, it becomes more difficult for someone like kirsten sen ma or bernie sanders to be the decisive vote. everyone is waiting to feel it out and see if it's possible to get murkowski. if not, obviously the nomination is doomed. we're not quite at that point yet. >> john, that's a great point. you've got two or cabinet nominees, but you've got javier becerra in terms of the hhs pick and deb haaland for interior. i wonder if you have a sense for how the white house is feeling on this front given the criticism of them, what romney has brault up in the last 24 hours. is there a confidence they're going to eke through these committees? >> reporter: yes, the white h

senator lisa murkowski spoke to reporters and said she is disturbed and angry and the evidence is prettyamning, but on the others, mart -- marco rubio said this was powerful material but he doesn't think it convicts. he still contends that you can't convict a former president. judy: quickly, yamiche, you have been following the story for a long time. so much of what we heard today was about what the president has sa over the past many mths, what he has done. what is your sense of how that is playing out? yamiche: democrats really put up a damning argument against president trump and they used his own words and never before seen video of his perceived opponents, his targeted opponents running for their lives. we heard from president trump over and over. he is not going to testify the trial area legal experts say it is because he was scared he was going to perjure himself. we saw president trump at rallies, in interviews, over and over saying this election was rigged and stolen from him. we know now that none of that was true. what was interesting is, they were going back, the impeachment

lisa murkowski of alaska. mitt romney of utah. sasse and toomey. made pretty fascinating statements about their reasoning for their votes. bill cassidy posted this forthright and concise statement on twitter. >> our constitution and our country is more important than any one person. i voted to convict president trump because he is guilty. >> lisa murkowski released a detailed and fiery statement saying in part, quote, if months of lies, organizing a rally of supporters in an effort to thwart congress, is not worthy of impeachment, conviction, and disqualification from holding office in the united states, i cannot imagine what is. but you knew the but was coming if you've been watching this weekend. the vast majority of republican senators in a manifestly cowardly act of bad faith hid behind a moot procedural question that they invented. like mitch mcconnell, who let's remember, delayed the impeachment trial until donald trump was no longer president, at which point he said he couldn't convict him because donald trump was no longer president. thank

senator susan collins and lisa murkowski voted yes. all this coming after we heard from democrats last night, senator whitehouse saying the witnesses would clear up the timeline here and they would be open to it. now they're deciding to move forward. you have senator minority leader mitch mcconnell who came out minutes before this trial came into session as we were preparing to head into the final day of arguments here and he said he does plan to vote to acquit. now it is a question of whether or not those other handful of republican senators do here. they need 17 to convict. right now these handful of republican senators we've been keeping our eye on over the last couple days, they're proving to make the difference here. you have a handful voting to move forward with witnesses. >> i want to bring in our legal team. kate shaw, traumatic twist in this trial. it may not change the possibility of conviction in the end, but what -- actually hold on. they're about to announce the vote. then i'll come back to you. let's go back to the floor.

now lisa murkowski said this was a new tweet. and this is more evidence of how the american public and senators, lawmakers on capitol hill have gotten too used to negative tweets like this one. she said clearly this is an illustration that she needs to continue doing her homework on neera tanden. democrats do not have unity on her nomination, because joe manchin said he would not support tanden. >> thank you, lauren. we'll see where it goes soon. we're keeping an eye on the house hearing regarding the deadly insurrection at capitol. >> and the push to vaccinate americans set to ramp up even more. that is good news. especially after the discovery of the new coronavirus variants spreading in new york city and parts of the northeast. ahead, why this strain could have health officials worried. the secret to amazing hair? dove believes you get amazing results when you get the details right. that's why for our new dove hair therapy range we have selected ingredients so potent they instantly nourish damaged hair at a cellular level. 100

if lisa murkowski is a no and that is when you see them go to an alternative nominee.ief, it is out of their hands because if the parliamentarian knows that they don't have a vote to overrule the parliamentarian's decision and in that case the minimum wage would not be an issue in this bill. if the parliamentarian said $15 minimum wage could stay in, then you have the beginning of a conversation and a negotiation with manchin and cinema and then the question is if they insist on a change or reduction in the $15, what does this do on the house side or if the house could not move then you have a threshold test for manchin and cinema, are you willing to bring this bill down because of your objections. i think the white house is still betting at the end of the day that when it comes to final passage on that bill, whether it is a $15 minimum wage or no minimum wage or something less, $13, they'll hold all 50 democratic senators but we'll get the proof in the next couple of weeks. >> we will and maybe even today in terms of the first step with the parliamentary an ruling. th

