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mr. graham: thank you very much. as i understand, senator sanders will come after i speak. i'll talk 10 or 15 minutes and then we'll get on with the process of voting. so to the american people who may be watching, what is this all about? this is an effort by the -- my democratic colleagues supported by president biden to pass $1.9 trillion in covid relief through a budget process that requires only 50 votes. it goes around the idea of bipartisanship. and i would say this. i think all of us would like unity. i think president biden has said all the right things at his

mr. graham, aye. >> mr. president. >> mr. sullivan. >> as a point of inquiry there's a little confusion here. is that a vote on one witness? >> debate is not allowed during the vote. >> it's not debate. >> senator from alaska. >> it's a point of inquiry on what we just voted on. >> i am advising that is not allowed during the vote. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> point of order, it's not allowed during a vote. [silence] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> on the question of we should consider and debate in the impeachment and a motion to subpoena witnesses or documents. the motion is agreed to by a vote of 55-45. the majority leader. >> mr. president i suggest the absence of the corren. >> the clerk would call the roll. [roll call vote] after negotiating the issue of witnesses away from cameras manager jaime raskin read the comments of the republican member of congress and to the re

mr graham mr graham not guilty mr grassley. mr grassley not guilty mr haggerty. mr haggerty not guilty ms hassam ms haas and guilty mr holy mr hawley not guilty mr heinrich. mr heinrich guilty mr hickenlooper. mr hickenlooper guilty miss her oh no miss her oh no guilty mr hogan mr hoven not guilty mrs hyde smith. mrs hyde smith not guilty mr in hall. mr inhofe not guilty. mr johnson. mr johnson not guilty mr cain. mr cain guilty mr kelly mr kelly guilty mr kennedy. mr kennedy not guilty mr king. mr king guilty this club which are this club which are guilty mr langford. mr langford not guilty mr leahy guilty mr leahy guilty mr lee. mr lee not guilty mr lu han mr lu han guilty ms lamas islamize not guilty mr mansion. mr mansion guilty mr marquis. mr marquis guilty mr marshall. mr marshall not guilty mr mcconnell. mr mcconnell not guilty mr menendez. mr menendez guilty mr merkley mr merkley guilty mr moran mr moran not guilty mr koski is murkowski guilty mr murphy mr murphy guilty this is mary. this is marie guilty mr. mr. guilty mr padilla. mr padilla. guilty mr pa

mr. graham. >> not guilty. >> reporter: acquitted again. >> the senator judges have responded donald johnilty as charged in the articles of impeachment. >> reporter: the second time in history that the majority of republicans firmly stood with the former president pailing to convict him for inciting insurrection. >> the failure to convict donald trump will live as a vote of infamy in the history of the united states senate is. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi is working to establish the creation of a 9/11-type commission to investigate the deadly siege on the capitol. while seven republicans broke party ranks to join all 50 democrats in voting for the former president's conviction, the senate still fell ten votes short. >> this was the opportunity to say, this is not what we are. and to split from him and if they just hold him accountable one time, the allure, and the magnatism and power he has over people will disappear and they didn't do that on saturday. >> reporter: yet those seven votes that led to the most bipartisan vote ever to conviblconvict a president. highlights the gro

mr. graham: thank you very much. as i understand, senator sanders will come after i speak. i'll talk 10 or 15 minutes and then we'll get on with the process of voting. so to the american people who may be watching, what is this all about? this is an effort by the -- my democratic colleagues supported by president biden to pass $1.9 trillion in covid relief through a budget process that requires only 50 votes. it goes around the idea of bipartisanship. and i would say this. i think all of us would like unity. i think president biden has said all the right things at his inauguration. the question is are we going to do more than talk about unity. i can understand having reconciliation used for obamacare, for taxes. you all did that. we did that. the big philosophical differences. but this was the one area there was bipartisanship up until recently. this is the one area where the congress has been able to work together across party lines and that's providing relief to the american people who have been long-suffering under the covid pandemic. so i find it odd that if our goal is

