i think rob portman is pretty popular. when he ran into thousand 16, he easily outperformed president trump in a blowout win. even though he said he was not voting for trump. he is one of these republicans who managed to do this or state popular among republicans while criticizing trump. he's looking at this 2022 race and looking at the senate, decided he had other things to do with the rest of his life. it's not an encouraging sign for the senate for the more establishment republicans who want to cut bipartisan deals and work on the intricacies of legislation, which rob portman has often wanted to do. it is much more of a senate where you get attention if you decide i did think jim jordan the congressman was very close to theto former president, ben talked about is somebody who could run. if you are a politician in ohio, these senate seats don't come along all that often. i could see a potentially very large field. and potentially on how it shakes out, you could come out of a real fight for the republican party. when it b

we learned rob portman is retiring yesterday. i think that says something about the political climate and the sense of what the future's going to be like inside the republican party. what's your take on where members of this chamber are, the senate right now, on conviction? because it had seemed like there was absolutely no chance. i think that may still be where we stand. but it does seem like maybe rob portman is more likely to be a yes. and i'm just wondering how you think this has changed any of the dynamics? >> i assume that rob portman will be a no. i think he could be a yes. i assume he'll be a no. but all that said, i think that it's going to be really hard to get 17 republicans to vote to convict donald trump. i just -- i just don't think it's going to happen. i think that rob portman is going to take the tack that his vote -- if he were to vote to convict donald trump, it would be a nail in the coffin of any bipartisanship. i just think that that is how he'll look at it. i don't know that for sure. but it's a commentary

you guys were talking about rob portman. yes, rob portman is in play here. but probably one of the republican senators who i could count on one hand who i think would be leaning potentially towards conviction at this point. the impeachment managers are going to have to convince some republicans who are up for re-election or who feel like they owe their political careers to donald trump to vote in favor of his conviction, if that is going to be the way this goes. and right now i don't know there is enough at least in the public sphere that we know of to convince the people to do that. >> daniel goldman, first of all, welcome back. good to see you. it's been a while. democrats must know and the republicans are talking about process all the time. they have ears, they're hearing it. how do the democratic impeachment managers address that on the floor of the senate? >> well, by the time that it gets to the trial, i think that will be slightly in the rear view mirror. there may be a motion to dismiss either right now as garrett said or at the beginning of the tria

i thought it was significant that rob portman yesterday said he was going to take into account in the senate trial the fact that the trial would have an effect on the unity of the country. to me, that was a signal, if mitch mcconnell sent a signal that he was open to conviction, rob portman sent a signal that he's open to acquittal, and i think if someone who occupies rob portman's place in that caucus is sending that signal, that's a sign that by the time we get to this trial, after donald trump has left office, there may be a desire among republicans not to take any further action that would inflame their supporters and go on to the business of the biden administration. i do think there is also some opening for joe biden on the basis of trump's behavior over the last few days to get some at least initial cooperation from the republicans in the senate, not only on nominees but potentially on his steps to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. and i do think we can't obscure one positive bit of news on that pandemic that's been overshadowed by the horrific events of the last few days. th

ohio republican senator rob portman joins me now. thank you so much for joining me. i know you heard my interview with brian deese, the president's top economic adviser. i talked to him about the letter that you and nine other republicans send this morning. what do you think about that and what is your reaction to what he said? >> first, thank you for the interview. it is the first time i've heard the administration say they actually want to make good on the promises made in the inaugural address with regard to covid-19 so you made progress. thank you. i mean, seriously, it is extraordinary to me that you have a great speech which i said at the time i said at the inaugural talking about the need to heal and work together as a country, republican and democrat alike, and a pledge to do more outreach to republicans. and then the next day landing on our desks a $1.9 trillion covid-19 package when only a month ago we passed a $900 billion covid-19 package that was entirely bipartisan. this one nobody was consulted, including democrats on our bipartisan group that compiled

i'll speak to top biden economic adviser and republican senator rob portman next. gamestop. wall street turns into a frenzy after small time investors put the squeeze on hedge funds. is it time for washington to step in and try to control the chaos? democratic senator elizabeth warren joins me to discuss exclusively. plus, political civil war. republicans turn on their own across the country as senate republicans appear increasingly likely to acquit former president trump. his own defense lawyers are jumping ship. what happened to the gop? i'll speak exclusively to arizona republican governor doug ducey, ahead. >>> hello. i'm dana bash in washington where the state of our union is facing a reckoning. we begin with some breaking news this morning. cnn has learned former president trump's defense lawyers all left with just over one week until the start of his impeachment trial because the former president wanted them to make the fraudulent argument that the election was stolen from him according to a source familiar with what happened. and with the trial approaching, the biden

