speaker pelosi: absolutely not. one one of the things we always discuss is as we try to address the emergency that we have now to crush the virus, to save the lives and livelihood of the american people we are not going to perpetuate any injustices. we spent a good deal of time in the early part of the meeting talking about the disparity -- in many ways, but including access to health, provisions that are necessary to fight the virus now including the distribution of vaccines. absolutely positively not. >> [inaudible] the $1400. did you raise the issue they should be targeted? where is the cutoff point? speaker pelosi: let me just say this because i think there is not a clear understanding. this is the overarching budget bill. next week the committees of jurisdiction will take those targeted amounts and make this, establish priorities there. so we're not going to have a negotiation right here. mr. neal, the chair of the ways and means committee, did you want to say something about that? >> thanks, speaker. the cares

speaker pelosi: not at all. if any members threatened the safety of other members, we would be the first one to take them off the committee. that's it. thank you. reporter: are you willing to compromise on the eligibility for student -- [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> the u.s. house will meet to vote on removing republican marjorie greene due to her conspiracy theories and other issues. we will have live coverage of that debate and vote here on c-span. >> the senate impeachment trial of former president donald trump begins tuesday with senators deciding if the former president should be convicted on incitement of insurrection. watch our live coverage of the senate impeachment trials starting tuesday at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2, c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. and if you miss any part of the proceedings, watch anytime on d

speaker pelosi: no. >> explain why. speaker pelosi: you asked a question. yes or no. no. >> there is uniform support for this transformational legislation in the house democratic caucus. there is no fair to partly cloudy view of the american rescue plan. it is a sunny, aspirational, bold view because the $1.9 trillion plan will crush the virus, provide direct relief to the american people, increase the direct payment survival checks to a total of $2000, provide $25 billion in assistance to renters and homeowners who are struggling and increased food security ebt program by 15%, provide $350 billion in state and local assistance so we can protect public programming, public safety, public health, public education, public transportation and revision of the public good. end of those are just the highlights, that is not the fine print, because it is a once in a century pandemic and the caucus under speaker pelosi as recognized with the full support of everyone that it requires a once in a century continuing, comprehensive and compassionate congressional response. and that

speaker pelosi: thank you.orking on human rights in china for over 30 years, and it is really important for the world, the world to know that human rights are part of our value system as we engage, it is about our national security, it is about our military and our strength. it is about our economy and how we interact. and it is about our values. we cannot sacrifice one for the other. what form that takes, i would hope that it would change some behavior in china. vis-a-vis, hong kong, tibet, we -- uighars, and it took years to have the armenian genocide declared a genocide, and they have are declared the uighars a genocide which is a strong statement. i have a relationship over time with so many of those who have been arrested for years for prison labor camps and all of that. i am proud of that. they tell us, the cruelest form of torture for them is when the chinese authorities come in and say, no one knows that you are here, they don't even remember that you're here and the rest. that is why it is important fo

that's why i'll be voting no on the pelosi payoff bill. we already know what is the best stimulus plan out there. to fully reopen our economy. to do that, we need our economy back to work, back to school and back to health. we will spend 91% of paying after your allies, it doesn't do that. we need blue state governors to lift their nonscience based lockdowns. we need schools to reopen. we need to ramp up vaccine distribution so we can crush this virus. the democrat bill won't do any of that and the most unfortunate part of this, we had a history of producing bipartisan bills in a time of crisis. we had a history of working together. but that all changed. now it's decided something much different. with that, i open it up for questions. reporter: have you signed a commitment from the former president not to primary sitting members of congress and if not do you want one? mr. mccarthy: i don't have a commitment like that, i worked with the president on endorsement for seats of the house. everybody said we'd lose 20 seat, the speaker said she'd

pelosi wants more tunnels and the democrats voted for it.s standing for the american public and who is standing for corporations? it's the republican party today and it's what we are going to be tomorrow in the future and it's why america is going to be stronger because we will put america first. [applause] >> donald trump taught us many things. more than anything else, he made the republican party the party of the working class for the first time since reagan. the democrat party is the party of multinational corporations, wall street and they are the pro-china party, putting american workers last for the interest of our greatest adversary and wall street interests, the head of the interests of working class men and women in this country. my dad is a retired factory worker. he made axles all his life. he identified as a democrat most of his life. he did not like the republican leaders until donald trump. we have to keep voters like my dad in the fray. under kevin mccarthy's leadership in my leadership we will continue to be the party of the

