hearing that the biden is administration is moving quickly to get rid of trump appointees at the voice of america and the government's other international news organizations. yes indeed the government for overseas a media department which handles a large number of media outlets including voice of america radio free europe and we have now learned that 2 hours after his inauguration joe biden actually acted to get rid of the man who president trump had appointed at the time 7 months ago as the chief executive officer of that particular agency he replaced with a 30 year veteran of the voice of america who has now taken over c.e.o. and has interned fired all of those a trump appointees who'd been put into various agencies or various parts of the agency in other background to this then president trump had insisted that bodies like the voice of america were trump and he wanted to change the narrative as he put it putting in his own appointee trump loyalist who then appointed and fired and or demoted a large number of long term workers within these various media outlets and how this has all been reverse

shannon: npr, one of the agencies, outlets that you singled out have a piece called voice of america accused of fraud and they detail a number of things involving lawsuits, accusations about you filing money, that you tried to quiet whistleblower claims, they outline all kinds of allegations which are you saying there is no merit to them? what is motivating them? how the response? >> there is no merit to them. every time i tried to perform something with the agency people declare themselves whistleblowers for example one of the egregious examples of bias we have found in the wall street journal case is a video from the voice of america during the campaign, essentially repackaged biden add, it was not targeted -- to michigan, and appeal to michigan muslims. when i tried to discipline the people responsible for what is clearly a violation of the charter they declared themselves whistleblowers, they sued in federal court, they resisted because i think there's a feeling the network belongs to them, that the media belongs in the hands of the left and any attempts to present an old-fashione

i will tell you stuart, if voice of iran or china they would not be allowing some of what the reporters and editors were doing at voice of americassue but about how americans feel about how the country is being portrayed on these platforms overseas. stuart: well said, liz. i think you've seen this already but it's an article from hillary clinton in today's washington post but i will quote from it. here you go, removing trump from office is essential and i believe he should be impeached. liz, that hillary clinton. tomorrow house democrats vote on impeaching the president and it looks like they've got the vot votes. that means impeachment with just a week to go before the end of the term presidency is going forward. what to make of this? >> that's what critics are calling a snap impeachment. legally impeachment is supposed to be a deliberative process where you go through the facts and then decide on impeachment but it's not supposed be used as instinctively punish an individual. what happened in the capital seas and in the riots is wrong and flat-out wrong. you can equivocate about that. critics are pointing out the president sai

. >> shannon: ceo to the parent company of voice of america calling out journalists he says with her among allegations against him. he's next to respond. the l.a.p.d. sharing shocking crime statistics. homicides in south l.a. are up 150%. shootings of 234% over the same period last year. according to a michigan state university professor if you have trouble understanding someone's accent, you are guilty of linguistic racism. the professor saying that acts of linguistic racism could take the form of comments "could you please repeat what you said. i don't understand your thick accent. public schools preparing for the biden administration. he's promising he will reinstate the obama-biden guidance revoked by the trump-pence administration which will restore transgender students access to sports, bathrooms and locker rooms in accordance with their gender identity and not there biological or birth gender. 3 out of 4 people achieved 90% clearer skin at 4 months after just 2 doses. skyrizi may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. before treatment, your doct

and it's not what voice of america should be.me that we simply put woke-is him to sleep. >> kennedy: all right. joe, are we on the path toward authoritarianism? is it comply or die? and if you don't give and you'll be canceled. >> oh, yeah, we are on that road. that whole situation deserves examination. it was deemed a threat because the accusation was from amazon and google and apple is that people on that platform helped organize the siege until and as it was happening. glenn greenwald, one of the few and last independent true journalists out there, he poses a good question and asks, do you know how many active parler users were arrested in connection to the cgs far? zero. none. so this clearly was okay, conservative now have come of this was on the most popular apps on apple, growing platform and we need to eliminate it. even twitter, with their whole excuse around banning trump for life, remember he was suspended after the siege. they led him back on and then he said i'm not going to attend the inauguration which i guess twit

