biden has been calling american allies and assuring them that things will be different from donald trump. well, john howard reports now from the white house. >> reporter: well, president joe biden is spending his first weekend in the white house doing some of the typical things that new presidents do, reaching out to key allies, and in this case it is all the more important given some of those alliances were strained under the trump administration. he spoke by phone with british prime minister boris johnson. they talked about the importance of nato as well as climate change. johnson has cheered the president's return to the paris climate agreement. talked to presideenriq presiden. he talked to canadian president trudeau about the keystone pipeline. that is a point of contention with president joe biden because biden revoked the pipeline, canada favors it. with all three leaders they talked about the importance of the covid pandemic. the broader agenda for joe biden which he is trying to get early momentum is the covid-19 pandemic and the related economic recovery. he met with advisers at the w

think you're actually answered is what is this deep prayer redeeming good that trumps very conspicuous evil may have brought well you pose a challenging question i don't know that i would agree with the premise that donald trump's evil is bringing good. i think it's conceivable that good will come out of this. but it won't be because of trump's attitudes and positions nor will it be because of his base because his base is completely identified with their own sense of righteousness and goodness and inflation there they have a very narcissistic position they think they can't talk to the rest of us who would like to have a conversation that is is free of outrage but does a concert is that really fair because any i mean i'm sure you remember hillary clinton calling trial supporters deplorable and that's a very clear example of splitting people into good and evil absolutely and that the liberals in america want to see themselves as you know being for all the good against all the bad but i know from personal experience of covering many american wars that it's not the case absolutely and i thought that was a deplorable

— the trump approach? well, i think that what we _ the trump approach? well, i think that what we saw from _ the trump approach? well, i think that what we saw from donald - the trump approach? well, i think. that what we saw from donald trump was an inconsistency. sometimes he was an inconsistency. sometimes he was following the science, sometimes he was following his gout, other times he was following what business people wanted. —— his gut fist of joe biden will be more focused on the science and wants to see the whole apparatus of the american state to get behind the vaccine roll—out which has been stuttering so far. it has been called operation warp speed, it has felt a lot more slow than that. he also wants to see a mask mandate so many more people are wearing masks when out and about as a way of cutting the infection rate. that is what he is going to do on that but he also kind of want that to bleed through to what happens in the economy, a stimulus programme as well. as you say, and doing a lot of the trump era policies on immigration from the ma

do you support the impeachment of donald trump? >> well, i support the 25th amendment being invoked. i said that immediately, that we have to do it very quickly and it's not just, as you know, not just folks in the legislature. you've got conservative groups like the national association of manufacturers, conservative group of business people that think that the danger that he presents is extensive and that he is clearly unfit for public office. we even have the former secretary of homeland security, secretary kelly, who was the chief of staff to the president saying if he was still in the cabinet, he would be pushing for the 25th amendment. we do need to take action. we need to make sure we hold the president accountable. we also have to hold him accountable for the future. we have to send a strong signal, as the american people, that the type of behavior we have seen from this president, particularly in the last few weeks as he continues to put out conspiracy theories and to undermine the vote in this country by having false narratives t

but well can it change the mind of republicans who are still reluctant to turn their back on don trump. well firstly i think it's important to say that arnold schwarzenegger is welcome to his views and as an austrian he of course knows quite well the history and the pain of the horror of the nazi regime i think it's always important to be careful about drawing comparisons to the nazis i feel like that's more of an end of the debate than of the getting of a debate without without downplaying just the horror of what happened a few days ago outside the capital when the right wing mob stormed storm that building and threatened electoral process as we saw you know most republicans while some are starting to break up some more verbal even more directly than others the majority of the party is still behind trump or at least not willing to come out to say that they're against him depending on the poll you're looking at majorities of republican voters don't believe biden is a legit will be a legitimate president believe that the in certain amounts of conspiracy theories against donald trump and so th