are looking for better jobs and better employment they're also looking for artists of it except mrs graham a chance of course what happened in mozambique really pushed people to go to the cities of course because they had no face and this is happening regrettably now every year so what they can do there but also you have conflict pushing people to come to the cities look at what's happening decide reagents people are african for the rally to come to the city because that's where they can find peace. i'm tending to order if you are overloading the cities. those efforts let's take it to other cities and bring jobs and opportunity for people to be there instead of just concentrating on one city's you heard about this program if you can have it and public space and greening which is more about you know allowing cities to have such a consideration to the green and trees come you know to planting but also allow people to get out houses and get access to those green area will help assist them with hope for social reasons in term of integration and social cohesion we are putting the emphasis more

mr. graham. mr. graham not guilty. mr. grassley. mr. grassley not guilty. mr. hagerty. mr. hagerty not guilty. miss hassan. ms. hassan guilty. mr. harley, mr. hawley, not guilty. mr. heinrich. esther heinrich guilty. esther hickenlooper. mr. hickenlooper guilty. miss her row no. miss her row no guilty. mr. hoeven. mr. hoeven not guilty. ms. hite smith, mrs. hite smith not guilty. mr. and half. mr. inhofe not guilty. mr. johnson. mr. johnson not guilty. mr. kaine. mr. kaine guilty. mr. kelly. mr. kelly guilty. mr. kennedy. mr. kennedy not guilty. mr. king. mr. king guilty. mr. klobuchar. ms. klobuchar guilty. stir a lankford. mr. lankford not guilty. mr. leahy, mr. leahy guilty. mr. lee. mr. lee not guilty. mr. lujan. mr. lujan guilty. miss lummus. miss lummus not guilty. mr. manchin, mr. manchin guilty. mr. markey. mr. markey guilty. mr. marshall. mr. marshall not guilty. mr. mcconnell. mr. mcconnell not guilty. mr. menendez. mr. menendez guilty. mr. merkley. mr. merkley guilty. mr. moran. mr. moran not guilty. miss murkowski. miss murkowski guilty. mr. murphy. mr. murphy g

mr. graham. mr. graham not guilty. mr. grassley not guilty. >> mr. grassley, not guilty. >> mr.y, not guilty. >> ms. hassim, guilty. >> mr. hawley, mr. hawley, not guilty. >> mr. heinrich, mr. heinrich, guilty. mr. hickenlooper, mr. hickenlooper, guilty. >> ms. mirono not guilty. mr. hoeven mr. hoeven, not guilty. >> mrs. hyde-smith, not guilty. mr. inhofe. mr. inhofe, not. mr. johnson, not guilty. mr. johnson, not guilty. mr. cain. >> guilty. >> mr. cain, guilty. mr. kelly. >> guilty. >> ? kelly, guilty mr. kennedy not. mr. king. >> mr. king, guilty. ms. klobuchar ms. klobuchar, guilty mr. lankford not guilty. mr. leahy guilty. >> mr. leahy, guilty. mr. lee, not guilty. >> mr. lee, not guilty. mr. lewhan guilty. >> ms. lummus, ms. lummus not guilty. mr. manchin guilty. >> mr. manchin guilty. >> mr. marquise, guilty mr. marshall not guilty. mr. mcconnell. >> mr. mcconnell, not guilty. mr. menendez, guilty, mr. menendez, guilty. >> mr. merkley. mr. merkley, guilty. mr. moran, mr. moran, not guilty. ms. mccowski, guilty. >> mr. murphy, guilty. >> mr. murphy, guilty. >> ms. murray.

mr. graham. mr. graham, aye. >> mr. president, ms. sullivan. >> just the point of inquiry, there's a little confusion. without a vote on one or many witnesses. >> debate is not allowed. >> it's not debate. >> mr. president, the point of inquiry on what we just voted on. >> that is -- i'm advised that is not allowed during the vote. >> the points of order and debate are not allowed during the vote and it's established senate procedure. neil: very quickly, i want to explain the significance, 5 republican senators including a switch at the last second by lindsey graham have voted in favor of considering witnesses. they include lindsey graham and sasse of nebraska, mitt romney of utah, susan collins of maine and senator murkowski of alaska all want witnesses and it was spurred by the kevin mccarthy conversation that came to light he had with the president in the middle of the riots going on on capitol hill that day on januar. he shared that conversation with congresswoman jamie herrera butler. the republican from washington. you're right