it's clear, speaker pelosi's caucus thinks differently. they're blinded by partisanship and politics. it's the american people who will suffer the most because of it. as for the member in question, let me be very clear. representative greene's past comments and posts as a private citizen do not represent the values of my party. as a republican, as a conservative, as an american, i condemn those views unequivocally. i condemned them when they first surfaced and i condemn them today. this house overwhelmingly voted to condemn the dangerous lies of qanon last congress and continue to do so. i made this clear when i met with representative greene. i also made clear that we as members have a responsibility to hold ourselves to a higher standard. she acknowledged this during our conversation and apologized for her past comments. . i will hold her to her words and actions moving forward. but because these comments cause such deep wounds, i offered leader hoyer a path to lower the temperature and address these concerns in a productive way. i offer

how terrifying is that promise to make to someone like nancy pelosi? why did you believe you could do it? >> guest: you got to have some level of craziness in your head to do that. the truth is by the time i felt comfortable to make that promise was because i had seen these candidates coming up, so many of the congressional candidates were first-time candidates, women from all different backgrounds, teachers and nurses, cia agents. >> host: you are a cia agent? >> guest: every time i see congressman sandberg, no, so good. >> host: to kill you kind of things? >> guest: these amazing women who felt they needed to step up and serve because the country was going the wrong direction and communities were going in the wrong direction. emily's list was committed to the recruitment and getting a strong campaign, it wasn't like we had 23 in play, 40 to 50 in play, we've got to do this. my staff was not through and that is exactly right. sometimes it is like build a dream. you build it and they will come. >> host: you've got to count, nancy pelosi and willie brow

i worked for then leader pelosi, as you mentioned, now speaker pelosi, and all of our staff are justthese people that he was quiet, but really built relationships despite being quiet. he would, you know, chat and make jabs at us every morning and kind of poke at us and really built a relationship in a way that was just really deep and meaningful and we're just completely heartbroken at his loss. >> i saw you talked about one exchange that seems so telling as we wait for the ceremony to begin, we will see leader schumer, speaker pelosi come in and make remarks. caroline, you talked about what happened four years ago right after election day in 2016 and you, i think, told "usa today" that on that day you collapse in tears basically. you knew he was a trump supporter and he put that aside in that moment to comfort a friend. you called it a small gesture of kindness, but one that has always stuck with you. can you tell us more about that? >> yeah, absolutely. on the day after the election i think a number of us on the hill were just devastated, democrats devastated at the outcome, really

after speaker pelosi was ushered out, chairman mcgovern was presiding in the house. attempting to keep the counting process going. on our phones, members were receiving security updates. watching social media to see the horror that was going on outside. we never thought it would make its way in. by 2:25 p.m., rioters that were already in the building opened the east side doors of the capitol rotunda to let more of the mob in. they quickly flooded through the doors, overwhelming the officers. this is new security footage of those doors and as before, the mob is identified with the red dot on the model of the capitol. if you look closely, you'll see the first person through the door is holding the trump flag. >> one floor below, the crypt, beneath the rotunda at the very center of the capitol. inside the chamber, the security officer suspended the floor to update members. [inaudible]. >> we were told there were tear gas masks underneath our seats and be prepared to grab them. determined to keep the count going, chairman mcgovern called the house back into session. four

this is being done by nancy pelosi. this is a woman who said that the walls are immoral to protect the public. i believe it's part of their narrative of fear. they want to protect fear of the american public and even as you know, we have metal detectors now going to the house floor to vote and fearing other members of congress. this is absolutely the wrong signal to be setting to the american public and certainly in a free democracy, we certainly shouldn't be aware of -- afraid of the people who are the american public. maria: so you are going through metal detectors then to go vote? i had asked senator ron jon and you said no, you are actually going through metal detectors when you have to vote? congressman: correct. they've been installed by the house floor. you have statements by the speaker and statements by the other members of the democratic leadership saying that there are members that are afraid of other republican members. this is all part of perpetuating the culture of fear against the american public, against