russia and don't trump well yeah this is a relationship that has lasted longer than any of donald trump's margins house and just to give you just to give you an idea the woman who managed affairs. are to mine and mine. tom's affairs that boy to rosemary drop back she was a v.i.p. guest at his inauguration so that gives you some idea of just how cozy the relationship has been the money that he borrowed he used to buy luxury hotels golf courses skyscrapers but that same woman who wrote she resigned very abruptly last month from deutsche bank most we know is that she was the subject of an internal embeds investigation into a purchase of an apartment from a company that was partly owned by none other than jarrett kushner drum's son in law so if it seems like i'm just jumping on the bandwagon because everyone else is actually they have been trying to distance themselves from trump for a while now because quite frankly he is bad for their business and companies they're also rushing to distance themselves from donald trump yet it's really a domino effect and one of the most interesting examples

russia and dublin trump well yeah this is a relationship that has lasted longer than any of donald trump's margins house and just to give you just to give me an idea the woman who managed affairs. are into mine and mine. tom's affairs that boy to rosemary drop back she was a guest at his inauguration so that gives you some idea of just how cozy the relationship has been the money that he borrowed he used to buy luxury hotels golf courses skyscrapers but that same woman in row 3 she resigned very abruptly last month from deutsche bank the most we know is that she was the subject of an internal invents investigation into a purchase of an apartment from a company that was partly owned by none other than jared kushner son in law so if it seems like just jumping on the bandwagon because everyone else is actually they have been trying to distance themselves from trump for a while now because quite frankly he is bad for their business and companies they're also rushing to distance themselves from donald trump yet it's really a domino effect and one of the most interesting examples of this i think

hopes he'll never again have to create a magazine cover with donald trump. well trump may be leaving the white house but the infamous baby trump protest balloon is sticking around the giant helium blimp of trump with a diaper and a smartphone is set to outlive trump's presidency as a display in the museum of london a crowd funded balloon 1st appeared at protests against the president's visit to the british capital in $28.00 teams before going on to tour several other countries . and of course the new u.s. president joe biden is said to be inaugurated on wednesday the event is going to be very different from what we saw 4 years ago with trump my colleague adrian kennedy is here for more on what can we expect yes well as you said most people probably remember that time had some trouble getting performance together for his inauguration show it seems this time around there is no shortage of people lining up to take parts at wednesday morning swearing in ceremony we will get caught interpretation of the u.s. national am from the star spangled banner as well as a perfo

for his part it'll rodriguez hopes he'll never again have to create a magazine cover with donald trump. well trump may be leaving the white house but the infamous baby trump protest but we're sticking around the giant helium blimp of trump with a diaper and a smartphone is set to outlive trump's presidency as a display in the museum of london a crowd funded balloon 1st appeared at protests against the president's visit to the british capital in $28.00 team before going on to tour several other countries . and of course the new u.s. president joe biden is said to be inaugurated on wednesday the event is going to be very different from what we saw 4 years ago with trump my colleague adrian kennedy is here for more what can we expect yes well as you said most people probably remember that time had some trouble getting performance together for his inauguration show it seems this time around there is no shortage of people lining up to take parts at wednesday morning swearing in ceremony we will get lady ga cause interpretation of the u.s. national am from the star spangled banner as well as a per

hopes he'll never again have to create a magazine cover with donald trump. well trump may be leaving the white house but the infamous baby trump protest balloon is sticking around the giant helium blimp of trump with a diaper and a smartphone is set to outlive charms presidency as a display in the museum of london a crowd funded balloon 1st appeared at protests against the president's visit to the british capital in $28.00 team before going on to tour several other countries . and of course the new u.s. president joe biden is said to be inaugurated on wednesday the event is going to be very different from what we saw 4 years ago with trump my colleague adrian kennedy is here for more what can we expect yes well as you said most people remember that tom had some trouble getting performance together for his inauguration show it seems this time around there is no shortage of people lining up to take parts at wednesday morning swearing in ceremony we will get interpretation of the u.s. national am from the star spangled banner as well as a performance from jennifer l

