good morning to you, i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. a source close to vice president mike pence tells cnn invoking the 25th amendment is still on the table, that's in case the president becomes more unstable. another source says that they have not even spoken since the attack. the other option of course is impeachment. a house democrat leading that effort says the article against the president for incitement of insurrection has 180 democratic co-sponsors. the plan is to introduce that resolution tomorrow. >> the big question at this point is the timeline. republican senator pat toomey says the president, quote, committed impeachable offenses, but he doesn't think it's possible or practical to force him out at this point. we've got a lot to get to with cnn white house reporter sarah westwood who is in washington for us. aire vice president pence, donald trump aren't speaking, the 25th amendment apparently is now being floated, but any possibility is open. what do we know about the state of things in the west wing right now? >> reporter:

good morning to you, i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. source close to vice president mike pence tells cnn invoking the 25th amendment is stilon

. ♪ >>> this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi. >> we are so grateful to have youith us as always. it is sunday, january 24th, in fact. >> good to with be you. starting this weekend in washington. tomorrow congress will move to the next step in the impeachment of former president donald trump. the democrats will take the article of impeachment over to the senate charging this incitement of insurrection. it's ceremoniously walked over to the other chamber. >> as agreed, the trial will begin in earnest the week of february 8th. this gives house impeachment managers and former president trump's defense team two weeks of prep. cnn's daniella diaz is on capitol hill. walk us through what we are going to see play out here. >> good to see you. we finally have a start date. that's important. so tomorrow at 6:55 p.m. is when the article of impeachment will be walked over to the senate side. tuesday there will be a judge chosen, the senators will be sworn in. two weeks later, on february 9th, is when the trial is set to begin. this was a compromise between senate majority le

. >>> this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >>> capitol hill, and 25,000 national guard troops around that region. we will, of course, go into that area with our reporters in just a moment. because law enforcement officials say that there are -- they're tracking dozens of people who may be headed to washington. the u.s. capitol bracing for more protests. maybe more than protests, ahead of president-elect joe biden's inauguration. and the department of homeland security, along with other agencies say that domestic extremists pose the most likely event to that event on wednesday. >> and we are learning more about that attempted coup on january 6th. there's an internal report that details major security and intelligence failures now. cnn's pete muntean is following the latest from washington, d.c. we know that several states and d.c. are ramping up security in anticipation of these armed protests leading up to the inauguration, pete. but talk to us about what you're seeing there near the captain right now. >> reporter: it is layer after layer of security here

>> victor blackwell, you are not crazy.ongratulations. >> thank you very much. >> that absolutely could happen. if this was a criminal trial, the judge would appoint a lawyer. it would go to a public defender or somebody in the rotation. you can't really try a defendant without any defense lawyer there. sometimes defendants even choose to represent themselves in criminal cases. but this is impeachment. this is a different creature all together. and president trump could choose to do just what you laid out, victor. it's possible. he could choose to say, look, i have a good sense of where the 45 republican senators stand. they haven't necessarily committed to voting to acquit, but i have a good sense of where they stand. i am going to sit it out, protest it, whatever, let the republicans in the chamber make the argument for me. that could happen, victor. >> jeff, let me wrap with you, and congresswoman marjorie taylor green and this claim of hers that she had a great call with former president trump. how does that tie the han

. ♪ >> announcer: this is "new day" weekend with victor blackwell, christi paul. >>> welcome to pittsburghhis morning to start the hour. good morning to you, sunday, january 17th. we're starting early at 5:00 a.m. this morning. >> we begin this week of course in the nation's capitol this morning, law enforcement officials across the country they are on high alert following threats of armed protests in all 50 states ahead of president-elect joe biden's inauguration. >> look at this, overnight at least 500 wisconsin national guard soldiers and airmen boarded flights, all of them headed to the nation's capitol. and that's where we start this morning. cnn's brian todd is in washington, d.c. 25,000 national guard troops before the wisconsin members headed in. is this evidence of an expanding fortified zone or are they coming in to back up those who are already there? >> reporter: victor and christi, they're coming in to back up those already here, but they will be deployed throughout the city. the security posture here is just in a word staggering. i was here after 9/11. we have not seen visual

