mr. mccarthy: sure. reporter: about earmarks, can you tell us about the nature of the conversations and have you taken a temperature check in your conference about where they might be leaning on the issue? mr. mccarthy: you know, steny has talked to me. he talked to me last congress. he talked to me this congress. the one thing i said is, if he wants to propose something, i'll look at it. but the idea, it can't be what was around here before. there's got to be accountability. i don't know what they're looking at. so i haven't taken any position yet. but i'm more than willing to look at something if they were provided to make sure it means any type of threshold. now, when it comes -- in our conference, we have a rule against it. if they propose something, it's not a rule against in the house, it would be a discussion we'd have to have internally. now, they said they were going to do something last year, last congress, they didn't do something. i don't know. i haven't seen anything. reporter: you're open t

mr. mccarthy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mccarthy: i rise in opposition to house resolution 72. this resolution sets a dangerous new standard that will only deepen divisions within this house. for all their talk about norms and institutions, it's the democrats who've acted to undermine the people's house at every turn. let's check the record. afraid for their political careers, they have moved to shut down debate and silence dissent in committee and on this floor. they went so far as to eliminate the motion to recommit, a minority party's only chance to offer an amendment. which stood for over a century until this year. they have rushed impeachments through without a shred of due process, just like today. reducing this tool from the highest constitutional remedy to just another opportunity to fundraise and go on tv. and now they are declaring the majority has veto power over the minority's members' selections for committee. now, we have reviewed this with the parliamentarian. never before in the history of this house has the

apparently, the president said to mr mccarthy during that telephone call, according to miss herrera, ath from her about that. so, that could lead to an unravelling of this whole thing in terms of other witnesses, other depositions. as i mentioned just a moment ago, the defence threatening to depose100 different people if the prosecution goes down this route. ., the prosecution goes down this route. :, :, the prosecution goes down this route. ., ., , the prosecution goes down this route. :, ., , ., route. you have said they will now be a debate _ route. you have said they will now be a debate about _ route. you have said they will now be a debate about whether - route. you have said they will now be a debate about whether or - route. you have said they will now be a debate about whether or not| be a debate about whether or not this is to be allowed, and that will presumably have both sides putting the case as to why or why not it should be, and then there will be a vote. and that could take some time? it will depend on the outcome of this vote we are having now. whether that takes plac

mr. mccarthy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mccarthy: i rise in opposition to house resolution 72. this resolution sets a dangerous new standard that will only deepen divisions within this house. for all their talk about norms and institutions, it's the democrats who've acted to undermine the people's house at every turn. let's check the record. afraid for their political careers, they have moved to shut down debate and silence dissent in committee and on this floor. they went so far as to eliminate the motion to recommit, a minority party's only chance to offer an amendment. which stood for over a century until this year. they have rushed impeachments through without a shred of due process, just like today. reducing this tool from the highest constitutional remedy to just another opportunity to fundraise and go on tv. and now they are declaring the majority has veto power over the minority's members' selections for committee. now, we have reviewed this with the parliamentarian. never before in the history of this house has the

mr. mccarthy and mr. scalise, as well as leadership on the democratic side.f you saw the senate announced their support for this on saturday night, and then we will come together and pass this legislation. and then we are working on the commission, the january 6 commission. what is happening there in that timetable is the following. everyone was saying we need to have a commission, and i was very much a part of writing the commission in 9/11 -- the 9/11 commission. you've heard me go through that before. we have heard almost immediately or sometime last week, from the chairs of that commission, governor kane of new jersey, and our former chairman in the house, lee hamilton. they sent us a letter, the leadership, the president, the vice president, house, and senate, saying this is what we think should be in the legislation. it was not too far from what everybody thought. what are the causes of what happened on 9/11, what is the security, security, security looking at how the security can protect us, and better preparedness can protect us in the future, and how

mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i thank him for his work as the ranking member on budget. mr. speaker, i'm about to say something that the american people don't want to hear. the swamp is back. mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. members, let's give everybody courtesy, please. i know it's late. the gentleman may proceed. mr. mccarthy: mr. speaker, let me be clear. the swamp is back. every day since january 20, democrats have sided with their special interest allies and ignored the real needs of the american people. the result is the bill before us today, or should i say tomorrow. congress won't vote on this bill until about 2:00 a.m. saturday morning. why? because, mr. speaker, democrats are so embarrassed by all the non-covid waste in this bill that they are jamming it through in the dead of night. we ran the numbers. the amount of money that actually goes to the feed -- to defeating the virus is less than 9%. less than 9%. so don't call it a rescue bill. don't