now in prison maybe watching this program what hope can you have from joe biden that alone donald trump well i tell you what if we look at a person's past 4 point past performance we can predict what they will do in the future now you're looking at both candidates and we already know that. donald trump is running as the law and order president donald trump is saying that he wants to make a good america great again on the eccles and we're there we're hearing in the background of states' rights and we know that states rights means especially in the south i mean states' rights to own slaves you know of course the trial would deny that and when you talk about the past you know that joe biden gave an impassioned speech for mass incarceration joe biden was opposed to the segregated schools not donald trump. well listen i mean if you look at it all we're talking about certain ology at its highest form and even though someone will deny this or someone has done this in the past what i would always say is we we like i have a different sort of speak connection into dollar champ of course and as we look

this was a well—organised attack on our country that was incited by donald trump. und, every republican voted as a block to back the president. but now, they're spitting three ways. there are those backing his impeachment. today, we make history forever, so choose well. a vote to impeach donald trump means, years from now, you can look your grandchildren in the eye and say, "i did the right thing." the gentleman's time has expired _ there were those questioning the impeachment process, but not backing donald trump. we need to recognise we are following a flawed process. we need to recognise that people of goodwill can differ. we need to recognise that while the house may be done with this matter after today's vote, it will not be done for the country. and a few whose support for donald trump is undimmed. today, the second annual impeachment of president trump isn't really about actual words spoken at a rally. no, this is all about, madame speaker, the unbridled hatred of this president. the president made his first foray out of the white house yesterday, warning som

financial correspondent yes caught in new york and how easy it will it be if i had to cut ties with trump well thought your bank could just count from one day to another walk of the way they have outstanding loans to with the trump organization and the amount of about $340000000.00 due in the next 2 to 3 years but we have heard from a doj a bank just a little while ago that they will not do any future business with the u.s. president and when those loans are come due in 2 to 3 years if george a bank is not refinancing those then the trump organization has to find a new financiers to actually make up for this money. and you tell us a little bit more about the relationship between found it goes back quite a while doesn't it it definitely does it goes back to the ninety's most of the big go to wall street in suits you chanson have not done business with donald trump for quite some time so the larger bank was the go to institution if i've seen that correctly they gave loans in total in the amount of about 2000000000 dollars and as i mentioned their outstanding loans in the amount of around just 34

but if that reckoning must wait until after trump leaves office, so be it. well, that is the right call. it is not fair for president-elect joe biden that even as he moves in to the white house donald trump will stirl be still be a focal point. however we have a process. the best course of action is that the process be followed. we can't cure disease by pretending that it doesn't exist. and so here is today's survey question at smerconish.com. is the impeachment trial worth it even if it appears unlikely that 17 republicans will vote to convict? from facebook, some of your thoughts and tweets and comments as they come in. if there is a trial, he will be on the tv and the front pages every day exactly what he wants. well, harvey, that is true. but it depends how it ends, right? what if it ends with conviction and disequal fir indication? a and isn't theresomething to be gained from the sunlight to bury the lie? once and for all that the lakes was stolen through a presentation of evidence and then to address the issue of whether the president's words, deeds, action

serious mr painter that sounds like a threat if republican senators vote to convict trump they're going to be punished . well donald trump could try and that's why i think what's going to happen is we're going to either get to the 17 and they agree they're going to do it and convict him in which case donald trump would be permanently discredited in the court of public opinion. to think that he isn't already or they're just going to run scared no one's going to want to be one of the they 7 or 8 are willing to do it if they can't get to that magic number 17 republicans or requires 2 thirds of the senate to convict donald trump but once again this is about not just people trying to save their own jobs politically or at least i would hope that wouldn't may not about the future of our country and the republican party the republican party if it wishes to be stocks like conservative can do so i was a republican for 30 years my political views are much more moderate but that's a separate issue from what we're talking about with donald trump and his brand of politics which is completely unnecessary to advance a conse