. >> this is "new day" weekend with victor blackwell and christi paul. >> good saturday morning. we're glad you're up. it is january 16, and we are just grateful to have you with us. >> we're beginning this morning in washington. the xcapitol is preparing for protests ahead of president-elect joe biden's inauguration. the department of homeland security, other agencies as well say that domestic extreme it's pose the most likely threat. >> and pete, they are anticipating armed protests leading up to tinauguration. what have you learned? >> reporter: road block after road block here in washington, we have learned that the bridges into d.c. will close tuesday through inauguration day. this is about as close as one can get to the capitol on foot and we're blocks away. anybody who walks -- first, western met by 8-foot fencing around the capitol and also going up around the national mall. and now there is a 12-foot fe fe fence in the capitol impeach and if anybody gets over, they will be met by 25,000 members of the national guard. and about 7,000 members are here right now. they are c

. >>> this is "new day" weekend with victor blackwell. >> and a look at the white house as the president is there, president trump, for the last four days. leading up to the inauguration of president-elect joe biden. and we know right now law enforcement officials say they are tracking dozens of people who may be headed to that spot there in washington. the u.s. capitol bracing for more protests ahead of president-elect joe biden's inauguration and the department of homeland security and several other agencies say domestic there extremists pose the most likely stress. >> and there is an internal report that details the major security and intelligence failures. investigators have opened hundreds of criminal cases against the protestors and some of the right o on the rioters a several are facing charge. >> and pete muntean is in the nation's capitol. and this is an inauguration like we have never seen before based on what you are seeing there this morning. tell us about it. >> reporter: the security keeps getting tighter and tighter. we're pretty far away from the cap capitol, blocks away,

. >>> this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >> good morning to you. and d.c., wherever you may be waking up this morning. grateful to have you with us as always. i am sorry to have to say, that the number of people who are infected with coronavirus is nearing 26 million this morning. dr. anthony fauci says that new variant seen in several states should be a wake-up call for us. >> more than 400 cases of the uk variant were found in the u.s. at least two people tested positive for the new contagious south african strain. >> and there could be more vaccines as johnson & johnson is applying for emergency authorization next week. in a uk trial, novavax says their vaccine is 79% effective. >> and one white house add viedzer says seven states have vaccinated at least 10% of their population. let's start with polo sandoval and adviser andy slavitt said it would be months before everyone wants a vaccine will be able to get one. >> victor, slavitt also saying there are two that are limiting, one is, of course, supply, we talked about that. but the other one, t

. >>> this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >>> top of the hour. thank you so much for being with us this morning. as the u.s., as we turn to the coronavirus, is getting close to 26 million confirmed cases of covid. and does have anthony fauci warns that the new vaeriants tht we're seeing in several states should be a wake-up call to all of us. he also says it will continue to see the virus mutant. >> right now, there are 400 cases of the uk variant here in the u.s., and at least two people have tested positive for the more contagious south african strain. health officials say these patients have no travel history which means they likely contracted it through community spread. >> there could be new vaccine soon. that's good news, johnson & johnson will apply next week for emergency authorization. their shot was 66% effective in global trials. uk trial novovax said their vaccine is 77% effective. >> polo sandoval joins us from new york. 28 million covid-19 vaccines have been administered. white house adviser has said that it will be months will othe

. >> i'm victor blackwell. good to have you. world health organization declared covid-19 a public health emergency, and right now the number of coronavirus cases in the u.s. is getting close to 26 million. at least 436,000 americans have been killed by the virus. >> and dr. anthony fauci has a warning. he says new variants seen in several states should be a wake-up call.

. >> this is new day weekend with victor blackwell and christi paul. >> that's a good one. good morning to you. form president trump will go on trial in the senate for the second time on february 9. here is what will happen. on monday house democrats will walk over the single charge of incitement of insurrection to the senate but the trial will begin two weeks later. senators reached a deal to delay it. >> and president biden is attempting to push ahead with his agenda, he is taking executive action to address the pandemic, the economic crisis and that includes expanding food aid and promoting a raise in minimum wage for federal workers saying we need to act like we're in a national emergency. and another matter is fixing the vaccineswvaccine roll out. about 6 in 10 people say they don't know where to get the shot and so they need help sorting out the mess. >> this shouldn't be the hu"hunr games" like it was with ppe. >> so let's start with capitol hill. there is bipartisan support for convicting donald trump is unlikely, but republicans are saying that they expect trump to

