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i want to bring in cnn congressional correspondent phil mattingly who is covering all of this from the hill, and phil, the resolution authored by democratic congressman david s rask raskin, it was actually introduced this morning, so give us the main points on what happens next. >> reporter: you have the 25th amendment resolution by david rask raskin, a maryland democrat, which imposed the amendment. it was blocked by republicans. they will pass it with the full house in an up or down vote tomorrow. then you have the impeachment resolution also introduced today. david raskin and also ted liu and david cicilline. here's the reality. even though vice president mike pence has been given by speaker pelosi 24 hours to respond on the 25th amendment, every democrat i've talked to expect to vote on impeachment on wednesday, they fully expect to impeach the president on wednesday, and at this point in time, the biggest question is whether or not they're going to have the votes, they know they're there, they already have the 220 votes they would need just in democrats alone. i'm told house repub

phil mattingly live for us from capitol hill. >>> it is the top of the hour. i'm brianna keilar and history is unfolding. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> history is unfolding on capitol hill. the house is moving ahead today, preparing to vote on a resolution calling for vice president mike pence to invoke the 25th entertainmeamendment te president. and they will set the rules for a vote tomorrow. democrats say they expect it to pass and also expect several republicans to join them. today president trump is escaping the turmoil in washington and his white house to get a glimpse of the border wall in p texatexas. before leaving the white house, the president took aim at democrats to remove him the sec ti second time, saying it will invite more violence. and breaking news that the fbi developed a report of a quote, war, at the capitol. this contradicts reports that officials knew of no intelligence indicating there would be violence. with me now is cnn justice correspondent evan perez and cnn senior law enforcement analyst andrew mccabe, who was deputy director

phil mattingly is live with the latest. phil, are you expecting even more republicans to join the president's efforts? >> reporter: yeah, i think it is a distinct possibility. if you want to know the answer why that's the case, it is not necessarily because dozens upon dozens of republicans think there was significant election fraud, which there's no proof of. they more are interested incur eeg favor with the person most in favor of the party. even if not in office january 20th, republicans understand the pull he has with the base, the pull he has politically, and understand practical implications of the vote won't overturn an election. important point to put out there right now. all this means, you have a house member and senator, it means their objection is valid and both chambers have to recess when the objection comes. it means two hours of debate maximum, then it means they'll vote. they'll vote on every single objection whether a senator or house member. it will be a long day or days, plural. we have to see how it play

that is exactly as phil mattingly and as dana and abby were discussing. what we saw was kicking into motion the steps forward now. the house will convene tomorrow to have a full house floor vote on this resolution imploring vice president mike pence to invoke the 25th amendment. and ambassador, let me bring you on in that. your reaction to what ma means, the feasibility of the 25th amendment. >> it applies whether you have a president who is incapacitated. the vice president plus eight members of the cabinet could trigger the operation of the 25th amendment. and that would temporarily suspend the president, put mike pence in the oval office, pending further proceedings in congress. it is extremely unlikely that mike pence and eight members of the cabinet are going to do that. but this is necessary anyhow because we have a president who is manifestly incamppacitated. we could see his mental disability on full floor view for the world. and it has gravely endangered the lives of the people in that building. five lives lost as a result, including one of the u

let's go to cnn's phil mattingly for a state-of-play check on capitol hill. what do you have? >> well, we are in the last vestiges, i guess you could say, on the house floor about the objection to the commonwealth of pennsylvania. look, we know how this is going to end. when it came to the objection to arizona, 121 republicans voted in favor of that rejection. that was nowhere near what they needed. and it didn't matter, anyway, because the senate summarily dismissed. so, what you are watching right now on the house floor and what we are waiting for is lawmakers, republican and democrat, going back and forth. each gets five minutes and once they are done, they will vote. the vote will fail. the joint session would technically reconvene, and then they will finish counting the final 12 states. the endgame here is the same guys as it has been since november 7th. joe biden will be president-elect of the united states. joe biden will be inaugurated on january 20th. how we got from there to here, well, it's been a mess, and obviously, today was no exception. perhaps, it was kind of

our congressional correspondent, phil mattingly, is on the scene for us. in a truly historical move, phil, the president will be impeached tomorrow by the house of representatives for the second time. tonight "the new york times" is reporting the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, is actually pleased, pleased that the president of the united states will be impeached. update our viewers. >> reporter: that's exactly right. it would be a stunning idea. mitch mcconnell, one of the president's sharpest defenders during the first impeachment and early part of 2020 now, according to "the new york times," is open to the idea. my colleague, manu raju and i have confirmed a lot of "the new york times" reporting. you will notice mitch mcconnell, senate majority leader, has been silent in the wake of the january 6th attacks as it pertains to what house democrats have been moving towards, that is impeaching the president. there's a reason for that. one, i'm told he is keeping his options open. he is not committed to voting to convict the president but does want to

