chairman, and ranking member menendez.t's great to be with you again and thankful to you and your family and evan and john and lila that you're willing to serve once again as deputy security state. as a staff director of this, you have excellent experience and credentials and in your opening statement you reinforced the way your life experience, your values reinforced all the ways in which you will be an excellent secretary of the state-- secretary of state for this nation. i'm sorry not to be here there in person i was here for the send-off as the president-elect left delaware and headed towards washington to begin the inauguration, but it's been exciting to me to have a chance to hear my colleagues, both democrats and republicans, raise challenging issues and you're engaged and thoughtful and forward-looking answers. we gathered today at a moment when it is a real challenge for all of us that the events of last wednesday highlighted deep divisions in our country and some of the challenges our democracy faces and i'm hope

thank you. >> thank you, senator menendez. we will turn to you and i think the people are concerned about what we've read not just your speech of october 19 but the other ones you made which were substantially better and in many regards the biggest problem with october 19 speech was the lack of acknowledgment and the malign activity so you will have the opportunity today to the back fill that hole and the floor is yours. >> i think i am on. thank you, chairman risch. thank you ranking menendez and the stingless members of this committee prayed i would like to offer special gratitude to the senator cassidy who has left us form my home state of louisiana and senator coons for their generous introduction. i'm deeply honored to appear before you all as president biden's nominee to serve asly u. ambassador to the united nations. i am so grateful to the president for placing his trust in me. my husband lafayette greenfield, of retired foreign specialist today who is here and my other son lafayette junior who is you heard is called d

promised me things will get better when he becomes chairman and we'll hold you to that, senator menendez. good morning, everyone. we're here for a very important nomination hearing and that is the nomination of linda thomas-greenfield to be u.s. ambassador to the united nations. and we welcome you, assuming that is you down there. that is a long ways down. at least i have a chair where i can see over. we welcome you and your willingness to serve and also your family since they, obviously, will share in the sacrifices for the job. thank you for that. we have two very distinguished members of the united states senate to introduce ambassador thomas-greenfield and one of them is our own committee members senator and i'll wait until after senator senator coons. senator cassidy, as our guest, take the floor, please. >> thank you, members of the committee. it is a great honor to introduce somebody from my state and my home parrish as president biden's nominee to be the representative to the united nations and the representative of the united states in the security council ambassador linda thoma

thank you, chairman and ranking member menendez and distinguished members of this committee. like to offer special gratitude to senator cassidy who has left us from my home state of louisiana and senator coons for their generous introductions. i'm deeply honored to appear before you all as president biden's nominee to serve as u.s. ambassador to the united nations. and i'm so grateful to the president for placing his trust in me. my husband, lafayette greenfield a retired service specialist is here with me today along with my son, lafayette, who you heard we call deuce, our daughter, lindsay, serving our country currently in bolivia. i'm so proud of them all and so grateful for their love and their support and sacrifice as i take on this important position. i would also like to thank my extended family and that includes all of the members of the department estate who have been sending me so many kind messages of support. when i joined the foreign service in 1982, i was not the norm. many of my colleagues had gone to ivy league schools and i had gone to segregated high schools

menendez, mr. merkley. mr. moran, ms. murkowski, mr. murphy, mrs. murray. [inaudible conversations] mr. ossoff, mr. padilla, mr. paul, mr.. peters. [inaudible conversations] mr. portman, mr. reid, mr. risch, mr. romney. ms. rosen, mr. rounds, mr. rubio, mr. sanders. [inaudible conversations] mr. sasse, mr. schatz, mr. schumer, mr. scott of florida. [inaudible conversations] mr. scott of south carolina, mrs. shaheen, mr. shelby, ms. anna mom -- sinema. >> ms. smith, ms. stabenow, mr. sullivan, mr. tester. [inaudible conversations] mr. thune, mr. tillis, mr. toomey, mr. tuberville. [inaudible conversations] mr. van hollen, mr. warner, mr. warnock, ms. warren. [inaudible conversations] mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. biden, mr. young. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] >> the senate will be in order. the senate will be in order. the sergeant-at-arms will make the proclamation. >> hear ye, hear ye, hear ye all persons are commanded to keep silent while the house of representatives is exhibiting to the senate of the united states and