yeah, dude, you tried to turn the voice of america into a weird north korean-style trump propaganda network. yeah, you are not staying past day one. and the white house spanish-language website has been put back up. and the surgeon general is being replaced. and they stopped building the wall on the border and they put a moratorium on deportations and they rejoined the w.h.o. and they rejoined the paris climate accord and we have press briefings again, and they're sane. the changeover is for real. the new folks appear to know what they are doing. they also appear to be not messing around. and that's part of what we are seeing and radically adjusting to on this first full new day. but there's also this other thing. we do have to start with a little bit of bifurcated vision, because while the outgoing president is now gone and gone for real, there are some flaming paper bags of something that he left on the proverbial front stoop when he went. and i know you hate me for saying this. i can actually hear you through the tv right now saying, no, maddow, we do not want to hear any more about him!

now president trump had seen this agency and its various affiliates like rage of free europe voice of america as anti trump he 7 months ago appointed a well known loyalist to as c.e.o. of this agency michael park then proceeded to fire everybody inside long time members long time workers in the various parts of the agency 2 hours after president biden was inaugurated he fired michael park and appointed a longtime voice of america veteran c.e.o. of the organization so there he made that start she in turn has fired a large number of people attempting to re store the traditional fire walls that had been put in place had traditionally been put in place in the agency's various forms of media to prevent politicize ation of what is supposed to be a completely editorial free board now this gets even more complicated because in october president trump signed an executive order that essentially remove protections from career diplomats and those who had been within the civil service but at the same time he included a thing called shed which made it easier to convert his political appointments to career

part of the last couple of days giving speeches and making addresses just on monday he spoke to voice of america in very controversial fashion and then just in the last couple of hours he's been at the national press club here in washington to talk about the u.s. relationship with iran accusing iran essentially of giving a safe bolt hole to al qaeda and essentially arguing the world to act on that problem but the fact that he's been he's had to cancel his trip suggests a future for trump administration officials that they might find themselves becoming political pariahs because of all that happened on wednesday and the fact that so few of them actually spoken out against donald trump or the action of his supporters well speaking of donald trump we've seen the president in public for the 1st time since last week's unrest in washington and ahead of moves in congress to remove him from office but let's just listen to what he says because he says this is all just a witch hunt. it's really a continuation of the greatest witch hunt in this year politics it's ridiculous it's absolutely ridiculous this

this exhibition was a foreign service officer named hans tuck, anzmryw;h actually worked for voice of americae time. excellent russian language skills and so he was part of the entourage and even had the opportunity to provide some impromptu translation for khrushchev because his official translator got lost in the crush of people. that was a huge event that khrushchev and nixon were going through this exhibition and as allison mentioned on the flight back they inaugurated what they jokingly called the kitchen cabinet and you can see that picture you were mentioning of nixon pointing at khrushchev and that they even had a password for this exclusive club and in russian it means peace and friendship. and again, the language skills are so important for our diplomats. you never know when you might need to pull it out. and so we have some exchange in conversation going on in the midst of the cold war. and eventually things start to thaw. >> eventually. there is a recognition that the status quo cannot remain. and so during nixon's presidential administration, you start to see the s.a.l.t. talks b

he actually worked for voice of america at the time. had excellent russian language skills, he was part of the entourage, and he even had the opportunity to provide impromptu translation. he often got lost. this is a huge event. as allison mentioned, on the flight back, they inaugurated what they jokingly called the kitchen cabinet. you can see that picture you were mentioning of nixon pointing at khrushchev. >> right. >> and they even had a password for this exclusive club. in russian, it means "peace and friendship." and so, the language skills are so important for diplomats, you never know when you might need to pull it out. so, we have some exchange in the conversation going on in the midst of the cold war, and eventually, things start to thaw. >> eventually. there is a recognition that the status quo cannot remain. during nixon's presidential administration, you start to see the salt talks, strategic arms limitation treaties being discussed between the soviets and the united states. during the reagan administration, this was a high

