starr talked about it earlier in your show.ou impeach a former president who's not president anymore? and i agree with everything mr. starr said, i i think that's hugely problematic on the outset, not even getting into the factual issues that plague this impeachment process. lou: well, the dems have made it pretty clear they don't care about the facts, they don't care about evidence because the ed all supports the president -- evidence all supports the president, the former president, and there is no constitutional base for the action they're trying to take. the times we live in. congressman, great to have you with us. thanks so much. we appreciate it. >>> well, turning to the former cia director, john brennan, he is back in the news because he said president biden is targeting his political opposition, which he recommends. listen to what he thinks about the opposition. >> the members of the biden team who have been dominated or have been appointed -- nominated or appointed are now moving in laser-like fashion to try to uncover

michael starr hopkins. this election was groundbreaking and that so many dead people broke out of the ground to vote. tell us why voter id is sorely needed to secure our election. michael. smacked the on thing that separates us from venezuela and other socialist countries is our democracy. the fact that people votes. so in all of these lib start lining up bodies in chicago and having people vote who are not actually don't exist. lives always went to save the union and our democracy. they are always the ones being sneaky. we've got president trump and our man a bar to save us. smacked our man bar dave? any follow-ups? >> again solid. not the biggest fan of democracy but i understand where you're coming from. and yeah, bar is there to save us very well done michael. >> is a constitutional republic okay guy. go sweet georgia peaches are starting to look like plums. why are georgia senate seats guaranteed to go blue? strachan you see the blue way behind the? this as reality. this is not a talking points. by the

guy benson, michael starr happens, anthony fisher. so let's talk a little bit about what happened in georgia, guy. we sought the polling go back and forth over the last couple of weeks. the tiny lead shifting between all of the candidates. so what was for senators perdue and loeffler last night? back turnout. the polling was useless but it came out who is going to turn out there people put in the democrats had a system, they had a machine. and they have unity. the republicans had a circular firing squad they're trying to overcome. it was is a delicate balance of trying to bring some people back from the suburbs, traditional voters to support a guy like david perdue. while not turning off the trump base in georgia making sure they turned out at the levels or at least close to them working back from november. and trying to thread that needle did not work. and i think that, asa problem for republicans now because they are facing a senate minority with camel harris brickner tyson chuck schumer writing the agenda pray that it's very bad pa

ken starr is standing by to explain how this is destineed to fail. stay there.

former independent counsel kenneth starr among our guest. please be with thanks for breaking news tonight, it has been a day unlike anything, any living american's ever seen. and someone has played with her life. thousands of prothrombin demonstrators swarming and occupying u.s. capital building just as congress began certifying joe biden's election victory. act lawmakers on both side of the aisle have called a disgrace. it all began not long after president trump books were a large crowd near the white house, still insisting the election was stolen. many, if not most of people in d.c. were peaceable. many others, they were not. apparently they were bored and determined and there was of course fighting with police. riots were declared, hundreds stormed into the capital. a woman was shot and she succumbed to her wounds in the hospital for some protesters got into the house and senate chamber sprayed one guy raised a fist while seated at the desk, and look at this capitol hill police, guns drawn doors and barricaded to repack text lawmakers ar

michael starr hopkins, doesn't sound like a complicated, tough reach, except it is. how does joe biden get to decency in the political environment that we're in? >> look, joe biden couldn't be more perfect for this moment. he's a man whose political superpower is his empathy. he's overcome tragedy. he knows how to talk to our better angels. and so, i think in this moment, he has to do that. this is reminiscent of 2008, when we were going through a crisis and president obama had to steady the ship. joe biden is going to be the person who has to do that exact same thing. and the polar opposite between he and trump -- trump, a man who's small and pathetically, pathetically insufficient at being able to do his job -- i think tells us everything we need to know about what the next administration's going to look like. >> beth fouhy, when i was out traveling before the election, you know, every single week i was talking to republicans and democrats. they were so far apart on the basic data. this wasn't a discussion about whether minimum wage should be $10 or $12 or single-p