enter ranking member menendez, -- and to you, to ranking member menendez, to all the members of this committee, thank you for the opportunity to be a today and i greatly appreciate everything you have done to make this hearing possible at this time. and i want to thank senator durbin in absentia for his very kind introduction. it is truly the honor of a lifetime to appear before this committee as president-elect biden said nominee to be secretary of state. and it's an honor that carry special significance for me for two reasons. first, as you noted, i had the privilege of serving as the democratic staff director of this committee for six years, working alongside distinguished group of senators, including several still on the committee today, to advance american diplomacy and safeguard the interests of the american people. that experience gave me an abiding respect for this committee, for its finest bipartisan traditions, for the caliber of its members and staff , for the essential work it does to strengthen u.s. leadership around the world. if i have the honor of being a confirmed, t

thank you. >> thank you senator menendez.er our conversations earlier today and after hearing our opening statements, senator menendez as you can see there isn't a whole lot of daylight between us on most of these issues. certainly almost none whatsoever when it comes to objectives, strategy, and how to get there is obviously something that needs to be negotiated and all of our best heads together to try to get to that decision. we are interested in hearing that and obviously as senator menendez said, iran is at the top of the list we have problems in turkey, north korea is on the list and we have a lot of challenges, but we will do better if we all pull the wagon together and i think we are headed in that direction right now. with that thank you for your willingness to serve and the floor is yours. >> mr. chair man, thank you very much and to you and ranking member of menendez and all of the members of the committee thank you for the opportunity to be here today and i appreciate everything you've done to make this hearing po

go to mark warner, foreign relations likely to robert menendez, and bernie sanders of course will run the budget committee. talk to us about what that looks like for republicans. isn't all doom and gloom? is there any chance of pushing any part of the republican platform forward in the new congress if this is the case? >> let me throw you a curveball, gillian. the one list i didn't see was joe manchin. i bet you tonight that mitch mcconnell this morning is going to be having big conversations to get him to change partisans. he's talked about that 2 -three years ago. i bet that pressure is on right now because joe manchin will be in a tough place with the progressive liberal movement coming out of the house and senate, doesn't fit the values of west virginia. the rebel can the party is a better home for him. with that said, if you look at

senator menendez, you are recognized. sen. menendez: thank you, mr. chairman. i look forward to working with you and incoming chairman brown on important set of agendas i know the committee will be pursuing. today it is a sincere honor to introduce dr. cecilia rouse as >> this is not the first time i have introduced her to the committee, i had the same honor in 2009 when president obama nominated her to the council of economic advisers during the great recession. she helped provide strategies to strengthen our labor market and steer our country out of at what at the same as we realize was the worst economic recession since the great depression. she is being called upon by a president to serve our nation in an hour of greater peril and uncertainty. when she is confirmed, she will be the first african-american women to chair the president's council on economic advisors. aside from the historic nature of her nomination, she is experienced with both the obama and clinton administrations. along with her academic expertise she is eminently qualified. she currently se

chairman. >> is senator menendez back? i was told he is not back. if so, that will conclude the questioning. dr. yellen, you have made it through to the end of the hearing. i know this was a long day for you. we appreciate the fact that you are willing to serve. we congratulate you on your nomination. as you probably heard and some of the discussion, a number of the senators will want to submit to you questions for the record. some have already been stated here during the questioning period. others will be submitted in writing. those questions for the record are due by close of business tomorrow. and as indicated, the committee does want to move expeditiously, so we ask you to please respond to these questions for the record as quickly as possible, dr. yellen. we would like some thorough answers to all of these questions, but please respond to these as quickly as possible. and with that, dr. yellen, thank you for being with us today. this hearing is concluded. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the nati

next is senator menendez. sen. menendez: thank you, mr. chairman. dr. yellen, congrats on the nomination. i know that senator grassley asked you a question, i hope when you study it that you look at the fact that there are states like new jersey who give billions more than we get back, and states like iowa that get $5 billion more than they pay in federal taxes, or kentucky that gets 111 billion dollars -- gives $111 billion more than it gets in taxes. florida get $60 billion more than it pays in federal taxes. you can't have states continue to be economic engines and also be hurt in this case by the property tax deduction. it should be a look at the total equation and i hope you will do that as part of your review. since 2020 of the last year state and local governments have laid off 1.3 million workers, 1.3 million doctors, nurses, teachers, and school custodians. 1.3 million essential workers we rely on to fight for us on the front lines of the battle on covid. it is economic malpractice from my perspective what is happening. could you explain some o

