it's because you are doing a great job, rachel. >> rachel: thank you for watching, i am rachel campos-duffyon is up next. ♪ ♪ >>> good evening. welcome to tucker carlson. tonight, we spend a lot of time in the show night after night trying to explain what's happening to our country. it's depressing a lot of the time because the answer is always the same. america is not rotten. it's a great place. the people that run it are rotten. you have been betrayed by the people that lead you. that's why things are so volatile. you are looking at a crisis of our institutions. they are corrupt, some collapsing. we say that a lot because it is true. we should be more precise. not all of our institutions are the same. some are bad, some are awful. looming above the rest is the wors

> rachel: of course.t catholics unless they are liberal pro-choice catholics. >> yes, let's be honest here is that he may say he's a catholic but the real religion is the thing that matters first and foremost. all the rest of it you put it well in your monologue is really just gestures, tokens. at the rosary beads, saying it a lot, you can say your catholic and not devout. it's signaling to the american people that they are supposed to presume something about you, because you say this. but that as a result as you described catholicism what matters and what matters to catholics, then becomes alive. it's interesting that they even don't feel comfortable someone like biden or running again biden feels that they need to essentially lie by omission or lie by implication to the american people. because where people of faith. jewish, muslim, christian, catholic, et cetera. in matters to us. they know that, they do a little flag-waving and then of course as you noted, he signals and then he acts on policy that's

"fox news primetime" hosted by rachel campos-duffy starts now. >> rachel: thank you. good evening and welcome. good evening and welcome to "fox news primetime." i am rachel campos-duffy. president joe biden made two big promises on the campaign trail. he was going to save the soul of america and crush the coronavirus. he spent months hammering trump's virus response and he swore his administration would do better. that they would speak clearly and honestly and be transparent about every decision they made. and so far, they have done none of that, especially when it comes to reopening our schools. the administration has continued to move the goal post on when and how our children can return to the classroom. it's not just parents that are getting frustrated with the lack of clarity. even the media which blindly carries joe biden's water on everything is asking, what the heck is going on? >> it's not a trick question. i feel like you have treated it like a trick question. people just want to know what the white house position is on whether or not teachers have to be vac

, it is our money, not nancy pelosi's. >> rachel: 100%. redefining or changing, redefining the definition of what a violent extremist terrorism is, their definition of that. isn't that a little bit ironic coming from the party? >> it really is, especially kamala harris out bailing them out, raising money. the very people who had done horrible, violent things in the cities leading them back out so they can do it again. so there's got to be accountability at some point. there certainly hasn't been. and that is why i think quite frankly, to a lot of republicans, these democrats are as popular as liz cheney at a trump rally. >> rachel: [laughter] i like that one. be careful, i think the other reason we didn't talk enough about it and we should come i think they are trying to silence republicans. i know so many friends who feel they are being but a line and domestic terrorists, labeled because of how they voted. governor, it is always great to have you here. thank you so much for being on my first night on "fox news primetime." thank you so muc

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rachel. times is reporting that ministers plan to take more control over the nhs with basically giving themselves laws that will allow them to block or overrule medical buses. this is being described as the biggest reform in over a decade. and it looks like basically the government is using covid as the pretext to claw more control over the nhs but it has to be said that this is the nhs which is on its knees basically due to a decade of austerity and cuts, huge staff shortages, huge shortages and beds, things like walk—in centres slashed while other benefits of the nhs have been fragmented, cut into pieces and outsourced. and during this pandemic, the bits that have worked well, notably vaccines, are the bits that the nhs does have control over. the bits that are struggling are the bits of the government outsourced, such as test and trace, where nhs labs were not used but private companies were instead. things like ppe procurement and so on. so the idea of the government having more control o

rachel b.: yeah. clearly the managers sort of make this calculation that they could make this personal appeal to senate republicans who lived through this as well just like democrats. but the interesting thing about this whole trial is that a lot of senate republicans, well, perhaps publicly, not saying how they'll vote, were looking for an excuse to sort of vote to acquit. we had been reporting even before this trial began on private calls between senate republicans where a lot of them were saying, you know, how can we get out of this? can we -- mitch america connell, can you go to the supreme court and say this trial is unconstitutional and stop it in its tracks? mcconnell responded that he wouldn't and he couldn't. but the reality is the republican base right now is behind president trump. and so a lot of these senators, we've heard them come out this week, leave the chamber and say the managers were very effective in their presentations. a lot of them are expressing that they were very impressed w

