jake tapper blasted for questioning disabled veteran g.o.p. congressman brian mast, a republican from florida, who lost his legs fighting for democracy abroad, although i don't know about his commitment to it here in the united states. >> katie: tapper later tweeted that the senator is a hero, but stood by his criticism. i want to get to aoc first, then jake tapper and the congressman. should we look at aoc's endless instagram story feeds that she does, instagram lives, for misinformation -- >> jesse: i would hate to be in charge of aoc's instagram all day. no thanks. when she says she wants to reign in, that means she wants to regulate conservative speech on talk radio, the internet, and television. has anybody checked when the last time a government had to destroy people's individual rights in order to protect them? doesn't usually go well. does she want politicians, paid liars, to decide what's true and what's not true russian mark when have liberals trusted the government? you are saying after vietnam, the wnd fiasco, the dossier, the "chi

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the continuing blowback, tapper accuses him of sedition.come. now there is a process for contesting the elections. it happens in congress on the day when the votes are counted. that is what roughly 140, or at 150 republican from both houses did, they contested the outcome. that's not sedition. what the democrats have redefined any challenge to the outcome of sedition is traitorous, trying to undermine democracy. it's really quite breathtaking consider what they are doing. congressman mast, great service to america, is not only insulted by jake tapper, the surface to america now in congress is insulted again by accusing him of sedition. it's quite breathtaking to watch with the democrats and their media and maidens are up to. >> speaking of democrats per eric swalwell over on pbs. he got no real pushback from pbs when compared president trump's actions to usama bin laden. >> usama bin laden did not enter u.s. oil on september 11th, but it was widely acknowledged that he was responsible for inspiring the attack on the country. the president,

jake tapper needs to apologize and admit what he said was wrong. brian mast went out and worked out with wounded warriors. brian lost two legs for this country and to question his love and commitment to this country, when you literally lost his two legs and some fingers of the bomb squad technician fighting for our freedoms. he's the kind of person that makes this country great. he is an american hero and jake really deserves -- he needs to apologize and drop it. >> martha: representative steve scalise, thank you for being here tonight. joining me now, our fox news contributor's. you are no longer in office. is this still the republican party or the trump party, when you look at these numbers? clearly the pressure that was on these members to vote the way they did in both of these cases? >> i think there will have to figure out a way to synthesize the two. i think you have to have term policy is that without the twitter account. you have nikki haley and tom cotton, and you have others that are authentically conservative but they have a member at co

i'm jake tapper in washington. >>> the state of our union is facing a perilous start to 2021. we are beginning the year with the pandemic at its most alarming level yet. december was the deadliest month of the pamed ndemic so far in t u.s. 4 million vaccines vr adminisha administered and not close to the goal of 20 million. with 3,000 americans dying every day what are the president and rps focused republicans focused on? saturday, 11 republican senators said they would vote against counting electoral votes in congress next week calling for, quote, an emergency ten day audit of emergency returns despite there being no evidence of widespread voter fraud. the group is following the lead of senator josh holly who says he will formally object to biden's decisive win. zero. senator ben sasse of nebraska slammed holly and others of the caucus saying, adults don't point a loaded gun at the legitimate government. mitt romney said on saturday i could never have imagined seeing these things in the greatest democracy in the world. ambition so eclipsed personal? we invited each of the 12

i know who jake tapper is.ave no personal animus for him but to pretend like i recognize he gave his legs on the battlefield but he doesn't care about democracy is the kind of cheap shot from a partisan posing as a journalist. >> trace: he said you are a hero for your service and i'm grateful as i've said before and yes, i question the commitment to democracy of anyone who spread election lies, signed onto the deranged texas a.g. lawsuit and voted to commit sedition. you were not just asking questions. tried to back it up and went full throttle all over again. >> he can't resist. also someone should give jake tapper an education. they can't seem to get it right. there it is in the tweet he starts out with the fawning language, a lot of us have gotten it over direct message from jake tapper. and then he goes into his partisan nature of the attack which you can't even question at any level what happened in the election. you can't question whether we should look into it and you certainly can't defend the president