. >> reporter: rob portman of ohio saying he won't seek re-election next year, siting the toxic political climate in washington. asked whether his decision will influence his vote on impeachment -- >> i am going to consider, among other things, what's best for our country. how to help heal our country. >> overnight majority leader chuck schumer saying the former president must be held accountable. >> his act on the 6th was the most despicable thing any president has ever done and he is the worst president ever. and you cannot just, let's move on. >> reporter: so the preparations begin now. most of the details of the trial

. >> reporter: rob portman of ohio, making a stunning announcement monday, saying he won't seek re-election next year, citing the toxic political climate in washington. asked whether his decision will influence his vote on impeachment -- >> i am going to consider, among other things, what's best for our country, how to help heal our country. >> reporter: chuck schumer saying the former president must be held accountable. >> his act on the 6th was the most despicable thing any president has ever done, and he is the worst president ever. and you cannot just -- let's move on. >> president biden upping the go americans in 100 days by 50%.

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this morning you would say rob portman, ohio. maybe. he's not a trump republican, but he's not running for re-election. is that a piece you look at in terms of your math, and i guess the question is, even so, is that enough? >> it's certainly good to look at in terms of your math, but i think they thought he was somebody who would vote along with mitt romney opposing things the president did, so i'm not clear why he goes on that because i don't know if rob portman is hanging up his spurs completely or whether he's possibly looking for another run. i don't know that, but it's possible. again, things can change, but right now the distance has been donald trump's friend, as you said. as time has gone on, people who are believed to be likely votes, are not seen as likely. we know lindsey graham are trying to whip votes against it. there are other senators who are against it having conversations with their colleagues about it, and mitch mcconnell is the big open question. that's where we stand. i don't know if portman is what this hinges on,

>> we heard from two republican senators, john theo and rob portman, asking about her concerns about where the u.s. federal deficit is heading. while she said that overall, she wants to be a voice of fiscal sanity she told rob portman, she still thinks that the best thing to do for the overall fiscal outlook for the u.s. is to bend now. she said she is very concerned about scarring in the economy from the pandemic induced slowdown. romaine: i thought this was interesting. when you think about her former job as fed chair, it seems like she would have been before congress, warning about the dangers of inflation and other things that this fiscal spending would do. she now has to go on to capitol hill and sell biden's policies. what has been the response by some of the senators and congress people on the hill? >> so far, we have heard from several lawmakers. chuck grassley said during his opening remarks that he sees a lot of the social safety net measures in biden's plan as a liberal wish list that he has said has just been tacked on hundred the guys of meeting fiscal spending to cope w

that's just the way that the politics run. >> so today on the news of rob portman's announcement madeindicative of where the republican party is going. what does it mean to have someone like rob port man who has run really good campaigns in the past against formidable can gaits and come out on top. what does it say about what he is deciding. >> he won a swing state. that was a very big deal. to me that means he believes that we're not going to get back to any sort of governing agenda any time soon. he said as much in his statement. he is someone that has tremendous respect. people really respect him in the capitol. i only say that because it means that he can get things done when republicans are in the majority. people feel like they can deal with him. he was a legislative affairs director. he was a trade representative. he is someone that understands the levers of power in washington and would not be leaving unless he felt like the place was just beyond repair, and there is an argument to be made that we are broken at the moment. and he doesn't believe it will end any time soon. >> g