speaker pelosi: good morning, here we are. with the eagles early in the morning, not that early, but in the inclement weather. speaking of inclement weather, hearts and prayers go out to the people of texas for what they are suffering in their situation there in terms of lack of water, lack of energy, and i have a daughter and she has known -- i know what her concerns are, but her concerns are minor compared to people in need, people truly in need, to lose water and service, for my family is one thing, but for people who do not have so many options, it is just heartbreaking. i would hope that the public policy of the state will recognize the needs that are there. in our code, we have $50 billion the president has responded to the calls for disaster assistance. he did that on sunday morning. now seeing a little praise taking a measure of what the needs are. there are other needs that my colleagues that my friends from texas have told us about. needs that relate to nutrition, again, the fact that some people were hopeful to get

the mob continued to look for speaker pelosi through out the time they occupied the capitol including invading her offices watch now how the mob searches for speaker pelosi is office which is marked in red and the house chamber itself. was. during the siege the speaker staff took cover in her office hiding in fear for their lives for hours as riders broke in and ransacked her office as the rioters were breaking into the capitol her staff retreated into an interior room 8 of them gathered in a conference room about the same time capitol police announced the capitol had been breech speaker pelosi staff heeded the call to shelter in place on our model you can see the riders in the rotunda in red and the speaker's office again in orange so this is a security video so there is no sound as you can see here the staff moves from their offices through the halls and then enters a door on the right hand side that's the outer door of a conference room which also has an inner door that they barricaded with furniture the staff then hid under a conference room table in that inner room this is the la

nancy pelosi's number one priority is election reform.ou being the leading republican, you have the most to lose. from an unfair election. what are you going to do to ensure that the future elections are safe and fair? here's what supreme court justice clarence thomas wrote. unclear rules threaten to undermine this system. they sow confusion and ultimately dampen confidence in the integrity and fairness of elections. to prevent confusion we have peteedly -- repeatedly blocked rule changes made by courts close to an election. this is a major issue and republicans continue to worry that you're not going to have any leadership positions so long as elections are not fair. i spoke with senator rand paul this past week on "mornings with maria" over on fox business. he says did georgia -- georgia had a big win because state senators passed a bill to require identification to vote. there's a novel thought. how about id to vote. here's rand paul this week with me. listen to this. >> i'm terrified of election integrity. i'm all for election integri

speaker pelosi's staff heeded the call to shelter-in-place. on our model, you can see the rioters in red and the speaker's office in orange. this is a security video so there is no sound. as you can see here, the staff moves from their offices through the halls and then enters a door on the right-hand side. that's the outer door of a conference room which also has an inner door that they barricaded with furniture. the staff then hid under a conference room table in that inner room. this is the last staff are going in and then barricading themselves inside of the inner office. after just seven minutes of them barricading themselves and the last staffer entering the door on the right, a group of rioters entered the hallway outside and once inside the rioters have free reign in the speaker of the house offices. in the security video, pay attention to the door that we saw those staffers going into. one of the rioters you can see is throwing his body against the door three times until he breaks open that outer door. luckily, he moved on. another wr

nancy pelosi is leading that effort. just announced someone called retired general russell honore of louisiana will lead the security review of what happened on january 6, of the riot. and nancy pelosi says the general has been "assessing our security needs reviewing what happened on january 6 and how we must ensure it doesn't happen again." but that is not right. general honore already has come to conclusions on what happened on january 6. he has been public about that. you should know what the conclusions are and what kind of personhe he is. just because his title is "general" doesn't mean he is sane. or not a wild eyed partisan. on the day after the capitol riot, honore suggested it was an inside job and the sergeant at arms might be implicated in the plot. >> it's was some complicit actions at the capitol police. police chief has been fired but now we need to look at a special investigation. was he complicit? along with the sergeant of arms in the house and the senate. it gives appearance of complicity. he complied b