rachel, what do you think?>> i think renaming is important as well, but it shouldn't be for the purpose of posture, it should be done actually with the intentions of care and understanding, the impact of what that name has on the students that go there. and like ian said, this is a pandemic, so maybe that time spent devoted to renaming could also be better spent supporting students during this really difficult time of online learning. >> and it has been so difficult for so many people, esspefpecia here in san francisco. richard, admission to lowell has always been coveted, fought over, revised and this month changed to a lottery system instead of by merit. the board said the old process, quote, does not reflect the diversity of san francisco unified and perpetuates segregation and exclusion. as a teacher of over 30 years there at lowell, do you think changing the way students are admitted is an effective way to ensure equitable access to good education? >> i don't think an admissions process can ensure equity.

rachel, good morning. rachel: good morning. i can't wait to hear more about what's going on at cpac. i remember going there and seeing celebrities like you when i was young, and it felt like disneyland for politics. are you feelinglike like a disney character? [laughter] pete: it can feel like that at times, it's fun. it's likest christmas for conservatives, will. we're going to bring you down here next year. will: i would suggest we are representing america today all across this country and some of the viewpoints, obviously, coming to florida. pete, i look forward to talking to you throughout the morning about who in florida got the most warm welcome among the speakers seeking the nation's attention in 2024. pete: it'll be interesting. the one everyone's waiting for is, of course, former president donald trump tomorrow, but matt gaetz and don jr. received well yesterday, and don bongino got a roaring response, as you can imagine. the guy's fantastic. of let's get back to that bill, if you will. michael walz talking about 9% ac

i'm not defending rachel. million people did that in 2018 between -- it's like that was a type of party that a lot of people went to. >> 2018. okay. not that long ago. so harrison has stepped away for a period of time as host. joining me is rachel lindsay. i want to point out by warner brothers, part of cnn's parent company, warner media. we are going to talk about it, regardless. rachel, i'm so glad you're here. when you -- what did you think, when you heard chris harrison make this distinction, between attending an old-south antebellum-themed party, in 2018, versus now. i mean, 2018 was just like yesterday. charlottesville happened in 2018. we had racial reckoning, in 2018. as if, it was, somehow, okay then. >> well, we had racist issues on the show, in 2017. there was a race -- racist contestant, casted for my season. in 2018, the lead picked someone who was liking xenophobic, transphobic, homophobic things on social media. so we have dealt with this, within the franchise. so, my initial reaction was, i was

rachel scott leading us off tonight. rachel, thank you. >>> as rachel reported there, house managers did convince one more republican to vote with them, republican senator bill cassidy of louisiana. i want to bring in jon karl now, our chief washington correspondent, and jon, this was not expected. here's what senator cassidy said after voting the trial is constitutional, of course, making it six republicans voting with the democrats, he said he was not impressed with the former president's legal team. >> president trump's team were disorganized, they did everything they could but to talk about the question at hand and when they talked about it, they kind of glided over it, almost as if they were embarrassed of their arguments. now, i'm an impartial juror and one side's doing a great job and the other side's doing a terrible job on the issue at hand, as an impartial juror, i'm going to vote for the side that did the good job. >> jon, you're learning he wasn't the only one unhappy with their performance. you're learning f

why didn't they, rachel? >> i was thinking great, get witnesses, how quickly everything shut down the question of bringing it nancy pelosi as a witness was brought up. look to me, this brought into focus this was all backwards. we need ad full investigation before this show trial, before this impeachment. and, this process brought that to focus. i also think the other point that is not brought up and was part of why they did this, is that this was not discuss about humiliating donald trump and his supporters or even silencing them. i think this was about making an example out of donald trump. any rising stars in the gop who are populist, who might possibly challenge the establishment, any businessmen out there who are wealthy, think, maybe i will be the next donald trump, i will take on these guys, oh, boy, this was about sending a message, this is exactly what we will do to you. we have the power. we won't just defeat you with everything you read about in that horrible "time" magazine piece where we learned