would you talk to me and senator menendez on the jcpoa?>> september this year will be 20 years, september 11th. i think they'll remind us that they're still out there. do you agree with me the worst thing that america can do is have a false sense of security with the radical islam. do you agree with that the proposition, the only reason they haven't killed more of us, they haven't found a way to do it and we've kept our foot on their throats. >> and with al qaeda, isis, other extremist groups that target the united states. >> do you agree if they had a nuclear or chemical weapon if they could acquire one, they would use it. >> i think there's a high probability if they had access to such a weapon, certainly in the past they would have and going forward, something to be concerned about. >> 20 years later, where do we stand regarding the fight against al qaeda and isis? >> i think we've demonstrably made significant progress in different parts of the world against them when it comes to al qaeda in afghanistan, the original threat. they're st

menendez: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. menendez: mr. president, first i ask -- i have two requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. menendez: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to speak for up to five minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. menendez: mr. president, i will just remark of how quickly you have risen in the senate, so we welcome you here. i rise today in support of antony blinken's nomination to be secretary of state. i want to thank senator risch for working with me expeditiously to get this nomination to the floor, and i appreciate his work in common cause to achieve it. we all know mr. blinken has impressive credentials. he was confirmed by the senate as deputy secretary of state, and before that served as a deputy national security advisor and as the staff director of the senate foreign relations

millón de venezolanos podrían beneficiarse con este beneficio promovido hoy nuevamente por el senador menéndezente a la salida forzosa diferida. >> el tps de congreso solamente lo puede revocar el congreso mientras que el tps por vía ejecutiva no pueda ser presidente. podría tren mucha más fuerza trascendencia >> el experto reconoce como medidas políticas pero el tps podría crear una vía de residencia permanente. >> tenemos que esperar la implementación para ver cómo dejan ellos la posibilidad. hay mucha gente que no lo desea, que no le parece bien, y mucha gente también entiende que si. que sí se puede. >> ante las posibilidades los venezolanos esperan >> sí lo merecemos y es una buena oportunidad. >> mientras que otros venezolanos en estatus de asilo también pueden considerar protegerse con el tps >> lo que pasa es que dan la posibilidad de residencia, el asilo se queda esperando. >> una medida marcada por la espera del senador menéndez como demócratas y republicanos en la florida han presionado para que se otorgue el tps a los venezolanos pero los esfuerzos incluso siendo bipartidistas, han

i'm alicia menendez. i'll see you back here next weekend at 6:00 p.m.ices." >> for now i hand it over to my friend, joshua johnson. a very busy sunday with the news of this explosive phone call. a lot to talk about. >> there is. i keep going over this tape and going over this story and trying to think about whether there is another way to view this, whether there is a doubt that should be given the benefit of. i don't see it. this feels like one of those stories, and correct me if i'm not seeing something, aleisurea but it sounds like one of those stories that says what it is on the label. >> i try to stay away from words using like stunning, shocking and the minute i listen ed to this audio, that was all that was going through my mind. and so many questions, right, joshua, about what happens next, whether there's time, whether there's appetite for congress to censor or impeach the president. so much at stake. >> i was going to ask my guest that very thing. can we please have a peaceful start to a year some day? this was not going to be the year we were

he was extremely empathetic towards the man he thought was senator menendez. a side of president trump he does not like to show in public because he was talking that shows weakness. it is not weakness, it is a strength. i hope you rely on it in this darkest hour. host: that is john out of rio rancho new mexico. to follow-up on your points, you are talking about the 50/50 split in the senate and the power of kamala harris. we talked about this program on tuesday. james walner took a deep dive into how 50/50 split works in the senate, the power of the president of the senate, the vice president. to your point about the stimulus checks and their effectiveness, john taylor would disagree with you. john cogan and author come and john taylor a professor at stanford. they co-authored a column. "$2000 checks will not boost the economy." they write such spending does nothing to stimulate the economy. it only adds to the federal debt. they took a look at a report that studied the effects of that cash payment by the cares act last march. that report finding most responde

he was extremely empathetic towards the man he thought was senator menendez. a side of president trump that he does not like to show because he was taught that shows weakness, it is not weakness, sir, it is a strength and i hope your lie on it now in this darkest hour. host: that is john out of new mexico this morning. to follow-up on two of your points, you were talking about the 50-50 split in the senate, the power of the incoming vice president. we actually talked about that back on tuesday, a guest took a deep dive with us into how a 50-50 split works in the senate, the power-sharing agreements reached and the power of the president of the senate. and to your point about stimulus checks and their effectiveness, john cogan and john taylor would disagree with you. john cogan and author, john taylor a professor of economics, they co-authored a column in today's wall street journal. the headline, those $2000 checks will not boost the economy. they write, history shows such spending does nothing to steam let the economy, it only as to the federal debt. they tak