and pence speaker pelosi, joint session and law enforcement. i want to alert everyone there is very graphic violent footage coming, just so people are aware. i'm going to call again, i should tell you went to work at the department of justice and senior counsel for deputy attorney general. thompson under attorney general, a very well trained experienced prosecutor. >> mr. president, senators. almost all of us were here january 6 and we all have our individual experiences but we felt, but we saw, what we heard, we seen clips and reports in the media i have to tell you, it was not until hearings of this trial that i understood the full scope and learn the information you're going to see that i understood effort to attack our receipt of government. in order to carry out president trump's mission, the certification of a presidential election, it was an attack to our republic, to our democratic process, my colleagues, swalwell and i are going to walk you through attacks on the capital that day and the danger that opposed the vice president, the spea

a pelosi spokesperson is firing back. a queet.arly these members are trying to deflect responsibility for capitol attack from donald trump. the speaker has and will continue to take action to insure accountability and enhance the security of the capitol. meanwhile officials are discussing keeping the national guard in d.c. until the end of the fall. around the capitol. despite some lawmakers saying there is no credible threat. the cost for the deployment for taxpayers now has gone over half billion dollars. and they can't agree on stimulus relief. oh my gosh. former wisconsin congressman and fox news contributor sean duffy is here. i have no words. take over. >> listen, this is ridiculous. in a sense that republicans are asking questions about what did nancy pelosi know and when did she know it, right? she says this is political? this is the people's house, this is where members of congress actually work and nancy pelosi is in charge of security at the capitol. so republicans have every right to know what nancy pelosi did to keep

at 2:50 p.m., rioters, including richard barnett enters speaker pelosi's office. the world is all too familiar with the images. if you look closely at the now infamous pictures, you might see something you didn't notice previously. here is a better look. as the photo highlights, he's carrying a stun gun tucked into his waistband. the fbi identified the device as a 950,000 full stun gun walking stick. it could have caused serious main and incapacitated anyone used again. richard bragged about his actions, he was proud of the way he desecrated the speaker of the house is office let's a note. we will not back down. in his own words, -- >> i'm in her office. [inaudible] i left her a note on her desk. [inaudible] >> trumps mob ransacked speaker of the house is office. they terrorized her staff. again, that is a mob signed by the president of the united states to stop the certification of an election. the vice president, speaker of the house, first and second in line to the presidency were performing their constitutional duties, presiding over the election certification

the house budget has not even been organized by nancy pelosi in the house them. that is unacceptable. if you are going to use the tools in your toolbox within budget reconciliation, use the rules that have been in effect since 1974. unfortunately, the rules are only used by the majority party if they see it favorable in their outcome. host: we spent the first hour of our program talking about that republican conference meeting late yesterday, that vote on liz cheney, and then there's floor vote that will happen today. can you give us -- and then this floor vote that will happen today. can you give us any insight and how did you vote on keeping liz cheney is the number three republican of the conference? guest: you never want to talk about the discussion that was in the house republican conference, but i will say it was a good family discussion. that is exactly what it is. we had several issues we wanted to address as a republican conference. it was a good discussion. people have their voices heard, and came to a decision. and we are going to move on. our conferen

the first person they wanted to bring up into cross examine nancy pelosi. they would have turned the whole thing into a circus and we conducted it legal seriousness and decorum and you saw the conduct of the lawyers on the other side and you know what donald trump's track record was. we would not allow them to turn into a farce. [inaudible] >> why did you -- [inaudible] >> the press conference we are going to continue to watch for that and bring it to you as it develops. let's now bring in the lead defense attorney, bruce castor is been arguing for the last five days. i want to congratulate you and maybe get your reactions in today's department. >> thank you very much. i doubt i will ever see anything like this again in my career. i am doing pretty good. >> jamie raskin and he is essentially saying they did indeed prove their case but you disagree? >> they failed miserably on all sorts of grounds, none of lease is the jurisdiction, the constitution is quite plain that once your out of office, that's the only active remedy on the impeachment article and then

several rioters including barnett enters speaker pelosi's office. the world is all too familiar with the images of the slides but if you look closely you might see something you do not notice previously here is a better look as the federal highlights he is carrying a stunas gun tucked into his waistband the fbi identified the device 950,000 stun gun and walking stick that could cause serious pain and incapacitated anyone it was used against. he bragged about his actions and was part of the way he desecrated the speaker of the house office and left a note we will not back down. here is barnett in his own words. >> i am in her office. i sat at her desk and i left her a note that said nancy we were here you bitch. >> ransacking the speaker's office and they terrorized her staff. again, that is a mob that was sent by the president of the united states to stop the certification of the election. the vice president, the speaker the house the second in line to the presidency were performing their constitutional duties presiding over the election certificati