mr. mccarthy and on the democratic side as well. we saw the senate announced their support for this saturday night. then we will come together and pass this legislation and then we are working on the commission the january 6th commission during that timetable is the following everyone said we need to have a commission i was very much part of writing a commission with the 9/11 commission. you heard me go through that before. we heard almost immediately or sometime last week from the chairs of that commission the former chairman in the house hamilton and they sent us all a letter, the leadership in president invite saying this is what we think should be in the legislation it wasn't too far from what everybody thought what are the causes and what happened from 9/11 what is the security look at how the security can protect us in the future and how did that go wrong also they had a provision to strengthen congress. the view that by and large most of what they suggested mirrors what we had in the bill that we will in 2011 at the time i'm

mr. mccarthy disclaims the rumors that have been raised as of this morning's antics but really the rumors that have been the basis of this entire proceeding. this entire proceeding is based on rumor, report, innuendo. there's nothing to it and they didn't do their work. just like what happened with mr. lee two or three nights ago, some suppose that conversation and they had to withdraw that. they have to back off of that because it was false. it was aw false narrative. but it is one article of impeachment. yeah they threw a lot of a lot of stuff and in violation of rule 23. rule 23 says you cannot combine counts. it's a defect in their entire case. it's one of the four reasons why you can vote to acquitso in this case. jurisdiction rule 23, due process and the first amendment. they all apply in this case. let me take my own advice and cool the temperaturedv in the rm a little bit. it's about the incitement. it's not about what happened afterwards. that is actually the irrelevant stuff. that is the irrelevant stuff. it's not what was said from the election to january 6.. it's not relevant

mr. mccarthy they're your people. call them off. the president said i guess these people are more angry about the election than you are. michael van der veen said it's all hearsay. kevin mccarthy is disavowing it. kevin mccarthy spoke to us as it was unfolding on january 6th. let's listen. congressman, president trump has not condemned this or called the protesters to step down. can you convince him to come out? will you do that? >> as i was stuck within my room, i called the president. explained to him what was going on. i know he put a tweet out. i begged him to go talk to the nation. don't do it by twitter. i know that he's doing a message right now. i called back. this has got to stop. i know a message is coming out. >> you believe the president will be speaking about this. when you say a message is coming shortly, what does that mean? a video taped message? >> that's what i believe. i just called back again to him. that's what's taking place right now. >> so there you have it. kevin mccarthy speaking to us on january 6th. let me

coronavirus got me working from home so this is a welcome little change of pace for me and i think mr mccarthy. in the capital fun loving berlin us young and old took advantage of the snowy sunday to get some sledding in. and out to the biggest event in american sports where quarterback tom brady shone as tampa bay's buccaneers beat the kansas city chiefs on their home field in the super bowl brady secured his 7th super bowl title the most of any n.f.l. player and he gave the city of tampa bay a big reason to party. even the pandemic couldn't keep these fans off the streets masks and social distancing were nowhere in sight not after the tampa bay buccaneers stomped kansas city $31.00 to $9.00 to win the super bowl the victory exceeded all expectations oh. crazy to me that brady does come in and win the super bowl when every field i get like that is kind of a very nice little box where my whole life or you could go to the big chill grew out. all my buddies i call you know in case i was you know all of them are betting against the boxing you can't bet against tom brady bats and you really can't

mr. mccarthy is available. the timeliness of this would cause a trial judge to deny the motion for witnesses. this is -- now we have this notion that, well, what we are really charging the president with is dereliction of duty. that has nothing to do with the article of impeachment and it's utterly irrelevant to the issue of the impeachment charge. neil: so congressman, let's say kevin mccarthy comes out and confirms what jamie herrera butler said, the account of that conversation and the president did say that more people are upset about the election than you are. just for you, not as a republican, not as a former impeachment manager in your own right, would that be a game-changer in your eyes that in the middle of this uprising on the hill, if true, again, to your point, kevin mccarthy hasn't commented on this, the president appeared to do little to stop it, in fact, he sounded like he was embracing it? >> i don't think that's the case. it's a real -- it would be a real jump for senators to read that into it.