phil mattingly at the white house for us thanks very much. i want to bring in our chief political correspondent dana bash, our senior correspondent abby philips and chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. sanjay, first of all, give us your overall assessment of the new plan president biden and his aides are laying out today because there is a lot of specific detail there. >> yeah, i mean, it's pretty comprehensive, wolf. we've been talking about this for so long, to hear some of these potential strategies to move and address this pandemic, actually starting to be discussed like this i think was pretty significant. ten executive actions that were signed. as you point out a lot of specifics, fema saying we'll have a hundred area clinics in areas particularly hard to reach by the end of the month. the cdc tasked with making sure pharmacies can also start to deliver vaccines if they have enough resources and staffing and all that by the beginning of next month. hhs tasked with trying to recruit more vaccinators, people who can actually admi

phil mattingly, cnn, the white house. >> okay, phil, thanks for that. good to see you, thanks for joining us. you heard talk about president biden trying to push through this covid relief package. how critical is it that this is such a critical step for this new president? why is that important? >> i think we have to understand the mentality of joseph biden, he's coming in as the oldest president ever in the united states and he's probably going to do one term of office. and then he's got only two years before the midterms come. and we've got a very deep and wide crisis, which everybody recognizes. so it's a moment of choice for president biden which is he going for unity or is he going for radical change and this is the first step, if you like, in a kind of relief phase of dealing with this pandemic and the economic after effects and the health effects, effects on scores workers and move on to recovery and reform or is he going to play the micropolitics of the gop and the title work around and tiptoe around the rules without recognizing perhaps that th

phil mattingly reports. >> let me be very clear, things are going to continue to get worse before they get better. >> reporter: on president joe biden's first day, a singular focus, the fight against the pandemic. >> we will get through this. we will defeat the pandemic. >> the biden administration unveiled a wrath of executive options. >> to a nation waiting for action, let me be the clearest on this point. help is on the way. >> reporter: one that includes new uses of the defense production act to surge supplies, development of advanced therapeutics, data collection and the establishment of a pandemic testing board as well as new actions to extend masking requirements during interstate travel on trains, ple plains and buses. re-establishing trust in the federal government. >> the idea that you can get up here and talk about what you know, what the evidence, what the science is and know that's it, let the science speak, it is somewhat of a liberating feeling. >> reporter: but the problems facing the nation's administration are significant. the white house correspondent saying, quote,

phil mattingly is with us. phil, what can we expect from him today? >> reporter: press secretary jen psaki says the president goes to sleep thinking about the pandemic, wakes up thinking about the pandemic, and that's his focus today, too. what you're going to see the president put into place here in about an hour is a raft of executive actions to fill in gaps they feel were left by their predecessors. it will start with a surge on supplies, really invoking the defense production act, trying to boost supplies for testing, for vaccinations, ppe, things of that nature as well. also setting up a national testing board as well to look at shortfalls on the testing front of things where those gaps can be filled in. he'll make a boost on reimbursement for fema, and why that matters from state to state is that will help as they move it from 75% to 100% in terms of financing for the national guard. for school openings as well, they plan on using that reimbursement. you'll see a series of actions by this administration making it very clear this is this primary

let's get straight to the white house and senior white house correspondent phil mattingly. phil, you could hear the impatience from majority leader chuck schumer today. >> reporter: the president does want a bipartisan deal, does want to see if his team can make it to 60 votes and is ready to go near the top dollar line, but he's not ready to drop to where republicans want that top line to be. i think that's why you see impatience from democrats on capitol hill. you can go rank and file in both chambers. later today when brian drease briefs senate democrats in a private phone call, i would be willing to say of the 50 democrats on that call probably 40 to 48 of them are ready to go right now and ready to go big. that's what chuck schumer said on the floor as well. while you continually hear joe biden talk about a bipartisan deal, while his team will try to reach a bipartisan deal, they are still trying to reach out to republicans getting them information about the $1.9 trillion proposal. i think reality is setting in, and the reason why democrats are in this position right no