. >> if rules won't allow the minimum wage increase and this bill, speaker pelosi will not stop trying. >> we are very pleased with the case that has been made. we will pass, we will pass a minimum wage bill. we must pass a minimum wage bill. >> surrounded by celebratory signage about the 50 million vaccines distributed, president biden wants people to know that more shots is a mean less articles. >> stay socially distance and for god sake, god's sake, wear masks. >> the president spoke today ahead of the release of any intel reports about the murder of american journalist in saudi arabia. the white house readout of of the call doesn't mention him about an hour ago i asked the president if it's a good call. and he said, yes. >> bret: peter, is there any sense of there will be anything public around the issue or the saudis as far as the report when it comes out? >> they're telling us, bret, it will come from the director of national intelligence. we expect we will hear from may be the committee, the relevant committees on capitol hill. as for tomorrow, the president focuses to be on a t

pelosi pushed back on that today. she said she was comparing what mcconnell said on the senate floor really hammering pelosi's proposal, almost insinuating he was taking the side of senator ron johnson saying it was antifa and not trump supporters who came to the capitol that day. >> white house not just balancing the covid relief fight and the question over the minimum wage, the nomination for tandem. what are we hearing? >> if they don't have the 50 democrats, it raises questions about how did they get to this point not knowing that? joe manchin said he would not support the vote. they have to go looking for a republican and have not found one yet. also a question about how could she move forward if the support is so shaky? as one example of that, two of the hearings for her nomination have been delayed. that could, in some ways, provide additional time for some outreach to try to build support. it could also be the sort of bell ringing that her nomination could be doomed. what seen from ron klain is a willingness t

nancy pelosi. i think they're all heroes and i think walls work because we proved it, whether it's at the capitol or the border. if we'd be better off moving the wall to the border, already funded by the way, if they let the fund's role to that. it's really a pathetic comparison and it really belies their underlying motives and it also ropes in another one of their political tenets that they somehow have to be protected from everyone on the right. it doing magnetometers becomes republicans are on the floor, right? one insult after another. >> rachel: i don't know why these congressmen -- >> the american people and the wisdom of the american people is that they see through this and understand what's going on. in part because of how brazen they are being about it. >> rachel: i was just going to say that i can't understand why kevin mccarthy or any of the congressman will stand for walking through the magnetometers. it's an insult not just to them, but to the voters that put them in office. it's like

nancy pelosi put about a $2 trillion bail in. there was a vote on the floor.he put a tunnel in silicon valley that has nothing to do with covid into the bill we wanted to take that gas into the bell. we wanted -- -- that has nothing to do with covid into the bill. we wanted to take that money to put the kids back to school. democrats voted for it. it is a clear fight, who is standing for the american public and who is standing for corporations? it is the republican party today, tomorrow and in the future. that is why america is going to be stronger as we put america first. [applause] representative banks: donald trump taught us many things and make the republican party the party of the working class for the first time since ronald reagan. the democratic party today is the party of multinational corporations, big business, wall street, silicon valley and they are the pro-china party, putting american workers last in the interests of our greatest adversary had wall street interests ahead of the interests of working class, working men and women in this country. m

no, nancy pelosi the speaker — have to do it. no, nancy pelosi the speaker of _ have to do it.it. no, nancy pelosi the speaker of the house - have to do it. no, nancy pelosi the speaker of the house has i the speaker of the house has agreed that we need a properly independent commission very much like ours on 9/11. it can be independent, bipartisan, they can ask for the fact without fear or favour, and they can ask for the fact without fear orfavour, and get to the bottom that way. we did that once and 9/11 was successful. it is still used by oncologists. many measures were adopted. we were successful and we can be successful again but we need that kind of commission.- we need that kind of commission. . . ., . ., commission. what chance would an independent _ commission. what chance would an independent commission - an independent commission reaches conclusions everyone believes? clearly the country has not been as divided since the civil war. it has not been as divided since the civil war.— the civil war. it all depends on the people, _ the civil war. it all depends on the peo