secretary of state mike pompeo facing conflict after reporters at the government broadcaster voice of americao broadcast his speech. >> this is an dangerous, not who we are as americans. time to put wokeisemma to sleep. >> another alternative social network is growing in the wake of parlor's shutdown. the ceo of gab services platform gained 600,000 new users. >> i had not heard of gab, and there you go. thanks. >> two congresswomen test positive after taking shoulder with other lawmakers during the capitol hill rights, democrats bombing watson, blaming colleagues who weren't wearing masks. slamming republicans demanding they be fined and removed from the floor saying a statement overnight, quote, anyone who refuses to wear a mask should be held accountable for endangering our lives because of their selfish idiocy. >> california's disneyland resort, orange county's first massive covid-19 vaccinations site, thousands of people will get vaccinated every day. californians have to register for their vaccination is walk ins are not allowed, disneyland has been closed since march. mega millions in p

also a store with voice of america. >> dana: voice of america has a long history.izabeth robins about her dismissal. she was dismissed by the biden administration saying the new sheriff in town. her removal was politically motivated. joe, i know you know a lot about that. broadcasting board of governors. i was a governor under president obama. bipartisan board and a lot of work. it can be quite a political place. joe biden actually helped create the broadcasting board of governors when he was senator way back when. >> isn't that ironic? it continues this whole pattern we're seeing, bill and dana, around when a new administration comes in it's purge and counter purge. in the case of the broadcasting board of governors they helped insure the voa, heads of those in that particular place kept serving and were only replaced when the broadcasting board felt it was warranted. so again if mr. biden's goal is unity, this is a funny way of showing it. >> dana: there was a lot of -- that was a big highly fought political, passionate fight during the trump administration. i'm

the head of voice of america seen as wanting to turn that institution into too much of a pro-trump outlet out. the consumer protection bureau director, he is also out. they want to bring in people that reflect their priorities. the chief usher, who was somebody who had been at a trump property, brought in as the chief usher, biden will get to bring in his own person. same with the labor general counsel. that person seen as too pro-business, and a new appointment there in this administration. the surgeon general, jerome adams, he will stay on as an adviser but biden will bring in his own person. >> nia, thank you so much for taking us through that. >>> it is the most famous office on the planet where war has been waged, disaster managed in some of the most dramatic areas of american democracy. the decor of the oval office symbols the vision for the country. on president biden's first full day in the white house, let's take a look inside the oval office. to the left now of the resolute desk, biden replaced the portrait of andrew jackson that president trump had displayed. he replaced it wit

pompeo said that i read some voa, voice of america employees, didn't want me to speak today. diplomacy to speak. what do you think of this? >> yeah, it's cold out there, isn't it, bill? this is a slippery slope that leads all of us into a worse place. censorship never works. censorship doesn't get rid of the ideas. creates a dangerous underground. that's what we're seeing. it won't end well. >> bill: here's rush limbaugh. >> we are being censored out of existence. we're being silenced out of existence. we're being pummeled, we're being threatened, we're being intimidated out of existence. >> i asked andy mccarthy where it ends. do you have an idea on that yet? >> this ends in a terrible place. this ends in even more anger and recrimination. if you have one side that this is being done to, if you realize the only way you can communicate is to lash out, you will lash out. if you realize the way you communicate is to speak your mind, be heard, maybe your ideas are so bad that they filter into the either and nobody pays attention, that is so much better. america's always been a n

. >> dana: i can appreciate that message especially voice of america delivering it. i also understand in some ways the companies are saying, there are other dangers such as spreading messages of violence that are against rules of service. >> well, there clearly are things that the social media has to protect against and they have enormous facilities for checking the content all around the world for localized conflicts, localized war, for child trafficking, for drugs, terrorism, all sorts of stuff that they cannot let their platforms be used to further. owned, in political speech, they seem to have really jumped in with both feet. i think what secretary pompeo was saying is quite interesting. in our normal sense of authoritarianism you think of the authoritarianism leader silencing means of communication. now you have means of communication silencing the leader, in the example of president trump. it's a complete unique situation we're in. >> dana: big tech contributions to presidential campaigns. president trump, about $1.4 million. to biden, $15.4 million. you've cove