rachel scott leading us off again tonight. rachel, thank you. >>> the former president in mar-a-lago, now his defense will come, of course, later in the trial. i do want to bring in jonathan karl, our chief washington correspondent tonight, and jon, so many of those images we hadn't seen before and, of course, the video of former vice president mike pence, an ardent supporter of former president trump for four years, so loyal to the president. then seen escorted from the chamber, whisked to safety, his life in danger. and we reported at the time here that there was no call from the president to check in on the well-being of his vice president. >> reporter: david, this was damning on so many levels. it was especially jarring to hear those blood thirsty chants for mike pence's life, and to know how close that mob, to see how close that mob came to getting him. and consider this. while pence was locked in a room just outside the senate chamber and as that mob was closing in, donald trump took to twitter to attack pence for not ha

rachel, could you pick up?o years, meghan has taken _ over the past two years, meghan has taken the _ over the past two years, meghan has taken the mail on sunday over a handwritten letter she wrote to her fathen _ handwritten letter she wrote to her father. they posted extracts of it in five _ father. they posted extracts of it in five articles. in february 2019. and a _ in five articles. in february 2019. and a judge ruled basically entirely of her_ and a judge ruled basically entirely of her favour. there were two main claims _ of her favour. there were two main claims one — of her favour. there were two main claims. one of copyright which was it was_ claims. one of copyright which was it was her— claims. one of copyright which was it was her intellectual property and they published it without permission, but the pet second one was privacy — permission, but the pet second one was privacy. they were arguing it was privacy. they were arguing it was a _ was privacy. they were arguing it was a public figure —— a

can i put that to you first, rachel? there were already _ put that to you first, rachel?e were already quite strict _ put that to you first, rachel? there were already quite strict rules - were already quite strict rules about things being in the public interest and i think david is right here, you need to be able to prove a strong public interest for anything like that from anybody in the media training orany like that from anybody in the media training or anyjournalist will know that. it was the personal nature of the letter. it wasn't the fact it was a leak document. it was the fact that it was clearly very personal and hand in about things like her behaviour and her relationship with her family. behaviour and her relationship with herfamily. that behaviour and her relationship with her family. that was the issue, behaviour and her relationship with herfamily. that was the issue, not that it was leaked. d0 her family. that was the issue, not that it was leaked.— that it was leaked. do you want to add? i'm not _ that it was leaked. do you want to add? i'm not so _ that

rachel scott leading us off. rachel, thank you. >>> and now to a nation honoring capitol police officer brian sicknick, who died defending the capitol during those deadly riots. here's our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a rare and high tribute for the officer who died protecting the very building where today he was honored. the u.s. capitol. fellow officers gathering in the rotunda, saluting officer brian sicknick. president biden and first lady jill biden paying a quiet tribute last night. this morning, lawmakers grieving over and celebrating the officer and air force veteran. >> each day, when members enter the capitol, this temple of democracy, we will remember his sacrifice and the others that day who fought so hard to protect the capitol and the congress. >> reporter: his remains lying in honor. only the fifth person to do so. >> in the face of lawlessness, brian sicknick paid the ultimate price to uphold a solemn oath. he gave our nation the last full measure of dev

rachel? prof.en: i think i'm going to offer a controversial opinion here, and that is maybe to not follow lincoln's lead. one of the things lincoln does is he tries very hard to appeal to white southerners. to the point of an original 13th amendment that would have made slavery legal in the united states forever, supposedly. he endorses it in his inaugural address. he tries to make this appeal. i think this is something that had been going on for quite some time in the 1840's and 1850's. you have white southerners repeatedly behaving as if they are victims in the united states, even though they hold enormous amounts of political power, and as a result, it becomes a situation where white northerners are repeatedly acquiescing to the demands of white southerners. and lincoln approaches this, i think, and a more conciliatory manner then maybe was advisable, may be. it depends on whether the war would have happened regardless. in this space, i think maybe lincoln is not our model. he usually is, but he