>> and, david, some big news that republican senator rob portman is not going to run for re-election in 2022. he blamed partisan gridlock as a big reason that he's walking away. let's listen. >> our country is polarized right now. it's kind of shirts and skins, isn't it? that makes it more difficult to find that common ground, because elected officials aren't rewarded for that. what they're rewarded for is throwing out the red meat on the talk show, and that, you ducive serious problems we face as a country. >> some of senator portman's, i guess, positions somewhat recently certainly raise the idea that he knew he was coming to be in cycle and that he was being pretty careful, david, but he's made this decision now, and i wonder what you think about it. >> i think rob portman is sort of like the perfect example of what has been sort of tearing at the republican party throughout the last ten years in the lead-up to donald trump but certainly accelerated under the trump presidency. we saw rob portman in a mainstream sort of conservative republican from the establishment align himself t

that is not what people like rob portman and mitt romney represent. and if you're going to succeed in this republican party, you have got to galvanize very dark emotions. they don't have much of a positive program. they have a grievance agenda. and if you don't share that agenda, you're not going to go very far in this current republican party. >> you're right, especially when if comes to things like health care. for decades have tried to just kill it but then no plan. john avlon, the house minority leader, kevin mccarthy, traveling to florida today to meet with trump. he's looking for trump's help in 2022, but why didn't the gop learn their lesson with the georgia runoffs? i mean trump is only out for himself. >> it's stockholm syndrome. look, donald trump was disastrous for the republican party by any rational measure. they lost the senate. they lost the presidency. they lost the house. they lost seats overall. their base is shrinking. trump is the only president to be impeached twice for inciting insurrection, and they're still lining up to kiss th

. >> senator rob portman, republican from ohio, he spoke with "the dispatch" about a number of issuese of them was about unity, saying we should be concerned. saying, quote, it's entirely contradictory for biden to say in one hand on the inaugural address you're looking for unity and bipartisan out reach and on another hand propose something at this level of $1.9 trillion and poison the well. that means biden can either have a $1.9 trillion bill or he can have a bipartisan bill but he can't have both. do you agree? >> i don't disagree with that. any time the president, president biden, president trump, any proposal that comes from the administration is always their proposal, but it's always a work in progress. joe biden did spend 50 years in public service because he was not willing to listen to the other side and take a my way or the highway approach. he will absolutely do that. if that means compromising on certain areas, i think he will be willing to do that. i don't see that coming from the administration. there needs to be relief. but they need to get some republican buy-in as we

joining richard burr of north caroline and pat toomey of pennsylvania rob portman of ohio saying that he won't run for reelection because of quote, partisan gridlock. in that writing from axial's about how about you may play out in the impeachment proceedings coming up and they say rob portman was one of the replicant senator said that former president trump for bears some responsibility for the january 6 capital riots. you can read more in access .com. you can read more from bloomberg senate reporter steven dennis was cover the senate. we talked to him earlier this evening for a look at what might be ahead in the senate trial. >> we are joined next by steven dennis who is bloomberg senate reporter covering the senate side of things and steven did get is that ritual but not that all unfamiliar because it happened a little over a year ago in the impeachment, original impeachment of then president trump but in all new territory here for everyone, historic territory. what president do you think the senate democrats will use in their proceedings against a former president? >> you know, i

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listen, i think rob portman is a good person who was in a terrible position. not really going to be here and second-guess him. i know him. i know that he's a good person. i think he was in a terrible position and i'm just going to let it go at that. >> note and understood. rick wilson, let's talk about another guy, josh hawley. what should happen to him? what do you think will happen to him? >> well, you know, sadly, we've done away with horse whipping in this country. what i think should happen is that josh hawley needs to be expelled from the u.s. senate. josh hawley is continuing to dig the hole deeper. his sedition and the actions he took on the 6th in particular to stoke the crowd, to rile up the mob, and has now tried to cast himself as this tragic figure that everyone is being mean to him and he's being muzzled. for a man being muzzled, he can't shut his damn mouth. he's on every possible media outlet. he has articles in the "new york post," he's on "hannity" every five seconds on fox. he's trying to become the poster boy for the post trump gop, the cen

and i was looking at the rob portman quote. i'm sitting here wondering what republicans are ready to take the donald trump training wheels off, put on their big boy and girl pants, and be a political party? >> that -- that doesn't exist. you know, the reality of the republican party right now with respect to donald trump is he owns it. he bought it. he reshaped it. he figured out where, you know, what was in the closet and, you know, he exposed it internally in a way that, you know, people, like, embarrassed, they don't want to say anything about that's what the portman statement boils down to. you cannot in the face of what happened last week just place the blame squarely where it belongs and state that and say as a united states senator based on what i lived through and what i saw with my own eyes and what i heard come out of the president's mouth, and even some members of this body and the body across the hall in the house said, i there's no way i can do anything other than convict. that's not where this party is and i think