mr. mccarthy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mccarthy: i rise in opposition to house resolution 72. this resolution sets a dangerous new standard that will only deepen divisions within this house. for all their talk about norms and institutions, it's the democrats who've acted to undermine the people's house at every turn. let's check the record. afraid for their political careers, they have moved to shut down debate and silence dissent in committee and on this floor. they went so far as to eliminate the motion to recommit, a minority party's only chance to offer an amendment. which stood for over a century until this year. they have rushed impeachments through without a shred of due process, just like today. reducing this tool from the highest constitutional remedy to just another opportunity to fundraise and go on tv. and now they are declaring the majority has veto power over the minority's members' selections for committee. now, we have reviewed this with the parliamentarian. never before in the history of this house has the

mr. mccarthy and mr. scalise as well as leadership on the democratic side as well. you saw the senate announce their support for this on saturday night. then we will come together and pass this legislation. we are working on the commission, the january 6 commission. what's happening in that timetable is the following. everybody was saying, we need to have a commission, this or that. i was very much a part of writing the commission in the -- the 9/11 commission. you heard me go through that before. so we heard almost immediately or sometime last week from the chairs of that commission, governor kane of new jersey and former chairman in the house lee hamilton. they sent us all a letter, the leadership, the president, vice president, leadership, house and senate, saying this is what we think should be in the legislation. it wasn't too far from what everybody thought. what are the causes of what happened 9/11? what is the truth? what is the security, security, security? look at how the security can protect us, better preparedness can protect us in the future. how did th

mr. mccarthy should be defending his colleague's vote as a matter of principle, that is in liz cheney's casehan living in fear of the wrath of mar-a-lago. are you willing to say to the former president, go away, we're going to try to take the party in a different direction. >> well, the answer is no if you're kevin mccarthy let's not forget just last week he was down at mar-a-lago kissing the ring. dana mentioned that something they have in common, one of the things that they don't have in common is steve king was kind of out there on his own racist island and was easily dispatched by republican leadership after, you know, ten years of doing the same thing that he had been doing that he eventually lost his committee seats for. marjorie taylor green has the backing of the president. she has the backing of certain aspects of the republican party. and they risk elevating her by punishing her here. and whether or not that happens, we'll have to see. and at the same time, if she is not punished and liz cheney is, that sends another message because there are certain parts of the republican party t

mr. mccarthy: in fact, it's the slimmest democrat majority since 1875. a mere five seats. 31,718 votes is what determines the majority. their victory in the other branches were also tight, 50-50 on the senate side. usually when one party has a tiny majority they recognize that governing requires compromise. not this majority. less than two months into controlling the house, despite promising to solve problems and restore democracy, democrats have proven that their primary goal is not governing but grievance. the politics of censorship, not common ground. in january, they eliminated motion to recommit. the last chance for the minority to improve legislation without a single republican vote. it will go down in history as the first time in the history of this body that a majority did that. deny the minority the millions of constituents their voice. already millions have lost their voice in congress due to the brazen -- what democrats are doing this week is even worse. today they'll hold a subcommittee hearing that will focus on broadcasters and cable news.

mr. mccarthy, and others that day. that's who they are.an tim ryan joins me now and we are learning new information that they were even more brutal that day than we already knew. what have you learned, sir? thank you for joining us. >> thanks, chris. yeah, i mean, i think we're seeing what you're seeing as we review more and more of these videos. you see and i think everybody understands now what could have potentially happened in the house chamber or if they found a member of congress especially somebody in leadership. nancy pelosi screaming about pence and all the rest. they were prepared to we can assume kill somebody and i think that is becoming more apparent and more shocking every day. >> is it true some of the injuries were more grisly than we knew that somebody lost several fingers? >> i didn't hear that report. but i will tell you there were cops who got hit up side the head with lead pipes. you know, this was after a big campaign where the republicans were talking about the democrats not liking cops. the democrats being abbntiblu