county lisa murkowski faces re-election next year today in a withering new statement, murkowski said mr. trump swore an oath to uphold america and he failed to uphold that oath late saturday night president biden released a statement where he ceased on gop leader mitch mcconnell's own words, rebuking mr. trump's conduct as a. >> disgrace disgraceful derelict shun of duty morally responsible for provoking the events of the day no question about it >> and kelly president biden is trying to move past the impeachment. >> reporter: well, jose, this coming week he'll be making his first official trips as president being sworn in just a month ago heading to wisconsin for a televised town hall and then michigan to visit pfizer vaccine. >> kelly o'donnell at the white house. thank you. >>> there are growing questions about what former trump will do once he was once again acquitted. his allies claim he will maintain his position atop the republican platform. but he's far from over. >> reporter: his allies arguing. >> the trump movement is alive and well. all i can say is that the most potent f

republican senators susan collins and lisa murkowski sent this question to the desk. >> exactly when did president trump learn of the breach of the capitol, and what specific actions did he take to bring the rioting to an end? and when did he take them? please be as detailed as possible. >> the house managers have given us absolute -- on to that question. >> that was it. that was the answer. the senators were asking him what his client donald trump did, and he had no answer. and so democratic senator ed markey sent exactly the same question word for word a few minutes later to the desk to highlight the absurdity of the trump lawyer's response. if republican susan collins and lisa murkowski vote to convict donald trump, they will be voting guilty because of the answer to that question. the answer to that question could make this the most bipartisan guilty vote in a senate impeachment trial of a president or former president in history. republican senator mitt romney, who has already voted guilty once before in the first senate trial of donald trump, sent this question to the desk. >>

lisa murkowski would be key.joe manchin's vote to oppose her. it's not quite over. she's definitely the biden nominee who is in the biggest trouble. very annoying, distressing to some democrats that there is a double standard when it comes to the ferocity of tweets between tanden and president trump. there is really no comparison. and people like mitch mcconnell were willing to countenance donald trump's tweets but find neera tanden' unacceptable. it is a double standard the biden white house doesn't want to be abide by the standards of civility common with the last administration. >> all right. a "washington post" reporter seung min kim has been targeted with sexist and racist abuse from parent supporters of omb nominee neera tanden. kim received a wave of ugly online comments after huffington post reporter igor bobik posted this image of kim showing senator murkowski an old tweet from tanden. "the daily beast" reached out to tanden. because protocol states they cannot speak to reporters until confirmed, she dec

we're hearing from senator lisa murkowski, who spoke to reporter a minute ago.bed and angry and the evidence is pretty damning. however, on the other side of this we are hearing from members like marco rubio who said, "this was powerful video but i don't think it convicts." he still contends you cannot convict an expresident. >> woodruff: and quickly now to yamiche. yamiche, you've been following this story for a very long time. so much of what we heard today was about what the president has said over the past many months, what he's done. what's your sense of how that is playing out? >> reporter: well, democrats really put up a damning argument against president trump, and they were using his own words, and they were also using never-before-seen video of his perceived opponents, his targeted opponents, running for their lives. we heard from president trump over and over again. he,sh, is not going to be testifying in this 2r50eu8. legal experts are saying it was because he was scared he was going to perjure himself. what we saw was president trump at rallies and

you can see for example, in alaska, lisa murkowski.re is going to moderation on all sides, but the past four years has often been about energy independence. it came up already today. in the biden administration the focus is going to be on climate change. the needle is going to move a little bit more in that direction, pretty much on all of these issues, and use that as a measure for how you go forward. i think what she is saying is that there are other kinds of energy that need to be explored too, maybe we are creating jobs in other sectors to make up for some of these that require more innovation. i think she brings real perspective far beyond those others. ? anchor: astrazeneca is expected to deliver fewer than half of the doses it was contracted to supply to the european union by the end of june. an official says the pharmaceutical giant will deliver 130 million doses. the firm had committed to providing 300 million. it means it could struggle to meet its target of vaccinating 70% of adults by the summer. a finnish court has been he