for the latest, let's bring in phil mattingly. phil, this swearing-in taking place, a vote for the, you know, house speaker nancy pelosi to return to her post, all of this taking place, and then really upstaging it all is this recording of the president of the united states trying to overthrow the results of the georgia election and possibly interfere with the upcoming senate runoff race. >> reporter: yeah, happy new year, right? any normal year, a house speaker race where the margins are exceedingly tight, the anticipation is nancy pelosi will be reelected, but everyone knows it will come down to a couple votes, but that would lead normally but it's not. the new recording shining lights on the efforts of the president. the big question right now, you start with this. you stipulate on january 6th, joe biden will one against be confirmed as president of the united states. on january 20th they will be sworn in. no doubt about that. what it does for the long-term interests of the country leading into january 6th, and what it does for

let's go to cnn's phil mattingly for more. phil, a pretty remarkable last hour. tell us what happened. >> reporter: yeah, and it wasn't even close. let's first talk about the policy, and it underscores why this was a fight the president shouldn't have picked to begin with. this is the national defense act. it is the defense bill as outlined by legislators and for the last 60 years it has been passed by congress with pretty wide bipartisan margins. the difference this year was president trump who opposed the bill, not necessarily on defense policy grounds, which is the core of what it is, it also protects the pay raise for troops, i might add, he opposed it because it did not include on-line appeal of section 230, not only the those who drafted the bill tried to tell him incessantly. it also authorized the change for army bases named after confederate soldiers. it was just a small component of this bill. the president complained pretty regularly that this bill was soft on china and russia, something the enactors of this bill said was wrong. this is always bipartis

we'll go to phil mattingly who's on capitol hill. phil, what's happening right now? >> reporter: i think probably using the word surreal about 100 times today. i have never seen anything like what we witnessed. you had senators being walked from where they were being held in an undisclosed location with long guns so they can get to the senate floor to restart this process. the senate floor that had been invaded by trespassers while lawmakers were evacuated early in the days. several republicans i spoken to made clear there has been a pressure campaign on those republicans who plan to object, keep in mind one objection is still going on right now. arizo arizona. they are trying to get this objection to beat the last. nothing is finalized yet according to the people i am talking to now. several have came out and said things are different as mike bron put it to reporters, we need to get this ugly day behind us. michael bron was one of those objectors. the big question is given what we have seen the last seven or eight hours, senator josh hawley decides that we don't nee

with us this hour to share their input, phil mattingly, keith and frank zeleny. >> she's close with the leader mitch mcconnell. in murkowski's view, she says the president needs to be held accountable. >> i believe that this president has committed an impeachable offense. i think that is one of the most consequential actions that we should take, and i think that that would be appropriate. >> that's one, phil, and it's pretty easy to get five or six, but it's hard to get to 17 or 18, and almost impossible unless mitch mcconnell says let's do this. where are we today? >> reporter: i think this is a crucial point, because we saw a couple days ago when liz cheney came out and said she would vote for impeachment when it became clear that the majority leader mitch mcconnell believes that criminality had taken place here. if you learned anything from yesterday's vote where 197 house republicans voted against impeachment, that's not the case, and the president still has very real pull inside the party. i think the dynamics right now are super fluid. in fact, all republican senators, i'm told, h

let's go to our congressional correspondent phil mattingly. phil, so will enough republicans vote to actually convict and remove the president? he'll actually have been removed, but to convict him and prevent him from ever being able to run for federal office again? >> wolf, when you talk to republican advisers and republican senators, at least over the course of the last 24 hours, there's agreement on one issue. that is president trump bears some culpability, some responsibility, for the insurrection that the attack that occurred on the capitol on january 6th. now, whether that means they're going to vote to convict the president, that is an entirely different story. what we've seen over the course of the last several days is senate republicans trying to figure out where they want to land on this issue. a couple of senate republicans have already come out and said they oppose impeachment. some on the grounds that it would be too divisive in their eyes. much of what we heard from house republicans. also the idea that trump would be out of offic

let's go to our senior white house correspondent phil mattingly. t called it climate day over at the white house. how will the new orders that he announced today actually impact americans and their jobs? >> reporter: yeah, wolf, it's one of the key questions. and each day of the first week of this biden administration the biden team has laid out markers, the key priorities of this administration, and many of them have been in sharp contrast to the predecessor. perhaps none more so than on the issue of climate. president biden today signing three executive orders including actions that would put a moratorium on new federal oil and gas leases, putting ambitious new goals and initiatives out there. but as you noted, wolf, one of the crucial issues is jobs. and the biden team trying to undercut what they knew was coming, attacks from republicans on whether or not this would eliminate energy jobs, by saying this will actually help create them. take a listen. >> when i think of climate change, i -- and the answers to it, i think of jobs. a key plank of ou