mr. mccarthy seems to be so willing to do is just think about the easiest path forward and not forcing his members to do the hard thing. you know, tell the truth to the people that they work for. they won't do it. >> yeah. while i have you, i do want to touch on covid relief here, because it is so incredibly important to the american people. when we know so many people are suffering, emotionally and economically, and it's going to continue even when we do get back to some sort of normality. as we look ahead here, congressman, to covid relief, talk us through quickly the next steps now that we know the senate has passed the budget resolution to fast track this bill. does this mean, basically, the democrats are committed to going it alone at this point? >> well, going it alone, i think, is a bit of an overstatement. the next steps are we write the legislation. i'm on the budget committee but also on the ways and means committee and a big chunk of there legislation will come through our committee. we're going to write the legislation next week. but at that point in time, now we have a -- then

mr. mccarthy while we were under attack, i think again would illuminate the public.ing said that, we have a lot of work to do many the congress to help p american people through this covid pandemic. >> you know, congressman, would this be a half-impeachment then? because like you said, it wasn't a full and open, transparent trial. everybody cut it short for various reasons. both sides stood to gain by cutting this short. so did politics play in the decision to cut it short? >> phil, politics playing into anything in the political realm? i would assume so. but i think -- you know, i think we were really focused. i thought the managers were focused. they had this opportunity at the end. i think that they probably wanted to go ahead with it. from what i've read this morning, there was pressure on them from members of both parties in the senate because they wanted to conclude and get on to other work. >> as we talk about politics, i want to move to another topic more local to california and that is this effort to recall governor newsome. congressman, the group behind the

mr. mccarthy? remember, you're the one who called trump and asked him to call off the attack on january 6th, and he mocked you. and left you to whatever your fate would be. then you still went to see him because you are betting on trump. fine. the house gop cues number three, liz cheney, actually feels that she needs to keep reminding mccarthy and her fellow whatevers, republican, i don't know what their are. we don't know yet. but she has to remind them it's not a good look to stand with a supremacist movement that tried to bring down the democracy. listen. >> it's very important, especially for us as republicans, to make clear that we aren't the party of white supremacy. we as republicans in particular have a duty and an obligation to stand against that, to stand against insurrection. >> you think that would be a no-brainer point, but guess what, she is losing. recent polls have cheney getting less support from party members than the qanon kook. this is why the democrats can't get anywhere. it's

that mr mccarthy disclaims the rumors that have been the basis of this morning's antics but really the rumors that have been the basis of this entire proceeding this entire proceeding is based on rumor report innuendo there's nothing to it and they didn't do their work just like what happened with mr lead 2 or 3 nights ago there's some suppose it conversation it happened and they had to withdraw that data back off of that because it was false it was a false narrative but it is one article of impeachment yeah they threw a lot of stuff in it in violation of rule 23 rule 2033 says you cannot combine counts it's a defect in their entire case it's one of the 4 reasons why you can vote to acquit in this case jurisdiction rule 23 due process and the 1st amendment they all apply in this case. let me let me let me take my own advice and cool the temperature in the room full of it. it's about the incitement it's not about what happened afterwards that's actually the irrelevant stuff that's the irrelevant stuff it's not the things that were said from the election to january 6th it's not relevant

mr. mccarthy disclaims rumors that have been the basis of this morning's antics but really the rumors that have been the basis of this entire proceeding. this entire proceeding is based on rumor, report innuendo. there's nothing to it and they didn't do their work. just like what happened with mr. lee two or three nights ago, suppose a conversation that happened and had to withdraw that, they had to back off that because it was false. a false narrative. but it is one article of impeachment. yes, they through a lot of stuff in violation of rule 23. rule 23 says you cannot combine counts. it is a defect in the entire case, one of the four reasons why you can go to acquit in this case. jurisdiction, rule 23, due process and first amendment. they all apply in this case. let me take my own advice and called the temperature in the room a little bit. it's about the incitement, it's not about what happened "afterwards". that is the irrelevant stuff. that's the irrelevant stuff. not the things said from the election to january 6, it is not relevant legal analysis of the issues before this body. it

mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i thank him for his work as the ranking member on budget. mr. speaker, i'm about to say something that the american people don't want to hear. the swamp is back. mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. members, let's give everybody courtesy, please. i know it's late. the gentleman may proceed. mr. mccarthy: mr. speaker, let me be clear. the swamp is back. every day since january 20, democrats have sided with their special interest allies and ignored the real needs of the american people. the result is the bill before us today, or should i say tomorrow. congress won't vote on this bill until about 2:00 a.m. saturday morning. why? because, mr. speaker, democrats are so embarrassed by all the non-covid waste in this bill that they are jamming it through in the dead of night. we ran the numbers. the amount of money that actually goes to the feed -- to defeating the virus is less than 9%. less than 9%. so don't call it a rescue bill. don't