does this history mean that trump will get away again? well is every person who's ever been busted got away with it until they didn't. trump knows things can change fast. that's how a life of crime works. as mob deep explained long ago, living like this way, crime pay. but for how long until you reach your downfall. joining us now is dan rather, the iconic journalist and news anchor. he is the host of access tv's "the big interview." thank you for being here, mr. rather. many of us have followed your reporting and judgment for a long time. and i put that question, paraphrased from mob deep to you. how long can crime pay? could there be a different accountability this time? >> well, always good to be with you, ari. and the answer is yes. donald trump can be made to pay a price. i would argue that it is absolutely essential for the general health of our democracy in our country that that happen. and we can get things under control. you know, everybody knows if you play with fire, you usually get burned. and the republican party as a whole and ov

refused to go that far but the democrats want to underline the danger of the presidency of donald trump. well the developments in the united states are being viewed with concern here in europe and germany's foreign minister is now calling for the european union to work with the united states on a marshall plan for democracy now for more on this i'm joined by deja vue political correspondent and manuel chavez welcome to the show or manuel how significant is this call from the german foreign minister well this is history going full circle when foreign minister calls for marshall plan to have the u.s. in fact the marshall plan was the u.s. program that helped germany and other e.u. european countries to economy actually recover after world war 2 so of course this i'm this is not about economy quick cauvery it's about repairing democracy it's about salvaging democracy and say there is no democracy in europe without a democracy in the u.s. so he really highlights. the need for transatlantic ties so the marshall plan this is highly symbolic but not something i can mouse is no stranger to right afte

golf though is proving it can distance himself from donald trump. wellad to the usa to get more reaction from this decision. cindy borenjoins us from the washington post. lovely to have you with us, sandy. when you think of the relationship between golf and trump in the usa, did this feel like a big statement? it's a huge statement. against donald trump in several org —— important areas to him. hits him in his heart. he plays golf all the time as everyone has noticed. he could use the money. his courses are not especially profitable right now after his presidency. he needs his courses to turn a profit. and it hits him on branding. this is business saying you are toxic. we don't want anything to do with the trump name and the trump name is all over all of these courses. and it is both american and uk officials saying this. and then when you mention the branding and the terms around it, we have seen the statement from trump or get saying there is a contract there. what sort of fallout are we going to see play out here? anyone who has had any business deali

refused to go that far but the democrats want to underline the danger of the presidency of the old trump well let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world north korean leader kim jung un is threatening to build more nuclear weapons he said if the united states is north korea's biggest enemy and pyongyang its relationship with the u.s. depends on whether it abandons its hostile policies to thrash presents a tough challenge for the incoming biden administration. riot police in chile used that water cannon and tear gas against protesters who took to the streets for the latest round of demonstrations in the capital santiago protesters have been demanding pension health care and education reforms in the country for over a year. and a ski resort in the siberian city of norilsk the russian emergency ministry says 5 tourist cabins were buried with people inside more than 200 volunteers are searching for survivors authorities haven't yet confirmed time many people were trapped. thousands of catholics in the philippines defied calls to stay home on saturday to attend

for joining us always great to see you how much has human rights suffered under president donald trump. well trump completely abandon the cause of human rights say at home he promoted divisiveness racism attacked immigrants from abroad he you know cozied up to basically every friendly autocrat under the sun he did occasionally speak out about human rights but it was always a with respect to perceived adversaries like venezuela cuba iran in the end china but those you know protestations had no credibility because they were so completely on principle so you know that's the bad news the good news is that the rest of the world didn't have bad human rights just because they saw homeport they were and we saw many governments stepping forward and assuming leadership roles for the 1st time this happened through various lot american democracies they banded together something called the lima group to address human rights violations in venezuela we saw the organization islamic cooperation which rarely addressed human rights coming forward and defending the rohingya muslims from persecution in myanmar i