cnn international correspondent phil mattingly joins us now. walk us through, how is this going to play out? >> reporter: it is going to be a long day. best way to put it. i think it is important to preface what's going on with this is not changing the outcome. joe biden will be counted as the president-elect when congress finishes its job january 6th or 7th, depending how long it goes, he will be inaugurated january 20th. you have dozens of house republicans, probably 140 may be on the low end, at least one republican senator. what that means is if you have a house member and senator that both object, both chambers have to recess, debate objections up to two hours, and then vote on the objections. democrats control the house and a number of senate republicans made clear they believe biden is the president-elect. so every single objection will be voted down, but each individual objection is another two hours maximum of debate and another vote. so while this used to be a proforma exercise where everybody acknowledged reality and moved on, could

let's go to our cnn correspondent phil mattingly. what are we learning about the strategy? >> reporter: there's a recognition in 12 days the senate will all be shut down. the focus for the white house is not on the impeachment trial, even though they repeatedly get asked to weigh in. it is, as you say, wolf, trying to push forward on the $1.9 trillion stimulus proposal the president has put on the table. this is how press secretary jen psaki put it today. >> the president has been asked about the issue. we put out a statement when the house put out a vote, voted on impeachment, i should say. his focus is on delivering on what the american people elected him to do, which is to get relief to the american people, to get the pandemic under control, to ensure working families can put food on the table and that's where he feels his efforts should be. >> reporter: wolf, what you've seen over the course of the last couple of days and more so in the days ahead, at least behind the scenes, is a full-score blitz by the white house, trying to get support for that plan. they've been bri

phil mattingly back on capitol hill for us. where are we in this process, phil? >> we're watching the house vote right now. obviously the senate very handily rejected the objection, 93-6. again, only six people objecting when we need earlier in the week there were supposedly 14 who were supposed to. this is a recognition of what happens today, people changing their minds, people changing their tone and tenor. frankly, people realizing this was lining up with a president calling for the overturning of a democratically elected president that helped spark what we saw today in the capitol. what you're catching on the screen right now is the house vote tally. this is going to go down, again, if you're a supporter of the objections, this will go down catastrophically as well for you. arizona will fail. it will fail pretty handily. if you look at the screen right now, you see all democrats are voting to kill the objection. you see about 50 republicans are voting to kill the objection. we knew more house republicans would vote for these objections. and senate republicans

phil mattingly, cnn, the white house. >>> in a few hours u.s. president joe biden will be visiting wounded u.s. soldiers. he's to visit with troops at the walter reed military center in bethesda, maryland. the white house hasn't released any other details yet. >>> the chief judge of federal court in washington, d.c., scolded capitol riot suspects on thursday. he said it wasn't a peaceful protest on january 6th but was an attack on the peaceful transfer of power. suspect richard barnet who bragged about sitting at a desk at speaker nancy pelosi's office is still in jail. he's shown a disregard for the law and poses a threat. >>> u.s. capitol police on wednesday arrested a man who say they had a gun and 20 rounds of ammunition near the u.s. capitol. the 71-year-old west virginia man was taken into custody and he started angrily shouting at national guard troops. he had stop the steal paperwork and contact information of senators and representatives. >>> republicans lost the white house, senate and house during donald trump's single term, so why do

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more now on all of this from our new senior white house correspondent, cnn's phil mattingly. phil, obviously this white house wants to move on with its agenda, even if this still looms large in republican circles in washington. what exactly did the biden administration lay out today? >> anderson, the contrast could not be more clear and that's by design, on the policy front, the ideology front or on the symbolism front and having dr. anthony fauci kind of lead the briefing to start today. they are trying to hammer that home every step of the way. look, when it comes to the actual executive actions, you kind of nailed the key components of the surge, some of the key materials that will help on testing, that will help on things like ppe, areas where there have been weaknesses or weak spots identified over the course of the last couple of months. also on masking on trains and planes on interstate travel, trying to set up the infrastructure in large part with the defense production act, or asking agencies to utilize that to be able to better disseminate the vaccine once it is avai

let's get straight to the white house and begin the hour with cnn's phil mattingly. phil, one week into the biden presidency and another busy day at the white house. >> reporter: no question about it. obviously you have the racial inequity actions. the president spoke about it quite often on the campaign trail. that will be addressed at least on the executive action side today. there will also be a push on the legislative side in the weeks and months ahead, and there's also the push on the legislation itself, the cornerstone legislation that the biden administration is coming out of the gates with. that's that $1.9 trillion covid relief plan. i think it's really interesting, john, you were listening closely when the president spoke yesterday, took questions about that relief plan, and he made clear he is still pushing to have bipartisan support for that proposal. there was one thing in particular that caught my attention, particularly given what sources tell me is likely coming next on the economic ag agenda. that was his point that unity doesn't necessarily mean repu