mr. mccarthy told lawmakers he wanted their leadership team to stay together.e reminded his colleagues that they elected him as their leader , and they asked him to let him lead by picking his own team. that from the reporting about what happened in that room last night. peter mayer, the republican freshman congressman, among those who also voted to impeach president trump during that house vote just a couple of weeks ago, with his tweet last night after the conference meeting. it was just after 11:30 eastern last night that he said tonight liz cheney faced four hours of blistering criticism and did not yield an inch. we may not always agree on policy but i respect the hell out of leaders like liz, who are unyielding in defense of their convictions. out of binghamton, new york, a republican, good morning. caller: good morning. i just called in because i find the whole situation extremely upsetting, the fact that there is even any question on constitutional basis or any other basis not to follow through on trump. if i was driving last week and killed somebody, b

another group and lead mccarthy said no, these are your supporters, and lead mccarthy said no, these are yoursupporters, mrve. let me say that again. not only was the president fully aware of the situation, the situation that we were all in when he was asked for help, when he was asked to defend the capital less than 30 minutes after inciting this violence against his own vice president, president trump refused that request for assistance. he told us why. his singularfocus assistance. he told us why. his singular focus stopping the certification of the election of his opponent. he incited the violence to stop the certification, he attacked the vice president and further inside of the insurrection to pressure the vice president to stop the certification and he called them all to stop the certification and he refused to send help to congress in this congress and the vice president of the united states were in mortal danger because he wanted to stop the certification.

mr. mccarthy is saying we are under attack, and the president is saying, look, kevin can, they are the onehes that care about the election. meaning donald trump's fraudulent explanation, it under mines the entire defense that the president's lawyers have put on. and has it's been asked and noted if donald trump wants to come put forward his side of the story, be our guest. come sit in front of the senate is. be sworn in and tell the truth and they obviously don't want him to do that because they know it had will put him in even more legal jeopardy. >> yeah, but it also to me highlights that the factual record is as you know clear. much of the factual record is established. we saw the tweets and there's incredible amounts of video footage. something like this seems to suggest that witnesses may be appropriate here. i mean, you could subpoena kevin mccarthy. there's people who could come and talk under oath, not just the president. why not do that. >> well, that would be a question that the house managers have to decide. as to whether they think they need that. we do have this testimony, the

mr. mccarthy did take action, but it wasn't condemnation, but elevation. appointing her to committee seats. this is why it's important to put this to vote. this house must take around. . i urge the removal of congresswoman greene from the committees. >> that was congressman ted deutsche, where debate has begun. we're going to following that all throughout the hour, dipping in and out. >>> another major escalation ahead of the second impeachment of donald trump, now just five days away. earlier today. impeachment house managers called on trump himself to testify under oath, before or during the proceedings. an official response a short time ago from his lawyers, calling the demand a pr stunt, add that the use of our constitution is much too serious to play these games. i think it has more to do with the other headline i found today -- this was in "the washington post" -- the last time he testified, they caught him lying 30 times. the reason he was never permitted to answer question in person from robert mueller is because a lot of people around him knew he

president trump and house republican leader kevin mccarthy as mccarthy tried to get the president to call off his supporters. a lawmaker briefed tells nbc mr. trump said, well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about the election than you are and then mccarthy side, who the expletive do you think you are talking to. trump and mccarthy later patched things up. they bristled if trump supporters believed the big lie that trump won. >> my judgment? who asked that. my judgment's irrelevant in this proceeding. >> reporter: in a head shaking lapse, the defense complained about the trial itself. >> this is about the most miserable experience i've had down here in washington, d.c. there's nothing fun about it. >> reporter: only to be reminded that lawmakers lived through the deadly siege. >> for that i guess we're sorry, but you should have been here on january 6th. >> reporter: friday's trump defense came with video and an ominous sound track where democrats fiery words were quoted more than 200 times. >> you don't get what you don't fight for. >> fight. it is a fight. >> reporter: though no attack followed. after images of bravery became