i asked him about his reaction to the leaked recording of president trump. wellhocked because a president of the united states would pull something like this, which is a flagrant abuse of power, maybe a criminal act. not shocked because it's donald trump who did it. this is parfor the course, coin of the realm for donald trump. he is, as i've said for a long time, a person with sociopathic tendencies. he is a person who is fundamentally immoral, nihilistic, a pathological liar, and he will do anything to stay in own power and advance his own interests, including this call. but this is not a surprise. this is what he's been doing since virtually day one or some version of what he's been doing. and we'll see how republicans react to it. in the call, donald trump said it's risky, possible criminal activity for the secretary of state not to act to find these votes. but is there legally questionable behaviour in what donald trump's been saying? well, i'm not a lawyer so i'll defer to them. i imagine he's skating up to the line if he's not actually crossed it. but this

trump claimed again without evidence he'd won georgia by hundreds of thousands of votes he didn't the state went for biden and he released other conspiracy theories all dismissed by brad raffensperger well mr president determines that you have is the data you have is wrong donald trump refused to accept the loss the 2020 presidential election congress meets on wednesday to confirm the result although a number of republican senators plan to object he summoned election officials from various states to the white house and field in almost every legal effort to contest results one longtime washington observer says even for donald trump this call is remarkable it's an outrage is the president of the united states putting pressure on a public official to lie to cheat possibly to steal votes so that he can win the state of georgia. well let's go live there to see alan fischer he joins us from the state of georgia allen an explosive records they are one hour until minutes of that have been released what kind of impact is this likely to have in the days to come. i think people will say when you thought you couldn't be surprised by donald trump he's monies to do it again in his final few days in o

hopes he'll never again have to create a magazine cover with donald trump. well trump may be leaving the white house but the infamous baby trump protest but we're sticking around the giant helium blimp of trump with a diaper and a smartphone is set to outlive trump's presidency as a display in the museum of london a crowd funded balloon 1st appeared at protests against the president's visit to the british capital in $28.00 team before going on to tour several other countries . and of course the new u.s. president joe biden is said to be inaugurated on wednesday the event is going to be very different from what we saw 4 years ago with trump my colleague adrian kennedy if you're from or what can we expect yes well as you said most people remember that tom had some trouble getting performance together for his inauguration show it seems this time around there is no shortage of people lining up to take parts at wednesday morning swearing in ceremony we will get lady ga cost interpretation of the u.s. national am from the star spangled banner as well as a performance f

i , , ., ., of trump? well, this is an end of his administration, _ of trump? ng forward? i relationship with the united states going forward?— going forward? i think in terms of the overall— going forward? i think in terms of the overall assessment _ going forward? i think in terms of the overall assessment with - going forward? i think in terms of the overall assessment with our l the overall assessment with our relationship, it is very strong, it is a special relationship that we have had the united states. that will continue. our prime minister has been in touch with president—elect biden, and there are big global challenges that both our countries face, that the world faces, and this will be an exciting time for us to work with the new president. in terms of the trump administration, we have worked with his administration in a very positive and proactive way, at a time when the world has faced a number of challenges. first of all coronavirus over the last 12 months, but when you look at the health and well—being of the world, some of the big challenges in t

leaves. >> so, mike, your reporting is talking about people who are using people known to donald trump, wellwn to donald trump, to get them to lobby for pardons on their behalf. mr. trump's former personal lawyer john dowd, and a one time top advisor to the trump campaign as well. are these making it to the president's desks? these people trying to buy their way into a pardon? >> certainly the attempts to lobby the white house are bubbling up to the top of the west wing. these are people around the president that found a way to monetize their relationship with him. the president basically disregarded the process to ensure that pardons are handed out evenly and that has opened the door for those who are trump allies to take money from people from wealthy convicts, to try to push for a pardon. it's a top of lobbying on pardons that we have rarely seen. trump basically said he has no interest in how it was usually done. it's just sort of another remarkable way that the president has tried, how his pardon power has been, you know, others have been trying to take advantage of his unique view of t