six more years in their term, and then you also have one who is up next year for reelection is lisa murkowskialaska. so there's not real -- as much political risk for those senators who decided to convict. if all 50 republican senators did not have to worry about another election for six more years perhaps we would have seen a different outcome, but there is a clear concern among those senators who are facing reelection next year about a primary challenge because despite the position that donald trump is in at the moment, he is still a formidable force in the republican primary. so that's one reason why you saw a strong showing towards donald trump. and you're right, abby, though, i spent the last several weeks talking to virtually everybody in the senate republican conference about donald trump's conduct. very few are defending his conduct. they give some level of criticism, as strong as we heard from mitch mcconnell yesterday to that he has some level of culpability in what happened on january 6, but ultimately they all comb their hat around that technicality saying that the constitution in

democratic senators voted guilty along with seven republicans richard burr bill cassidy susan collins lisa murkowski mitt romney then sasse and pat toomey breading cased you missed any of today's trial proceedings we are going to show them now for you in their entirety. >> the senate will convene in the court of the impeachment and the chaplain dr. barry black will lead us in prayer. can is have order.

buffer cassidy claims his support will hold over time >> reporter: of the seven, only alaska's lisa murkowskiaces reelection next year in a withering statement, murkowski said mr. trump failed to uphold an oath. late saturday night, president biden released a statement where he diseased on gop's leader mitch mcconnell's own words rebuking mr. trump's conduct as a -- >> disgraceful dare election of duty >> practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. no question about it >> reporter: this coming week, president biden will make his first official trips as president, having been sworn in just about a month ago, visiting wisconsin for a televised town hall on tuesday. and then thursday, going to michigan to tour a pfizer vaccine plant. it's certainly an opportunity for the president to reclaim some of the spotlight. frances. >> kelly, thank you. >> while former president trump's acquittal cemented his role atop of the republican party, his legal troubles are far from over. here's geoff bennett >> reporter: arguing his allies cement his role in the gop >> the trump move

and we have the likes of lisa murkowski, senator from alaska, republican, not a huge trunk them. she is saying, having listened to the evidence over the last eight hours, how could you possibly consider donald trump for office again? that may well be the best the democrats can hope for here. while they don't get a conviction for donald trump in the senate, what they do is damaged them so politically that he can never run for office again what is. also clear from watching the video, there is going to be more court cases from this. the fbi already confirmed to 17 people have been charged. those people stretch over 43 states, but there are going to be more charges. now they are dealing with individuals, but what the fbi will move on to very soon, is they will look at groups of people, and whether or not there was a conspiracy, and who directed that conspiracy. it was behind the organizing of the march and the right. at the moment the senators are just continuing donald trump's role and how from july last year, he was saying the election would be stolen, how people would have to figh

. >> reporter: some republicans like alaska's lisa murkowski say it's tough to see everything laid out. >> we lived it once. and that was awful. >> reporter: one capitol police officer died, and more than 100 were injured that day. and there needs to be 17 votes from the gop to convict. some republican senators say, though, that the rioters are the ones who are responsible, not mr. trump. and in fact, senator rand paul of kentucky walked out when they were showing video of how close those rioters got to vp mike pence. anne-marie? >> wow, that is really disappointing when you consider the fact that he's supposed to be a juror -- jurors generally don't walk out in the middle of arguments. debra alfarone in washington. thank you. >>> so the race to vaccinate americans takes a major step today. the u.s. government is starting shipping vaccines to 6,500 pharmacies coast to coast, especially to those in underserved areas. the initiative targets major chains including cvs and walgreens, but eligible people for the vaccine will have to make an appointment. >>> and new data from the cdc shows 9

susan collins of maine, lisa murkowski, ben sasse, mitt romney, pat toomey of pennsylvania. so a few republicans did end up voting with the democrats, in addition to what we saw with the previous impeachment trial in january. >> okay, so i wonder about the argument, though, mitch mcconnell, who is no longer majority leader, but when he was, he didn't want to have the trial while president trump was still president. he decided to wait, now president trump is former and no longer president, and he says the trial should no longer be held because he's no longer president, is that circular in terms of the argument? >> there is this sort of political dance that has to happen, you know, as in particular for a number of republicans who are encountering these questions now who said forcefully after january 6th, look, what the president did was wrong. they called out the president personally. now that a few weeks have passed, obviously, the question is are they still in the same place or have they come over to support the president? by and large, more republicans have come back to sup