jake tapper has made a joke of himself and a lot of people can understand at this point he's not to be taken seriously when he holds his relationship with veterans forward in order to defend himself in situations b like this where his partisanship creeps through. it's insulting, it's offensive. what to expect at this point? it's absolutely laughable and at least we can be grateful that in the next couple of weeks, we won't have to see them regularly in airports across america as they shut that network down. >> laura: i want to just mention mitch mcconnell for a moment. i guess he could have tried to reconvene the senate before inauguration, it's so ridiculous but he's not doing that. there is still some sense that he could be triedns after e leaves office, do you see that in the way, shape, or form happening and why on earth would mitch mcconnell even entertain that given the absurd and embarrassing spectacle today on capitol hill? >> i can't imagine mitt romney is that persuasive to mitch mcconnell to get him to do something so idiotic and dumb. maybe he's going to tee it up so chuck

i'm jake tapper.se democrats are currently planning to introduce articles of impeachment against president trump as soon as tomorrow for inciting the terrorist mob that caused death and destruction inside the country's capitol. joining me now is the man who may become the most important and powerful politician in america. he will be the crucial swing vote in a new 50/50 senate as the most conservative democrat, west virginia democratic senator joe manchin. senator manchin, thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks for having me, jake. >> i want to ask you, how are you and your staff doing? this mob left five people dead, including a capitol hill police officers. they attacked your workplace while you were all there. are you okay? is everyone okay. >> jake, thank you, we are all fine. the day before, we knew -- we all know something could happen and it could be very, very dangerous. i didn't have anybody come in, just my chief and i drove in the morning. we were the only ones in our office. i went ov

i'm jake tapper.s a hoard of maga terrorists climbed and crashed their way onto the capitol, maryland's republican governor larry hogan says he had the national guard from his state ready to go in. but he could not get the clearance he needed. one of the many baffling and stunning security questions coming out of this deadly attack. republican governor hogan joins me now. the president incited a domestic terrorist attack on the u.s. capitol. five people have died, including capitol hill police officer brian sicknick. does president trump have blood on his hands? >> there is no question in my mind that he was -- he was responsible for inciting this riotous mob, that this was an insurrection. you know, they stormed the capitol and threatened to kill the vice president and put the lives of people in danger. and he had a huge part, a huge role to play in that. >> and i think a lot of people out there don't necessarily understand how close this was to a mass casualty event with members of congress and the

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jake tapper is right about you.hese people who said that you were racist, and the like they were right about you. when you are going along with this joke of an impeachment, with no process no, research, no evidence, it's one of these things where i just think you are insulting the very voters you need in order to build a coalition that can move forward. any politician looking at this has to understand they're not rejecting a president, he is leaving office in a couple of days. they are rejecting the voters who supported him. ainsley: he is a the publisher not the publicist. he is the co-founder. steve: when he comes on the program is he kind of a publisher, yeah, absolutely. ainsley: he is the co-founder of the federalist. but next week the senate because mitch mcconnell has rejected that emergency session the senate will meet on the 19th the day before inauguration. steve: if nancy pelosi hands the articles over to him. ainsley: that's true. she hasn't done that yet. a lot of people are saying push them over there

jake tapper. we begin today with breaking news. moments ago, a top georgia election official, one who is a long time republican, went down a list of president trump's baseless, even unhinged election fraud claims and debunked, refuted, rebutted every one of them. gabriel sterling, frustrated at the lies spread by president trump and his allies. >> i will admit when i listened to the audio of the phone call and the president brought it up again, heard it on a radio ad again today, i wanted to scream. i did scream at the computer and screamed in my car, shredding of ballots going on is not real, not happening. no one is changing parts or pieces out of dominion voting millenial machines. secretary raffensperger doesn't have a brother named ron raffensperger, that is not real. the president tweeted that as well. let's see, such a long list. >> it is a long list. sterling's outrage is in response to the outgoing president of the united states who was recorded browbeating sterling's boss, georgia secret