menendez, mr. merkley. >> mr. moran, ms. murkowski, mr. >> mr. ossoff, mr. padilla, mr.. mr. portman, mr. reed, mr. risc. >> ms. rosen, mr. rounds, mr. r. >> mr. sasse, mr. schatz, mr. s. >> mr. scott of south carolina,i nema. >> ms. smith, ms. stabenow, mr.. >> mr. thune, mr. tillis, mr. t. >> mr. van hollen, mr. warner, . >> mr. whitehose, mr. wicker, m. [background sounds] [background sounds] >> the senate will be in order. be in order. the acting sergeant at arms make the proclamation. >> hear ye, , hear ye, hear ye. all persons are commanded to keep silent on payment imprisonment while the house of representatives is exhibiting to the senate of the united states an article of impeachment against donald john trump former president of the united states. >> mr. president? >> the senator from kentucky. >> article to section four of the constitution says the president, vice president and all fellow officers of the united states shall be removed from office on impeachment for an conviction of treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. article one section three cla

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menendez? mr. menendez, no. mr. kaine? mr. kaine, no. >>> so, here we go. they are just waiting to announce right now, chris. >> so, what's happening right now is the parliamentarians, the people who sit in front of mike pence, if you are looking at the screen right now. you have the people who are on that top level. those are the senate parliamentarians. all right. those two rows. and they are pretty much the only ones who know the rules. so now, they are finishing the vote. and then, mike pence will record the vote. now, what has been remarkable here, so far. >> sanders. >> yeah, they are still going through the rollcall. sanders is, obviously, bernie sanders. is that, they have more yea or yes votes on this, than we anticipated. so far, we've heard seven. now, you have to remember where we are with this. okay? this is not a place to adjudicate claims, by law it is to certify what states have already adjudicated. so, we're going to listen to the vice president, now, read off the vote. and then, discuss the gravity of this moment. >> on this vote, the yeas

murphy: senator menendez telegraphed an early commitment to restore the coequal responsibility of the article one branch, the congress, to set foreign policy. we do not manage foreign policy. but we are vested by the constitution with setting priorities, including, as you referenced, declarations of war. we have shirked that response ability. we have frankly, willingly given up that power, because these decisions today are a lot harder to make. their artwork here, our enemies are harder to define, the beginnings -- they are murky, our enemies are harder to define, the beginnings and ends of war are harder to define. so we have to step in and authorize military action. we are going to have to frankly d authorize some military action. one of the earliest things we could do in the new congress is to end the authorization for the iraq war. and to modify, if not and, the authorization passed after september 11, to work in creeley defined the mission beyond that brought authorization -- two more concretely defined the mission beyond that brought authorization. and the statutes that govern t

thank you very much. >> senator menendez. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm glad we are having this second hearing on the u.s. china economic competition since the last hearing, i introduced with a number of my colleagues, the american league act. this bill seems to do four things. one, invest in american competitiveness. two, investtmp in american alliances and partners. three, invest in our values and for, our economic statecraft to ensure china pays a price for its predatory actions. america provides a comprehensive strategic approach addressing the new competitive u.s. china relationship and defined policies and allocate resources that combine and t mobilize all aspects of u.s. national power. starting with the recognition american competitiveness starts with investments here at home and workers education and science and technology and innovation. this bill is driven by a need for the u.s. economy and compete in the 21st century. that is the purposes to which, how i look at this. i'd like to ask, would you agree a serious approach china challenge has

enter ranking member menendez, -- and to you, to ranking member menendez, to all the members of this committee, thank you for the opportunity to be a today and i greatly appreciate everything you have done to make this hearing possible at this time.