his giant $1.9 trillion covid relief bill, and for that let's turn to our cnn correspondent, phil mattingly. phil, i want to talk to you about the negotiations on this lobbying, but i also know you have breaking news from the justice department. tell bus about this. >> reporter: that's absolutely right, brianna. while the administration is trying to move guard oforward o agenda, they are looking into investigations. the justice department is opening an investigation on whether the doj officials acted improperly in attempting to overturn the election. this regards one justice department official in particular by the name of jeffrey smith, who was having conversations with president trump about whether or not the justice department would do anything to back what the president was attempting to do in overturning the results of a democratic election. also the possibility that they were trying to fire jeffrey rosen who was the acting attorney general which looked on track to happen during a new year's eve weekend were it not for the threat of mass resignations from the senior leadership at the j

. >> cnn senior white house correspondent phil mattingly walks us through the talks. >> we need moreto move fast. >> reporter: president joe biden in his second day in office zeroing in on the second major crisis facing his administration, a teetering economy. >> now is a moment not to undershoot and wait and see. now say moment to act. >> reporter: with new weekly unemployment claims hovering just shy of 1 million, biden unveiling a pair of executive orders. one that would expand food distributions, speed up stimulus checks and expand eligibility for unemployment for workers who refuse jobs due to unsafe working conditions. >> we're in a national emergency. we need to act like we're in a national emergency. so, i've got to move with everything we've got. and we've got to do it together. >> reporter: and one that lays the groundwork for a $15 minimum wage for federal workers. the executive orders capping a week of more than two dozen actions to try and ramp up, or completely reverse his pre prede predecessor's efforts to deal with the same issues. but as the white house grapples with

. >> no, but we can make sense of this with cnn's phil mattingly as he walks us through the challenges we could see this week. >> reporter: as the 116th congress comes to an end, the president with a pretty sharp rebuke from both republicans and democrats. now, that doesn't mean the relations with congress are officially over. in fact, republicans, more than 140 in the house, at least one in the united states senate, perhaps more, are lining up behind the president this time around when it comes to trying to overthrow or overturn the u.s. election. let's make something very clear. on january 6th when a joint session of congress convenes to count the electors, joe biden will once again be confirmed to be the next president of the united states of america. how long it takes to actually get to that point, well, that's where the current dynamics are throwing things into question. the republicans, when paired with the senator, if they raise an objection to any of the votes being counted, that would require both chambers to recess, have a debate of up to two hours and then have a vote on the

let's get more from our senior white house correspondent phil mattingly. >> the risk is not doing toois not doing enough. >> reporter: ramping up the push for his cornerstone legislative priority. >> people will be badly, badly hurt if we don't pass this package. >> reporter: sweeping $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. one treasury secretary janet yellen amid a week of poor economic data says is urgently needed. >> we need to act now. the benefits of acting now and acting big will far outweigh the costs. >> reporter: but that decision to act big has created unified opposition from the gop. calling senators rob portman and susan collins to pitch his plan, sources tell cnn. all as his team continues its own capitol hill lobbying blitz on the package. >> i support passing covid relief with support from republicans if we can get it, but the covid relief has to pass. >> reporter: and the white house making clear they'll be taking their case outside of washington as well, if a covid-safe manner. >> we're having to take a number of creative steps to do that, whether that's direct tele

phil mattingly has more from the white house. >> we need more action and we need to move fast. >> reporter: president biden in his second full day in office zeroing in on the second major crisis facing his administration. a teetering economy. >> now is a moment not to undershoot or to wait and see, now is a momoment to act. >> reporter: the but unemployment claims just 1450i o shy of 1 million, an executive order that would expand food assistance and unemployment benefits. >> and we're in a national emergency. we need to act like we're in a national emergency. so we've got to move with everything we've got. we've got to do it together. >> reporter: and one that lays the groundwork for a $15 minimum wage for federal workers. the executived o orders capping week of more than two dozen actions to ramp up or completely reverse his predecessor's efforts to deal with the same issues. but as the white house grapples with economic and public health cry cease, concern that its sweeping $1.9 trillion proposal has already run into partisan road blocks with conservatives and moderate republicans blanc