how do you see this move by rob portman? what does it mean for jim jordan? what will the president do for jim jordan? >> i take rob portman at his word that the senate is not a particularly happy place to be for a lot of folks, particularly republicans right now. they have lost their majority. they are a bit at sea as to what the post-trump world looks like. they're facing this impeachment trial that a bunch of them are ambivalent about, even if privately many of them acknowledge they're unhappy about how the president acted. the president will try to have influence in that race but whether he gets behind jim jordan who has been a vocal ally of the president or tries to get behind another potential candidate like jane timken. we saw him do it last week in the arizona county -- state gop chair's race where he pushed for kelly ward to get re-elected. i think you'll see him doing things like that as related to ohio and a couple of other races. >> maggie, do you have any reporting on what president trump's mindset is? is he worried about this upcoming senate tri

i mean, you have rob portman, who isn't seeking re-election, right, saying this.d be waffling in the middle of this. i think it was bad but not impeachable. i mean, the republican party is going -- seems they're strongly against this idea of convicting and they're leaning on kind of this process argument, right, that you shouldn't be able to convict this -- a sitting president when they're now a private citizen. there are some constitutional experts who disagree with that, but that is what they're leaning on. they're not saying what he did was good or he didn't do anything bad here. it's a process argument, and that part is key. >> connie, so you had mentioned before about how there are so many people -- so many people in need. we woke up this morning, that ten republican senators, rob portman being one of them, they've come up with their own covid relief package and they want to meet with president biden to talk about it. i haven't seen what's in the covid relief package, but from your vantage point, does it seem like their effort is a good-faith effort or a stal

rob portman is somebody, is an ohio senator who is not considered super moderate but he did sometimes vote with democrats, but h largely voted along party lines. that said he was uncomfortable, as you noted in his statement, he was uncomfortable with the direction of where the party is going, and this is such an interesting state. of course, ohio that had gone for former president obama and former president trump, and when you look at what this means, it's a real piece of the reckoning for the republican party moving forward that is, as we've talked about here, what i think is the most interesting story in washington, one of them at least over the next couple of years until 2022, where does the gop go now that its former leader, right, president trump is ensconced down in his mar-a-lago resort in florida. is it still the party of trump or not, and what does portman'sr people like departure seems to say is right now, it still is, and right now maybe there's not room for people like senator portman. he certainly didn't think so in this current republican party, shep >> yeah, seems prett

secretary, republican rob portman is among those who have said that what we really need here is for theo step to a microphone and calmly tell the people, stop it, be peaceful say it in a more forceful way republicans will make the argument that he said so, but he has not made the dramatic come to jesus moment in the way that rob portman is suggesting. if you had the president's ear, what would your specific advice be to him on this matter >> i just, i think all of us need to be realistic, whether it's republicans or democrats. this president is not going to do that. you know, i've never seen him kind of step up and do something that was important for our country and that required that he have the strength and courage to say that mistakes have been made and that everything necessary has to be done not to repeat what happened last wednesday. of course that's what he should do but let's not kid ourselves. this president's not going to do that it's not in his nature to do something that would be important for the country. he's thinking about himself. that will continue to consume him. and i

i think rob portman is pretty popular. when he ran in 2016 he easily outperformed president trump, and the blowout win -- in a blowout win, so he is one of those republicans who managed to do this jiu-jitsu where he stayed popular among republicans while criticizing trump. he is looking at this 2022 race and looking at the senate and has decided he has other things to do with the rest of his life, so it is not an encouraging sign for the senate, i think, or the sort of more establishment republicans who want to cut bipartisan deals and work on the intricacies of legislation, which rob portman has often wanted to do. it is much more of a senate where if you get attention, if you decide you are going to block things and make a lot of noise --and that is not really rob portman. he does not like bomb throwing in that sort of thing --and that sort of thing. jim jordan, the congressman who is very close to the former president, has been talked about as somebody who could run, but i think there's a lot -- you know, if you are a p