the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> good evening. thank you, my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. tonight, this hour, we are watching the united states capitol building, where united states capitol police officer brian sicknick will be honored tonight. he will lie in honor under the capitol rotunda in a ceremony and observation that's going to begin within the next few minutes. presidents and military heroes have been honored in this way before. the great rosa parks was thus honored in 2005. civil rights icon john lewis thus honored this past year. the reverend billy graham was honored similarly in 2018. for the u.s. capitol police, though, this is not the first time. in july, 1998, a delusional seriously mentally ill man walked through the metal detectors at the capitol building while he was carrying a loaded smith and wesson resolver. a u.s. capitol police officer stopped the man when he set off the alarm and asked the man to go through again. the man turned without a word and shot officer chestnut in the

jose and rachel. rachel, start with you. there are some schools that have in person.hools and other parochial schools are managing to do that. why are we able to do it but biden can't put in place guidance that has all schools doing it? >> because joe biden and the democrat party are beholding to the teachers unions. they have way too much power and holding families and children hostage. frankly they're holding the entire country hostage. even in the situation in chicago the deal is tentative. mind you, it does not include high school kids who probably will not receive in-classroom learning for the rest of the year. we're talking about children's' lives. biden has been useless and two other people and that is michelle and barack obama who are, you know, the honored most famous citizens of chicago with one little tweet michelle and barack obama could have stood on the side of children and families in this debate and remember, harris, they have not been shy about stepping into politics not just presidential politics but michelle obama used her platform in defense of chi

rachel scott and jon karl standing by. >>> the other images revealed late today. the security cameras showing a lone officer pepper spraying them, but overwhelmed. house manager stacey plaskett saying among the group are members of the proud boys. pierre thomas on that part of the story. where does the investigation stand and how many arrests have been made? >>> the other news this wednesday night, the new cdc report showing tightly fitted masks do make a difference. and that a tightly fitted mask with a cloth mask over it, double masking, is also effective. what the numbers show from what they studied and what the head of the cdc is now saying tonight. >>> there is also news this evening about that deadly shooting at a health clinic. what we've learned about the suspect. >>> more than 100 million americans bracing for dangerous snow and ice tonight. winter weather alerts across 33 states, from oregon to texas to the east. snow pushing into the northeast. wind chills 30 below in some parts. and rob times it out. >>> and there's news tonight about bruce springsteen

. >> good evening, rachel. rachel, i've been waiting to see, hear, and i hope someday talk to fani willis since the story broke in georgia last month. i remember the first night we covered it as a possible criminal prosecution of donald trump in georgia, remember saying then that fani willis is on the threshold of becoming the most famous district attorney in american history, period, done, because if she ends up being the first and only district attorney in history who prosecutes a former president of the united states, her place in history is assured. the mystery for me as we've been covering it, and reading all these articles about it, is who is she, what is she like, and you answered that tonight, rachel. this is someone who knows exactly why she's investigating this. she's very solid and sure about what she's doing. very, very impressive interview in this last hour. >> i was really, really, really psyched to book her. and credit to my staff, credit, i will -- i'm not supposed to do this, but credit in part

"the rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> good evening, chris. thank you, my friend. much appreciated. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. happy to have you here. >>> so, we landed a car on mars today. breathtaking feat of american ingenuity and exploration, just a stunning example of what is possible when americans put their heads together to do something truly grand. just an american feat of breo and engineering and ambition. it's major heartsing to see the team celebrate at the jet propulsion lab, to see those first pictures beamed back from the surface of mars, where we have our rover now. it was just amazing. we're going to have more on that later in the show tonight. >>> but meanwhile, here on earth, today, same day, same country, we still have not figured out how to keep the lights on. hundreds of thousands of americans still in the dark tonight in the great state of texas, suffering what has been a days-long, slow-rolling disaster caused by a big and very cold winter storm that has pounded most of the country, and it is ba

>> all right, rachel scott following this into the night. rachel, thank you. >>> and now to the senate impeachment trial of former president trump, just days from beginning, and tonight, democrats have asked the former president to appear as a witness. and late today, the former president's response. so, let's get right to our chief washington correspondent jonathan karl back with us tonight. and jon, why did the democrats make this request? and the former president's response tonight, not entirely surprising. >> reporter: not a surprise, although, david, donald trump did float the idea of testifying privately to his aides just shortly after he was impeached, but both his legal team back then and his legal team now thought it would be a terrible idea. it is not happening. the house managers invited him to testify, not because they thought he would accept, but they want to be able to say that they invited. they gave him a chance to testify. and in the letter of invitation that jamie raskin, the house manager, wrote to donald trump, he said th