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i'm alicia menendez.ing news, the president of the united states on tape tearing into georgia's secretary of state with a torrent of disinformation. the president pressuring him to find the votes to help overturn the will of georgia's voters. tonight, you're going to hear the audio for yourself. did we just witness a s

i'm alicia menendez.come on the air, nearly a dozen republican senators now threaten to object to certifying joe biden's electoral victory. theian

i'm alicia menendez.ays before the nation's 46th president takes the oath. from capitol hill, where thousands of national guard troops are protecting the peaceful transfer of power, to state capitols facing mountains of threats from extremists. also tonight, joe biden's opening gambit. and as the senate gets ready for yet another trial of donald j. trump, the house announces four committees

on capitol hill, senator bob menendez is leading the effort. saying this is going to be very difficult. he says he would not have lent his name, if you thought the biden administration would not have put political capital behind it. this seems like an area they will really push. rubio has been involved in the 2013 effort. he has said already this is a nonstarter. he does not like biden's proposal. mitch mcconnell now senate minority leader has said it creates huge incentive to rush into the country. it does seem like it is a priority for this administration. host: before we get to calls, let's dig into a little bit of the policy provisions the president has put out. you write about the u.s. citizenship after 2021, it speaks to that pathway for the 11 million undocumented immigrants in this country. how would this work? guest: he's breaking it up into two groups of undocumented immigrants. if you already have? or temporary protected status, if they meet specific requirements they could automatically get a green card. they would automatically be

is senator menendez back? i am told that he has not been able to make it back, so that concludes the questioning. dr. yellen, you have made it through to the end of the hearing. i know this was a long day for you. we appreciate the fact that you are willing to serve. we congratulate you on your nomination. as you probably heard and some of the discussion, a number of the senators will want to submit to you questions for the record. some have already been stated here in the questioning period. others will be submitted in writing. those questions for the record are due by close of business tomorrow. as senator wyden indicated, the committee does want to move expeditiously, so we ask you, dr. yellen, to please respond to these questions for the record as quickly as possible. we would like some thorough answers to all of these questions, but please respond as quickly as possible. with that, again, dr. yellen, thank you so much for being with us today. >> we have been listening to former fed chair janet yellen's co

eric and lyle menendez who killed her parents and life in jail, mary case who married the total student. because they are have one - - hello. jerry sandusky more rights than i do and it was infuriating. so military guy came up to me after the show and said now i see why you guys want to get married now and i understand it. so the power of comedy is so amazing it can break so many stigmas when you laugh with someone you like them. it is a bonding. i also talk about comedians with disabilities. >> it is fascinating and you layout a chapter on that history. >> and these comedians get on stage to talk about their disability in a funny way in which they can see how their life is. >> and one had cerebral palsy? >> there was a couple that i mentioned and one always wanted to be like carol burnett who just went on stage and talked about it and broke the stigma and gary talked about his depression. there are children of immigrants to talk about what it's like with immigrant parents it's just amazing the way a joke can trick you. >> and you write about this with the stereotypes how they are used

who would have are the new senate majority leader and new head of the senate one nation chairman menendezthey voted against iran nuclear deal. they have never been supporters. joe biden knows that he does not have the senate behind. within the administration self, there are division. we saw then i -- then -- need to ask -- act fast. he said, no. u.s. is happy with the situation. essentially, the view that iran is contained. there are also key members who worked extremely hard on the deal. the crowning achievement of their entire. those three things you need very strongly in the iran deal. they would see probably a detachment of important to a multicolor, international order. they are not the entire administration. they are key figures. others are against joining the nuclear deal right now. >> a very complex malady portrayed about the u.s. with different mystic agenda. does that explain the reason official stepping in and trying to, saying, you know why? you have to be very careful. >> there are people that voted against this. it is not just -- they felt like there was no oversight, that c

i'm alicia menendez.ew details about the siege on capitol hill and what the president was doing as the violence raged. >>> and twitter has blocked the president. will congress ban him next? the prospect of a second impeachment real and gaining steam. >>> also tonight, as the world watched scenes unfolding at the epicenter of our democracy, handing a gift to our foes and creating concerns among our allies. >>> and tonight, the rising threat among growing radicalization of americans. bad actors using the facade of patriotism to birth domestic terrorists. this is "american voices." we begin tonight with one of the most consequential and fast-moving stories of our

hello, i am alicia menendez.business, which for team biden, means starting from scratch. from covid to the economy to immigration, how he plans to get it all done. and tonight, new reporting on how republicans are already throwing up roadblocks. all, as we go through impeachment 2.0. one of the house-impeachment managers here to lay out the case democrats are going to bring, as we learn new details of just how far donald trump was willing to go to stay in power. and how doj officials kept him in check. this is "american voices." >>> we begin, with america's new era, which means, for president biden and his administration, it is go time to fix the just unbelievable number of crises facing america. to jump start efforts, the 46th president has issued a flurry of