then you have fake jake tapper sinking to his new low, attacking a g.o.p.ee brian mass, actually questioning this man's patriotism and military service because he wouldn't go along with the democrats impeachment champion to take a look. >> what you're saying right now is relevant because congressman biomass, a republican from florida who lost his legs fighting for democracy abroad, although i don't know about his commitment to it here in the united states. >> sean: really, jake? how about an apology for that? now with a reaction, congressman matt gaetz along with fox news contributor, we played you earlier, you are a fireball on the house for today. you may get badge of honor, i am hoping you aren't getting it. it would be good for book sales. >> he has more patriotism in his fingernail than jake tapper has in his entire existence, but we see an unprecedented cooperation between big tech, big media, big corporations, to silence those who believe in the american first agenda. i agree with you, if we are going to fight back it cannot be with the liz cheney as

"the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. on this final full week of the trump presidency and the effort to remove president trump from office, even before these final nine days run out. today, an article of impeachment against president trump has been formally introduced by democrats in the house, charging the president with, quote, incitement of insurrection, the deadly attack by trump supporters on the u.s. capitol last week. a vote this week could make president trump the first president in the history of the republic to be impeached twice. of course, president trump was not alone in inciting this deadly attack. before the attack came, incitement and before the

cnn's jake tapper asked one of biden's senior advisers if the president-elect is prepared to work with lawmakers who denied his legitimacy. >> reporter: 2/3 of your former col leegts in the republican caucus, including kevin mccarthy, including a whole bunch of republicans you probably considered friends voted for the lie, voted to disenfranchise millions of voters from arizona and pennsylvania after the terrorist attack. how are you going to work with those people? >> well, look, at the time you definitely look at them with the side eye. what we have right now, the disaster, we have so many families hurting, so many people dying. we don't have the luxury of picking who we're going to work with and who we're not. we're going to advance our agenda. anybody that wants to help us, we want their help. if we have to go at that time alone, we will but we don't want to. >> these are american people dying and can't put food on their table and can't pay their bills. >>> president-elect joe biden is ready to hit the ground running after his inauguration. he plans to unveil a sweeping immigration

when we come back, fake jake tapper hits a new low. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> sean: fake jake tapper, fake news cnnor attacking patriotism, military service of amputee veteran, republic congressman brian mass. here's what fake jake said yesterday. to speak of what you're saying is relevant because congressman brian mass, republican from florida who lost his legs by the way funding for democracy abroa. i don't know about his commitment here in the united states. >> sean: here with reaction florida congressman brian mass, i've known you for some time and congratulations on all your success that you're doing. thank you for what you've done for all of us. i think i know you well enough, tell me if i'm wrong. if he apologize, would you accept a question mark >> yeah, i would accept it and tell him seriously. as i said on twitter to some degree, i lost my leg so that you, the ceo of twitter jack dorsey, corporations, you could say whatever you want. i didn't lose my legs for this. so that you can silence whoever the heck you want and that's a major difference. >> sean: you know, i met so many people who'

jack tapper and "the lead" starts right now. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we begin with the politics lead in the final eight days of the trump presidency. today as he faces his second impeachment, he's claiming his remarks before a crowd of supporters were, quote, totally appropriate. they were, of course, not. the president spread election lies for months, essentially pouring gasoline on the nation. and then the morning of the attack, the president lit the match, inciting the mob, demonizing the congress and even his own vice president and directly encouraging the furious crowd who would do anything for him to go down to the capitol and, quote, fight like hell. >> we're going to have to fight much harder. when you catch somebody in a fraud, you're allowed to go by very different rules. we're going to try and give them the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country. so, let's walk down pennsylvania avenue. you'll never take back our country with weakness. you have to show strength, and you have to be strong. we fight like hell. and i