republicans saying that nancy pelosi doesn't seem to abide by rules for herself. congressman walsh will weigh-in. karl rove and geraldo rivera talking about biden's pledge to bring the nation together. breaking news. chicago has just reached a tentative agreement with the teacher's union with a small group that is supposed to return this thursday. in san francisco, getting close to a deal contingent on vaccine availability. that will take awhile. let's go to philadelphia where teachers are now defying the call by the superintendent that they must return to class. this looks like it could be a volatile situation. here's what the teachers are being asked to do. it's a small scale plan. return a limited number, about 9,000 students, by february 22. that gives them another two weeks to iron things out. they're already saying that they will not go back. workers all over the united states have return to their jobs. here's a look at the parents versus the unions across america starting with parents explaining that irside. >> she's been asking me what the point of living

nancy pelosi's face was stark naked. wasn't wearing a mask and neither were the dozens of people who surrounded her. local cbs affiliate was following all of it. but even the coronavirus already spreading all over the world in places like france and south korea, now we know in the u.s. cbs didn't suggest anything was amiss. they didn't report that nancy pelosi was a walking biohazard or super-spreader. why would they think that? just days earlier tony fauci had gone on television and promise to america that the risk of coronavirus infection in this country was minuscule. so if tony fauci's word meant anything at the time that people thought it did, and nancy pelosi walking around chinatown was not alarming but heroic. as one cbs reporter said that nancy pelosi was a one walking tourist attraction with the pathogen far more insidious than the coronavirus. nancy pelosi was in chinatown to defeat racism against asian-americans. pelosi herself was explicit on that point "we want to see the people come to chinatown. here we a

was it nancy pelosi? no. when did she know it? if she knew there was attack on capitol why didn't she secure it earlier? why didn't she bring in the national guard? what did mitch mcconnell no or aoc know. >> mayor bowser.

a thorough investigation that they did not do i need to do the 911 style investigation that nancy pelosi called for. we have 2 correspondents on this story in a moment or go to and they gallacher in west palm beach in florida close to donald trump's residence but 1st let's check in once again with allan fishies on capitol hill so allan way do we stand right now. we're on a quorum call which is essentially just a technical measure that you can put in place in the senate to give yourself a bit of time to think about things so we know that both sides are actually sitting discussing how they're going to proceed with the whole idea of witnesses as you say it was a bipartisan vote 55 republicans 55 democrats and republicans voted to call witnesses 45 all republicans voted against it i'm told on the floor of the senate there were harsh words between ron johnson big supporter of donald trump from wisconsin and mitt romney former presidential candidate of course for the republicans who's been a critic of donald trump he voted to call witnesses ron johnson didn't like that just to clarify somethin

todd: if you're nancy pelosi -- speaker nancy pelosi in hot water, accused of skating around new metale chambers. jillian: the rule imposes a fine on those who break it. one of the lawmakers is congressman ronnie davis, he joins us live with more. thank you for being here. >> good morning, thank you for having me on. jillian: i'm going to read this from the gop letter to the acting sergeant at arms. this is friday. it reads, yesterday at approximately 9:59 a.m. multiple members observed the speaker of the house entering the house chamber without completing security screening but was observed with a clear violation of house resolution 73 and you are required by house rules to impose this fine. please inform us once the fines has been assessed. i'm going to let you take it away. what's your reaction? >> well, it's disappointing but not surprising that nancy pelosi would implement rules that she has no intention of following. just like during the beginning of the pandemic, she told everyone else don't get a haircut. she decided to go and get one in san francisco. she decided to install me

nancy pelosi was in chinatown to defeat racism against asian-americans.osi herself was explicit on that point "we want to see the people come to chinatown" here we are, we are saved, come join us. in other words if you are worried about catching the virus by gathering in chinatown you are a white supremacist. so after that remarkable day what we have we learned? we know despite the best efforts, nancy pelosi does not exceed in antiracism against asians in san francisco. in fact, a year later, violence against asian-americans in san francisco was the highest rate ever. so if you are a reasonable person, you might call for an investigation into this. what is causing these attacks and how can we stop them? if you tune into the cnn or msnbc, you know where they are happening. donald trump. yes, the great orange menace may not be in the white house anymore. he may not have gotten any votes at all in san francisco, but don't be fooled. donald trump is the reason this is happening. and that since a larger message to the rest of us from the political class in the