i mentioned senator bob menendez. he is overseeing the effort on the senate side of bidens built. he acknowledged it will be difficult. he had a call yesterday where he said he felt optimistic that the biden administration was going to put a lot of effort into getting this done. the realities are the numbers are not necessarily on the democrat side even though they have the majority because they would need about 10 republicans to get involved if every democrat were to vote for it. there are some targeted republicans that they would hope would get involved. people like senators romney, murkowski, collins. that does not add up to 10 at this point. it seems much more probable. it is possible to do maybe dhaka but at this moment he didn't feel that comprehensive immigration reform was going to happen. something to secure a pathway to citizenship, secure the daca program the obama administration did legalize was possible. there might be pieces for a piecemeal approach of getting things done. there's a question of the relief package. you could put a pathway for essential workers who hav

senator menendez in the senate. it has a basic principles that we've talked about all along, and we will see what the timetable is on that. today we are in session to vote on the austin waiver. it is a waiver so that general lloyd austin can serve as secretary of defense. as i i said general austin isa highly qualified and well respected leader with over 40 years of decorated service picky brings a great understanding of the challenges facing our nation's defenses, and the sacrifice of our men and women in uniform, and their families. once the waiver is approved i feel confident that the senate will confirm the general as secretary of defense. civilian control of the military is not an issue for us. it is of value, a principal, and are so pleased that and like the trump administration, the biden administration not only allowed but encouraged the general to come and present his views, which is happening right now in armed services committee. so again, a very happy time. i am very proud of our members. .. psychologica

crapo: next is senator menendez. senator menendez: thank you, mr. chairman. alix: you've been listening to the confirmation hearing of almost treasury secretary janet yellen. a lot of interesting themes. the last question was about sanctions. yellen about taking on china's unfair practices, so not much about how confrontational abided administration would be, but a reversal seems off the cards. she also says tax cuts will not be rolled back during the crisis. interesting data. for the market reaction, you have bonds coming off their lows of the session. the treasury now lower on the day. as she talks about the long-term fiscal trajectory, saying it is important if interest in shares of gdp is not higher, meaning there is room to issue more debt. the markets have not changed that much. financials are still up .6% in mixed reports from goldman of bank of america. yet the small-cap world up 1%. the dollar still weaker on the day. the curve steeper. no big market moves. it feels like now it is a show me story when it comes to policy in the u.s.. we do want to upd

i'm alicia menendez. i will see you back here tomorrow at 6:00 p.m.ces." but for now i hand it over to my colleague, joshua johnson. joshua, happy new year. >> happy new year to you too, alicia. it's good to see you. i hope your year is off to a good start and i will see you tomorrow night. hey there. i'm joshua johnson. good to be with you tonight. so much for a quiet start to the new year. we begin with a developing story. 12 republican senators are threatening to reject the electoral college results. most of them are demanding a formal investigation into claims of election fraud, claims that remain unsubstantiated. congress is set to certify the election votes in a few

i'm alicia menendez. tonight, washington on lockdown. thousands of national guard troops staying in place to protect the peaceful transfer of power. just three days to go until joe biden's inauguration. the new president wants to hit the ground running and tonight his team is revealing their first day plans. an aggressive agenda with the backdrop of an impending impeachment trial. a sitting senator joins me tonight with how they're going to get it done. and as promised my exclusive interview withmi michigan's governor, secretary of state, and attorney general, who've all faced relentless attacks from donald trump andle his supporte. they're now working to protect their capitol building for a second time. this is "american voices." >>> the dawn of a new era across america tonight. as president trump prepares to leave office, it's clear joe biden will inherit an america on edge and deeply divided. an extraordinary display across d.c. tonight. at least 15,000 national guard troops are protecting the nation's capitol. 25,000 will be fanned o

i'm alicia menendez. tonight we have new details about the siege on capitol hill and what the president was doing as the violence raged. >>> and twitter has blocked the president. will congress ban him next? the prospect of a second impeachment real and gaining steam. >>> also tonight, as the world watched scenes unfolding at the epicenter of our democracy, handing a gift to our foes and creating concerns among our allies. >>> and tonight, the rising threat among growing radicalization of americans. bad actors using the facade of patriotism to birth domestic terrorists. this is "american voices." we begin tonight with one of the most consequential and fast-moving stories of our lifetimes, americans mounting deadly insurrection at the united states capitol. wednesday's despicable riot triggered by president trump's own words remain top of mind for droves of counterprotesters who rally today in d.c. and new york to, quote, stand against fascism. i cannot stress enough just how dangerous wednesday was. both