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera the world health organization has called on countries to pause their coronavirus vaccine rollouts after health workers and vulnerable people have been inoculated to ensure fair distribution around the world the organization says it is worried about vaccine nationalism where the decision to stockpile vaccine by one country means inevitably that others miss out its warning only equal access to jobs around the world will actually speed up our global recovery lover is us the most is vaccine nationalism and we've actually been warning about this even long before the the vaccines have come online it's it might be politically attractive leaders obviously want to be looking after their people but it's very very short sighted because we need to be vaccinating around the world and we need to vaccinate the people who are most exposed to these fires at the health and folk line workers who are fighting battling this fire as far as every day and those who are most likely to be sick the ones that the health care workers are batt

ken starr just pointed out, the president is no longer in office.this can be stopped and here's what i'm recommending tonight. president biden should deliver on his commitment and unity and call nancy pelosi and say speaker pelosi, i am asking you to stop. they do not have to transmit this article to the senate. it lets just ended and move on because every hour were spending in a trial that will go on for weeks and the u.s. senate's hours taken away from working on behalf of the american people, working on these huge challenges we face as a nation. >> laura: senator daines, i agree with theo. the keystone pipeline cancellation, speaking of key issues, it's infuriating the canadians and infuriated you costing americans thousands of jobs. pete buttigieg, department of transportation nominee, said it's no big deal. >> for those workers, the answer is somebody will get those job. to speak at the answer is we are excited to see them employed in good paid union jobs even if they might be different ones. >> laura: i'm not sure what the former mayor of sout

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera the european union has accused the pharmaceutical giant astra zeneca of failing to deliver a coronavirus fax seems this by providing funds to ramp up production the company told the e.u. on friday that it won't be able to meet supply targets until the end of march top officials have been holding urgent talks with astra zeneca to encourage it to increase production the block has been criticised for the slow rollout of vaccines among its 27 member states which have recorded more than 400000 deaths last friday the company astra zeneca surprisingly informed the commission and the european union member states that it intends to supply considerably fewer doses in the coming weeks than agreed and announced this new schedule is not acceptable to the european union that is why i wrote a letter to the company at the weekend in which i ask important and serious questions. the european union has preferred the development of the vaccine and its production and wants to see the return. but there has been the more positive news fr

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up defying humanitarian warnings the u.s. prepares to brand the yemens who the rebels as terrorists. indonesian recovery crews pieced together the wreckage and their hunt for clues as to what caused a passenger jet to plummet into the sea. extremely busy with communities especially now you called it. with so many people dying of coronavirus in south africa funeral homes are running out of coffins. thank you for joining us the u.s. house of representatives as introduced an article of impeachment against president donald trump it charges him with inciting supporters to stage an attack on capitol hill last week there were crowds also submitted a resolution calling for trump's cabinet to declare him unfit for office and remove him but the session was adjourned within minutes following an objection to that motion from the house republican well to bring us up to date on all the developments we have alan fischer standing by outside the white house 1st though let's go to heidi show castro who joins us now from capit

want to bring there ken starr. there's breaking news open the hill. nancy pelosi is saying she asked for the resignation of capitol police. now she says she received that. he will be submitting his resignation. what do you think of all the calls for the 25th amendment, the impeachment movement, what do you make of that so far? >> i think everybody needs to return to abraham lincoln and the first inaugural and put a stop to this. and to appeal to the higher angels of our being as mr. lincoln said. everyone that articulates the 25th amendment knows full well that it cannot happen as a practical matter. so it's political rhetoric that is just adding further heat. no illumination. this is very unfortunate. perhaps reading martin luther king jr.'s letter from a jail will be helpful. it's going nowhere, should go nowhere. i would say shame on those invoking both of them. let's get through the next 12 1/2, 13 days. >> why is joe biden coming out attacking the president at this moment? i did not hear a nod at least from what we covered to the certification of