john, want to play the story from secretary pompeo addressing the voice of america folks earlier today. >> censorship, wokeness, political correctness all points in one direction, authoritarianism cloaked as moral righteousness. similar to too many university campuses today. it's not who we are. it's not who we are as america americans. >> laura: don't they all want us to be stuck on a college campus forever? >> yeah, the whole world is becoming a college campus. the point that i want to make is if we do have remedies. if these companies are suppressing conservative speech at the behest of democratic party politicians or in hopes of getting favorable antitrust treatment, we can do something about it. the courts can do something. if these oligarchs are conspiring together to try to crush a company like parler, it's a plain violation of section 1 of the sherman act. there is a remedy for that. by the way, laura, amazon lost $33 billion in market capitalization today after it was sued by parler. obviously the market thinks there's a risk. >> laura: and victor, this is also a fact, is it n

and you have the cfpb then leader and you have the head of the agency which is basically the voice of americaws stories and the general council who is perniciously behind. how extensive is this lead-behind issue is and is the biden administration removing the ideological implants inside these various agencies. >> yes. absolutely. they're doing great harm to america and they should be fired, removed, tossed as quickly as possible. >> let's move now on to the united states senate. you do have mitch mcconnell, minority leader mcconnell attempting to essentially protect the filibuster which he used so repeatedly and in historic numbers and not since the civil rights era were show many filibusters launched during the obama-biden administration. what do you want to see senate majority leader schumer do about that? should he negotiate to let the filibuster and to keep the filibuster? could he use something like the leverage that he might have with mcconnell wanting two weeks of prep time for impeachment? what would you like to see chuck schumer do? >> it's a completely outrageous demand by mcconnell

and it is not where voice of america should be.ut wokism to sleep. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪. elizabeth: okay, with me now is former california republican party chair tom del beccaro. tom, always great to have you on. okay, we had twitter and facebook trading down in stock trading today. twitter approached correction territory, was the worst performing stock in the s&p 500 after banning, after they banned president trump on their platforms. your thoughts on that? >> it is extraordinary when you attack trump for many people. it is attacking them. i lost a bunch of followers through some magic as well. ron paul being silenced. others, so they're doing it direct attack on a lot of consumers and that's a risky thing to do and so it is no shock that it is going down. it probably needs to go down further unless they change their policies. elizabeth: even the aclu is saying wait a second, quote, unchecked power of twitter and facebook, basically banning people because of political realities of the moment that you agree with, aclu is now questioning it sa

dismantle our public diplomacy or no idea they're doing, that has to be undone by making sure voices of america and all those continue to work they are very importantct aspect of america's democracy and are trying to help other countries. but we need to be aware of what putin is doing. and we have kind of given him a path, a very serious ones in terms of the last administration who trusted putin more than her own intelligence services. as an awful lot that needs to be done in batch. there's no one better equipped, susan then you are in so many different ways and "the atlantic" council. i do think we need to look for partners inat making sure that we don't let this message get through anymore about what putin is doing. >> host: i know were almost out of time but it would've followed quickly on that, you mentioned a couple times city cyber attack without being a primary new region that if your secretary state going around the country again making y a case you'd probably be mentioning that the lot is the reason why americans need to be concerned about what is happening with the world coming to the

so this was an important step as was the personnel decision that voice of america as well as the cfpbese are important boards and commissions that we don't often think about, but they can have really powerful impacts on how government runs. >> there is an irony here, of course, which is that conservatives, particularly judicial conservatives, have been arguing for this theory that basically the president is the unitary executive, right? he runs the entire branch of congress, that it's unconstitutional to delegate too much authority administratively outside his purview. and, in fact, conservatives just won this big case that said the president can fire the head of cfpb. well, then, you know, i guess it's one of those make lemonade out of lemons, right? if you've got the power, you might as well get in there and use it. >> that's exactly right. you will hear some republican groveling about these personnel moves, but the reality is that this is the game that was set up by them. these are the rules that they created, the court cases they brought forward, and this is now left in, president