that would be a simple majority vote sprayed on your screen as lisa murkowski, republican of alaska who voted the proceedings were constitutional. she could be one of those republicans that vote to convict tomorrow. we are asking you what your thoughts are in today's proceedings. in the question and answer period, what did you think of the questions asked and the answers given? diana and kentucky a democratic color we will go to you. >> caller: i agree sandra. i want to know -- i want to know the answers to her questions. i also would like to hear from penn's. i think penn's should be a witness tomorrow. he has been silent in all of this. they wanted to hang him, they had a noose for him. they were hunting for him. what would you ask the former vice president? >> caller: i would like to ask him to tell us how fearful you were and do you think that trump incited the riots? he has been quiet. i think he is afraid. i think he is afraid of the trump supporters and trump himself. someone okay diana, justin of cnn sense of this tweet, when asked whether he was satisfied with answers from the

votes that voted yes for witnesses they named mitt romney named susan collins and they named lisa murkowski all 3 are republican senators they also. had john meacham is name in there he is a democrat from west virginia but considered to be a swing vote in the senate often sometimes votes with republicans so it's clear to me just from those 3 names and i didn't catch all of them but from those 3 names there's more than enough there's more than 50 so it looks as if will be moving towards depositions which won't please don't trump won't please this team but it's something that jimmy ruskin says is important to get to the bottom of what happened so there may be just one deposition there may be more to that so this i think that means that we will not be moving to closing arguments by him to business today alan explain that for us now what will decide whether it will simply be about who's called to testify or whether trance lawyers will have their way and and core hundreds of people. if she says kevin mccarthy said that to me and this congresswoman and this congressman and he was there as well th

. >> reporter: in a tweet from 2017, she slammed senator lisa murkowski cow city for supporting then president trump's tax cuts. tanden retweeted murkowski with this, no offense but this sounds like you're high on your own supply. murkowski who said she is undecided about tanden's tweet only learned about it yesterday. >> high on my own supply. should i ask her my own supply of what? >> reporter: this morning tanden's supporters point to republicans who gave former president trump a pass for his tweets. for now the white house is sticking by tanden. >> neera tanden would be one of the most outstanding budget directors we've had. she knows policy. she knows all the -- how to get something done in washington. >> reporter: but republican senator john kennedy painting a bleak picture when it comes to tanden's prospects. >> i'm not saying she is a smoked turkey, but the smoker's warming up. >> susan collins, a key republican senator, said tanden's decision to delete tweets before her confirmation process raises concerns about her transparency. >>> tragedy on a lake in ohio. a 16-year-old

lisa murkowski has a very strong base beyond the republicans. real story, i think, is that 43 republican senators in the face of this evidence, voted to acquit, along with 90% or more of the house republicans. and i believe what that tells you is the pro trump sentiment back home is much more significant than the fact that seven republican senators said, all right, we have to convict. and if you want to see a sense of that, fox news sent out an alert right after the vote saying here are the seven republicans who turned their backs on the president. that's a pretty strong indication, i think, th the fear of trump's voters and what trump might do in the year or the year ahead is really the driving fact of the republican party. >> sreenivasan: somebody who did vote to acquit, mitch mcconnell, he said something that almost opened a doorway for the criminal courts now, should be where trump finds justice. >> right, and i think we should remember that mcconnell voted to acquit because you can't impeach and remove a former president. and it was mcconne

what she said about the lisa murkowski doing the president's tax reform.o offense, sounds like your high on your supply. susan collins, she is the worst. ted cruz, vampires are more heart. on bernie sanders. russia did more to help the dnc than random internal emails helped hillary. this is not a way to gracious eight yourself with the left or right. the administration said we will get her a job if she can't pass this we'll get her something else to appoint her too. steve: the administration is not willing to throw in the towel yet. lear is chief of staff ron klain. >> neera tanden would be a superb budget director. she would be one of the most outstanding budget directors we had. she knows policy. she knows you how to get something done in washington. she is a great candidate for the job and certainly worth fighting our guts out to get her confirmed. we can't make someone acting director of an agency who has not been senate confirmed. that is the law. if neera tanden is not confirmed she will not become the budget director. we will find a place for her to

lisa murkowski of alaska, "i think that the house managers are making a very strong case," she said,t the words the president used, how he used them, when he used them to build the anger and violence we saw at the capitol." doesn't mean they are going to vote to convict, but if you are a house impeachment manager, this is what you want to hear. >> o'donnell: nancy cordes, thank you. we turn now to breaking news on the coronavirus pandemic. tonight, the c.d.c. is putting out new guidance on masks, as concern grows that those highly- contagious variants of the virus are now spreading rapidly nationwide. and it comes even as deaths, hospitalizations and new infections now appear to be dropping. we get more now from cbs's carter evans. >> reporter: tonight, a disturbing new covid development in california-- the arrival of the more aggressive variant first discovered in south africa. >> two cases have been reported through stanford, one in alameda county, and one in santa clara county. the issue of mutations is top of mind. >> reporter: the number of known variant cases in the u.s. spiked

