i'm sorry, congressman slotkin, i think my mic was down.e happen to donald trump right now? >> listen, i think the easiest and most [ inaudible ]. >> congresswoman slotkin, i'm so sorry, you're audio is bad, we're having audio issues. i'll instead put that question to congressman crow. what do you think? >> sure. well, anybody of sound mind and who has been paying attention at all, the last four-plus years, knows this president was capable of this. he's done it before, in charlottesville, he incited violence at his rallies. we knew he was going to do it yesterday. i was not surprised by that. i was surprised that they were able to breach the capitol security and there was a catastrophic security failure. the president has shown us time and time again who he is. and i actually, as you mentioned, i was an impeachment manager, so a year ago i made the case for his removal because i think he's a violent man, i don't think he's well, i think he's dangerous for democracy. i've known that for a very long time. i do think he should be removed. he c

i ran into congresswoman slotkin on the streets here just a moment ago. it seems that the lessons learned in d.c. were certainly implemented here. i also spoke with the chief of the lansing police department who told me he is happy to see how the agencies all work together and he remains vigilant. an interesting note. it is not uncommon the see armed protesters at the michigan capital as we all know. what is different today some of the typical groups, the michigan militias did not show up. my contacts said they are not coming anywhere near here in the next week or so. they are concerned what they might see. they are not certain where the origins to the calls to action came from. >> that's quite a run-in, with congresswoman slotkin. good to see you here. >> she's out and about. >> out and about. tonight by the way with the nation on high alert leading up to inauguration day we will speak with the nation's top three elected leaders about how they led their state through that siege last spring. >>> i want to go to arizona where challenges to the election res

i did run into congresswoman alissa slotkin who told me she is relieved to have seen a peaceful day here today, believes that the lessoned learned on january 6th which of course she was there to witness firsthand at the capitol, she says those lessons have been learned and implemented here.ne the lansing police chief echoed that sentiment but says he does remain vigilant ahead of inauguration.ut >> in a matter of moments, you will hear from the three women who run michigan on their plans to protect lansing and how to weed out american extremists. but let's begin with security t' ahead of inauguration day. nbc's vaughn hillyard joins me from d.c. vaughn, good to see you. can you give us an overview, a sense of what is happening right now in the capitol?gi >> reporter: there is still tension here-a listia. we're about 65 hours away from joe biden taking the oath of office.t outside on the west front of the capitol. but you are now seeing 15,000 national guardsmen here working handua in hand with local and federal lawlo enforcement. but there is tension because whilesi there was not an upri

representative slotkin also told me she believes that the lessons learned in d.c.here. she says the security strategy worked on sunday, hallie. >> dasha burns live for us in michigan. jacob, let me go to you. california national guard troops have been deployed throughout downtown sacramento. is it your sense that that is acting as a kind of deterrent here? >> reporter: good morning, hallie. yes, i think it definitely does. as the sun hits the plaza i'm in right now, this is a place that typically sees an incredible amount of activity around any sort of national event. we had big protests here over the summer, we had protests about masks, all of that kind of stuff, but it has been very much the way you see it now, very, very quiet over the weekend. that is because of, as you say, 1,000 national guard troops deployed here along with california highway patrol you can see patrolling behind me who have been on a tactical footing for the last couple of days. at this point the fences that you see here, the barriers put up have really fortified the capitol grounds such tha

the members of congress who voted to impeach donald trump for the second time is democrat elissa slotkinmichigan and she joins me now. congresswoman, i want to start with this -- talking about the people saying things out loud that i think have been hanging over the congress. this idea that worries about personal safety, worries about what it means if you get out -- you get cross bid the president. how much do you think that's a palpable thing that hangs over the body you do your work in? >> well, i think frankly a lot of the republicans that i've been talking to in the past week have sort of become awakened to what it's been like for a lot of us for a long time. if the president tweets about you or your race, certainly that was something that made us less safe in the past. but this idea that somehow, you know, the base was threatening people this week and making choices for these members of congress, that's something that a lot of us have experienced for a long time. frankly that's been some of the harder conversations i've had with some of my republican peers. i've said to some of them

slotkin says she will vote present again today.d the nominating speeches, hakim jeffries from new york, the chair of the democratic caucus, he placed in nomination nancy pelosi's name and liz cheney, republican from way only of -- wyoming, she is placing in nomination kevin mccarthy, the house minority leader. mike: chad pergram live on capitol hill, all over it. chad, thanks a lot. >> thank you. mike: president-elect joe biden will head to atlanta tomorrow to help boost the democratic senate candidates in the final steps of the runoff. jacqui heinrich is live from delaware. >> reporter: hi, mike. vice president-elect kamala harris is about to defar for georgia. president-elect joe biden will head there tomorrow, the last major push for the democrats to try gain control of the senate which will determine biden's legislative reach on a number of signature issues he campaigned on, especially his promise to bolster the affordable care act. it follows considerable fund raising efforts, biden's team steering about $18 million towards jo