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voice of america broadcast live coverage of the lunar landing in 36 languages, for not inseparably 750 million. another 650 million watch the lunar landing on television. it was the first live global broadcast in history. clearly, the space diplomacy mission had been successful. as -- when we return, major general collins and his crew embarked on a worldwide tour. visiting over 20 countries in 37 days, as true ambassadors of goodwill. they build bridges with international partners that really do continue to this day. after his service with nasa, president nixon appointed major general collins -- at the state department. to continue his outreach the world to strengthen our nation and our relationships with global partners. that has left every assistant secretary that followed him myself included with some very big boots to fill. i'm pleased to say i now hold the same position major general collins held at the state department, i'm so honored and humbled to follow in his footsteps. i'll be here on earth another moon. there's no better spokesperson for our country then major general colli

part of the last couple of days giving speeches and making addresses just on monday he spoke to voice of america in very controversial fashion and then just in the last couple of hours he's been at the national press club here in washington to talk about the u.s. relationship with iran accusing iran essentially of giving a safe. bolt hole to al qaeda and essentially urging the world to act on that problem but the fact that he's been had to cancel his trip suggests a future for a trump administration officials that they might find themselves becoming political pariahs because of all that happened on wednesday and the fact that so few of them actually spoken out against donald trump or the action of his supporters. let's go back to alamo in texas where you can see president trump the era taking part in a tour of part of the border wall with mexico of course built during his time in office the wall and the crackdown on central american migrants in general were really a cornerstone of trump's presidency the chance to build the that wall very much hurt at several. rallies not just when he was campaig

i should add that we are going to need a major revival of voice of america and the other internationalbroadcasting agencies after this administration. they are drilling tremendous damage, i think, to voice of america in particular. i would like to see it restored. idea of getting rid of the balkan services that have existed for decades, that the idea should be dropped. --resentative: >> not only is this providing structure for that, we have to have people be responsible for determining what is true and what is not. we have seen that in our own country on both sides of the aisle, where people except news with what comports with what makes them feel good and ignore stuff that doesn't. and you can put facts out there all day long, and a fact is always questioned by a person who doesn't want to agree. that is what you be a longer-term discussion in the future. mr. chairman, thank you so much. thank you to the panel. i yield back. german engel: thank you -- : thank you, mr. kinsinger. mr. keating. representative keating: thank you, mr. chairman, you have made a difference not only internati

himself fired and replaced with a woman called kelly child who is a 3 decade veteran of the voice of america and who had in fact been fired by michael pac she has now fired everybody who had been appointed by michael pac all the trump loyalists that had stepped in these agencies so it's a massive turnaround and just an indication of how intense the ministration is on returning to what the status quo was now this agency in the v.o.a. in particular had always prided itself on its editorial independence of separation from government although it was funded it was set up very much on the basis of a organization like the british broadcasting corporation where it has absolute editorial independence there are fire worlds built in to stop it from becoming an arm of government propaganda. has said she's going to reestablish and absolutely ascertain that all these files were kept in place but it does to show that despite president biden's calls for unity he is not going to stand back and allow those embedded agencies that president tried to be put in place continue to sour not only the internal domesti

us sat by and by the rest of us we mean -- i don't know, the american business community that has now found its moral voice as of yesterday -- every elected leader and americaat by and let people say that on television justifying violence, the murder of a lot of people and it was totally normal, totally fine. point made. the point today is that all of a sudden, this is not the language of the unheard, these are people who are unheard for a good reason, they should just shut up and go to prison or be shot to death -- what to make of all of this? matt walsh has thought a lot about this question, we are always happy to have him on the show, thanks for coming on. put a finer point on this that i'm capable of doing, what are we looking at? >> this is why i have no patience for the what about charge because when you bring up this point about how the media, the democrats have been explicitly encouraging and romanticizing violent protests, it's always what about his him,

thought in the fundamental belief of the very first amendment of america, of the -- of the very belief of this body, where we debate, where the voices of america are supposed to be heard, where the m.t.r. has been around from the very beginning of this nation, of this body. but you will be the individuals, you will be the slim majority that took it away. you will cast that vote. you will have the history written about you. he fact that this is your very first course, you are setting the tone for the next two years. the political and moral stakes are high and the american people know it. if censorship replaces open debate on this floor, serious deliberation of the most important issues confronting our country will become impossible. more importantly, congress will continue to waste time on unnecessary distractions. that have nothing to do with the needs of the american people. this damage will be immediate. and long lasting. but republicans will never give up our right to fully represent our constituents. voices here in washington. democrats' small thinking may limit how we can do what's right for our constituents but it won't stop u