phil mattingly, cnn, washington. >>> joining me to discuss is olivia knudsy. it's good to see you. good morning. with trump railing against reality attacking gop allies, it brings to mind the surreal days of the nixon administration. you have been able to get in the room and talk to folks about this administration. what are they saying about the president's temper and state of mind? >> reporter: people have been talking about the president's mood for as long as he has been a political force and his mood is often not great. he's often fuming is the word that people tend to use when they describe him, but since election night, basically since arizona was called by fox news people around the president, people who work in the administration have told me that they have been outright avoiding him sometimes. they don't want to be around him. it's no longer worth it. whatever the personal benefits of enduring verbal abuse or having an argument with the president before, they no longer exist because he is being further and further removed from power and i imagine that even when it comes to

phil mattingly is joining us. i understand you're learning new details on how quickly impeachment trial, assuming impeachment resolution, passes the house. we assume it will, overwhelmingly. the trial could begin in the senate. what are you learning? >> reporter: that's what senate democrats are attempting to navigate. you said it, there's no question house democrats have the votes, fully plan on voting to impeach president trump wednesday. the big question, will any republicans join them. that leads to questions of what happens next. wolf, as things are currently set up, the united states senate is not coming back to washington until january 19th. that would be the earliest they could receive the article of impeachment from the house which would tee up a trial that would start january 20th. that's inauguration day. that raised concerns from democrats about what it would do to then president joe biden's agenda, what it would do to his nominees because of that. senate democrats, chuck schumer, soon to be majority l

bring in now phil mattingly on capitol hill.lready we've seen tweets from some including adam kinzinger and adam schiff, but what is being said there on capitol hill about what should, could be done as a result of hearing the president's recording? >> yeah, look. i think there's, kind of two camps here. democrats making clear this is what we told you was going on the entire time and then you have kind of the split republican side of things. people like adam kinzinger two tweeted, appalling to every member of congress objecting to election results. you cannot do so with a clean conscious. there is a reality there are a number of those fully planning on objecting wednesday, on january 6th. they made those plans public before this recording came out, but i think in talking to republican sources now over the course of the last couple hours since the "washington post" broke this story, a recognition people that have already pledged to object probably aren't going anywhere. will stoic their guns. whether or not they have regrets, a nu

cnn's phil mattingly joins us now. phil, the house and senate are moving along toward certifying the presidential race. the votes are taking place in the house in arizona. everything that's happening right now is happening in the shadow of this attempted insurrection. what is the lawsuitest you're hearing in terms of what happens next? obviously the senate has already voted. the idea failed in the senate on arizona and it's now going to reconvene with the house. they'll then go on to separate again once they debate and vote on pennsylvania. but what happens next? >> yeah, it's a fascinating procedure that i think most lawmaker at this point in time after this day they experienced wish they wouldn't have to go through over the course of the next several hours. what you're look at is the house vote. not unlike the senate, the objectors to the slate of electors in arizona are going to lose this fight by a large margin. arizona will go down. the two chambers will reconvene in joint session and expected to tick through a num

phil mattingly, cnn, washington. >> phil, thank you. >>> next, another huge story that's defining the start of this year. vaccinations against covid-19. the u.k. is about to roll out a brand-new vaccine. we're live in london with details on that. >>> plus, in the coming days, both president trump and president-elect biden plan to stump in the peach state. just ahead, what impact this could have on an already razor tight race. >>> also, the louisville police officer who shot and killed breonna taylor will be fired. these are positive steps but that's not enough. that's part of our legal brief ahead. wow! what'd you get, ryan? it's customized home insurance from liberty mutual! what does it do bud? it customizes our home insurance so we only pay for what we need! and what did you get, mike? i got a bike. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ or psoriatic arthritis, little things can become your big moment. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats differently. for psoriasis, 75% clearer skin is achievable, wit

phil mattingly has more on that and what to watch for when congress certifies the election next week. >> reporter: what is likely the last official act of the 116th congress and it is quite a smackdown of president trump. obviously, not necessarily something you've seen a lot of, particularly from republicans in congress over the course of the last four years, but this time around, on this specific issue, the national defense authorization act, the defense policy bill that's passed the united states congress with wide bypass margins for the last 60 consecutive years. president trump said he was going to veto it. the united states congress, republicans and democrats alike, by very wide margins, voted to override that veto. for the first time, the president's four years, the u.s. congress overrode one of the president's vetoes. and it was a stern rebuke to the president who made this bill and the veto of this bill a key issue, trying to lobby republican senators on gitwitte. trying behind the scenes i'm told to do the same thing. and for the most part they said no. and the reason why is