i want to share the view of a republican senator here to my colleague jake tapper this weekend on the president's possible involvement or liability here. have a listen in. i want to get your thought. this is senator pat toomey. >> i think there is also a possibility that there's criminal liability here. i'm not a lawyer. i'm not a prosecutor. so -- and i do know that the, you know, the standard for a conviction in a criminal prosecution is quite high. >> you, of course, are a lawyer here. when you hear the president there saying march to the capitol, stolen, show strength. when you hear his son, don, jr. saying we will bring it to you sore rudy guiliani say trial by combat. what is the legal standard here for them being charged? >> well, jim, this is a country of the rule of law and one thing has to hold, it has to be that. there is going to be a wide range of accountability for what transpired on january 6th a. range of political liability and a range of criminal justice accountability and it will start with the types of arrests that shimone was describing, the individuals who were e

"the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper.irus vaccine could be authorized for emergency use in the u.s. in a few weeks. top line j & j vaccine was 66% effective, less effective from pfizer and moderna but dr. anthony fauci points out the johnson & johnson vaccine is 85% effective against severe disease and in the trial kept nearly everyone from ending up in the hospital from covid.

i'm pamela brown in for jake tapper.own/cnn or tweet the lead at cnn. our coverage continues right now. >>> welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. we're following breaking news. president biden on his second full day in office, unveiling his pandemic economic relief plan at the white house a little while ago. he signed two more executive orders aimed at easing the suffering of millions of americans saying -- and i'm quoting him now, we will not let people go hungry and we can't let people lose their jobs. he also said the actions don't replace the $1.9 trillion relief package he's seeking from congress. and he says the country must, and i'm quoting right now, act like we're in a nati

"the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we start today with potential good news in our health lead. third coronavirus vaccine could be authorized for emergency use in the u.s. in a few weeks. top line j & j vaccine was 66% effective, less effective from pfizer and moderna but dr. anthony fauci points out the johnson & johnson vaccine is 85% effective against severe disease and in the trial kept nearly everyone from ending up in the hospital from covid. >> there were essentially no hospitalizations or deaths in the vaccine group whereas in the placebo group there were. this tells us we have a value-added additional vaccine cand candidate. >> there are other advantages. it is cheaper, only requires a single shot and only basic refrigeration. no vaccine has yet been authorized in the vaccine for use by anyone under 16 but there's more news. today, dr. fauci addressed when that could change and when kids could start to get vaccinated, the new variants of the virus are also causing potential problems as athena jones now rep repo

"the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we begin today on this final full week of the trump presidency and the effort to remove president trump from office, even before these final nine days run out. today, an article of impeachment against president trump has been formally introduced by democrats in the house, charging the president with, quote, incitement of insurrection, the deadly attack by trump supporters on the u.s. capitol last week. a vote this week could make president trump the first president in the history of the republic to be impeached twice. of course, president trump was not alone in inciting this deadly attack. before the attack came, incitement and before the incitement came, votes to commit sedition. before votes to commit sedition, months of lies about the election. now cory bush has introduced a resolution to expel the lawmakers who sought to invalidate the election results. that's two-thirds of the house republican caucus of the she specifically mentions ted cruz, josh hawley and congressman mo brooks

but cnn, cuomo or tapper said, if you can bring it up ok, who said that protests have to be peaceful or nice, ok? that's their. the media has caused so much of this. it's just so ridiculous. i don't condone any violence. them people that did that should be held responsible, whoever they are and the media don't even know who they are yet. ok? when i hear people on the floor of the senate and the congress, like romney and the democrats condemning all this, when they said nothing for months when they were burning down innocent people plus businesses and beating up people, antifa are terrorist groups. the people that did that yesterday, if they are found out, whoever they are, ok, should be considered terrorists also. but this double standard by the media, but i listened to last night for hours, for hours, ok, of them condemning trump and his supporters without knowing any facts? that's the problem in this country. c-span, please bring up the cnn thing of tapper or cuomo, whoever it was, with their was, yous when blm know, burning down, you know, burning towns down and the federal buildi