top house republican kevin mccarthy begging mr. trump to call off the mob. the former president reportedly responding -- >> well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about the election than you are. >> reporter: that part of a statement house managers read aloud from republican congresswoman jamie herrera-beutler who says she was briefed on the call. the former president's defense dismissing the impeachment as political. >> if you don't impeachment him he might be elected again. >> reporter: house leaders pleading to disregard politics. >> the country in the world know who donald trump is. this trial is about who we are. >> reporter: the senate today writing the last chapter in the presidency of donald trump. >> in a written statement just after the vote, former president trump said the make america great again movement has only just begun, teasing that he'll have more to share in the months ahead. terry, back to you. >> alice, thanks very much. house speaker nancy pelosi reacting to today's vote by really going after senate republicans. >> but what w

mr. mccarthy he told her when he pleaded with the president on the call, mr.rump seemed to side with the rioters, upsetting the count ratifying his vote. these people are much more upset than you are he told the house republican leader in the telling. our phone lines, 202-748-8001 for republicans, 202-748-8000 for democrats and independents, 202-748-8002. back to your calls momentarily here on c-span's "washington journal." but the day yesterday, the saturday in the senate was expected to be and eventually did turn out to be the final day of the impeachment trial but not without a bit of a twist in the introduction or call for the introduction of witnesses. here's the lead manager, the house manager, jamie raskin of maryland. mr. as kin: over the last several days we presented overwhelming evidence that establishes the charges in the article of impeachment. we've shown you how president trump created a powder keg, lit a match and then continued his incitement even as he failed to defend us from the ensuing violence. we supported our position with images, video

mr. mccarthy is telling the truth, let me put it in a friendlier way, if he is being accurate when he sayshis new relief bill that was signed saturday morning by the congress, if this relief bill is only supplying less than 9% of that whole $1.9 trillion to covid relief, if that's true, obviously i can't approve of the performance. host: you are breaking up on us. rob is next on the approved line. caller: i'm not far from where they are innovating the truman library. truman had that famous saying the buck stops here. i think biden is doing that. he is saying the buck stops here and he will deliver what he ran on. i think that's important. that affects a broader amount of american people as opposed to the narrow base that trump promised everything to. that was never going to help america as a whole. joe biden is running on policies that will help the country, not just his base. the approval ratings show that. people can disapprove, but his approval ratings are way higher than trump in his entire four years. i just want to tell you and interesting story. yesterday, a girl in my neighborhood

mr. hoyer gave the leader mccarthy sufficient notice that this was a path we would follow. again, legislating in terms of the budget, in terms of the apprenticeship program, in terms of putting together our legislation a commission, similar to a 9/11 commission. i'm very pleased that others -- and i commend debbie wasserman schultz for taking the lead on upholding our oath in office, protect the constitution, and not only that, to uphold the spirit of standard for the house of representatives that respects the institution in which we serve and does no harm to it institutionally or to our members, staff, visitors personally. with that, i'll be pleased to take any questions. let me see. let me see. reporter: thank you, madam speaker. i have a question and i have a question from one of the reporters who is unable to be here today. first, looking ahead to the impeachment trial -- speaker pelosi: is that an announcement you will have two questions? reporter: yes, ma'am. speaker pelosi: go ahead. reporter: looking ahead to the impeachment trial. it will be one month since the att

washington, a republican, to testify about her conversation with house minority leader kevin mccarthy after his call with mrp during the attack on the capitol. herrera beutler, who voted to impeach the former president, says mccarthy told her as he pleaded with the former president to call off the rioters. mr. trump responded, "well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about the election than you are." >> we should close this case out today. >> reporter: the former president's legal team was laughed at after threatening to call hundreds of witnesses, including speaker nancy pelosi, and vice president harris. >> these deposition should be done in person, in my office, in philadelphia. laugh that's where they should be done. i don't know why you're laughing! >> reporter: but a deal to enter herrera beutler's statement into the record allowed the trial to move on to closing arguments and after five days of proceedings, the final vote. >> mr. cramer, not guilty. >> reporter: senator mitch mcconnell, the top republican in the senate, voted to acquit mr. trump, but then condemned him on the senate floor. a