some of the reaction house judiciary committee chairman jerry nadler in a statement saying that trump very well could have subjected himself to criminal liability and what he said on that recording there amy clopas sure the senator from minnesota staying in that insinuating that trump could have been breaking the law by what he was saying on that tape and then chuck schumer the senate minority leader the top democrat in the senate saying that you want to investigate election fraud start with this and then delete linked to the entire one hour recording donald trump and then adam schiff from the house of representatives lawmaker from the state of california saying trump's contempt for democracy is laid bare once again this time on tape and bernie sanders saying no donald trump there is are no more votes for you to find come 20 on january 20th you will no longer be president so this pretty much summarizes what we're hearing from most people that have come out speaking out against this basically saying they're shocked by this and calling out donald trump for what they view as once again him really

well donald trump has given his farewell speech celebrating achievements at home and abroad he blamed china for unleashing a virus that ravaged the economy we imposed historic and monumental tariffs on china made a great new deal with china but before the ink was even dry we and the whole world got hit with the china virus our trade relationship was rapidly changing billions and billions of dollars were pouring into the us but the virus forced us to go in a different direction the whole world suffered but america outperformed other countries economically because of our incredible economy and the economy that we built all trump went on to condemn the storming of capitol hill calling on his supporters to show restraint 25000 national guard soldiers on high alert in washington d.c. to prevent a repeat of the attack which took place 2 weeks ago ok we have 3 correspondents following all the latest developments with the heidi castro he's going to talk about the 1st confirmation hearings for biden's incoming administration john hendren will tell us about donald trump's farewell address but 1

does the republican party have to reject president trump to move on? >> well, listen.nd by its principles, george. it has to stand by the issues that have moved the party forward by gaining 14 seats in the house, and flipping two legislative chambers, flipping a governorship. most of what happened on election day was good for the republican party. most of what happened in the runoff was bad, and we can attribute that directly to what was going on in terms of what the president was doing. i think we have to stand by our principles and what's going to happen in the senate now, i mean, listen. chuck schumer has been called a lot of things. a guy with a deft touch is not one of them. this guy is a sledgehammer, and so for those of us who live in the area where i love, watching the press conferences every sunday afternoon, it seems like for the last hundred years, this is not a deft touch guy. so the challenge is going to be more to people like joe manchin and others in the democratic caucus. angus king. they're going to say, don't do it this way. calm down a little bit to

find trump guilty a year ago in the 1st trial just one republican voted to convict trump over his dealings with ukraine well as he's already left office the stakes are different if trump is found guilty this time lawmakers could block him from ever running for office again with just a simple majority. castro is live for us at capitol hill so heidi crucially how likely is it looking that there would be 17 republicans likely to convict trump. well it is still a tall order here barbara and increasing with time there appear to be more republicans who are shying away from conviction namely there are 2 arguments that they're putting forward there's the one about whether or not this trial is constitutional with the argument that since this would be the 1st time a former u.s. president is held before an impeachment trial that is not constitutional a constitutional scholars would argue otherwise and there is precedent for other lawmakers who were not president that were impeached after they left office and tried after they left office the other argument against conviction that some republicans are positing is that t

trump or that despite the assault on the capital more republicans didn't vote to impeach donald trump. well it was certainly the latter for me i thought this was a line that was crossed last wednesday and i felt that more republicans may have the moral courage to finally step up and speak their truth and to really what more than anything could be considered as a denunciation of donald trump and what he's done to the republican party by remaking in his own image that loud boisterous no holds barred really nasty side of him that often comes out at rallies it is a part that people liked at 1st in 2015 and to $16.00 and i would say over the years the private whispers that i've heard from members of congress people i've considered friends and i felt that at some point the dam would break and they would have an a chance and a choice to make about coming out and speaking out against this president who last election with all empirical evidence to show it this past fall but they did it and this with about moral courage this is about self preservation and the 206 republicans who did not cross over i'