. >>> this is "new day" weekend with victor blackwell and christi paul. >>> good saturday morning to you. more members of congress now say that 11 days is too long to wait for president troubump to leave office. >> there is partisan call for the impeachment resolution on monday. >> draft contained by cnn contains one article of impeachment for insightful of insurrection. and twitter says the further incitement of violence is why they have kicked the president off their platform permanently. >> his final tweet announce head would not attend the inauguration of president-elect joe biden and vice president-elect kamala harris and that's something that only three outgoing presidents have done. now, the president could soon be the first in american history to be impeached twice. >> let's start this morning with cnn's sarah westwood at the white house. the president traying to hold on to power in the last few days, trying to hold on to his cabinet members. how is the west wing reacting? >> reporter: well, victor, the white house is also criticizing this move from house democrats as partisa

we are in a new year and i am in today for victor blackwell who's enjoying a day off. this new year brings new reminders though of what the u.s. has yet to overcome in the coronavirus pandemic. nearly 348,000 people have died due to covid-19 in this country. and the u.s. just topped 20 million cases yesterday with more than 125,000 people starting 2021 in the hospital fighting for their lives. the big concern now is that a more easily transmitted variant of covid-19 first seen in the u.k., the strain has now been detected in california, colorado, florida. >> president trump is focusing on lashing out with 18 days left in office. a federal judge yesterday threw out the doomed effort by one of his allies to interfere in the electoral college count. the senate came together in a big bipartisan way and hit him with the first veto override of his presidency. >> that's right. a lot to get to this morning. let's begin with the pandemic. cnn's palo sandoval join us. we have a lot of pandemic uncertainty. >> reporter: and a lot of hospitalizations as well, john. looking at abou

. ♪ >> this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and chris christie. >> a look over the beautifulity of new york. thank you so much for being with us for the start of the show. just over a week now, a little more than a week until his second impeachment trial and former president trump has no defense team. cnn has learned that all five attorneys on his impeachment defense have quit. sources tell cnn that the president, former president, wanted them to argue the election was stolen from him. you know that's a lie. >> the sudden departures come amid fractures in the gop. house minority leader kevin mccarthy has canceled an upcoming house leadership as they grapple with infighting over former president trump's impeachment and what to do with the defiant conspiracy theorist congresswoman who says that trump has her back. daniella diaz is live from capitol hill. i know that we are just really eight days away from the second impeachment trial in the senate. set the stage for us as to where things stand at the moment. >> reporter: cnn broke the news last night that his five impeachment l

. >>> this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >> shot of the white house there before the sun comes up. right now the president is losing cabinet members and support from gop lawmakers. he's even losing his own kpiter account this morning as he struggles to hold on to power. he has just 11 days left in office. >>> there is a bipartisan call for his resignation or for the 25th amendment to be invoked. both pretty unlikely but house democrats plan to introduce an impeachment resolution on monday. the latest draft obtained by cnn includes one article of impeachment for incitement of insurrection. >> twitter says the further incitement of violence is why they're kicking him off the platform permanently. the final tweet was he will not attend the inauguration on january 20th. there is a growing call for accountability. >> we've got it all covered this morning. let's start with cnn's sarah westwood at the white house. the momentum is growing in congress to accelerate the president's exit with the reaction from the west wing about this possible second impeachme impeach

. ♪ >> announcer: this is "new day" weekend with victor blackwell and christi paul. >> lady liberty theregood morning to you. the trump white house, this is not the first time there has been a period of chaos, but with ten days left now, it's hard to pick out a time that's been as tumultuous. now we have news of growing friction between the president and the vice president. >> wondering if that is maybe leading into a shift we might be seeing here because now a source close to vice president mike pence tells cnn invoking the 25th amendment to remove the president from office is still on the table. another source says the two haven't even spoken since the attack. there is also a push for impeachment. a house democrat leading that effort says the article against trump for incitement of insurrection has 180 democratic co-sponsors and there are talks with republicans to sign on. the plan is to introduce that resolution tomorrow. >> let's talk about the timeline. republican senator pat toomey says the president, he believes, committed impeachable offenses, but he doesn't think that it's possib

. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >>> tens of thousandsnational guard troops around that building and around the city of washington, d.c.. good morning to you as we look at capitol hill. law enforcement is on high alert not just because of threats in and around washington, but because of armed protests and threats of those in all 50 states ahead of the inauguration. >> take a look at some of the video we are getting in overnight. at least 500 wisconsin national guard soldiers and airmen loading on to flights there. all of them headed to the nation's capital. >> also we have details of president joe biden's plans for the first day in office and the executive orders he plans to sign. one of those is a mask mandate on all federal property. >> we begin with cnn's brian todd who is in washington, d.c.. we know law enforcement and state officials, brian, on high alert there. talk to us about what you are seeing in the nation's capital. i know you said this is something that you have seen that you have never seen before. >> reporter: that's right

. ♪ >> announcer: this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christie. >>> good morning in nework there. you see the sun is in the quite up yet. it's op its way, of course. we say good morning to all of you wherever you might be. lifting your head off the pillow this morning. let's talk about the law enforcement on high alert right now following threats of armed protests in all 50 states ahead of the inauguration. >> look at this. overnight at least 500 wisconsin national guard soldiers and airmen boarded flights. all headed to the nation's capitol. >> also, this morning we have new details recording president-elect joe biden's plans for his first day in office and the executive orders he plans to sign. one of those includes issuing a mask mandate on all federal property. >>> and start this morning with cnn's brian todd. he is in washington. law enforcement, state officials on high alert for potentially violent protests. tell us more about some of these growing preparations. >> reporter: right. victor and christie, the security posture in the city is intense, to put it mildly.

. >> i'm victor blackwell. good to have you. one year ago today, exactly one year, the world health organization declared covid-19 a public health emergency, and right now the number of coronavirus cases in the u.s. is getting close to 26 million. at least 436,000 americans have been killed by the virus. >> and dr. anthony fauci has a warning. he says new variants seen in several states should be a wake-up call. he continues to say that some patients in south africa have been re-infected due to the more, contagious strain. >> let me give you good news, though. new vaccines could be available soon. johnson & johnson will apply for emergency use authorization next week. novac says theirs is 97% effective. >> this is from atlanta, live pictures, people waiting inside the stadium to get their shot. we're going to take you there later this hour. >> cnn's paulo sandoval is following the latest. more than 49 vaccine doses delivered, fewer than 28 million administered, though. why is holdup? >> reporter: it is the white house's hope, ag

. ♪ >>> this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >> hope the sun is coming upherever you happen to be this morning. good morning to you. former president trump is going on trial for a historic second time, and we know now it is happening on february 9th. monday, though, house democrats are going to walk over the single charge of incitement of insurrection to the senate. now, the trial will begin two weeks later. that's after senate leaders reached a deal to delay it. >> let's talk about president biden, he's attempting to push ahead with his agenda. taking executive action to address the pandemic and the economic crisis, expanding food aid, and raising the minimum rage for federal workers, getting closer to that. saying we need to act like we're in a national emergency. >>> another urgent matter, fixing the vaccine rollout. a new study finds about 6 in 10 americans don't know when, they don't know where to get a shot. and government says they need help sorting out the vaccine distribution mess. >> look. this shouldn't be t"the hunger games" like it was with ppe

. >>> this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >>> good morning to you therein st. louis. and good morning, wherever you are watching this morning. former president trump will face an impeachment trial for the second time. we know the date now is february 9th, monday, house democrats will walk over the single charge of incitement of insurrection to the senate. the trial will start two weeks later. senate leaders reached a deal to delay it. >> yeah, meanwhile, president biden is attempting to push ahead with his agenda, of course, he's taking executive action to address the pandemic, the economic crisis including expanding food aid and raising the federal minimum wage. he says we need to act like we're in a national emergency. there's another urgent matter as well here. fixing the vaccine rollout. there's a new study that finds 6 in 10 americans, you don't know where or when to go to get your shot. the governors say they need help sorting out the vaccine distribution, quote, mess. >> look, we shouldn't -- this shouldn't be the "the hunger games" like it was wit

. >> this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >> good saturday morning to you. there is now a growing number of lawmakers who said that 11 days is too long to wait for president trump to leave office. >> there is now a bipartisan call for his resignation or for the 25th amendment to be invoked. both are seen as unlikely, but house democrats plan to introduce an impeachment resolution on monday. the latest draft includes one article for incitement of insurrection. >> twitter said incitement of insurrection is why they're kicking him off the platform. >> he will not attend the swearing in ceremony. and now he could soon be the first president in american history to be impeached twice. >> let's go now to cnn's sarah westwood at the white house. good morning to you. president trump is seeing his power slip away pretty quickly in the final days. how is he? how is the west wing reacting to this? >> reporter: good morning, victor, christi. president trump is watching as allies and cabinet members, aides one by one this week either resigned or publicly denounced him in