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera within the last few minutes the number of recorded coronavirus cases around the world has passed 100000000 governments are racing to vaccinate as many people as possible but new coronavirus mutations are raising new concerns about whether approved vaccines will remain effective katrina you have reports from beijing. one year ago the central chinese city of cotton went into what was then an unprecedented lockdown 11000000 people were isolated from the rest of china and the world in a desperate attempt to prevent the spread of a deadly corona virus that attempt failed cases of a quickly identified in thailand japan and south korea and the united states began restricting travelers from china in han authorities makeshift hospitals to treat thousands suffering from the illness the world's 2nd largest economy was at a standstill as authorities were to contain the outbreak. in february the virus was officially named curve at 19 and europe faced its 1st major outbreak a certain cases in italy spurred a lockdown in the b

hello i'm barbara starr this is al jazeera live from london also coming up a 100000000 cases worldwide 100000 deaths in britain alone the toll of just one year of the pandemic is. hope you guys are. the jury that will decide the donald trump's fate senators are sworn in for the impeachment trial. and the children who know nothing but war now scrambling to syria's rubbish to survive. israel's top general says he's ordered his forces to step up preparations for possible offensive actions against iran warning new u.s. president joe biden that it would be wrong to return to the 2015 nuclear deal. i had instructed the army to prepare a number of operational plans to the existing ones we are taking care of these plants undeveloped that in the coming year does he decide on cutting them out of course but the political leaders but his plans have to be on the table ready i'm practiced. all hairy for citizen west jerusalem and joins us now via skype or harry give us a little bit of context and the importance of these words coming from him specifically . because this is something that has been rep

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera democrats in the u.s. congress have stepped up their efforts to remove donald trump from the presidency ahead of the end of his term an article of impeachment accusing him of incitement of insurrection was introduced after his role in last week's under arrest republicans in the house of representatives blocked that initial attempt to request the vice president invoke the 25th amendment of the constitution that would start the process to remove trump before joe biden's inauguration next week how the show castro is on capitol hill the most immediate pending item is this resolution calling on vice president mike pence to invoke the 25th amendment which would immediately remove trump from office citing him unfit to serve now that resolution as you said was delayed it today by a house republican it will return to the floor of the house tomorrow for a full vote but even if it passes it will still be up to pence to decide whether or not to act on it this is a non-binding resolution and pence has already signaled

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera calls for president trying to be removed from office have grown following wednesday's violent unrest that the u.s. capitol in the past hour u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi has called on the vice president to begin the process to remove trump from office the gleeful desecration of the u.s. capitol which is the temple of america about american democracy and the by let's targeting congress our harz that will forever stay in our nation's history instigated by the president of the united states that's why it's such a thing in calling for this edition at president has committed an unspeakable assault on our nation and our people i join the senate democratic leader and calling on the banks the president to remove this president by immediately invoking the 25th amendment if the vice president and cabinet do not act the congress may be prepared to move forward with impeachment. the president elect joe biden has also spoken branding the people responsible for the unrest domestic terrorists witnessed yesterday was not dis

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera tensions between the united states and iran remain high on the eve of the 1st anniversary of the assassination of the rain in general kassim city money iranian leaders are vowing revenge and promising their policies will not change washington and tehran have been accusing each other of escalating military tensions so the money was killed in a u.s. drone strike near baghdad their 4th last year traffic has more now from baghdad well certainly the saving so far the it's very quiet on the streets in central baghdad we understand we know the fact that there is a gathering of people at the site where soleimani was assassinated a year ago it's been described as some sort of commemoration want to stand that there was a poetry reading and possibly a statue that is being unveiled but it's safe to say that certainly in the days building up to today things have been increasingly tense india's drug regulator has recommended the country's 1st 1000 vaccine for approval it hopes to give the green light for a rollout of the oxfo