our senior white house correspondent phil mattingly is joining us. phil, we not only heard from the new president earlier in the day, we heard from the press secretary, but we also heard at this briefing that went on for almost an hour, we also heard from his top medical adviser dr. anthony fauci. for viewers who are just tuning in right now, update our viewers on the major developments. >> look, i think if you look or watch over the course of the last 58 minutes, what was a very wide-ranging briefing from jen psaki and in the beginning from dr. anthony fauci, one thing kept coming back to the center. that was the administration's fox on trying to fight and curb the fan demmic. the president himself saying earlier today the administration was taking this as a wartime footing as it attempted to address what it believed were several shortfalls and how the predecessors addressed the pandemic. what you've seen over the course of the last two days including with ten executive actions today is administration that's pushing a whole-of-government approach. a

. >>> phil mattingly, who is monitoring along with us. so, phil, now the senators go back to their chambers to -- to debate this in the senate. as well, to be debated in the house. how long do we expect that to be? because senator hawley, who is the senator who has signed onto this objection, he has said he will cede his time. >> obviously, this will replicate what you saw with the state of arizona, which, obviously, was interrupted for -- for a number of different hours. but where the senators right now will walk back across the capitol into their chamber. they will be seated and, technically, they will have a maximum of two hours to debate the objection to the state of pennsylvania. here's what's going to happen, though. you noted, senator josh hawley, who is the republican senatorer who signed onto this objection made clear, he was not going to use his time. that's only five minutes. the reality is right now, the senate plans to yield back all of its two hours, and quite quickly, move to its rollcall vote. that vote, not unlike what we

senior white house correspondent phil mattingly joins us with more on the push for the $1.9 trillionl. how and when does the president think he might get a deal on this stimulus money? >> reporter: anderson, speed is of the essence. when you talk to white house advisers. they know the march deadline for evictions at the end of march and the expanded unemployment insurance is real and will bite before mid march when the deadline exists. they want something done quickly. how they are going to get it done, the reality on the ground both the white house and capitol hill democrats saying they don't believe republicans will get on board. they have slim majorities in the house and senate. they can pass things on a partisan basis and while president biden made clear he's going to continue out reach to republican members of congress, things now look like democrats will move on their own to get the speed and the scale of the proposal they want in place. >> and what is vice president harris' role in this? >> if democrats move on their own, they will need everybody they got in the united states

and now phil mattingly. 140 republicans is a stunning number and quite frankly, 140 too many but how many of them truly believe these challenges will go anywhere? >> reporter: yeah, and don't even take my reporting. take the words of senator ben sass who you quoted but in a lengthy facebook post why he had serious concerns about what's going to happen and in the post, he said explicitly, he's not spoken to a single congressional republican who does not know joe biden is the president-elect of the united states. i can't speak for all, what, 230, 240 republicans on capitol hill in the house and the senate in terms of what they actually think but the vast majority i've spoken to acknowledge the reality, at least privately and that is what's caused so many problems right now inside the senate republican conference. biana, this morning, there was a conference call, senator majority leader mitch mcconnell held a call with senate republicans where he asked josh holly to lay out his rationale why he was planning to object. and what was he going to put forth. one problem, josh was not on the

let's start with cnn's phil mattingly. start with the relief package. it's going to be the first major test of biden's pledge to be bipartisan and also whether or not he can pass anything. >> reporter: yeah. it's the cornerstone legislative proposal of his first year in office, the one his administration has made very clear is the focal point of all of their efforts related to covid relief, on the economic side or the public health side. and it's a proposal that's been received by republicans in some mix of cool to ice cold over the course of the last several days. here is what the takeaway was from there. president biden is not done trying to negotiate with congressional republicans. that's a different spot than you hear from those in the house and senate that would just require democratic votes because they believe that's the only pathway forward. biden making clear, and citing his past work, both when he was president obama's vice president, when he was a senator for 36 years, that there are options and opportunities to negotiate, including bringing

senate, guys. >> phil mattingly, we will be watching closely. we know you will. thanks very much. >>> totally fascinating. phil, thank you. still to come, a lot for us. bracing for this battle tomorrow on capitol hill. republicans divided offer the push to fight bidden's election win. how will it all actually play out? we will tell you. >>> and devastation across los angeles. l.a. county ambulance crews being directed not to transport patients with little chance of survival to the hospitals because of the just unreal covid situation there. we will take you to california live. >> just distressing in america in 2021. >>> and the national guard is being deployed to d.c. during pro-trump demonstrations today and tomorrow. what they're expecting to see just ahead. [♪] when you have diabetes, managing your blood sugar is crucial. try boost glucose control. the patented blend is clinically shown to help manage blood sugar levels. boost glucose control products contain high quality protein and key nutrients to support immune health. try boost. they were able to give me a