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one of the reasons rob portman, senator from ohio says i'm out. no room here to do actual work. it's become too partisan. >> maybe the trump party but it's getting smaller, what we've seen. it's contracting as well. >> jeff zeleny, thank you for that. >>> now the ten-figure attempt to crack down on conspiracy theories. election technology firm dominion voting firms is suing rudy guiliani for $1.3 billion for defamation. dominion accuses president trump's attorney of constantly pushes baseless fallacies that pushed the "big lie" on election fraud. giuliani's lie, the lawsuit aless includes venezuela controls dominion and they stole votes. the loss to its reputation is immeasurable and ongoing as giuliani refuses to retract any of his false statements. >> he knew from the outset that the complaint alleges that there was no evidence that the election was rigged. and that's why even mr. giuliani didn't make those claims in court. but he made them on television. and online, where they would do maximum damage to dominion, but face minimal scrutiny. >> giuliani says he'll countersue sa

senator rob portman of ohio announcing he will retire in 2022. the fact that he will not are to run for re-election may -- i emphasize may free him up if he were so inclined to vote for conviction of donald trump to not worry about the political consequences. >> that coming out of ohio last hour. surprised a lot of folks. at the same time, congress also having to juggle president biden's new agenda. it's looking like the covid relief talks are hitting a wall. what are some points of agreement so far? where are the fault lines emerging? >> reporter: an hour and a half long zoom call with a group of senators over the weekend and the administration that was broadly described as productive. what we hear from republicans in particular now is that they think that the biden plan is too much, too soon. they don't want to see as much money spent as broadly as quickly after the last covid relief package was passed. they are concerned about things that they think might be extraneous like including the hike to the federal minimum wage in a covid relief bill.

back-and-forth on what to do one of the republican senators pushing for a bipartisan relief bill is rob portman of ohio. i spoke with him this afternoon on capitol hill. senator portman, on stimulus, where is the sweet spot on compromise, and are you convinced that the biden team is serious about bipartisan action? >> well, shep, i was really glad to see the president's speech at the inaugural saying he wanted to work across the aisle and, you know, break through some of the partisan gridlock that has gripped this town. but the way they're handling covid-19 is contradictory to that because they sent up a big package, $1.9 trillion, only several weeks after we passed a $900 billion package, which was the second biggest appropriation ever in the history of the congress, and it hasn't been implemented yet. only about a third of the money has gone out i think that's concerning. more concerning frankly is they're talking about doing it under a process where it would be done strictly with 50 votes rather than 60, meaning with democrat votes only if it could be done. i think that's a mistake too becau

you see the trumpy guy running against liz cheney, where rob portman, a normal, smart and good humancides to retire because he can't get anything done. then you see madison cawthorn, a young freshman republican who says he writes an email to his staff saying i'm putting all my staff into communications not into legislation. and a lot of these trumpy republicans, they run for office so they can get on fox news, not to pass things. so what we're seeing is a party that is, as one person said, on fire and going, in my mind, in the complete opposite direction, which makes life pretty easy for joe biden. >> woodruff: what does it look like from ere you are, jonathan? >> well, you know, i don't know if it makes life easy for joe biden. sure it is, if all he wants to do is executive actions. but in order to make lasting policy change, you have to pass legislation, and the only way you can pass legislation is if democrats and republicans can work with each other to get bills passed out of their chambers and on to his desk to sign. but as you have, as david described, an interparty warfare amo

the republican party of rob portman, particularly in ohio, is changing.changed because of trump. and, you know, who wins out at the end of the day in all of these states, i think it will tell you, 2022 will tell us a lot about whether the republican party is ready to move on from trump, or will it move on from trump, or whether that's the republican party now. >> jackie kucinich, ayesha rascoe, thank you. >>> the news every school-age parent will want, that's coming up. for some of us, our daily journey is a short one when you drive less, you pay less with pay per mile insurance from allstate you've never been in better hands allstate click or call for a quote today let's get checked for a full range of conditions. let's get fast, accurate results. allstate introducing letsgetchecked health testing you do at home. know your health. know yourself. order now at letsgetchecked dot com >>> breaking news for you now. we got more information about the biden administration's vaccine plans. the president is expected to speak in minutes about the pandemic. now a s