"the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm vacation tapper. we begin with the politics lead. president biden has been in office one week and is quickly facing the realities of the virus that has killed more than 427,000 people in the u.s. top member of biden's covid team has admitted it will be months before every american who wants a vaccine will be able to get one. president biden has previously floated spring for that milestone. we shall see if he reaches it. biden is pledging by the beginning of the fall there will be enough doses to vaccinate 300 million people, almost the u.s. sbar population. so far only about 3.5 million americans have been fully vaccinated with both shots. that's only about 1% of the u.s. population. biden today focused a great deal of attention on a different crisis, climate crisis, signing three more executive orders to traes that crisis. biden and leaders around the world will have to do much more than that to address this issue, given that the last seven years were the hottest in recorded history. >> reporter: wit

welcome to "the lead" with jake tapper. they received a draft of the impeachment on president trump that the democrats plan to introduce on monday. the draft article, incidents of insurrection, which ended in death and destruction. a violent terrorist attack by his supporters on the u.s. capitol resulting in five dead, including a u.s. capitol police officer. minutes ago, president-elect biden said he is focused on his agenda. he is leaving impeachment up to congress. kevin mccarthy said today that impeaching the president would only, quote, divide our country even more, end quote. keep in mind kevin mccarthy has been leading the charge to divide the country with these unhinged lies about the election. even after blood had been shed and the capitol ransacked by terrorists, he supported the effort by the deranged conspiracy theories. president trump has no intention of resigning. sources say the plan is for president trump to leave washington, d.c. for mar-a-lago in 11 days on january 19th. the president said he will not att

a gop source telling our jake tapper that now about a dozen senators might object to biden's win?hat more do we know about this? >> fred, a source tells jake that as you mentioned, roughly a dozen gop senators are considering joining senator josh hawley who is the first and so far only senator to come out and confirm he will object in the efforts to overturn the election results on wednesday when a joint session of congress will occur and vice president pence will preside over the certification of those electoral college results. now some of the names on the list of those considering joining this effort are fierce defenders of the president like senator marsha blackburn, senator ted cruz. but it could show just how sharply divided the president has made the party as he pushes during the final days of his presidency for some extreme or some outlandish legislative demands and for, of course, overturning the election results even though we can't stress enough there's no evidence and no basis for doing so. and dozens of courts from state to the federal level all the way to the supreme

and john kelly, longtime chief of staff told jake tapper from cnn were he still in the cabinet he'd support invoking the 25th >> if you were in the cabinet right now, would you vote to remove him from office >> um, yes, i would. he's enraged because he's lost an election. he's a laughingstock now and he's striking out. >> kelly told tapper what happened on capitol hill yesterday is a direct result of mr. trump poisoning the minds of people with the lies and the frauds now keep in mind president trump has less than two weeks left in office but speaker pelosi says we're living an emergency of the highest magnitude and any day could be a horror show for america. our reporting begins with nbc's josh lederman there at the capitol during the attack. josh, is all this just talk and if it's real, how would it even work with such little time left? >> reporter: well, congress would have to move with unprecedented speed in order to be able to remove president trump from office with such little time left if you think back, shep, to the last time president trump was impeached in 2019 it took the house m

i'm jake tapper. we begin with breaking news. any american citizen thinking that republican senators might have finally reached their limit with donald trump after mr. trump incited a terrorist attack on the u.s. capitol, resulting in five deaths, including a capitol police officer, well, i have bad news for you. they apparently have not. a short time ago, u.s. senators were sworn in for the second impeachment trial of now former president trump. senators raising their right hands, swearing to be impartial jurors and each lining up to sign an oath book, as they consider the sole article of impeachment, charging mr. trump with inciting that insurrection at the u.s. capitol. the trial is slated to begin two weeks from today on february 9th. moments after all the senators took their oaths, republican senator rand paul of kentucky raised a point of order, to question whether it is unconstitutional to try an ex-president. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell voted in favor of paul's motion, though it did ultimately fail with five re