. >> this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >> we'll, we've been here an hourwaiting for you. waiting for the sun to come up at 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. i'm christi paul. we're so grateful to have you with us. right now, the u.s. capitol is bracing for some potential unrest ahead of joe biden's inauguration. we know law enforcement officials say they are tracking dozens of people who may be headed to washington right now. the department of homeland security, along with several others say domestic extremists posed most likely event to that event wednesday. >> and we're learning from federal officials there were some major intelligence failures ahead of january 6th. investigators have opened at least 275 criminal cases. 98 people have been charged in connection with those events. >> and before we get to president-elect joe biden's inauguration, we know that the u.s. coronavirus situation, it is believed that the number of people who could die may each 400,000. that's a new model from the university of washington, predicting at least 567,000 deaths by may 1st.

. >> and i'm john avalon in today for victor blackwell. good to see you. >> good to have you back with us, john. the u.s. is under an awful lot of pressure both from partisan politics and the pandemic. we have more than 350,000 people that have died as of today in this country because of the coronavirus. for the 32nd day in a row, more than 100,000 people are battling covid-19 in a hospital. now vaccines are on the way. getting people vaccinated, it's taking much longer than had been anticipated. there are 13 million doses that have been distributed thus far, but only 4.2 million people have received their first shot. >> and president-elect joe biden will inherit this crisis in just 17 days. before the inauguration on january 20th, a series of consequential steps begins today. in just hours, nancy pelosi faces re-election as speaker of the house. with 117th u.s. congress set to be sworn in. on tuesday, control for the senate is up for grabs with the high-stakes runoff in georgia. and then there's wednesday, january 6th, and the final certi

. ♪ >> announcer: this is new day weekend with victor blackwell and christi paul. >> i hope the sun isising wherever you are. we are waking up to some new friction, growing friction, it seems, between the president and his vice president. >> yeah, a source close to vice president mike pence tells cnn that invoking the 25th amendment to remove trump from office is still on the table. now, another source says the two have not even spoken since the attack. also hanging over the west wing, impeachment. a house democrat leading that effort says the article against trump for incitement of insurrection has 180 democratic co-sponsors and some republicans to sign on, too. the plan is to introduce that resolution tomorrow. >> the question is, is there enough time to do so? republican senator pat toomey says the president, quote, committed impeachable offenses but he doesn't think it's possible or practical, he says, to force him out early at this point. we have so much to get to. cnn's sarah westwood is at the white house right now. we know that the vice president and president, as we said, they

. >> i'm john avalon in for victor blackwell. good morning again. >> good to have you with us, john. so this morning, he's with us as we're talking about milestone moments in both politics and pandemics. more than 350,000 people have died in this country due to the coronavirus. for the 32nd day in a row, more than 100,000 people are battling covid-19 in a hospital. now that seems it's on the way, but getting people vaccinated, that's taking much longer than expected. there are 13 million doses that have been distributed thus far. more than 4.2 million people have gotten their first shot. >> and president-elect joe biden will generator this crisis in just 17 days. before the inauguration, on january 20th, a series of consequential steps begin today. in just hours nancy pelosi faces re-election as speaker of the house with 117th congress set to be sworn in. on tuesday, control of the u.s. senate is up for grabs with the high-stakes runoffs in georgia. then there's january 6th, wednesday, and the final certification of biden's win i

. ♪ >> this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and chris christie. >> gorgeous morning theren washington, d.c., as everybody is looking at congress and what's going to happen tomorrow. they will be setting the stage for the impeachment trial of former president trump. that would begin, that's when the article of impeachment charging incitement of insurrection will be ceremonially walked over to the senate. >> as agreed by senate leaders, the trial will actually start the week of february 8. that will give house impeachment managers and trump's defense team two weeks to prepare. cnn's daniella diaz is on capitol hill. i have set the framework there. give us some details. >> you are totally right, victor. you have the timeline correct. tomorrow the article of impeachment will be walked over to the senate side. on tuesday a judge will be chosen. senators will be sworn in. then there will be a two-week break. this is so the senate can focus on trying to confirm as many as biden's picks for his cabinet as possible as well as other senior positions. i really want to drstress that e