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rachel, thank you. and we will have full coverage of the former president's second impeachment trial, it begins tomorrow afternoon. the trial scheduled to start at 1:00 p.m. eastern. george and the team will be right here and we'll have a special edition of "world news tonight" following that coverage. >>> meantime, president biden's nearly $2 trillion relief plan tonight working its way through congress and this evening, there is news, word of a proposal to send up to $3,600 per child to american families. there's also news tonight on efforts to raise the federal minimum wage to $15. let's get right to our chief white house correspondent cecilia vega live at the white house tonight. she has late details for us. cecilia? >> reporter: hey, david, good evening to you. on that tax credit, democrats feel confident that this will ultimately end up in that nearly $2 trillion covid relief package by the president. but let me show you what it does. it would be split into monthly payments, starting in july. $3,6

the rachel maddow show starts right now. good morning, rachel. >>> good evening, chris, thank you, my friend, and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. happy presidents' day. i hope you got the day off work today or the day off school. if you didn't, i feel your pain. there are just under 330 million people in the united states over the past 24 hours, more than 150 million of us, nearly half of us have been put under some kind of winter weather advisory. ice storm warnings, winter storm warnings, winter weather advisories. those warnings have been issued in 25 of the 50 states. for the first time ever in u.s. history, the entire state of texas has been put under a winter storm warning. that's the first time that's ever happened. winter storm warnings extending also to all of arkansas and most of louisiana and most of mississippi and, i mean, it is one thing to have snow and ice in places like minnesota and massachusetts and maine. mississippi is another thing altogether. it looks like all-time new record low temper

>> and so let's get right back to rachel scott tonight, back up on the hill for us, and rachel, you reported there that democrats and republicans have been moved by the house managers' presentation over the last couple of days. president biden also weighing in today, suggesting after those images yesterday, that minds may have been changed. here's what he said. >> i think the senate has a very important job to complete and i think my guess is some minds may have been changed. but i don't know. >> we should point out that later in the day, the white house press secretary today saying the president was not intending to give a projection or prediction, that he was just noting that many people had a very human and emotional response, in her words. but even if they were moved, rachel, many republicans have said they were, in fact, but they still have given no signal that they have any plan to convict. what are you hearing on the hill? >> reporter: david, a handful of republican senators that we are watching were spotted inside of the chamber taking extensive notes. senators mitt romney, susan col

>> well, look, rachel, we had hoped to secure a conviction. that was the goal and we had clarity of purpose on our team with wonderful talented managers like my colleague representative -- delegate plaskett and so many others, but look, at the end of the day, we did our part. i'm proud of the work that we did to vindicate our constitution. and as you said, it culminated in the most bipartisan impeachment vote in the history of our republic with respect to presidential impeachments. what makes the statement that you played at the top of the hour of the minority leader, senator mcconnell, so remarkable is it largely emulates the case that we presented. it is clear that a majority of the united states senate and perhaps even more senators than that, agreed that we proved our case that there was sufficient evidence to convict the president. the fact that they -- or at least a few of them rather -- voted to acquit the president on jurisdictional grounds was so disappointing because, as you know, that was an issue that we had resolved early on on th

the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> good evening, chris. thank you very much, my friend. much appreciated. >>> and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. the day started today with a small moment of grace, a moment of grace delivered in a baso provuno. >> as again this senate chamber becomes a court and our senators become jurors. guide these lawmakers with your wisdom, mercy and grace. lord, infuse them with the spirit of nonpartisan patriotism. unite them in their effort to do what is best for america. as they depend on your providence and power, may they make choices that will be for your greater glory. we pray in your sovereign name, amen. >> infuse them with a spirit of nonpartisan patriotism. unite them, lord. lord, unite them in their efforts to do what is best for america. senate chaplain barry black with that beautiful, beautiful voice starting that day with that moment of grace. the day also ended with a moment of grace. and, in fact, as the chaplain said to start things off, the way today ended actually was a moment of n