mr. graham eco, for a long time. the newspaper photographers, who are always on the alert, insisted on taking a photograph. i believe that is long as we serve in the general assembly or anywhere in the united nations, we must be polite to one another. and we must be able to talk to one another. in the hope that someday, this bridge will be used for the benefit of a peaceful settlement of our difficulties. many of eleanor's replies, were much briefer than the one i just read to you, and consider this question. what do you think is the greatest single cause of misunderstanding, between the nations of the world? both great and small. >> eleanor had a one word answer, fear. the next era, begins early in the 19 fifties, after dwight eisenhower has been elected president, and eleanor roosevelt has returned to private life. the increasing prosperity of the 19 fifties, east americans financials worries, while at the same time heightening their social woes. marriage rates had risen after world war ii, as young people hurried

ernst ms ernst mrs feinstein mrs feinstein mrs fisher this is fish or mrs jill abram mrs gillett and mr graham. just to say you're watching a live picture from capitol hill that's where the the impeachment trial of the former president donald trump has just begun and they are going through the roll call right now let's bring in allan fessor joining us from capitol hill allan so tell us exactly what's happening right now. they're going through there all call of all $100.00 senators it's a procedural motion then they will get into the debate on whether or not this hearing is constitutional donald trump's lawyers argue that it's not the can't be impeached after you leave office the democrats say that look if that was the case if that's what the founding fathers meant there's nothing to stop a president in the last couple of weeks in office even in the last day committing some huge big crime and then walking into the office thinking i'm free and clear so they will argue very clearly over the next 4 hours that donald trump can be held accountable for the actions on january the 6th we're talking abo

mr. graham, aye. >> that could be significant right there. that was one of the president's allies lindsey graham saying he wanted to change his vote. i presume that will give him some power. >> is that a vote on one witness or many witnesses? >> debate is not allowed on the vote. >> it's not debate. mr. president, it's a point of inquiry. >> that is -- i'm advised that is not allowed during the vote. >> some confusion on the senate floor in the wake of this vote to include witnesses in the trial. four republicans susan collins, lisa murkowski, mitt romney and ben sasse. pat toomey did not vote for witnesses. neither did bill cassidy of louisiana. >> it is established senate procedure that we always follow. >> as we're listening, i want to bring in heidi heitkamp. give us a sense of what we're watching on the senate floor and what this means. >> senator graham would do that because, in order to make a motion to reconsider this vote, you have to vote in the affirmative. that's why he waited for the vote count. now there will be tremendous press

mr. graham: thank you. i will be responding to my good friend, senator sanders. apparently, i will be the ranking member on budget, he will be the chairman, and i look forward to finding some common ground where we can. today is not that day, but hope springs eternal. there are things that i think we can do on the budget committee that will be good for the country. so here's the other side of the story. about a year ago, a little over a year ago, the pandemic coming out of china is detected. covid on the west coast of the united states. it has just done a number on us as a nation. 440,000 people have died from covid-related infections. and we finally got vaccines. they are in the pipeline. we need to get them out quicker. but i do believe that the vaccines are going to help us a lot. and the american people have been suffering. i think better days lie ahead, but we are not there yet. but here's what's different. february 2, 2021, things changed. up until now, we have been able as a congress and with the white house to pass things together regarding covid. so we h

mr. graham. mr. graham. i. >> mr. president. >> mr. sullivan. >> just an inquiry, there's a little confusion, was that a vote on one witness? >> debate is not allowed during the vote. >> it's an inquiry on what we voted on. >> i advised that is not allowed during the vote. >> immediately beforehand -- [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] >> debate not allowed during the vote as established senate procedure. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> i know. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> on the question of whether shelby in order to consider debate under impeachment in a motion to consider subpoenas or document, a book of 55 to 45. majority leader. >> i suggest the absence of quorum. >> clerk will call the role. [roll call vote] [roll call vote] >> the senate is in a quorum call. you heard the majority leader say a vote of 55 to 45, call witnesses in a senate impeachment trial. we came in today by all recording that they would go to closing arguments and then there would be a fin