mickey cheryl, abigail spanberger and alyssa slotkin voting present and connor lamb of pennsylvania voted for hakeem jeffries as some think would take over for house leader as democratic leader pelleds steps town. that's what happened thus far. what is up next is speaker designate will address lawmakers in the chamber. after they're done with this break. what they're doing now is cleaning the chamber. part of their covid-19 protocols. it also has included today voting in groups of 72. that is why the voting process verages, the proceedings have taken hours. doesn't normally take so long but had to call members of the pandemic in groups of 72 to the floor so that's what they did today and willow do that as well when they move to the swearing in. democratic leader nancy pelosi addresses the lawmakers and is sworn into office by the dean of the house which is the longest serving member of the house and that's representative don young, a republican of alaska first elected to congress in 1973. once she's sworn in will swear in mr. young and then swear in the first group of representative elect

mikie sherrill, abigail spanberger and -- alyssa slotkin all voting present.onor lamb of pennsylvania voted for hakeem jeffries, who something could take over as democratic leader for house democrats after leader pelosi stepped down. that is what has happened so far. the speakerext is will address lawmakers in the chamber. after they are done with this break. what they are doing right now is cleaning the chamber. part of their covid-19 protocols. it also has included today voting in groups of 72. that's why the voting process is taking hours. it doesn't normally take this long, but they had to call members, because of the pandemic, groups of 72 to the floor. that's what they did today and they will do that as well when they moved to the swearing in. democratic leader nancy pelosi addresses the lawmakers. she has been sworn into office by the dean of the house, which is the longest member of the house, representative don young, a republican, first elected to congress in 1973. once she is sworn in, she will in mr. young,ear and then swear in the first group of r

as congressperson slotkin said the post 9/11 era is over saying it's no longer about international terrorbout domestic terror. look out for that. >> jesse: they are teeing it up for a political crackdown. dana, is this how it's going to be now? joe is going to say congress can do what they want and they are going to run the show. i would expect someone like joe biden who considers himself a statesman to rise above this pettiness at. and impeachment with 12 days left? and say guys, let's move on. at least that's what i expected joe biden to say. >> dana: well, he said a lot of those things up until -- i think wednesday changed a lot of opinions and minds. it was so catastrophic that may be it's to think about healing at the moment. i am for it. i would love that. i would like for everybody to get along. i remember barbara bush used for say that the best way for a marriage to work is for both parties to be willing to go 65% of the way. that's not where we are right now in reality. we can hope for it. we can do that in our own lives, right? but when it comes to this, i think it would be wors

you have alyssa slotkin, who opposed pelosi two years ago she voted present and intends to do so againoday. brett shrader, he voted two years ago for march sh -- marsha fudge. >> you say you have to have an outright majority of the members of the house who are flint the chamber. this isn't a situation if a handful of votes went for somebody besides nancy pelosi, that minority leader mccarthy could win the speakership? >> reporter: potentially. i mean, as we always say on capitol hill it's about the math, it's about the math, it's about the math. keep in mind, the house of representatives does start at a deficit, not the full complement of 435 members. luke letlow, the congressman-elect from georgia, passed away a couple of days ago. you also have david valedayo and maria elvira salazar who contracted covid and they are not here. they're not members yet and probably won't be for a few days. you also have a seat in upstate new york, the 22nd district of new york, which has still not been called, the democrat and claudia tenney the republican. it will come down to the math. who is here to

. >>> democratic congresswoman alyssa slotkin is asking for capitol police officer and veteran briank to be given special posthumous special honors and burial at arlington national cemetery. the office of the secretary of the army says it supports that request. cnn's brian todd reports on officer sicknick's life and the emotions many are now feeling with his death. >> with flags lowered to half staff, the capitol hill community is reeling over the death of a respected police officer, 42-year-old brian sicknick. but with their sorrow, some including members of congress are also expressing anger. >> my heart goes out to officer sicknick's family. there are a lot of people who have officer sicknick's blood on their hands. >> the way that they went out, the way he died was unnecessary. >> reporter: capitol hill police say officer sicknick was injured on wednesday while, quote, physically engaging with protesters. that he then returned to his division office and collapsed. he died late thursday. the youngest of three sons, born and raised in south river, new jersey, brian sicknick is bein