phil mattingly is our senior white house correspondent. doors, phil, with the second gentleman by her side for that first entrance as the vice president, tell me what her first moves in the white house are. >> you know, when you talk to administration officials, they kind of echo what president biden tweeted a short time ago. there's no time to waste. i'm not stepping on what bakari was saying and this moment and what it means but as you talk to officials they acknowledge what they're face ing, as they walk into this historic moment on so many different levels, a multiple set of crises, whether it's economic, public health, racial divides. all these issues that they'll try to address straight out of the gate. in about an hour, erin, you'll see president biden start action, if you will. i want to be contextual here. this is not massive overhauls of thing, it's not going to change the direction of everything in the country. there are limits of what the government can do just with the stroke of the president's pen but he has made clear he wil

i want to start with phil mattingly. , as we get ready for that press briefing, what are you learning about what is happening right now in the white house behind you? >> reporter: erin, it's a flurry of activity. obviously we saw the president sign the first three executive orders just a short while ago. administration official tells me he has now signed all 17 actions that he planned on taking in his first day. that is, as you noted, rejoining the paris climate, revoking the presidential permit for keystone pipeline, eviction moratorium. mask mandate for all federal buildings, air travel, train travel as well. what you're seeing or what you saw up to this point is the administration laying out its baseline, trying to make clear from a policy perspective, to the extent they can from the stroke of a pen, also from a symbolism perspective. these are the priorities. this is what the administration wants to focus on. these are the issues of day one. there are a lot of basic things going on in the background as well. aides try

phil mattingly, cnn, washington. >> so trump and biden plan to campaign in georgia on monday. the pressure is on republicans to turn out on tuesday because registered georgians have come out faster than the pace. now here is our report from atlanta. >> reporter: we are getting numbers from the secretary of state in georgia. this shows the vote is closing more than 3 million georgians have already voted. this is all before election day on tuesday. democrats are welcoming that news. stacy abrams, the democrat here in georgia, says it is an early sign that democrats are doing well. >> i wouldn't say it is better. i would say it is incredibly gratifying to see so many turning out. we are pleased with the level of energy and how they were likely discounting the runoff. according to analysis, we are running at our ahead from 2020 november election. we know that this is just the beginning. we have to get to election day. i don't count anything until it is done. >> reporter: the early vote number is adding pressure on the gop who believes the democrats are out performing what they did

let's get over to phil mattingly standing by with the very latest. l, what is going to happen today. >> reporter: let's put if t in the broader perspective. the president is going to impeached this week barring some major shift that is unforeseen. what you're going to see when the house floor gavels into session, it is fast, it is a proformal session. it is not a normal session of congress. steny hoyer will ask for unanimous consent for a bill that would implore vice president pence to utilize the 25th amendment where two-thirds of the cabinet would give pence the power of the presidency. republicans are expected to object to that. that will likely end the day in the u.s. house. but what this sets up is a process that speaker pelosi has put into place that will likely lead to a vote on impeaching the president for a second time as soon as wednesday. now the house if it is rejected today, the house will vote on the 25th amendment bill tomorrow, a straight up and down vote. but everything has their eyes on the single article of impeachment, a four page

phil mattingly has all of the details on this. so phil, walk us through the next 24 hours.ng to happen. >> reporter: if january 6th was the attack, today is the start of the repercussions. the democratic led house is going to try to take to punish a president that was central t

let's get an update on capitol hill from our congressional correspondent phil mattingly joining us right now. the speaker nancy pelosi expected to send the one article of impeachment against president trump to the senate next week. walk us through how quickly will things move after that? >> reporter: right now the speaker is being mum on the specific day she'll send that article of impeachment over. but managers are preparing the trial. they are getting ready for that trial. one of the things you're going to pay attention to why the time line matters so much is because it's going to take place when there's a new president in office. joe biden will be inaugurated before any trial will begin. keep in mind, wolf, if you remember back to early 2020 -- it seems like ten years ago now -- once a trial starts in the united states senate at noon every single day except for sunday, that is the only business the senate can attend to. so what joe biden's team has been asking for is to bifurcate the process. allow for nominations, for legislation to be considered in the morning and then start the tri