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up it was a security breach that should not have happened the washington d.c. mayor demands an investigation into what went wrong and the growing coronavirus case load forces a new state of emergency in japan. at this time 24 hours ago an angry violent mob had stormed the u.s. capitol forcing their way past police and penetrating the heart of u.s. democracy they were driven by the false belief a claim perpetuated by donald trump that the november presidential election had been stolen by the democrats or by the end 4 people were day 15 police officers in hospital one of them in a critical condition it's a very different scene there on thursday now calm has been restored business as much as it can be as usual but former trump allies have resigned that he's been banned by facebook and instagram at least until he leaves office there are calls for the vice president meanwhile to invoke the 25th amendment that's the constitutional clause that allows a president to be removed from office articles of impeachment

professionally and mr dershowitz was a professor of mine at harvard law school ken starr sat on the court of appeals here and was solicitor general they're the top notch lawyers he's recruited a lawyer from south carolina probably a friend of lindsey graham that nobody knows about at 8 here who probably has no background or familiarity with the facts of the case which is a and you're of desperation that mr truong can no longer get even his close team including pat simple only his. white house counsel jack 2nd jay secular hope those who are at least on the margins of defending him the 1st case to defend him anymore so i think we can expect that the trial will proceed not waiting 21 days it'll really be up to the democrats to decide how quickly and how the length is going to be up to the democrats to they will decide how many witnesses if at all to call the length of the arguments permitted to both sides the length of cross-examination my own view is that it ought to be longer rather than shorter there's no need to rush this and it's wrong to think that the american people should not

ken starr is standing by to explain how this is destined to to fail. stay there. he >> i joined the senators democrat leader on calling on the vice-president to remove the president by immediately invoking the 25th amendment. if they don't act the congress may move forward with impeachment. >> laura: i can't take her serious we with the flowers. pelosi and her pals are using yesterday's chaos t to advance e insanity to get president trump out of the office with impeachment or the 25th amendment. joining us now ken starr. fox news contributor. mike pence won't support the 25th amendment. what do you make of all of this. the president released his statement tonight which was well done. your thoughts on this? >> well, it's an act of divisiveness at a time when i thought we were trying to unify the country. you are right. the 25th amendment, which is a constitutional exit ramp when the president is disabled. it was an important addition to the constitutionne but it's sil. impeachment is serious business. but the american people do not like impeachment. they want the p

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up defying humanitarian warnings the u.s. prepares to brand yemen's who the rebels as terrorists in danny's in recovery crews pieced together the wreckage in their hunt for what clues for clues to what caused that passenger jet to plummet into the sea. the extremely busy with the. no even coverage and with so many people dying of coronavirus in south africa funeral homes are running out of conflicts. the u.s. house of representatives has introduced an article of impeachment against president donald trump it charges him with inciting supporters to stage an attack on capitol hill last week them across also submitted a resolution calling for trump's cabinet to the clear him unfit for office and remove him but the session was adjourned within minutes following an objection to that motion from the house republican mike hanna joins me now from washington d.c. so mike has to be any response from the president or the white house to everything that's going on. well there has been no response at all from a formal resp

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hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera democrats in the u.s. congress have stepped up their efforts to remove donald trump from the presidency ahead of the end of his term an article of impeachment accusing him of incitement of insurrection was introduced after his role in last week's on rest republicans in the house of representatives blocked the nation an initial attempt to request the vice president to invoke the 25th amendment of the constitution that would start the process to remove trunk before joe biden's inauguration next week how do you castro is on capitol hill the most immediate pending item is this resolution calling on vice president mike pence to invoke the 25th amendment which would immediately remove trump from office citing him unfit to serve now that resolution as you said was delayed it today by a house republican it will return to the floor of the house tomorrow for a full vote but even if it passes it will still be up to pence to decide whether or not to act on it this is a non-binding resolution and pence has already sign