and, rachel, this was historic. seven republicans voting to convict a former president of their own party. we heard those blistering comments there from senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, but he voted to acquit former president trump. and tonight, he tried to explain why. >> reporter: yeah, whit. mitch mcconnell not holding back tonight, but still defending his vote to acquit. he says it's unconstitutional to try a former president, but it's worth noting here that mcconnell could have started the impeachment trial while trump was still in office. and tonight, his words have democrats outraged. house speaker nancy pelosi calling it pathetic. whit? >> all right, rachel scott, thank you again for all of your reporting on a busy week. >>> let's bring in abc's senior national correspondent terry moran. and, terry, former president trump is responding tonight. we haven't seen him publicly since january 20th, the inauguration, and this is his first reaction to the trial. >> reporter: it is, whit. and it will come as n

let's get to rachel scott. back up on the hill with late reporting and some of the numbers on this bill. rachel? >> reporter: speaker nancy pelosi calling this a major step forward. lawmakers are up against a deadline here. on march 14th, unemployment benefits for millions of americans are set to expire, so democrats are now racing to get this bill on president joe biden's desk before then. it would include $1,400 in stimulus checks to most americans. it would also expand the unemployment benefits and the child tax credit, and it also includes billions more for vaccines and testing. republicans, still opposed to that overall price tag -- $1.9 trillion. they want more targeted relief. and democrats are not getting everything they want either. the push for that $15 an hour minimum wage hike will likely be stripped from the senate's version of that bill. the federal minimum wage has not been raised since 2009, still sitting at $7.25. david? >> rachel scott watching this into the night. rachel, thank you. >>> in th

thanks for doing this, rachel. it is really important the american people get an opportunity to really see the end results. real human beings and real families after january 6th. i appreciate you doing this. >> congressman, it has felt like you had more insight than most of us in terms of the capitol police and how they have coped as an organization and just as individuals following the attack and what they went through. can you give us insight as to the immediate aftermath of the attack, the injuries that the officers sustained and how they are coping in the less than four weeks since all of this happened? >> well, you had the trauma, the lead pipes smacked up against officers' heads, beating, getting sprayed with pepper spray. all of that which we saw on the videos. the context, rachel, is that for days and for weeks before that these officers were working 12-hour shifts and then they went through what happened on january 6th, a completely traumatizing event for so many. so many mistakes made, not by the rank in

but this is key, rachel. timing is everything. you need to be treated early, within ten days of symptoms, before hospitalization. i looked at the data last night. and what it shows, that for every 52 doses administered of monoclonal antibodies, for somebody who has tested positive and high risk, for every 52 doses administered, we can save one life. it decreases hospitalizations by 70% in high-risk patients. and it does save lives. if you have symptoms, please, please get tested early. especially if you're at high risk. because you can do something about it. we have therapies that work. and only 32% of what we have shipped has been used. there's hundreds of thousands of doses available. and that's why i'm very happy to be here tonight, so we can talk about this. because we want to make sure the administration, the president wants to make sure that americans know that this is available to them. >> so to be clear, dr. kessler, nearly 70% of what has been shipped, what is available to be used as treatment in the context that you're d

and now you're exactly right, rachel.will be up to this justice department to decide what to do about that appeal, whether to stick with that position or whether to withdraw the brief. they have a lot of work ahead of them, as you have been talking about this entire hour, but we're confident they will take a very hard look at it, and i would be surprised if the justice department now would say what the statements that donald trump made against e. jean carroll that she wasn't his type, that he had never met her before, that she made up a lie just for money, that they will say, i would be shocked that they would agree that those statements were made by a president acting as part of the scope of employment as president of the united states of america, which is the position trump is taking. >> if the justice department does change its position on this, and president trump is left president trump is left pursuing this case on his own without the help of the u.s. justice department, where do you think -- what do you see as the

want to go back to rachel scott. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: george, good morning.y and his role in the party moving forward. this morning, a reckoning for republicans after donald trump escaped conviction for the second time. >> not guilty as charged in the article of impeachment. >> reporter: even though the final vote fell short of the two-thirds needed to convict it was the most bipartisan presidential impeachment verdict in american history. with seven republicans crossing the aisle to join democrats. declaring that trump is guilty of inciting the deadly insurrection at the capitol just over a month ago. senator mitch mcconnell one of the 43 republicans to voted to acquit. right after the verdict, he torched trump on the senate floor saying he's undeniably guilty. >> there's no question, none, that donald trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. >> reporter: mcconnell insists his hands were tied, falling back on claims that trying a former president was unconstitutional. house speaker nancy pelosi calling it a pathetic e