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i spoke to congresswoman alyssa slotkin on the ground in her district and she was happy to see things were peaceful. she was there on january 6th. she said the lessons learned in d.c. were implemented here and she believes that the security strategy worked, stephanie. >> well, at least for now. thank you both. >>> ips to bring in someone who's going to play an integral role this week, amy klobuchar, the ranking member of the senate rules committee and member of the joint congressional committee on these inaugural ceremonies. that means she is essentially the master of ceremonies for this inauguration and she is doing it in a city that is under lockdown. senator, thank you for joining us this morning. i want to take a step back. >> thanks, steph. >> this time last year you were running for president. over the last year we have lost almost 400,000 americans to covid, we're in an economic crisis, and all this time you have been working and planning this inauguration as a member of the committee that has been around since 1901 to plan and execute inaugurations at our nation's capitol. how

joining us now democratic congresswoman elissa slotkin of michigan. she previously served as a middle east analyst for the cia and also served as acting assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs. she's a member of the armed services and homeland security committees. like we need this, but could you please share the potential damage this president still could do to our democracy from within and also outside with our enemies and allies in the next 12 days. >> sure. i mean, i think we're entering a real volatile period here. i mean, we've been in it. there's 78 days of transition once an election happens, and we're in the last 12 days right now, and obviously the events of the past week have really sort of hyper charged everything. i'm concerned about a few things. obviously at the end of this process we have another big security event at the capitol with, you know, the incoming cabinet supposedly the outgoing cabinet. members of congress. so i think it's important that we realize we have another big security event that we're goin

moderate starting their second term, mikey cheryl from new jersey, abigail spam berger and also elissa slotkin voted present today. the two defections, as you say, who voted for somebody else by name, jared golden, a mod rate democrat from maine. he voted, you know, against nancy pelosi two years ago. he voted today for tammy duckworth, the democratic senator from illinois, and you also had conor lamb who voted for hakim the jeff reese -- hakeem jeffries. when we saw that 427 figure, we calculated that nancy pelosi could only lose about 6 votes. now, that number went up a little bit because of what happened here. she threaded the needle today. she always seems to know exactly where the votes were, and that's why she's returning to the speaker's suite today. eric: what is the thinking, chad, behind some of these people, the handful who voted against her? you're bucking the party, bucking the powers that be. in maine that had been a swing district, for example. copp nor lamb are, you know -- conor lamb snatched a district from a republican at one point. what's behind the thinkingsome. >> reporte

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. >> apparently elissa slotkin a member of congress has spoken to mark milley the chairman of the joint chiefs. according to her he has approved the use of national guard. if you've seen any social media today then you know a good many americans are pointing out how this would have gone down in their view had these been black lives matter protesters. had this been other people involved in another cause. as we just saw the better part of these last several months in so many venues around this country. nicolle, this is now a herculean task. speaking of your initial remarks about clear and hold, the military strategy overseas, that's exactly what they have to do with this building. there have been pictures posted of one of the rioters in the chair presiding over the well of the senate, rioters in congressional offices. they have to clear that entire building. >> yeah, and i think that's why this is now a national security story. it's gone ten train stops past a political crisis and is now a national security crisis. it was pointed out to me that we don't right now know exactly where vice p

shep >> eamon, democratic representative slotkin has reported to nbc news that the shots fired report was what she described as flash bangs outside her office on capitol hill we don't know the source of those flash bangs, but she was noticeably shaken thereby. further nbc news garrett haake is reporting that the national guard's presence has been requested to clear the halls of the capitol of these demonstrators as they continue to climb the steps in the front and overtake the halls of power. i believe it's ylan mui who has details about how people are being evacuated there around the capitol as this plays out. ylan >> reporter: what we coudo knows our colleagues at nbc news inside the building say it's chaos around the house chamber glass has been broken. the doors have been barricaded and that some members have been evacuated and that some who are in place are now praying now, the official word k of the house does occur in the chamber but below that is a labyrinth of offices, cafeteria, storage closets. that's where legislating and the muchlt ndane work of governing actually occurs.

let's bring in elissa slotkin, the democratic congresswoman for michigan's 8th congressional districtace in her office as events unfolded yesterday. ijust i just wanted to ijust wanted to get i just wanted to get your ijust wanted to get your reaction to nancy pelosi's call to impeach the president. listen, i mean, there's a real strength of feeling here. ithink there's a real strength of feeling here. i think it an event that obviously rattled people, but more importantly, the symbolic nature of the us capitol. every second—grader in the united states knows the capital and what it represents, so i think it's representative of the feeling in the city among lawmakers at large. we do have a practical issue here, that we have 13 days until the transition of power. i do think vice president pence and other cabinet level officials have a responsibility to take action. i hope that they do, that's the most expeditious way to deal with the problem. if not, i think the speaker is threatening further action. i would like to get to the point where we don't have to dance around this issue. senior