and pence speaker pelosi, joint session and law enforcement. i want to alert everyone there is very graphic violent footage coming, just so people are aware. i'm going to call again, i should tell you went to work at the department of justice and senior counsel for deputy attorney general. thompson under attorney general, a very well trained experienced prosecutor. >> mr. president, senators. almost all of us were here january 6 and we all have our individual experiences but we felt, but we saw, what we heard, we seen clips and reports in the media i have to tell you, it was not until hearings of this trial that i understood the full scope and learn the information you're going to see that i understood effort to attack our receipt of government. in order to carry out president trump's mission, the certification of a presidential election, it was an attack to our republic, to our democratic process, my colleagues, swalwell and i are going to walk you through attacks on the capital that day and the danger that opposed the vice president, the spea

it should be dismissed because of speaker's pelosi waiver of jurisdiction. if the house acquired jurisdiction. the articles should be dismissed because the trial in the senate of a private citizen is not permitted. let alone with the conflicts just described that attend this proceeding. finally on the subject of due process, i'd say the following. this is our nation's sacred constitution. it has served us well since it was written. it's been amended through a careful process. it's a document unique in all the world. it's a foundational part of what makes the united states a beacon of light among the other nations of the world. not only has room for tremendous variety of perspectives on the philosophical direction our country should take, it's encourages the advocacy of our differences. we have long held that fundamental to its health and well-being is its insistent on due process for every citizen. the emphasis on the right to due process long ago was recognized as the life breath. a primary guarantor of its eternal viability as our political civic and natio

the person ultimately responsible for security in the house would be nancy pelosi. the sergeant of arms answers to her but instead of getting to the bottom of this massive security failure, no, the speaker just rushed through yet another snap impeachment, no due process, no presumption of innocence, no defense, having a no facts and no investigation and recently, she didn't even want to answer questions about this massive post-9/11 security failure she called a waste of time. take a look. >> as far as the impeachment trial is concerned senator graham said that if the democrats call any witness that they will be prepared to call in the fbi and "tell us about people who planned this attack and what happened with the security footprint at the capitol. what's your response to that? >> your question is a waste of time. >> sean: protecting our institutions and protecting elected officials from both sides of the aisle is not a waste of time and now that the impeachment charade is over having never investigated a thing, pelosi is now finally ordering a full-scale investigat

i'm curious to hear what speaker pelosi said. last week when we were together talking about this, she didn't told back at all. she was very focused on republican leadership when asked about marjorie taylor greene. that it was beyond the pail that they were turning a blind eye. and i wonder if after last night what more does peeker pelosi say in. >> probably that. and she's going to have to explain and frankly in some ways defend the fact that they are going to put this vote on the floor. when i use the word "defend", i do is very specifically because obviously we heard during the rules committee process yesterday, jim mcgovern talked with a lot of passion about the fact that this must not -- they must not let this stand as a house representatives that they can't allow somebody with her views with the things that she has said, whether it is in office or before, to sit on these major committees, which is understandable. the flip side of that is the raw politics of this. and there is one political calculus that democrats have which

nancy pelosi's deposition needs to be taken. vice-president harris' deposition, absolutely needs to be taken, and not by zoom. these depositions should be done in person, in my office, in philadelphia. >> this could lead to a panoply of witnesses summoned by both sides. vice-president pence, perhaps, mccarthy, even g.o.p. alabama senator tommy tuberville. this could be a defacto review at the capitol. and one from speaker pelosi what she requested for the security posture on the 6th of january and the republicans are more than happy to stretch this out. they believe the democrats were stretching authority with the trial. this could be the shortest impeachment trial of a president, five days. last year's two weeks. president clinton's trial five weeks in 1999. the trial of president andrew johnson in 1868 three months. the senate is it going to return at 12:30 eastern time and they have to work out a resolution how to proceed with witnesses and maybe we'll learn more about that at 12:30 and there could even be a vote, john. >> we