democrats got, i suppose you could argue, a little positive news with the announcement rob portman is planning to retire rather than seek re-election in 2022. that might free him up -- i emphasize might free him up -- to vote his conscience if believes the president guilty of an offense worthy of removal. the reality is democrats, impeachment managers, have to reach must deeper into the pro-trump elements of the republican party than just gooding rob portman. >> and already in the last couple of days, garrett, we've seen this new reporting confirmed by nbc, first reported by "the new york times," the president won't so far as to try to oust its own acting attorney general just to overturn the election results in georgia. there could be more that comes out. the investigation is proceeding. can that be an advantage in terms of building up a level of evidence? yes, it absolutely could. establishing intent i think will be a key part of the impeachment manager's case. you have a jury of politicians who are going to be very reticent to convict another politician for language they might see

kind of saying he's open to listening to the evidence and then you have a number of republicans rob portman who are running for reelection feel free to do what conscience tells that think we understand that getting to 67 senators is a tall order. but the facts are really compelling noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>now that the regional stay at home order has been lifted effective immediately some businesses san mateo county for instance that have been restricted or shut down altogether are already back in operation. while others say it's going to be a while before they can get things up and running again well for maureen kelly has the story. >>as soon as word came down that outdoor dining is back on the table the owner of the copenhagen bakery and cafe here drag out his tables and chairs out onto the sidewalk. he says this is good news for his business, his staff and its customers. >>absolutely terrific i can brings back some of my employees again, but the tables that bring the cooks back make a lot our long-term customers very happy allen priscilla warner some of those long-term customers who

republican senator rob portman of ohio is now saying he will not run for reelection next year.s basically he says it's getting harder and harder to get things done in washington, adding, quote, we live in an increasingly polarized country where members of both parties are being pushed further to the right and further to the left and that means too few people who are actively looking to find common ground. senator portman was first elected in 2010, reelected in 2016. this opens up a senate seat in a state that already has one democratic senator but a state that also voted for president obama twice, president trump twice. i want to bring in garrett haake on capitol hill. garrett, this is really interesting because there is a couple implications here. talk about what this means in the short term for this impeachment trial coming up and then sort of longer term. this says something about the future of the republican party and where it's going. does it not? >> reporter: yes, it does. make no mistake, rob portman is a conservative, but he's never someone who was entirely comfortable

but there's a lot of other critical senators as well, like rob portman, who is also up for reelection, roy blunt, a member of mcconnell's leadership team. there are so many dynamics, steph, it's unclear if they can get 17 at this point but it is possible. >> inside the white house right now. >> well, steph, i can tell you i covered the first impeachment. this is a president who at least as it relates to the white house is increasingly isolated from some of his own top aides and allies. think about that first impeachment, steph, the west wing was buzzing with legal advisers, with surrogates and aides who were eager to get out and defend president trump. yesterday it was largely a a ghost town here. it's not clear what the communication strategy is, steph, and it's not clear what the legal strategy is or who will be on the legal team. among the names we've been hearing about, rudy giuliani, alan dershowitz, he has not been contacted by anyone inside trump world. the president increasingly defiant and focused on rehabilitating his brand and trying to rehabilitate his legacy. that's why h

you are considering running for senator rob portman's seat.imeline for when you will make that decision if you haven't already made it? >> no. very, very interested and very soon, i will say, there will be a decision that will be made and i think the senate could use a few more voices for working class people. we'll see what happens. >> we'll certainly have you back when the announcement is ready to be made. that wraps up this hour. i'll see you right back here tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. eastern. deadline white house with nicole wallace starts right now. >>> hi there, everyone. it's 4:00 in the east. vice president kamala harris moments ago receiving her second dose of the coronavirus vaccine and delivering some deeply personal remarks there on the importance of science in her own household, or in her early years. also delivered remarks on the

the timing yesterday of the resignation of senator rob portman. would he be a player? not so sure about that, but we'll see how long president biden leaves open the hope of working with folks. they know if they go it alone on the covid plan, there is one more chance, you know, for a bipartisan unity, and that's infrastructure, like you said. that's in the back of his mind here. it's fascinating to see how he is driving a lot of this, actually, because he knows how both sides of pennsylvania avenue work. but, boy, it is a different washington, and that impeachment trial, we can't say enough, that gums up the works. >> and part of the issue with washington is they're the majority in the senate. they haven't been the majority in the senate since six years ago. dick durbin is number two. he says, kwquote, a very limite time to get republicans on board. he said march 15 is when unemployment benefits run out. you need a covid relief package before then. those who want the president to go big and go bold, are they willing to give him a little grace here, and if so, define a l