mr. annika. - [graham] annika and mike got married in january, 2009. and their daughter, ava, was born later that year. we discussed motherhood when we first met sorenstam in september, 2010. - being on the golf course certainly tests my patience. you need patients when you have children. - [graham] but it would be nothing like the trials of her second pregnancy, giving birth to son, will, three months early. - i just remember having to go to the bathroom, which, you know, are not unusual when you're pregnant. and so i turned on the light and it was like my white sheets were like just red. and so i freaked out. - i thought we lost our son. simple as that. - but yeah. and then he came out 16 hours later. you know, he hadn't developed his lungs yet. his skin wasn't ready. i mean, he was kind of see through. i mean, he was two pounds and 12 ounces. i've never seen anything like it. - when you're in the nicu for 57 days and listening to some of the stories from other families that ended up being less fortunate, what were you thinking? - i remember just, yo

mr. graham. mr. graham not guilty. mr. grassley. mr. grassley not guilty. mr. hagerty. mr.y not guilty. miss hassan. ms. hassan guilty. mr. harley, mr. hawley, not guilty. mr. heinrich. esther heinrich guilty. esther hickenlooper. mr. hickenlooper guilty. miss her row no. miss her row no guilty. mr. hoeven. mr. hoeven not guilty. ms. hite smith, mrs. hite smith not guilty. mr. and half. mr. inhofe not guilty. mr. johnson. mr. johnson not guilty. mr. kaine. mr. kaine guilty. mr. kelly. mr. kelly guilty. mr. kennedy. mr. kennedy not guilty. mr. king. mr. king guilty. mr. klobuchar. ms. klobuchar guilty. stir a lankford. mr. lankford not guilty. mr. leahy, mr. leahy guilty. mr. lee. mr. lee not guilty. mr. lujan. mr. lujan guilty. miss lummus. miss lummus not guilty. mr. manchin, mr. manchin guilty. mr. markey. mr. markey guilty. mr. marshall. mr. marshall not guilty. mr. mcconnell. mr. mcconnell not guilty. mr. menendez. mr. menendez guilty. mr. merkley. mr. merkley guilty. mr. moran. mr. moran not guilty. miss murkowski. miss murkowski guilty. mr. murphy. mr. murphy guilty.

mr. graham not guilty. mr. presley - - mr. grassley not guilty. mr. hagerty not guilty.this has some guilty. guilty. mr. kennedy. mr. kennedy not guilty. mr. king. mr. king guilty. mr. klobuchar. ms. klobuchar guilty. stir a lankford. mr. lankford not guilty. mr. leahy, mr. leahy guilty. mr. holly not guilty. mr. heinrich guilty. mr. hickey labor guilty. ms. sharon oh guilty. mrs. hyde smith not guilty. mr. inhofe not guilty. mr. johnson not guilty. mr. kane guilty. mr. kennedy not guilty. ms. klobuchar guilty. mr. lankford not guilty. mr. leigh he guilty. mr. lee not guilty.. mr. lujan guilty. ms. london is not guilty. mr. mansion guilty. mr. markey guilty. mr. marshall not guilty. mr. mcconnell not guilty. mr. menendez guilty. mr. merkley guilty. mr. moran not guilty. ms. murkowski guilty. mr. murphy guilty. mrs. very guilty. mr. paul not guilty. mr. peters guilty. mr. portman not guilty. mr. reid guilty. mr. ritesh not guilty. mr. romney guilty. ms. rosen guilty. mr. brown's not guilty. mr. rubio not guilty. mr. sanders guilty. mr. sasse guilty. mr. schumer guilty. mr

mr. graham.nden, good to have you here, i'm going to give to present and i'm going to describe them both to you. the first is gonna be this graph which i think you have seen before. as you will recall in 2010 the budget committee off of cbo information did an estimate of what federal health care costs were going to be. and that is this top line right here. but we passed the affordable care act back here and whatsapp and actually was that health care costs came down substantially below that production. so again, 2020 did in other production. and based off the actuals this is their production. if you simply move the extrapolation to it was originally predicted so it's apples against apples here you will see that in the next decade, 20 to, 30 2020 to 2030, the difference between what was originally projected and where we are on health care spending saves over five trillion dollars. no benefits were cut. nobody got taken away their right to get some procedure. i think that what happened was that we c