rachel, very good to see you. think this is the first take you have had power since the start of this week. this has been going on for some days now. where are we now with where things stand? rachel: today, we saw a lot of people have power restored to their homes. the issue today was really water. my parents included do not have any water at all. major cities still under a boil notice. that was a challenge when you did not have power, if you had an electric stove. now some homes do not have any water supply at all. the city is working hard to get water pressure up and running so that can be restored. it has been a long day and a long week in texas. annmarie: my cousin is in texas and he says the second he gets a moment of power coming on, he fills up his tub and every bull he can find for water -- every bowl he can find for water. what happens next? rachel: it is certainly becoming that. what was so interesting was to see how quickly it became politicized. as early as monday and tuesday, the conversation was wind

so, rachel, what did mcconnell mean by saying "yet?" >> reporter: yeah, well, georgia is still looking into that, launching that criminal investigation. donald trump still denying any wrongdoing here, david, and tonight, he is plotting out his next steps. he is relieved to have been acquitted in the senate, but his legal troubles are far from over. senator lindsey graham says he plans to fly to florida to meet with the former president. he insists that trump is now focused on rebuilding the republican party ahead of 2022, but it is clear that some republican leaders are heady to move forward without trump. david? >> rachel scott for us tonight, thank you. >>> and there was one more note on this, late word this evening from the hill that house speaker nancy pelosi is now launching a 9/11-style commission to investigate the deadly siege of the capitol. there has been bipartisan support for this idea. so, let's get right to our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas with us tonight. pierre, what have you learned? >> reporter: david, the

rachel scott up on the hill na trump'secd impeachment trial, democrats are sifting through videos like these. >> donald trump is still our president. >> reporter: preparing to use them to make their case, the former president is "singularly responsible" for the violence at the capitol. in this video, shot by a "new york reporter" this group makes it clear who they believe sent them. >> there's a [ bleep ] million of us out there and we are listening to trump, your boss. >> reporter: the goal, to force senators, now jurors, to relive the chaos they witnessed on january 6th. democrats argue trump spent months laying the groundwork for the insurrection. and that the rioters were spurred on by his words that day. >> and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore. >> reporter: but in a 78-page brief, the former president's defense team says that was "political speech" protected by the first amendment. calling the trial an act of political theater, insisting trump "did not direct anyone to commit lawless actions." and that those who did, "did so of their own acc

i want to bring in rachel scott on this. and rachel, garland told senators, you were watching along with us, he said, "i am not the president's lawyer, i am the united states' lawyer." and if confirmed, he revealed his top priority will be to investigate the capitol riots. let's listen. i'll get your reaction here in a moment. >> i don't think this is necessarily a one-off. we must do everything in the power of the justice department to prevent this kind of interference with the policies of american democratic institutions. >> rachel, he made it clear this would be priority number one? >> reporter: david, he said it would be the first thing that he'd be looking into if he was confirmed. he called that attack on capitol hill heinous, saying he would prosecute the white supremacists and others who stormed the capitol on january 6th. he would be entering into a justice department that has been plagued by controversy. today, he insisted he wants to turn the volume down, david. >> rachel scott following the hearing for us. rachel

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rachel is different, though. >> rachel, i guess you're going with the bucs then, huh? if he can make it to seven. >> yeah, it is pretty extraordinary for tom brady. no doubt about it. patty keller, rachel gibson, we are grateful for what you do, we appreciate the sacrifices that you have made specifically in this time and we hope that you just make some incredible memories where you are this weekend because you do deserve it. we do wish that everybody on the front lines could have been there, but thank you. >> thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> so now as for the game, let's get to andy scholes with this morning's "bleacher report." andy? >> viktor, even though there's so many things different for this year's super bowl because of the pandemic the match up on the field, i mean, it's as good as it gets. patrick mahomes and the chiefs trying to win back to back titles today. that hasn't been done since tom brady and the patriots did it in 2005. >> this is where legacies are built, you know. i mean, you grow up, you know, dreaming about this moment right here.