now, that's not what nancy pelosi is proposing.ould use as a further cudgel to beat up on republicans and conservatives out there in the country. paul: kim, should donald trump's role in this be part of such an investigation? because i assume that's a exactly what democrats will want to pursue. >> look, i don't think that you can do an evaluation without this without talking, for instance, about the president's speech out there. because that gets to the question of whether or not some of this was preplanned and who was actually at that speech versus who was at the capitol, that kind of a thing. but again, the way that you make sure that you get the facts and that this entire experiment is not moved over and focused as a, quote, witch hunt against the president is you make sure you have a truly bipartisan commission. paul: dan, what do you think is nancy pelosi's calculation here? because if you're looking to essentially have conspiracy theories put to rest, if you're looking to have some kind of consensus about what actually did ha

here's speaker nancy pelosi.s far as the impeachment trial is concerned, senator graham said if the democrats call any witness, they'll be fully prepared to call on the fbi and, quote, tell us about people who preplanned this attack and what happened with the security footprint at the capitol. what's your response to that? >> your question is a waste of time. maria: wow. well, that shut it down, mark. the question is a waste of time. >> well, that's what speaker pelosi does when she can't answer a question, she says it's a waste of time because the answer would not be one that would be one that she would want to share with the american people. when we look at washington, d.c., the capitol police, many of them are my friends. i can tell you they do a tremendous job, but they need to be empowered to do that job, and there were plenty of assets there to assist them in their efforts, and some of those decisions weren't made appropriately, in my opinion, and those decisions did not come from 1600 pennsylvania avenue,

nancy pelosi is guilty of treason, and we want her out of our government. amy: cnn reports marjorie taylor greene recently removed that video from her facebook page. in another resurfaced video, greene talks about the qanon conspiracy theory. >> is it going to be true that the child's pedoplia in t eles in waington, d. -- is thatha we arreally gng to see co out? the te of corption we are going see comout going to be satanic worshiphat possly all these pele are involved in? maybe all these ary thing th people lk autn what is condered copiracy ses and copiracyheoriereally may berue. buthat is at qas bn tellg everyo. amy:n 20, marjoritaylor eene also aimed a laser from outer space started the camp fire. pacific has pleaded guilty to the deaths of people killed in the wildfire. house speaker nancy pelosi butte house republicans for putting -- rebuked house republicans are putting the conspiracy theorist on the education committee. >> appointing her to the education committee which he has mocked the killing of little children at sandy hook elementary school, whe

now nancy pelosi wants are on review calling for commissions similar to the one congress created in the wake of the september 11th terrorist attacks writing a letter to colleagues, quote, to protect our security, our security, our security, our next step is to establish an outside commission to investigate and report on the causes relating to the january 6, 2021, to mystic terrorist attack on the united states capitol complex. this commission would seek to have bipartisan input but there is already support for it. >> did nancy pelosi know on january 5th was a threat to the capital? what did donald trump do after the attack? we need a 9/11 commission to find out what happened and make sure it never happens again. >> reporter: this is house republicans sent a letter to speaker pelosi, about her decisions leading up to the attack and the timing of the national guard deployment, specifically if she delayed a request from capital police. >> we don't know because she won't answer the question. the media is not asking tough questions and when they do hedge around it she dodges it. >> reporter:

but that contrast there also speaks to the powers that speaker pelosi says are necessary. you have someone who was publicly denying that 9/11 happened. thank you about that as an american and what that means. and under this pressure is now changing her position. we have someone who as recently as the last two weeks said there was nothing to apologize for. now under pressure of potentially losing her committee power, changing gears. here was speaker pelosi discussing the vote. >> i remain profoundly concerned about how republican's leadership acceptance of extreme conspiracy theorist. >> are you worried at all about the precedent it would send? >> none. none at all. if any of our members threatened the safety of other members, we'd be the first one to take them off of the committee. >> we begin with congresswoman karen bass. she serves on the judiciary committee. thank you for being here. what is tonight's vote mean to you and to this congress? >> well, i think it's a sad day. it's another sad day in u.s. history that we would actually need to take a vote to remove someone