mr. graham. mr. graham, aye. >> mr. president? >> mr. sullivan. >> just a point of inquiry, there's a little confusion here. was that a vote on one witness or many witnesses? >> debate is not allowed during the vote. >> it's not debate. >> i'll advise the senator of alaska. >> mr. president, it's a point of inquiry of what we just voted on. >> i would advise that is not allowed during the vote. the point of order and debate are not allowed during the vote. that is established senate procedure. >>> on the question of whether there shall be an order to consider or debate under the rules of impeachment any motion to subpoena witnesses or documents, the motion is agreed to by vote of 55-45. majority leader. >> mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. >> call the roll. >> ms. baldwin. >>> they're going through a procedural moment right now to call a quorum, but this is a historic moment, 55-45, five republicans going with all the democrats, 50 democrats, in order to support witnesses and depositions and evidence to come forward. this

mr. gram graham. >> mr. graham, aye. >> mr. president. >> mr.t a vote on one witness? >> debate is not allowed during the vote. >> it's not debate. >> mr. president this is a point of inquiry on what we just voted on. >> i'm advised that is not allowed during the vote. >> you have to know what you're voting for. >> immediately before -- [ chatter ] >> read the motion. >> the points of order and debate are not allowed during the vote. that is established senate procedure that we all must follow. >> we are trying to listen in as much as we can on the senate floor as that vote has just been conducted. it has not been to my understanding been gaveled in yet, which means you still could see senators change their vote as we saw from senator lindsey graham who decided whether to call witnesses from a no to a yes. so far graham is joining others, romney, collins, sass. the vote has not been called yet. but if you look in the corner, there's a senator talking with the trump team. there was a question on the floor whether to call multiple witnesses or jus

mr. graham: thank you. i will be responding to my good friend, senator sanders. apparently, i will be the ranking member on budget, he will be the chairman, and i look forward to finding some common ground where we can. today is not that day, but hope springs eternal. there are things that i think we can do on the budget committee that will be good for the country. so here's the other side of the story. about a year ago, a little over a year ago, the pandemic coming out of china is detected. covid on the west coast of the united states. it has just done a number on us as a nation. 440,000 people have died from covid-related infections. and we finally got vaccines. they are in the pipeline. we need to get them out quicker. but i do believe that the vaccines are going to help us a lot. and the american people have been suffering. i think better days lie ahead, but we are not there yet. but here's what's different. february 2, 2021, things changed. up until now, we have been able as a congress and with the white house to pass things together regarding covid. so we h

mr. graham, aye. mr. grassley, aye. mr. hagerty, aye. ms. hassan, aye. mr. hawley, no. mr.r. hickenlooper, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mr. hoven, aye, mrs. hyde smith, aye. mr. inhofe, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. kane, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. mr. king, aye, ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. lankford, aye. mr. leahy, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. lujan, aye. ms. lamis, aye. mr. manchin, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. marshall, no. mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. menendez, aye. mr. merkley, aye. mr. moran, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. pedilla, aye. mr. paul, no. mr. peters, aye. mr. portman, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. rich, aye. mr. romney, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. rounds, aye. mr. rubio, no. mr. sanders, aye. mr. sasse, aye. mr. schotz, aye. mr. schumer, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. scott of south carolina, no. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. shelby, aye. ms. cinema, aye. ms. smith, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. sullivan, aye. mr. testor, aye, mr. thune, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. toomey, aye. mr. tubberville, no. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr.