. >> retiring senator rob portman telling "the washington post" taking the go-it-alone approach sets wrong tone right off the bat. >> to what degree can president biden work with a republican party that has remade itself in the image of donald trump. republican leaders have whip-sawed from criticizing him just weeks ago. >> the president bears responsibility for wednesday's attack on wednesday by mob rioters. >> to courting his support. >> everybody across this country has some responsibility. >> on thursday kevin mccarthy made a pilgrimage to fences. then there's senator lindsey graham. fou he's leading the impeachment defense. >> there's no way in hell we'll retake the house and the senate without president trump's help. >> mitch mcconnell was pleased by the impeachment effort. >> the mob was fed lies. they were provoked by the president and other powerful people. >> but on tuesday, mcconnell and 44 other republicans voted to toss out the impeachment case as unconstitutional. now mr. trump is supporting primary challenges to house republicans who voted for impeachment like liz chen

while senator rob portman said, despite voting for trump and being one of his campaign co-chairs in ohio, he, quote, cannot support allowing congress to thwart the will of the voters. in addition, senators kevin cramer and john hogan of north dakota also said they will not vote to object. joining us now on this consequential week, co-founder of the newly launched punch bowl news, jake sherman. he is also an msnbc political contributor. jake, welcome. congratulations on the launch of punch bowl news. it's been great to watch. what do you guys have this morning, particularly as you look ahead to the georgia elections tonight that you're watching? >> well, kasie, good morning, and thank you, and thank you for the plug. a few things that are worth keeping in mind here. number one, on the certification, this is a complete kamikaze mission, as you know, but it's worth restating. there's no way that joe biden is not going to be president come january 20th, and the republicans are setting up their base for a massive failure for reasons that are not clear to anybody. that's number one. number two

rob portman is one of the latest republicans to come out against the plan, saying in a statement, i cannot support allowing congress to thwart the will of the voters. the objections are expected to temporarily delay but not overturn, certification of the results. >> joe biden will be the next president of the united states of america. notwithstanding the delusional fantasies of some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. >> president trump lashed out at republicans refused to challenge the results calling them to surrender caucus. president trump has also been promoting on twitter, a big protest rally, of his supporters, on that day, when they, the dc national guard is preparing to activate hundreds of troops to help local police, and the mayor here is urging residents to stay out of downtown that day. >>> still ahead on kpix5, and streaming on cbsn bay area, family tragedy on the sonoma coast. new information on the search for two children swept out to the, and the father who died trying to save them. >>> in oakland, the fire department is forced to consider cuts with the plaint

kind of saying he's open to listening to the evidence and then you have a number of republicans rob portmane running for reelection feel free to do what conscience tells that think we understand that getting to 67 senators is a tall order. but the facts are really compelling noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>has more coronavirus strains pop up around the world president biden reimposed restrictions on non us travelers from brazil, ireland, the uk and much of europe. former president trump put similar measures in place but prior to leaving office he ordered them to be lifted starting tomorrow. the new restrictions from the biden administration will also extend to people coming in from south africa where scientists have discovered a more contagious covid variant. meanwhile, israel is going one step further as it records one of the world's highest infection rates. the country will temporarily ban incoming and outgoing passenger flights. >>the united states is close to approving a 3rd covid vaccine. doctor anthony fauci said johnson and johnson's a single dose vaccine will be approved in about 2 wee

. >> senator rob portman says he will not seek reelection when his term is up in two years, writing "i do think any senate office has been more successful in getting things done, but honestly it has gotten harder and harder to break through the partisan gridlock and make progress on substantive policy, and that has contributed to my decision." he adds he still has two more years and intends to use that time to get a lot done. >> earlier today, president biden signed an executive