thought in the fundamental belief of the very first amendment of america, of the -- of the very belief of this body, where we debate, where the voices of america are supposed to be heard, where the m.t.r. has been around from the very beginning of this nation, of this body. but you will be the individuals, you will be the slim majority that took it away. you will cast that vote. you will have the history written about you. he fact that this is your very first course, you are setting the tone for the next two years. the political and moral stakes are high and the american people know it. if censorship replaces open debate on this floor, serious deliberation of the most important issues confronting our country will become impossible. more importantly, congress will continue to waste time on unnecessary distractions. that have nothing to do with the needs of the american people. this damage will be immediate. and long lasting. but republicans will never give up our right to fully represent our constituents. voices here in washington. democrats' small thinking may limit how we can do what's right for our constituents but it won't stop u

and i stand here before you today as an old list of things a citizen of the united states of america with my voice and my vote with a place for all of you democrats and republicans i ask you to search your soul and answer these questions is the president's war on democracy in keeping with the constitution were his words and insects and so rex unary mob a high crime and misdemeanor do we not have the duty to our oath to do all we transfusion we can to protect our nation and our democracy from the appetites and ambitions of a man who has self evidently demonstrated that he is a vital threat to liberty to self-government and to the rule of law. i country is divided we all know that there are allies abroad in the land spread by a desperate president if you have his power slipping away we know that too but i know this is well that we here in this house have a sacred obligation to stand for truth to stand up for the transfer to sion to stand as guardians of the republic in a speech he was prepared to give in dallas on friday november 22nd 1963 president john f. kennedy was to say we in this country and

and 22-year-old poet amanda gorman of los angeles delivering her vision for america's future from the hopeful voice of a young america. >> we ask ourselves where can we find light in this never ending shade. somehow we do it. somehow we weathered and witnessed a nation that isn't broken but simply unfinished. we the successors of a country and a time where a skinny black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother can only to find herself reciting for one. >> performances ushering in biden's overall promise of this day of unified resilience as america confronts this historic time of crisis and division. >> amanda gorman was unbelievable today. east bay congresswoman barbara lee attended today's >> i've been to many inaugurations. this was unlike any i have been to. i tell you, just like everyone is telling me and people are saying it feels like a huge heavy-duty weight, the weight of the worrell has been lifted. >> lee has been a long-time friend and supporter of now vice president harris. >> black and brown girls now see that they can do it. they can move forward and be whoever they w

and douglas becomes the voice of black america. he creates newspapers, he debates with lincoln. really was seen as somebody who would sort of demanding that america live up to its stated identity, stated ideals. he's not the only person to do that, but he was considered the most visible african-american in the 19th century. >> now, he was very articulate, very eloquent, and many people were surprised by that, because in those days, if upper a slaved, you were not allowed to learn how to read, it was considered against the law in some states. is that not the case? >> in some states, yes. >> how did he actually learn how to read, and was that part of his appeal that he was very educated and people were so surprised to see such an educated african-american in that time? >> well, i think, douglas -- there were two things that were crucial to enslaved people. one was freedom. that was the most important thing. but the other thing was that maybe the key to freedom was education. being able to read. and so douglas was able to learn to read by playing with some of the children that he g

america deserves. i'm standing in front of the save america rally that will happen in front of that vote and the crowd and the sentiment and the feeling the election was stolen, their voices were heard, there never was investigation into fraud, that sentiment will be reflected in the voices of those objecting on capitol hill today. whether or not that can translate into overturning the election i don't think the vice president or other people on capitol hill believe that is possible. the use the president tell these people that it is just conspiracy theories, there was no widespread fraud you're creating a bifurcation in the country where a lot of people feel their voices are completely abandoned and that makes the next two weeks between now and inauguration day you can feel it in washington dc and sean and rachel felt similar sentiments, building the separation between two views of the world that see the election differently and are dug in more than they have ever been. jillian: i want your take, you heard pete say their voices are abandoned and you have roughly half of this country feeling that way if john ossoff takes the other senate seat. as we talked at length, the