senator graham. >> mr. turn and i would like to yield to the senator. ink he has a schedule problem. i will let him go and get my time later. >> thank you, chairman sanders. senator graham, i recently came from this very discussion, built a business over 37 years before i became a senator and as you can see, this discussion has got a dichotomy to it. you've got wall street and big business on one side and you've got main street on the other side. my question is going to be in a moment, but the fact he made the point earlier that we are rushing this through you know, one-size-fits-all like the federal government does on almost everything. it misses the mark. we are made up of 50 states. we are made up of businesses that are mostly small in this country, and this whole discussion of trying to raise a minimum wage all of us as business owners aspire to do that, and we do it within all of the tools we have to keep good employees, to make sure they work for us for a long time. and if you just look on main street, that is happening but what you do here when yo

mr. graham, not guilty. mr. grassley, not guilty. mr. hagerty, not guilty. ms. hassan, guilty. mr.ley, not guilty. mr. heinrich, guilty. mr. hickenlooper, guilty. ms. hirono, guilty. mr. hoeven, not guilty. mrs. hyde-smith, not guilty. mr. inhofe, not guilty. mr. johnson, not guilty. mr. kaine, guilty. mr. kelly, guilty. mr. kennedy, not guilty. mr. king, guilty. ms. klobuchar, guilty. mr. lankford, not guilty. mr. leahy, guilty. mr. lee, not guilty. mr. lujan, guilty. ms. lummis, not guilty. mr. manchin, guilty. mr. markey, guilty. mr. marshall, not guilty. mr. mcconnell, not guilty. mr. menendez, guilty. mr. merkley, guilty. mr. moran, not guilty. ms. murkowski, guilty. mr. murphy, guilty. mrs. murray, guilty. mr. ossoff, guilty. mr. padilla, guilty. mr. paul, not guilty. mr. peters, guilty. mr. portman, not guilty. mr. reed, guilty. mr. risch, not guilty. mr. romney, guilty. ms. rosen, guilty. mr. rounds, not guilty. mr. rubio, not guilty. mr. sanders, guilty. mr. sasse, guilty. mr. schatz, guilty. mr. schumer, guilty. mr. scott of florida, not guilty. mr. scott of south carolin

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator graham. senator whitehouse. >> thank you, chairman.come, judge garland. >> thank you, senator. >> people who have been prosecutors understand that it's not the legislature's business to meddle around in a prosecution. at the same time we have oversight responsibilities. in your view is it appropriate for congress to ask the doj give an honest look at investigative matters? >> senator, i know of your own long experience as a prosecutor, including some of it which overlapped with mine and i'm deeply respectful of it and appreciative of it. when you ask it that way it is, of course, always possible for anyone to ask about matters like this. the department has to be very careful with respect to the congress in the same way it has to be careful with respect to the white house. that no investigations get started just for partisan -- and i'm not in any way suggesting that's what you were asking. >> no, i agree with you. >> but we have to be careful about this. >> and after the fact once the investigation is closed or concluded, is it appropri

one of his closest allies is republican lindsey graham, who says mr trump will have influence over the is excited about 2022. but mr trump's legal woes are not over. the state of georgia and new york are conducting criminal investigations into his actions, that could threaten his finances and possibly his freedom. happy valentine's day. there was also a statement from the actual sitting president, that felt like a speech. mr biden called the riots a sad chapter and that democracy was fragile. this trial was about donald trump's attempt to stopjoe biden from occupying the house behind me. and although he has been acquitted, his efforts failed. this isjoe biden's white house. and he doesn't want his legacy to be about the man he defeated, but about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that he has promised this country he will beat. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. a woman who accused scotland's former first minister, alex salmond of sexual assault has said it has become "much harder" for women to make complaints in the aftermath of his acquittal. the woman — who cannot be named for legal r

graham. >> well, thank you very much, mr. chairman. congratulations on being chairman of the committee. 2020 was a heck of an election cycle. it will soon be over, hopefully. and we can move on with the nation's business. i've talked to bernie several times about what we can do together and there is actually a lot we can do together. i'll look forward to that. senator whitehouse is on the fence about climate change but if we can get him out of his shell what happens if general motors by 2035 actually conversed all electrical vehicles. i mean, that's not some left-wing group saying that. that's the general motors saying that in 2035 i think it is. is that what it is? 2050, i can't remember now. they'll stop producing gasoline driven cars. what does that mean for the country and why they're trying to do it and it gives us a chance to talk about big things and there's going to be differences. senator sanders went down the checklist of big things and one of my goals is to make sure that all these big things that we're talking about other p