welcome to that day well today the world saw a different donald trump to the president who incited his supporters to march on capitol hill 2 days ago for the 1st time since his election defeat to joe biden in november donald trump finally conceded and knowledge that by will move into the white house in less than 2 weeks he also condemned those behind wednesday's violence after initially saying he loved them and calling them special but for many he's well it's too little too late as calls for his immediate resignation or remove will grow your the highlights from his speech. i would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack on the united states capitol like all americans i am outraged by the violence lawlessness and mayhem the demonstrators who infiltrated the capitol have defiled the seat of american democracy to those who engage in the acts of violence and destruction you do not represent to our country and to those who broke the law you will pay my campaign vigorously pursued every legal avenue to contest the election results my only goal was to ensure the integrity of the vote i

well if he's really desperate i mean if things aren't getting better then pardon trump i mean take that take that wind away you know not make that man look like a martyr i mean that's something that he may have to actually consider. i can't believe i'm saying that a day after he's been impeded by you know but i also think you can make policy that biden has promised to really give the middle class relief to bolster good jobs good wages and so on will that reach the disinfectant trump voters well he has to make sure it does i mean he has to win back that workers' party because as jamie mentioned the republicans have become in our the g.o.p. has become the workers' party which which is not traditionally what has been the case thank you very much to all of you for being with us today and thanks to you out there for tuning in see you soon. have a. modicum of a. clue . good shape. what effect stuff climate change have on our health even for me is the g.p.u. it's a very important really cool to watch movie to the future in support of modernizing the temperature of the house on foggy. in 30 min

this point it looks like donald trump could very well be facing his 2nd impeachment trial very soon the goal of democrats with impeaching trump just just days before he's set to leave office anyway is to make sure he can never run for office again drama trump is the 3rd president in u.s. history to be impeached andrew johnson was impeached bill clinton was impeached and donald trump has already been impeached once over his phone call with ukrainian leaders alinsky and this would be his 2nd impeachment proceedings so all eyes on capitol hill we've got the military we've got the whole country watching it's quite a tense moment as as it appears that the final moments of donald trump's leadership in the united states may be upon us with the whole country watching to see if he goes out via impeachment certainly nothing new in the rage against trump for democrats but now they've got former trumpet ministration officials to back them up . we want to avoid the risk of criminalizing political differences but that understanding has nothing to do with what happened at the capital it's impossible t

have we heard from donald trump? >> well, yes. you can hear pressure building up on the president.ome of his staunchest supporters -- i was talking about minority leader kevin mccarthy as well as senate majority leader mitch mcconnell as well as mike pence, really condemning the violence and saying that donald trump had to speak out very forcefully against that violence. we saw a very short statement by the president put out by his press offers -- press office, because of course, he has been banned from his favorite social media platform, twitter, so that statement read like a tweet with the president saying that he does not want violence. he wants peace. he asked that people stay calm and bring back the peace and said that he did not stand for the violence and that this country was not about violence and riots, so there was sort of a statement of calm from the president, something that a lot of his supporters even in the republican party have been pressing him to do for days now, so it seems the president, on the day he is set to be impeached, finally put out this statement, thoug

well, glenn, they're trying to mock trump supporters.think he realized when he was actually doing. either the threat writer of the suppose that mass uprising wasn't a real threat where it was exaggerated by the intelligence apparatus that's been known to exaggerate other threats for other ulterior motives. >> laura, the entire goal of the democratic party starting with joe biden and it isn't me saying this, "the wall street journal" and others have reported it, is to institute a new war on terror bill modeled after the first at foreign governments. to bring all those powers inward, adam schiff has a bill pending since 2019 that they want to now he was a pretext for which is that the americas on the verge of civil war. this is all designed to entrench powers in their hands that we would never otherwise agree they should have is avail people to monitor people, to infiltrate groups, breakup protests, criminalize speech. we need to be extremely vigilant. >> laura: the other was called the patriot act which is a total disaster. what will this