in the future we don't know a good indicator though may be coming in about 2 years time when lisa murkowski the senator who is the only one of the 7 republicans who voted to convict who is up for re-election that year how will her what will be her fate in the hands of republican voters that is a big question that we're looking at also it's notable that joe biden the president of the u.s. now is moving forward with his agenda he watched this impeachment unfold over the weekend at camp david and he released a statement in response saying that this sad chapter in our history has reminded us that democracy is fragile and that it must always be defended. for how do you think about how did you come to the. crowds are out demonstrating against man miles military rumors for a 9th consecutive day the generals are giving themselves new powers to monitor search and detain people involved in protests more than 380 people have been detained since military seized power in a coup on february 1st as this report. thousands of people gather in different parts of yemen god but all with the same demands they w

. > reporter: alaska senator lisa murkowski could be that one, but tonight says she's not yet made aion. tanden had deleted more than a thousand tweets before being nominated, but late tonight, a newly-surfaced tweet shows she'd even attacked murkowski in the past. also tonight, president biden said he's read a u.s. intelligence report that cbs news has learned, is expected to show saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman approved the 2018 killing of journalist jamal khasogghi. the president is expected to speak soon with the saudi king, and it's likely this report will be part of that conversation, norah. >> o'donnell: ed o'keefe at the white house, thank you, ed. and there is still much more news ahead on the "cbs evening news." bruce springsteen's day in court-- what he told the judge he'd do right away. and, a former u.p.s. driver delivers in a big way, with a record donation to his former college. ups driver delivers in a big way with a record donation to his former college. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin

former republican presidential candidate there who's now a senator in uta you have susan collins lisa murkowski ben sasse from nebraska who has been already criticized by his party for voting against donald trump and then one of the surprises was was bill cassidy from louisiana who would be considered to be a trump supporter i suppose because he's backed a number of the measures that don't transfer it to the house but to vote against him was was quite a surprise so there is the establishment wing in the donald trump wing and no the 2 of them will have to live on comfortably as they head towards 2024 but just talking about 2024 for a moment. because he wasn't convicted here donald trump is not excluded from running for office again and there has been talk that he may well run for the presidency in 2024 his opponent his supporters say he will run and he will win he will become the 40. 5th and the 47th president there's no reason why he can't run but what the democrats have done even though they haven't proven money is to convict him here but with mitch mcconnell saying the prove the case they hav

there was one question from mitt romney of utah and lisa murkowski of alaska, asking when donald trumpence was in danger and was it before trump tweeted out criticising mike pence. and the defence was not able to give a very good answer on that, so i think there are some concerns among a few republicans at least and certainly among the democrats that donald trump, while the riot was going on, did not respond to it quickly and he had a disregard for the safety not only of the members of congress but for his own vice president. that's interesting. and going into this trial, the received wisdom was that there would not be enough votes to impeach president trump on this. has anything in this trial so far shifted that? not that we have seen. i've been reviewing some of the things that republican senators have said to the media after the trial went into recess for the day, and the folks that you would expect to be against impeaching and convicting donald trump were still against it. if you remember there was that vote on tuesday night about whether there should be a trial at all and 56 senat

. >> reporter: even republican senators susan collins and lisa murkowski say they were confused. >> i was perplexed by the first attorney who did not seem to make any arguments at all. >> president trump's team were disorganized, they did everything they could but to talk about the question at hand, and if i'm an impartial juror and one side is doing a great job, and the other side is doing a terrible job on the issue at hand, as an impartial juror, i'm going to vote for the side that did the good job. >> reporter: and sources tell abc news trump is not pleased with the performance of his defense team. trump's other attorney, david schoen, getting things back on track trying to assert since trump was removed from office by the will of the american voters, democrats have no case. >> for a great many americans see this process for exactly what it is, a chance by a group of partisan politicians seeking to eliminate donald trump from the american political scene. >> reporter: but after four hours of arguments, senators voting to move ahead with the trial with six republicans siding with d