we're joined by lindsey graham, one of mr.mp's staunchest supporters in the senate, and get from democratic senator amy klobuchar. plus we'll ask our sunday panel about the fallout from the trial and where it lees donald trump -- leaves donald trump as a political force. and our power player of the week, best selling author james patterson, on why his latest book on real-life soldiers may be his most important yet. all right now on "fox news sunday." ♪ ♪ chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. the big story in the nation's capital this week was the second impeachment trial and second acquittal of former president trump. and we'll get to that in the next segment. but when it comes to affecting people's daily lyes, the real news -- lives, the real news was the cdc issuing updated guidelines to getting students back to school quickly and safely. that includes mask wearing, distancing, hand washing and cleaning but not necessarily vaccinations for teachers. as well as a color-coded guide to help school districts decide

graham. >> thank you bernie, mr. chairman, listen this committee is going to be a fun place to be i hope because we're talking about things that matter. and you know, the budget can be aar very dry top egg but the budget is basically a process before we take money from people, businesses, corporations,, individuals, and we decide what to do with that money, then we decide what tax rates to set for the country and what deductions to give we're trying to set policy up here taking other people's money to make sure that economy is grow and everybody in america can have a shot at the american dream. so chairman talked about small business and effect his proposal may have on them i want more time on that. i worked my family on the sanitary cafe in central carolina my mom ran restaurant slr bar and my dad ran liquor store downstairs, was a three table poolroom when i got old enough i ran that. we hired one or two people depending on how business was. we were by no means rich but owning your own business has a surgeon pleasu

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if you have republicans begging trump, including lindsey graham saying, please, donald trump, please, mrhris christie, hi friends, supporters, didn't the republicans alone prove today trump was the leader of this mob? >> joy, before, during and after this was a donald trump production and i agree with jill. not only were these consequences reasonably foreseeable based on donald trump's words but frankly violence was more than just predictable. it was inevitable and it was donald trump's goal. right? this was his aim. this was his design and here's the thing that i don't know that we have paid direct attention to. this trial was on an article of impeachment for inciting insurrection but donald trump took the weapon of choice which was an angry mob, pointed it in the direction of the u.s. capitol and he pulled the trigger and what happened? officer brian sicknick was killed. others died. others were gravely injured. the only thing i wish i had seen the house managers do, they were brilliant from start to finish, is calling one witness, if they could have called brian sicknick's mother and

mr. trump's attempt to influence the election there, and this week they expended the propose to include a close associate, senator lindsay graham wall street journal" reported new york has widened its criminal probe and that examination is on his loans on four of his properties, including trump tower. and we go to mr. butler. professor butler, good evening. >> hey, joshua. happy valentine's day. >> thank you very much and same to you. let's start with the cases in new york and georgia. where do those two investigations stand so far? >> so trump probably has more to worry about from state prosecutors than from federal prosecutors. georgia prosecutors have a legitimate beef against trump. he tried to nullify georgia's legitimate votes from counting in the presidential election and so they are looking at crimes like solicitation of election fraud, false statements and even racketeering. trump told the georgia secretary of state find 11,780 votes, and he said, and there's nothing wrong with saying you recalculated. that's pretty incriminating and it's on tape. and in new york, both the manhattan d.a. and the state's attorney genera

mr. trump's attempt to influence the election there, and this week they expanded that probe to include a close associate, senator lindsay grahamsterday "the wall street journal" reported new york has widened its criminal probe and that examination is on his loans on four of his properties, including trump tower. and we go to mr. butler. professor butler, good evening. >> hey, joshua. happy valentine's day. >> thank you very much and same to you. let's start with the cases in new york and georgia. where do those two investigations stand so far? >> so trump probably has more to worry about from state prosecutors than from federal prosecutors. georgia prosecutors have a legitimate beef against trump. he tried to nullify georgia's legitimate votes from counting in the presidential election and so they are looking at crimes like solicitation of election fraud, false statements and even racketeering. trump told the georgia secretary of state find 11,780 votes, and he said, and there's nothing wrong with saying you recalculated. that's pretty incriminating and it's on tape. and in new york, both the manhattan d.a. and the state's att