welcome to that day well today the world saw a different donald trump to the president who incited his supporters to march on capitol hill 2 days ago for the 1st time since his election defeat to joe biden in november donald trump finally conceded and knowledge that by will move into the white house in less than 2 weeks he also condemned those behind wednesday's violence after initially saying he loved them and calling them special but for many he's were too little too late as calls for his immediate resignation or removal grow your the highlights from his speech. i would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack on the united states capitol like all americans i am outraged by the violence lawlessness and mayhem the demonstrators who infiltrated the capitol have defiled the seat of american democracy to those who engage in the acts of violence and destruction you do not represent our country and to those who broke the law you will pay my campaign vigorously pursued every legal avenue to contest the election results my only goal was to ensure the integrity of the vote in so doing i

hand, if some of the proposals aren't popular or aren't going to pass maybe you want to focus on trump. >> well that they want to achieve. and i would pause that anti-trump cancel culture basically is psychological mania wrapped inside a political strategy. there are a lot of people out there a lot of democrats simply crazed by donald trump. it is a lot of emotion. and i think the professionals, political activist on the left have seen that they can use this emotion to drive the culture against their opposition political, and media, and even in journalism. i mean, intention here is to suppress people and push them out of the politics altogether. and with this impeachment, those house managers paul are going to go over to the senate they're going make an over the top argument against trump. it won't simply be the straightforward constitutional issues involved with the capitol invasion they'll go way beyond that and they're going to put republicans in a very difficult position of having to sign on to the democratic anti-trump mania. but i think there's a strategy here, and it is based on the noti

have indicated that they might sign on to the impeachment in the house of representatives donald trump as well so there are calls from all quarters including even republicans that are no they used to work for donald trump or used to be in the white house that are no longer in the white house so there is essentially 3 scenarios that could play out here number one is trump is impeached by the house of representatives that seems very likely at this point and that could come as early as the middle of next week the 2nd scenario is that trump is removed from office by mike pence with the 25th amendment that seems unlikely because pence is indicated privately apparently that he is not in favor of taking that step and the 3rd option is trump simply resigns and there's no indication he's going to do that however he's very unstable who right now i should say he's very unpredictable right now his actions nancy pelosi calls him unstable but he's unpredictable and anything is possible in the last 11 days in office but clearly we will looking closely next week to the impeachment proceedings that will be goi

well. donald trump is man who literally judged his own talent competition, he knows a star when he sees one and he knows aoc is a star which is sort of why he engages with her at times. i know that she's a socialist, but i also know she's not a sellout and i think there are far too many in washington in both parties who actually believe in nothing. they're just vessels through which special interest operate. and if someone is sincere in their beliefs, even if they're not my beliefs, i can usually find a way to work with someone on a policy issue that will help people. aoc and i worked op veteran issues and veterans with ptsd and there are people in my party i have a hard time supporting because they're more interested in being a valet for a special interest or a pac or an industry group than they are representing the values that they campaigned on before their constituen constituents. >> yeah. you know, i worked on capitol hill the entire reagan years and there's a quote in your book, i want to read it for you, you say, i hope to represent them, meaning your constituents, at their best, but

to mean are we seeing there are those the words of teleprompter trump or is that the real donald trump. well and again he didn't take any responsibility for what happened he just. kind of put this statement out for legal reasons he's just worried that he would get held accountable if something if he experienced more violence here in washington d.c. or in one of the other 50 capitals of the states which also faced threats from trump supporters so this was in my personal opinion just really something for the lawyers but this is not heartfelt i heard him many many times i experienced how he stirred up to his supporters and again i was there when he made his supporters march towards the capitol and we know the words that led to a violent outcome and since we're talking about violence we're team in washington has surveyed the preparations for joe biden's presidential inauguration scheduled for next week this is what they found. time to tighten the screws washington is building up in anticipation of the presidential inauguration. victor and his colleagues have their hands full with work they have