speaker, he was befriended like abolitionist leaders like garrison and douglas becomes the voice of black america he creates newspapers. he debates with lincoln. he really was seen as somebody who would sort of demanding that america live up to its stated identity and stated ideals. he's not the only person to do that, but he was considered the most visible african-american in the 19th century. >> he was very articulate and very eloquent and many people were surprised by that because in those days if you were a slave you were not allowed to learn how to read and it was considered against the law in some states? is that not the case? that it was against the law? >> in some states yes. >> what was that appeal that people were so surprised to see such an educated african-american at that time. >> there were two things that were crucial to enshave people. one was freedom. that was the most important thing, that maybe the key to freedom was education and being able to read and so douglas was able to learn to read by playing with some of the children he grew up with and overlooking a kind mistress who

. >> political the rest of it is about shutting down voices that they and their staff do not agree with. >> that's not america and that's what i find so very depressing about this. [crying] you guys are angels. >> that's the oldest bar west of the mississippi. to lose a bar like that and have nobody pay attention, that's why these people are breaking down. >> bama bludgeons the buckeyes and saban sets past paul bryant with his seventh national championship. >> all right. here we go. a fox news alert. new security concerns will surround tomorrow's house vote to impeach president trump for a second time? steve: this as many republicans block the 25th amendment. they have given the vice president the house democrat have 24 hours to invoke the 25th amendment. ainsley: right. that's not going to happen so they will end up taking up a vote tomorrow. griff jenkins is live in washington with more for us. griff: good morning. a lot to get to. starting with this. the president is taking some of the blame for the capitol riot according to minority leader kevin mccarthy who says the president acknowledged it that convers

[laughter] as i hand you this gavel, i just ask that you keep in mind of all of the voices in america to have a voice on this floor. [applause] r. the speaker: thank you, my friends. mens of congress, -- members of congress, families, friends, welcome all. as speaker of the house, it is my great honor to preside over this sacred ritual of renewal, as we gather under the dome of this temple of democracy to egin the 117th congress. thank you, thank you, leader mccarthy. congratulations on your election as leader. i look forward to working with the needs ftd -- needs of the american people uring this great moment of challenge. as the leader knows, usually on of our , the day swearing in, there is a that isan church service attend for america. until that is possible, again, personally, pray that let there be peace on earth it begin with us. that is our recurring theme. we all know,rs, as are very needed now. in today, we n accept a responsibility as demanding as any previous generation of has ever faced. we begin this new congress of extraordinary difficulty. each of our communities has b

>> has shown throughout history that the-- the kind of-- and we will use our voices to be sure that the voice of black america is heard. i was one of those being told to shelter on the floor, given a gas masked and rushed off the floor. this is serious. people have died and kept us all alive, i want you all to know that today's hearing is very timely and it's important and as we continue with our voice, at this time i would like to recognize the gentle lady from florida, the kindest woman, val demings to continue our power and our message. thank you so much, madam chair, and thank you to our special guest who is after val, after me? >> i have worked rallies involving neo-nazis and ku klux klan, and i know the policing and representation should exist and does exist within law enforcement and the community. i want to make two things clear, number one, the violence that we witnessed in the capitol was the culmination was of the calls for violence in the past five years supported by his enablers. number two police officers on the front lines to fought for us, one to his death deserve our appreciation, it's okay t

[laughter] as i hand you this gavel, i just ask that you keep in mind of all of the voices in americao have a voice on this floor. [applause] that have a voice on his floor. the speaker: thank you, my friends. mens of congress, -- members of congress, families, friends, welcome all. as speaker of the house, it is my great honor to preside over this sacred ritual of renewal, as we gather under the dome of this temple of democracy to egin the 117th congress. thank you, thank you, leader mccarthy. congratulations on your election as leader. i look forward to working with the needs ftd -- needs of the american people uring this great moment of challenge. as the leader knows, usually on of our , the day swearing in, there is a that isan church service attend for america. until that is possible, again, personally, pray that let there be peace on earth it begin with us. that is our recurring theme. we all know,rs, as are very needed now. in today, we n accept a responsibility as demanding as any previous generation of has ever faced. we begin this new congress of extraordinary difficulty. ea