president-elect kamala harris did their first joint interview since the election with cnn's jake tapperd most of the talking, and harris was there to back him up it was like he was on "who wants to be a millionaire" and she was the smart friend he brought for help of course, the biggest issue facing biden is the pandemic, and here he is talking about his plan >> i'm going to ask the public for 100 days to mask just 100 days to mask, not forever, 100 days. >> jimmy: come on, people. we can wear a mask for 100 days, straight we've already been doing it with sweatpants. [ light laughter ] i think it's doable. come on, if people can find fiances in 90 days, i think we can wear a mask for a hundred. come on, right [ applause ] yep. experts are calling it a smart, reasonable idea. and the last time we heard one of those from a president, it came from tonight's guest. [ applause ] later -- later in the interview, biden finally told the story of how he fractured his foot while playing with his dog. check it out >> what happened was i got out of the shower, and - >> jimmy: alright, stop, stop, s

watch journalist glenn greenwald call balls and strikes on cnn's jake tapper.they really do believe only they are responsible enough to disseminate information to the public and everybody else is essentially too stupid or too dishonest to be responsible enough to have the abilities to disseminate information that is the same network that spent four years, maybe five years, telling americans that moscow had infiltrated control of the united states government because of sexually compromising videos they were using over president trump to completely deranged unhinged conspiracy theory which there was no evidence. elizabeth: so this is after cnn's jake tapper said if you want the facts come to us. your reaction to that? >> it's ridiculous. i couldn't agree more with glenn greenwald's statements. ing of these are all private companies. they can operate as they please but i would argue that a cultural environment that bans the open exchange of ideas on a wide enough scale can be just as damaging as state censorship and let's not forget there are some elected official

welcome to "the lead" with jake tapper.draft of the impeachment on president trump that the democrats plan to introduce on monday. the draft article, incidents of insurrection, which ended in death and destruction. a violent terrorist attack by his supporters on the u.s. capitol resulting in five dead, including a u.s. capitol police officer. minutes ago, president-elect biden said he isoced

i'm jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is facing a perilous start to 2021. we're beginning the year with the pandemic at the most alarming level yet. december was the deadliest month of the pandemic in the u.s. so far. and the race to vaccinate americans are stumbling out of the gate. more than 4 million vaccinations have been administered. not even close to the goal of 20 million shots by the beginning of the new year, and with around 3,000 americans dying every day, what are the president and congressional republicans focussed on? undermining the results of the election. leading the republican party to a state of turmoil. saturday 11 republican senators said they would vote against counting electoral votes in congress next week calling for an emergency audit despite there being no evidence of widespread voter fraud. the group is following the lead of josh holly who says he will object to the decisive win, despite zero credible evidence. ben sass of nebraska slammed holly and other members of the caucus saying, quote, adults don't point a loaded gun at the

"the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jack tapper.bing moment in american history. where lawmakers who have opposed former president trump are not only expressing concern for their safety because of threats from far-right groups and radicalized members of maga, ones who staged the dead ly attack on the capitol three weeks and a day ago. these lawmakers are also scared in some cases of their own colleagues. dozens ofasking to use congressional allowances to beef up their own individual and office security and today house speaker nancy pelosi said for some members of congress, the perceived threat is coming from inside the house. >> we will probably need a supplemental for more security for members when the enemy is within the house of representatives. a threat that members are concerned about in addition to what i