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about a phone call between donald trump and house republican leader kevin mccarthy, while the capitol was under attack. here's what mrkin had to say. last night, congresswoman jaime herrera last night, congresswomanjaime herrera beutler of washington state issued a statement confirming that, in the middle of the insurrection, when house minority leader kevin mccarthy called the president to beg for help, president trump responded, and i quote, well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about these people are more upset about the election than you are. needless to say, this is an additional, critical piece of corroborating evidence, further confirming the charges before you, as well as the president's wilful dereliction of duty and desertion of duty, as commander in chief of the united states, his state of mind, and his further incitement of the insurrection on january six. further incitement of the insurrection onjanuary six. for that reason, and because this is the proper time to do so under the resolution of the senate adopted to set the rules for the trial, we would like the opportunity to subpoena congressw

mr. mccarthy disclaims the rumors that have been the basis of this morning's active, but really the rumors based on rumor, innuendo. there's nothing to it and they didn't do their work. just like what happened with mr. lee two or three nights ago, that some supposed conversation had happened, and they had to withdraw that, back off of it because it was false. it was a false narrative. but it is one article of impeachment. yeah, they threw a lot of stuff in it in violation of rule 23. rule 23 says you cannot combine counts. it's a defect in their entire case. it's one of the four reasons why you can devote to acquit in this case. jurisdiction, rule 23, due process, and the first amendment, they all apply in this case. let me take my own advice and cool the temperature in the room a little bit. it's about the incitement. it's not about what happened afterward. that's actually the irrelevant stuff. that's the irrelevant stuff. it's not the things that were said from the election to january 6th. it's not relevant to the legal analysis of the issues that are before this body. it doesn't matter

washington, a republican to, testify about her conversation with house minority leader, kevin mccarthy after his call with mr. trump during the attack on the capitol. herrera butler who voted to impeach the former president said mccarthy told her as he pleaded with the former president to call the rioters, mr. trump responded "well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about the election than you are". >> we should pose this case out today. >> reporter: the president's former legal team was laughed at after threatening to call hundreds of witnesses including nancy pelosi and compares. >> these depositions should be done in person in my office in philadelphia. that's where they should be done. i don't know why you're laughing. >> reporter: a deal to enter herrera butler's statements allowing the trial to move onto closing arguments. and after five days of proceedings, the final vote. >> not guilty. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell voted to acquit mr. trump and then condemned him on the senate floor immediately after. senator burr said in a statement by what he did and what he did not do, president trump vio

mr. mccarthy said, let's see what happens. and tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people died and the economy has regressed. that pause crippled our nation's response both in the public health emergency and economic one that supports authorized the care act. we were finally able to reach bipartisan agreement on covid-19 at the end of december, december 16. much damage had been done and we knew, we knew, we all knew that the december legislation would not be enough, mr. speaker. and that we would have to act again. now we are doing so. now very frankly, when we were at the greatest recession, not depression, in december of 2007 and then 2008 and then when we took over and could act on a relief bill, we passed $787 billion bill, relatively small in terms of the sums we are talking about now, and it saved us from depression. and not a single republican in the house of representatives voted for that. now remember, 172 democrats voted for george bush's tarp legislation. not a single republican stepped in to help the americ

mr. mccarthy, radical steps are required, but as an active viewer of the b.i.c. for the last eight years, i've heard that for eight years. and if there isn't a timeline with specific objectives, then that is really not believable. my second point is that d.b.i. needs to make radical changes, then they need very strong leadership. and hiring a deputy director who is less credentialed than an entry-level plan checker makes no sense. so if be want change, we need knowledgeable, professional leadership in the department, and i don't see a commitment to making that happen. thank you. >> thank you. is there another caller? >> no, no more callers. i will do a roll call vote of the commissioners. commissioner mccarthy? >> yes. >> vice president mar? >> yes. >> commissioner alexander tuk? >> this is the city attorney. are my options yes or no, or can i abstain? >> yes, no, or abstain are fine options. >> okay. i am abstaining. i am unhappy with the process.