. >>> well, michigan congressman alyssa sco alyssa slotkin says she spoke about giving special honorsa burial at arlington cemetery. brian todd has more on the life of officer brian sicknick. >> reporter: be flags lowers to half staff, the capitol hill community is reeling over the death of a capitol police officer. but with their sorrow, some, including members of congress are also expressing anger. >> my heart goes out to officer sicknick's family. there are a lot of people who have officer sicknick's blood on their hands. >> the way that they went out or the way that he died was unnecessary. >> reporter: capitol hill police say officer sicknick was injured on wednesday while, quote, physically engaging with protester, that he then returned to his division office and collapsed. he died late thursday. the youngest of three sons born and raised in south river, new jersey, brian sicknick is being called a hero by his family tonight. the family saying he wanted to a police officer his entire life. as a means to that ends he joined the new jersey air national guard. he was deployed to sa

already we are hearing from a handful of moderate democrats , whoding elissa slotkin say they will notote for her but will -- that is not leave much room for her for anyone else to defect. they also hearing from progressive insurgents in new york and cori bush in missouri. they have not committed to voting for speaker pelosi either. the other big thing to watch is of course the coronavirus. lotough pelosi is exuding a of confidence about this vote today, what she has privately told mcgrath on a conference call recently is covid is her opponent. she is running for speaker challenged, but she has pointed to covid is a real hindrance for her because of the possibility for absences that covid could cause. she has tested positive in recent days and will miss the vote. what she fears what other democrats fear is the -- is a covid outbreak strikes the house and sidelines a number of house democrats who would then miss the vote and that would put likelyccarthy in a very situation, but a spot to win this leadership if that should. host: is there a contingency plan is far as the boat itself? the

the "times" has reported that it was pence who ultimately helped breakthrough, and i think alyssa slotkin helped get the national guard to respond. there's been reporting in axios and other places that white house aides have said they will not abide by an order from donald trump. is donald trump sill in charge, ashley? >> well, it's not exactly clear how this ends, and it's funny, i've been asked this question, too, by other people on msnbc. it is the question. so, i will say, you know, donald trump is the -- he is the president, but in terms of fulfilling the duties of the presidency, the responsibilities of the commander in chief, he abdicated those long ago. wednesday was sort of this titan, horrifying encapsulation of that but we had written stories and others had reported how he basically abdicated his responsibilities, for instance, for handling the coronavirus crisis, which, while we're all focused on other things, hasn't gone away. more americans are dying and getting sick and being hospitalized every single day. there's not one person who has stepped up to take over, but you know

i interviewed elissa slotkin who had been at the pentagon and the cia.en i served in iraq not in the halls of congress. haley talbot our producer said this was the one place in washington i thought we'd be safe. she was in the gallery, in the chamber and kept writing notes with dramatic, heart breaking commentary of what was going on around her. and then the capitol police -- i know there are some good, brave officers, but the capitol police were trying to stop the reporters from finally getting into the safe place and trying to force them out with the mob. and congresswoman abigail spanberger intervened and said, don't you dare do that and she got them into the congressional office for where they could hide. there was no excuse for what happened or for josh hawley. the president of the united states in previous protests he did a drive-by once. he did a flyover once, but this time he not only invited and encouraged them to come on this day, constitution day, january 6th, he knew what he was doing. he tried to take away from what was the legally proscribe

jared golden of maine, and elissa slotkin of michigan. there is three of them right there.d she is doing that by scrambling for votes. here is the full quote from "the washington post. the razor thin margin created by democratic losses in november has prompted a vote counting scramble in recent weeks weeks as pelosi's lieu tenants seek to ensure enough democrats show up and cast their ballots for her fourth term as speaker, jedediah. jedediah: yeah, you know, there is this force the vote initiative that has come out where some, you know, democrats are saying we want medicare for all brought to the floor. essentially they are saying she is not progressive enough. she is not rallying for the cause. and some of that sentiment may just be a desire on the left for new blood. for new leadership. i can't really blame them for that you know, speaker pelosi has been around for quite some time in congress and it may be time, they feel, for someone who is going to be front and center and be are no of an arbiter of change, they believe. but i think it's interesting though that we are a

and alisa slotkin is telling abc that she has coming firmation that the national guard is being . d the easier that goes, less bloodshed we'll have. mr. cuellar: i do understand one of the protestors was injured. i don't know the situation, i think it was a lady. i don't know what her situation is right now, but she must have done something for the police to take certain action. we certainly asked people to step away from the capitol and make sure that we are allowed to do our jobs. we are sent from all 50 states to do our jobs. and i keep saying, as you and i keep talking, i keep seeing more of those folks disbursing from the capitol. this morning, i was seeing people outside. 'm on the rayburn building third floor and seeing people walk away now from the capitol. so they are slowly disbursing rom the capitol. host: we appreciate you spending some time. and appreciate you sharing your thoughts with us and hope veryone up there stays safe. host: bill scanlon. bill, what have you learned? >> we are quarter of 4 eastern time. and as you have mentioned, it lasted 15 or 20 minutes bef