mr. comey's actions but what you have said strikes me as diametrically opposed to what he actually did. senator graham asked you if you have read the horwitz report. i understand your time has been limited. would you pledge to read all 404 pages of that report if you are confirmed. judge garland: i will. it may take me some time but i have a head start by reading the executive summaries. i should be able to get through it. sen. cornyn: i think it is important you do so, because of the abuse, not only of the process where an fbi lawyer lied to the court in order to get a warrant to spy on an american citizen, but the use of counterintelligence investigation, a counterintelligence investigation against a presidential candidate, and the run-up to the election. are you familiar with the steele dossier? judge garland: only what i have read in the newspapers. i have to admit i have only read conflicting reports about it in the papers. sen. cornyn: it revealed that the sources for the steele dossier, which were used in part to get pfizer warrants, that the sub sources could well be -- could well be russian i

mr. president. i send a question to the desk on behalf of myself, senator cruz, marshall ander -- and cramer to counsel. >> senator graham for himself, senator cruz, senator marshall and senator cramer submits a question for the counsel for donald trump. clerk will read it. >> does a politics raising bail for rioters encourage more rioting? >> counsel has five minutes. >> yes. >> does counsel yield back the rest of their time? counsel's time is yielded back. are there other questions? >> mr. president. >> the senator from georgia. >> i have a question for the desk. >> send it to the desk. the senator from georgia, senator warnock has a question for the house managers. clerk will read the question. >> is it true or false that in the months leading up to january 6 dozens of courts including state and federal courts in georgia rejected president trump's campaign's efforts to overturn his loss to joe biden? >> house manager is recognized for five minutes. >> mr. president, senators, that is true. that is true. i want to be clear, we have no problem with president trump having pursued his belief that the election was being st

mr. comey's actions but what you have said strikes me as diametrically opposed to what he actually did. senator graham asked you if you have read the horwitz report. i understand your time has been limited. would you pledge to read all 404 pages of that report if you are confirmed. judge garland: i will. it may take me some time but i have a head start by reading the executive summaries. i should be able to get through it. sen. cornyn: i think it is important you do so, because of the abuse, not only of the process where an fbi lawyer lied to the court in order to get a warrant to spy on an american citizen, but the use of counterintelligence investigation, a counterintelligence investigation against a presidential candidate, and the run-up to the election. are you familiar with the steele dossier? judge garland: only what i have read in the newspapers. i have to admit i have only read conflicting reports about it in the papers. sen. cornyn: it revealed that the sources for the steele dossier, which were used in part to get pfizer warrants, that the sub sources could well be -- could well be russian i

remember kevin mccarthy, mitch mcconnell and lindsey graham all distancing themselves from the former president, only to find that distance -- maybe it's mrump's popularity with republican voters, makes the heart grow fonder. it's made president biden's unit more difficult. republicans have decided it's in their interest to stick with him for now if they want the majority of republican voters to stick with them. >> i support passing covid relief with support from republicans if we can get it. but the covid relief has to pass. there's no >> president biden claiming he wants to win support from republicans. is threatening to move a covid relief package through congress with special budget rules that require a simple majority. >> he called me this week. i gave him my view that i think it's important that it be bipartisan. >> retiring senator rob portman telling "the washington post" taking the go-it-alone approach sets the wrong tone right off the bat. >> to what degree can president biden work with a republican party that has remade itself in the image of donald trump. republican leaders have whip-sawed from criticizing him just weeks ago.

remember kevin mccarthy, mitch mcconnell and lindsey graham all distancing themselves from the former president, only to find that distance, or maybe it's mr. trump's popularity with base republican voters, makes the heart grow fonder. either way, it's made president biden's efforts at unity on things like covid relief difficult, if not impossible. whether donald trump is a symptom or a cause of the party's populous shift, despite the obvious failures of 2020, republicans have decided it's in their interests to stick with him, for now, if they want the majority of republican voters to stick with them. >> i support passing covid relief with support from republicans, if we can get it, but the covid relief has to pass. there's no ifs, ands, or buts. >> president biden claiming that he still wants to win some support from republicans is threatening to move a covid relief package through congress with special budget rules that require just a simple majority. >> he called me this week. i gave him my view that i think it's important that it be bipartisan. >> retiring senator rob portman, who also received a call, telling the "washington post," "t