republican lawmakers tell cnn that house republican leader kevin mccarthy begged mr. trump on the phone to call off the mob, but mr. trump refused. we'll have more on that in a moment. >>> first, here's jeff zeleny. jeff? >>> the article of impeachment now before the senate is an unjust and blatantly unconstitutional act of political vengeance. >> reporter: a verdict in the impeachment trial of former president trump donald trump is expected today. with his lawyers swiftly resting their case friday after arguing the deadly attack on the capitol was neither trump's fault nor responsibility. >> no thinking person could seriously believe that the president's january 6th speech on the ellipse was in any way an incitement to violence or insurrection. >> reporter: the senators quickly moved to the next phase of the trial. with republicans and democrats alike submitting written questions before rendering their judgment. the senate clerk read this query from republican senators mitt romney and susan collins -- >> when president trump sent the disparaging tweet at 2:24 p.m. re

mr. hoyer gave leader mccarthy sufficient notice this is a path we would follow. on terms of the budget, in terms of the apprenticeship program, in terms of putting together our legislation for a commission similar to 9/11 commission, i'm pleased that others and -- i commend honoring our oath of office to protect the constitution. but not only that, to uphold the standard for the house of representatives that respects the institution in which we serve and does no harm to it institutionally or to our members, staff, visitors personally. with that, i would be pleased to take any questions. let me see. >> thank you, madam speaker. a question from one of the pool reporters who is unable to be here today. if i could -- they go together. looking agents the impeachment trial. >> you will have two questions? >> yes, ma'am. >> is that all right with the rest of you? >> looking ahead to the impeachment trial, it will be one month since the attack on the capitol. the former president is long gone. there are plenty of people who say, why bother? why go through this exercise?

and i want to remind you that just a week before last, your house republican leader, kevin mccarthy, met with mrtrump at mar-a-lago and said the former president will campaign for republicans in the 2022 elections. the question is, is this still the party of donald trump and does marjorie taylor greene still hold a solid place in that party? >> chris, we're the party of abraham lincoln, the party of ronald reagan. we have to really take a hard look at who we are and what we stand for, what we believe in. i think when you look at both his actions leading up to what happened on january 6th, the fact that he was impeached in a bipartisan fashion, the fact that he lost the presidency, the fact that we lost the senate, we have to be in a position where we can say we stand for principles, we stand for ideals. somebody who has provoked an attack on the united states capitol to prevent the counting of electoral votes which resulted in five people dying who refused to stand up immediately when he was asked and stop the violence, that is a person who does not have a role as a leader of our party going for

president to do something he first tries to assign the blame to another group leader mccarthy says no, these are orders, mr. president. what does the president say in response? not send people right away, i didn't realize you were in danger, he says well, kevin. i quote. well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about the election been you are,". i guess these people are more upset about the election than you are. the president just said he conveyed in that tweetth at 6:01 p.m. was essentiallyly saying yu got what you deserve. let me say that again. the only was the president fully aware of the vice president's situation, the situation we were all in, he was asked for help in less than 30 minutes after inciting the violence against his own vice president, resident trumpta refused that request for assistance. he told why. his singular focus stopping the certification of the election of his opponent. he incited the violence to stop the certification, he attacked the vice president and further inside the insurrection to pressure the vice president, software certification, he called senator tuberville t

now kevin mccarthy is saying, mr. president, we're under attack by this mob and here's the president saying, look, kevin, they're the ones who care about this election, meaning donald trump's fraudulent explanation that he was cheated out of an election. so it undermines the entire defense that the president's lawyers have put on, and as jamie raskin noted, if donald trump wants top come put forward his side of the story, be our guest. come sit in front of the senate, be sworn in and tell the truth. they obviously don't want him to do that because they know it will put him in even more legal jeopardy. >> also to me it highlights much of the factual record is unclear. we saw incredible amounts of video footage. something like this indicates it's not complete and would seem to suggest that witnesses might be appropriate here. you could subpoena kevin mccarthy. there are people that could come and talk under oath, not just the president. why not do that? >> well, that will be a question that the house managers have to de

president, inside the white house, close advisers we've had reports of, now we have kevin mccarthy's report, saying, mr must intervene, and the president says, well, why? these people care about the votes, i like what they're doing. that was the gist of what we've come to understand. it completes the picture of a president who incited an insurrection through his actions, through the big lie, through feeding the fury of supporters, through organizing it on that day, through sending them to the capitol, through not getting the national guard out, and then not responding when the capitol was attacked. >> so this is not a hard loss on a policy argument. this is not even a hard loss on differing opinions about the president's role in the russia investigation into interference in the election. you guys were in there with people trying to come get you. and now your colleagues are going to make it okay. how does business as usual have any chance at happening after they acquit, if they do? >> well, what happens in a senate is, we will have the next issue up, and people will speak to it, people will vote on it.