"the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm vacation tapper.den has been in office one week and is quickly facing the realities of the virus that has killed more than 427,000 people in the u.s. top member of biden's covid team has admitted it will be months before every american who wants a vaccine will be able to get one. president biden has previously floated spring for that milestone. we shall see if he reaches it. biden is pledging by the beginning of the fall there will be enough doses to vaccinate 300 million people, almost the u.s. sbar population. so far only ou

i'm jake tapper. joe biden will become president of the united states on three days. on saturday he announced a flurry of executive orders for his first day in office including rejoining the paris climate accord and rescinding the travel band on predominantl muslim countries. all part of the biden effort to swiftly break with the trump administration and move forward with his agenda amid multiple crisis as well as the impeachment trial. joining us now exclusively, president-elect biden's incoming chief of staff ron klain. ron, thanks for joining us today. so president-elect biden has repeatedly said that impeachment will be up to congress. he's declined to give his personal opinion on impeachment or conviction. the trial in the senate could start just an hour after president-elect biden takes office on january 20th on wednesday. how worried are you that the trial could derail key priorities such as confirming cabinet members or passing coronavirus relief? >> well, jake, i think as the president-elect said, it's important for the senate to do the constitutional duty an

jack tapper and "the lead" starts right now. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper.nal eight days of the trump presidency. today as he faces his second impeachment, he's claiming his remarks before a crowd of supporters were, quote, totally appropriate. they were, of course, not. the president spread election lies for months, essentially pouring gasoline on the nation. and then the morning of the attack, the president lit the match, inciting the mob, demonizing the congress and even his own vice president and

i'm jake tapper. we begin with breaking news. any american citizen thinking that republican senators might have finally reached their limit with donald trump after mr. trump incited a terrorist attack on the u.s. capitol, resulting in five deaths, including a capitol police officer, well, i have bad news for you. they apparently have not. a short time ago, u.s. senators were sworn in for the second impeachment trial of now former president trump. senators raising their right hands, swearing to be impartial jurors and each lining up to sign an oath book,

tapper said if you were in the cabinet right now would you vote to remove him from office.y, yes i would. do you think there is support there from john kelly's former colleagues in the cabinet? >> i 100% agree that that is the way the cabinet should vote. and there are fewer than 300 hours left in the administration and a third of the people don't have follow up appointments confirmed by congress and they have the world's worst boss and what do they have left to lose except to vote this way. at the same time he and the folks who are in the cabinet, through they're lot in with this guy and this is not a surprise. yesterday is not a surprise. as a guy who campaigned on beating up reporters. this is a guy would tweeted in may when the looting starts, the shooting starts with respect to black lives matter folks who praises kyle rittenhouse and praises the proud boys. this is all of the piece. and i'm glad to see them doing it now and a little bit into too late but it is a stain on democracy and honor will be repaired. >> neal katyal, thank you so much. when we return, the view

it's a demand which still stands a year later officials here called solmonese assassination and you tapper in the history of the middle east while many countries condemned no one has actually been held accountable this by efforts by iran to prosecute u.s. president donald trump who in support solmonese role was quickly filled by his deputy or his legacy is now in trends in iran's history. dorsett to bury. her on. also in iran the government is pushing ahead with plans to enrich uranium. up to 20 percent purity it's told the un's nuclear watchdog the work will be done in the photo plant which was built into the side of a mountain enrichment breaches the 3.67 percent enrichment which is about under the 2050 nuclear deal does fall well short of the 90 percent acquired to make a nuclear weapon the u.s. senate's delivered a significant defeat to president donald trump override his veto of the defense policy bill the senate which is controlled by trans republican party easily reached the 2 thirds majority required. earlier refused to sign the $740000000000.00 defense act into law the bill limits

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the david tapper charitable foundation inc. the fairway fountion. and by corporate funding is provided by stevens inc. >>> hello, everyone, and welcome to “amanpour & co..” here's what is coming up. >> we are seeing an extensive amount of concerning online chatter. >> the fbi director sounds the alarm about the potential for armed protests around the u.s. with hate speech percolating online for years before the u.s. capitol was ever stormed, we hear from the former fbi agent ally you -- ali soufan and margaret sullivan. and then -- >>> this is the darkest part of the bureau's history. >>> the fbi's action from more than 50 years ago coming under new scrutiny in a film about dr. martin luther king jr. why did the bureau obsessively spy on the civil rights leader, on king's 92nd birthday, we

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