. >>> wngactress starr iountle s and broadway plays. superstar opens up about life and career in new memoir called "just as i am," sat down with gayle king in abyssinian church. >> what i'm interested in is why me, who was that character and why did they want me to play it? when i get to the point where i feel like her skin has fitted my arm, or my mind, then i know there's something about her. >> reporter: as a little girl, what were your dreams? >> i was a very shy child. if you got 15 minutes of words out of me, you got plenty, you know? i was a thinker. thinker until i was 12 years old, that's why i have these buck teeth. >> reporter: born in 1924 to west indian parents, cicely tyson in memoir "just as i am." >>. >> reporter: the journey not easy for tyson, pregnant at 17 and marriage lasted just over two years. began acting career as single mother, choice that brought conflict at home. >> were you surprised your mom kicked you out of the house because you wanted to be actress? >> yes, told me i couldn't live there and do that. sudd

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera democrats in the u.s. congress have stepped up their efforts to remove donald trump from the presidency ahead of the end of his term an article of impeachment accusing him of incitement of insurrection was introduced after his role in last week's on rest republicans in the house of representatives blocked that initial attempt to request the vice president invoke the 25th amendment of the constitution castro is on capitol hill the most immediate pending item is this resolution calling on vice president mike pence to invoke the 25th amendment which would immediately remove trump from office citing him unfit to serve now that resolution as you said was delayed it today by a house republican it will return to the floor of the house tomorrow for a full vote but even if the passes it will still be up to pence to decide whether or not to act on it this is a non-binding resolution and pence has already signaled that he with be opposed to taking action to prematurely remove trump from office. cuba is being put back

barbara starr joins us from the pentagon.y idea what iran's intentions are with the move? >> reporter: good morning, that's what the u.s. is trying to figure out right now. they do know they have signs, signals that iran's mer time forces have increased their forces in the persian gulf but what are the insentencintention? there's a couple possibilities, it could be defensive because they think the u.s. is preparing to attack them but it also could be some preparation for some kind of operation against the united states, u.s. policy is very much to try to deter iran and show them that would be a bad idea, that retribution, retaliation would be very, very swift. a lot of concern about this because these moves come at the same time intelligence is showing that iranian backed militias inside iraq have increased their preparations and planning for some kind of potential, again we don't know, attack against u.s. forces in that country. so you have a lot of concern all the way around. why the timing on all of this? well, we are comi

kenneth starr, you elevate us every time. we appreciate it. throw in. [laughter] lou: thank you very much. we appreciate it. up next red storm rising and rising fast. the chinese communist party putting more restrictions on free speech. akwho knew they could. we take it up with china expert joining us right after these great messages. they have a lot of tanks and a lot of flags. lot of flags. i'm a little lot of flags. i'm a little these days, we want sophisticated but simple. cutting edge made user friendly. in other words, we want a hybrid. and so do retailers. which is why they're going hybrid, with ibm. a hybrid cloud approach with watson ai helps manage supply chains while predicting demands with ease. from retail to healthcare, businesses are going with a smarter hybrid cloud, using the tools, platform and expertise of ibm. wthe natural light is amazing. hardwood floors. there is a bit of a clogging problem. (clog dancing) at least geico makes it easy to bundle our renters and car insurance. yeah, helping us save us even more... for bund

cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr joins us live. barbara, happy new year.re is some movement among iranian maritime forces concerning officials. what can you tell us? >> happy new year to you, too, alison. the u.s. military hopes it will be a quiet, calm new year. all eyes on iran in the persian gulf, that's for sure. some of it is because of iranian rhetoric as you mentioned, they're now talking out there about a threat against the united states, possibly coming from within this country. and their forces are being closely watched. what we do know is that iranian maritime forces according to u.s. officials have increased their readiness levels and that is concerning because nobody knows what they might be up to, what they might be planning. this comes as iranian backed militia in iraq also according to u.s. intelligence have increased their readiness, have artillery and rockets, a lot of concern some of this may be aimed at u.s. forces as that one year anniversary comes up, alison. >> is that type of movement typical? >> the maritime forces, it does happen