james langford was actually quite emotional at the end of the last couple of years when there's lisa murkowski who is a republican senator from alaska has said that she will obviously listen to what the defense have to see when they make their presentation but essentially saying how can someone sit through that and not think that donald trump will never become president of the united states again and that may be what the democrats can achieve of this because as you see the numbers at the moment do tend to stack up and they me peel a few senators over to their side maybe as many as 10 but that will mean these still fall short of the 67 votes that they need in the senate to convict donald trump. certainly the there are democrats who say how can people possibly defend what they've seen particularly when you have people who came to the capitol building saying they were going to hang mike pence and in the video that we saw in the last couple of hours you saw how close they came to mike pence i mean they were literally just feet away and excel said he stepped out as some of the distances that one in

is the trust i have from the people that elected me >> reporter: of the seven, only alaska's lisa murkowski faces reelection next year in a withering new statement, murkowski said that mr. trump swore an oath to defend america and all we hold sacred he failed to uphold that oath. late saturday night president biden released a statement where he seized on gop leader mitch mcconnell's own words, rebuking mr. trump's conduct as a -- >> disgraceful dereliction of duty >> reporter: reaching across-party to assess mr. trump the same way as -- >> practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. no question about it >> reporter: this coming week, president biden will make his first official trips as president, having been sworn in just about a month ago, visiting wisconsin for a televised town hall on tuesday and then thursday going to michigan to tour a pfizer vaccine plant. it's certainly an opportunity for the president to reclaim some of the spotlight. francis? >> kelly, thank you. >>> also divided over mr. trump's acquittal is the american public. but the former preside

republican senator susan collins and lisa murkowski were spotted taking extensive notes. even if republicans were compelled by the presentation put forward by democrats tonight, there is still that question of whether or not it will be enough to get 17 republicans to vote to convict. tonight, david, that still seems unlikely. >> and as you point out, they could hear a pin drop, there were reports, it was so silent in that room after that video. rachel scott leading us off tonight. rachel, thank you. >>> as rachel reported there, house managers did convince one more republican to vote with them, republican senator bill cassidy of louisiana. i want to bring in jon karl now, our chief washington correspondent, and jon, this was not expected. here's what senator cassidy said after voting the trial is constitutional, of course, making it six republicans voting with the democrats, he said he was not impressed with the former president's legal team. >> president trump's team were disorganized, they did everything they could but to talk about the question at hand and when they ta

republican senator lisa murkowski saying tonight that she is outramged, calling that evidence damning. and then senator mitt romney said it was the first time seeing that footage, watching the moments where he ran for his safety. he said he did not flinch at all, but he had no idea that that violent mob was just steps away. tonight, romney thanking the officer that warned him that danger was ahead. that office, of course, was eugene goodman. tonight, he was spotted right outside the senate chamber, david. >> really something for the senators to see themselves in the images for the first time. rachel scott, thank you. >>> the former president in mar-a-lago, now his defense will come, of course, later in the trial. i do want to bring in jonathan karl, our chief washington correspondent tonight, and jon, so many of those images we hadn't seen before and, of course, the video of former vice president mike pence, an ardent supporter of president trump for four years, so loil to the president, then seen escorted from the chamber, whisked to safety, his life in danger. and we reported at the

we saw senatorjohn gordon who was a long—time trump defender, senator lisa murkowski say that they, fordent's defence here, had no idea what his attorneys were talking about, and it actually reached the point where one senator who was supporting the president has flipped his vote because he said the democratic health managers made such a compelling case that this was constitutional that there was no arguing with at. so not a great day for the president. and yet it looks very unlikely to result in conviction, doesn't it? largely because so many republicans are worried if they vote for conviction, they will face a challenge in their seats not from democrats necessarily but from more extreme republicans. absolutely, and that is the real shame for the country, really, is that you have these republicans who are still so controlled by the influence donald trump wields over the party, that it doesn't matter if donald trump's attorneys stood up and said nothing all day today, they would still vote to acquit this man who is on camera plainly inciting an insurrection, and that is something that t

more important particularly in western states and you could see for example in alaska senator lisa murkowski with the alaska native community strongly behind represent her polland being supportive there's going to be moderation on all sides but really the past 4 years has all been about energy independence and it came up already in the area today whereas in the biden administration the focus is going to be on climate change and so the middle is going to move a little bit more in that direction pretty much on all of these issues and use that as kind of a metric for how you go forward and i think what she's saying is that there are other kinds of energy that needs to be explored to that maybe we're creating jobs in other sectors to make up for some of these ones that. require more innovation i think she brings just real perspective from far beyond those of welcomes that if you want the nations security council members have met virtually to discuss the impact of climate change on peace and security such a general and you could have said it was the just finding issue of all time u.k. prime minis