kenneth starr, you elevate us every time. we appreciate it. so much. >> always the white towel to throw in. [laughter] lou: thank you very much. we appreciate it. up next red storm rising and rising fast. the chinese communist party putting more restrictions on free speech. akwho knew they could. we take it up with china expert joining us right after these great messages. they have a lot of tanks and a lot of flags. lot of flags. i'm a little you work hard for your money. lot of flags. i'm a little stretched days for it. juggled life for it. took charge for it. so care for it. look after it. invest with the expertise of j.p. morgan, either with an advisor or online, through chase. after all, it's yours. chase. make more of what's yours. state of the art technology makes it brilliant. the visionary lexus nx, lease the 2021 nx 300 for $359 a month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. that i've started to do on ancestry. having ancestry to fill in the gaps with documents, with photographs, connecting in real time means that we'

barbara starr is tracking this story from the pentagon. what are you hearing, barbara? >> reporter: brianna, we have a fairly unusual rare statement from general milley's spokesman. let me read it to you. speaker nancy pelosi initiated a call with the chairman. he answered questions regarding the process of nuclear command authority. general milley's hasn't been out talking about much of anything lately. this is something he clearly wanted to address. everybody at the pentagon is very much on the page of keeping this all calm. here's how speaker pelosi had questions, here are some answers how nuclear launch works in this country. a president, any president, has sole authority to launch nuclear weapons but is not able to do it on their own. there are very complex procedures, and it all starts with any order has to be legal. there are legal military experts all the way along the chain of command. if this were to happen sitting with the president, sitting with general milley, sitting with personnel with launching weapons, they have to find an order is legal. u.s. military

let's bring in kaitlan collins and our pentagon reporter barbara starr. barbara, i want to start with you. this is changing trump policy very early on. walk around the significance of this and the result on the military. >> there are transgenders serving in that community, but nobody really knows because so many have been forced to hide their transgender identity, and so many people were banned from joining the military under the trump administration. this now reverses it. there will be some need to put some very specific things back into place so everyone has the opportunity to join the united states military who is physically fit to serve as president biden and the new defense secretary, lloyd austin, have said. every indication this will go smoothly. that is what the president wants. we are seeing this come in these very opening days of lloyd austin being in charge at the pentagon. he has already put out a memo on sexual assault, telling the services bluntly to get it together. those numbers, those statistics also very troublesome. congress wants some

with some answers, our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. good morning. horrible optics.ey had to do it. why did it even happen in the first place? >> you know, you have to ask where the lack of common sense was in all of this. even the senate majority leader chuck schumer understanding the political optics, visiting the national guardsmen. we have video of that a short time ago. the political optics absolutely terrible for congress. what happened was hundreds of national guardsmen who had been taking their rest breaks inside the capitol grounds in buildings at the capitol grounds like the visitors center were suddenly moved, banished, and sent to a nearby parking garage. and that's when the pictures emerged of them sleeping on the floor of a parking garage during their rest break. so, look, all three of us can only imagine. it's cold. the fumes from automobiles having parked in there. the oil slicks on the floor. the lack of bathroom facilities. you can go on and on. this quickly became, you know, within minutes a political scandal for congress. many from both parties we

kenneth starr, you elevate us every time. we appreciate it.white towel to throw in. [laughter] lou: thank you very much. we appreciate it. up next red storm rising and rising fast. the chinese communist party putting more restrictions on free speech. akwho knew they could. we take it up with china expert joining us right after these great messages. they have a lot of tanks and a lot of flags. i'm a little nervous, aren't you? ♪ ♪ ♪ [inaudible] lou: kenosha, wisconsin last summer. $50,000r in damages, shootings and all of that over the course of three nights. the chinese communist party, by the way, banning more members with inconsistent that is not a good idea in a communist nation. we are joined now by doctor michael pillsbury who was in charge of the hudson institute center for chinese strategy. chairman of the defense policy board. reporting to the secretary of defense. mike, great to have you here. first of all, we are watching, of course, all that is happening in this country. going through some very tough months here, elections, campaign

cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr joins us now.on this list, they span administrations, parties and many years of leadership at the pentagon. >> they do indeed and as you pointed out, two of them, mark esper and jim mattis worked for donald trump, by all accounts this letter, this message came at the suggestion of former vice president, former defense secretary dick cheney. the letter could not be more blunt, warning that the time is now to stop all of this, and accept the election result, and move on. i want to read you part of the letter, and just how blunt it is, and let me quote, "efforts to involve the u.s. armed forces in resolving election disputes would take us into dangerous, unlawful and unconstitutional territory. civilian and military officials who direct or carry out such measures would be accountable, including potentially facing criminal penalties for the grave consequences of their actions on our republic." all ten of these men telling the trump administration and america that it is illegal, it is unconstitutional f

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hello i'm barbara starr in london with some breaking news out of washington d.c. the washington post has released an audiotape of an extraordinary hour long phone call between president trump and the joint just secretary of state brad raffensperger in the recording which is they were has not been able to independently verify trump allegedly pressures the georgian politician to recalculate the vote in the president's favor the people of georgia angry and these numbers are going to be repeated on monday night along with others that we're going to have by that which are much more substantial even and the people of yours you're angry the people of the country are raving and there's nothing wrong with saying that you know. 2 2 that you've recalculated well mr president determines that you have is the data you have as well you should want to have an accurate election and you're a republican. we believe that we do have an active election no idea you know. you don't have you don't have not even plus you got you're off by hundreds or thousands of you know what they did and

let's bring in fox news contributor ken starr to discuss tonight's topics.at to have you with us. >> thank you. it's good to be with you and i must say i think there is a growing consensus among republicans that the impeachment is unconstitutional. we haven't heard from the majority leader or the minority leader to that effect. but your hearing voice after voice saying this is wrong. it's wrong as a matter of policy and the wisdom aside it's a matter of constitutional law because for the simple reason donald trump is not the president of the united states. i hope we, as we saw the motion to dismiss, i assume he will be if he hasn't been invited to preside that i hope you will respond politely but firmly with a letter that says the president of the united states is not on trial. the former president of the united states is on trial under the constitution i have no business being there. >> shannon: we know that the supreme court would like to stay out of these kinds of things. the chief justice, as much as possible. there are scores of legal professors, analys

barbara starr joins us now from the pentagon. i understand you have some new information?: good morning. yes. the troubling indicators are only growing. the u.s. official with knowledge of the information tells us that iran has raised the readiness levels of its maritime forces, its forces at sea in the per san gulf region. what the u.s. said is that readiness by iranians has been increased but they don't know what iranian specific intentions are. is it defensive because they expect an attack by the u.s. or is iran preparing to conduct operations against u.s. forces at sea? so a troubling indicator in the last 48 hours that they are watching carefully. and all of it comes, as you say, as iranian rhetoric is growing as we approach the one year marker of the u.s. assassination ordered by president trump against general qassem soleimani, the one-time head of their cuds force. the current head, one of just many iranian officials speaking out as that anniversary date approaches. and he said just hours ago, and let me quote some of what he did say, he said, our path in resistanc

kenneth starr, you're just -- i'm telling you, you elevate us every time.er] >> when i talk to you, i always have to bring the white towel to throw in. [laughter] thanks, lou. lou: thank you very much. we appreciate it. >>> up next, red storm rising and rising fast. the chinese communist party putting more restrictions on free speech. who knew they could? we take it up with china expert dr. michael pillsbury joining us right after these quick messages. they've got a rot of tanks and a lot of flags. i'm a little nervous, aren't you? excuses. we're all guilty of making them. those are advanced poses. that's why at cvs, we're making not making excuses a little easier, with the vitamins and supplements you may need. now get a $10 gift card when you spend $30. cvs. healthier made easier. it's time for aerotrainer, with your weight and health? now get a $10 gift card when you spend $30. a more effective total body fitness solution. (announcer) aerotrainer's ergodynamic design and four patented air chambers create maximum muscle activation for better results in le