>>> WHAT MOST PEOPLE ARE THINKING, JOHN, AT THIS MOMENT,
WALKING DOWN, YOU SEE A SEA OF HUMANITY WAITING FOR YOU AND YOU
THE CALLS OF "TRUMP, TRUMP, TRUMP," THIS IS HIS MOMENT RIGHT
NOW.
>> PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND.
>> THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> SO HELP ME GOD.
>> CONGRATULATIONS, MR. PRESIDENT.
>> YEAH!
>> AND THE PENDULUM SWINGS.
>> EVERY FOUR YEARS WE GATHER ON THESE STEPS TO CARRY OUT THE
ORDERLY AND PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER.
>> FIGHT FOR TRUMP! FIGHT FOR TRUMP!
>> THE CITIZENS OF AMERICA ARE NOW JOINED IN A GREAT NATIONAL
EFFORT TO REBUILD OUR COUNTRY.
>> USA!
>> AND RESTORE ITS PROMISE FOR ALL OF OUR PEOPLE.
>> THIS AMERICAN CARNAGE STOPS RIGHT HERE AND STOPS RIGHT NOW.
>> JUST DAYS LEFT, DAYS, IN THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY, AND IT'S ALL
UNRAVELING.
>> HE'S BEEN CUT OFF FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> DEMOCRATS ARE PUSHING AHEAD WITH THEIR PLANS TO IMPEACH --
>> THE NATION FACING AN ACTIVE AND DANGEROUS DOMESTIC TERROR
THREAT.
>> ARMED PROTESTS PLANNED AT ALL 50 STATE CAPITOLS.
>> HE IS ANGRY AT THE WORLD. HE FEELS ABANDONED AND BETRAYED.
>> WHAT OTHER OPTIONS DOES HE HAVE?
HE'S A VERY DESPERATE PERSON. WHAT IS HE THINK AND WHAT MIGHT
HE DO NEXT? ACROSS THE FRUITED PLAINS
AMERICA, AMERICA
>> THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAID IN HIS LAST NEWS CONFERENCE THAT
HIS FAMILY WERE DISAPPOINTED IN THE WAY -- REFERRING TO THE
NATION, QUOTE, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE OKAY.
>> THIS IS A LITTLE DISQUIETING. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE UNITED
STATES CAPITOL LIKE THIS. THERE IS JUST NO ONE HERE.
I FEEL LIKE I AM IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S CAPITOL IN A WAR ZONE.
WELCOME, 117th CONGRESS. THE THIRD DAY OF THE 117th
CONGRESS, THE CONGRESS WAS ATTACKED.
>> HEY, EVERYBODY HERE?
>> ALEX IS ON.
>> WHAT'S IT LIKE OUT THERE?
>> SCARRY. LOCKDOWN.
>> OCCUPIED STATE.
>> YEAH.
>> I'M STANDING NEAR THE CAPITOL WITH SEVEN-FOOT BARRICADES
EVERYWHERE. YOU CAN SEE FROM WHERE I'M
STANDING --
>> THE BOARDED-UP WINDOWS WHERE THE, YOU KNOW, RIOTERS GOT INTO
THE CAPITOL AND IT JUST FEELS LIKE WE'RE SITTING ON A POWDER
KEG.
>> I MEAN, AS HOFK AS IT
>> I MEAN, AS HOFK ASRRIFIC AS SEEMED IN REAL TIME, WHAT WE'VE
LEARNED IN THE LAST THREE OR FOUR DAYS MAKES THE SITUATION
SEEMS MUCH MORE SERIOUS AND MUCH MORE GRAVE.
INVESTIGATIONS WILL GO ON FOR MONTHS INTO THE SECURITY FAILURE
AND WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ALLOWING THE CAPITOL TO BE TAKEN
THAT EASILY.
>> AND IT WASN'T JUST A MOB OF KIND OF LOOKY-LOOS THAT STORMED
STATUARY HALL. THESE WERE GUYS DRESSED IN
PARAMILITARY-STYLE UNIFORMS, THEY WERE ARMED, THEY HAD ZIP
TIES BECAUSE THEY WERE READY TO APPARENTLY TAKE HOS TANLS.
THIS WAS AN EXTRAORDINARILY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
>> WELL, HERE'S A CHILLING NUMBER, GANG.
45% OF REPUBLICANS SUPPORT WHAT HAPPENED.
THAT'S JUST -- I HAVE NO WORDS FOR THAT.
>> IT'S JUST -- THAT IS A SHOCKING NUMBER.
>> NANCY PELOSI SAID LAST FRIDAY THERE WERE THREE OPTIONS AT THIS
POICHBLT. WE CAN ALL AGREE DONALD TRUMP
WON'T RESIGN. NO INDICATION OF THAT.
>> THE PREFERENCE FOR A LOT PEOPLE, BECAUSE IT COULD HAPPEN
FAST, IF IT WERE INVOKED, IS THE 25th AMENDMENT.
>> THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO PRESSURE PENCE, RIGHT?
TUESDAY THEY'RE GOING TO BRING A RESOLUTION CALLING ON PENCE TO
INVOKE THE 25th AMENDMENT AND GIVING HIM 24 HOURS TO RESPOND.
>> I STILL THINK THE GREATEST LIKELIHOOD IS HE WON'T GO ALONG
WITH IT, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW. SO WE ARE NOW BACK TO
IMPEACHMENT. AND NANCY PELOSI AND HOUSE
DEMOCRATS WERE ON THE PHONE ALL WEEKEND LONG, MORE THAN 200 OF
THEM SAYING THEY'RE IN FAVOR OF IMPEACHING THE PRESIDENT.
IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, BY THE TIME WE GET TO WEDNESDAY, DONALD
TRUMP WILL BE IMPEACHED FAR SECOND TIME.
EVERYONE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A TRIAL
IN THE SENATE BEFORE TRUMP'S TERM IS OVER.
WHY ARE DEMOCRATS DOING THIS? WHAT'S THE POINT?
>> IF YOU DON'T IMPEACH A PRESIDENT FOR INCITING THE
CAPITOL, WHAT DO YOU IMPEACH HIM FOR?
>> IT COULD STOP DONALD TRUMP FROM RUNNING OFFICE AGAIN IN
2024.
>> I HAVE A LITTLE CONCERN ABOUT THE NOTION ABOUT HIM NOT RUNNING
FOR HIGHER OFFICE AGAIN BECAUSE HE BECOMES A MARTYR.
I'D LIKE HIM BEAT AT THE BALLOT BOX.
>> HE ALREADY GOT BEAT AT THE BALLOT BOX AND IT DIDN'T DO
ANYTHING.
>> AT EX, YOU MAKE AN EXCELLENT POINT.
>> HE'S LABELED A LOSER AND HE'S LOST THE PRESIDENCY, LOST
CONGRESS, HE'S LOSING BIG BUSINESS.
CITI BANK, JPMORGAN, GOLDMAN SACHS PAUSING DONATIONS.
>> THE LAUNCH AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP CONTINUES AS MORE THAN A
DOZEN ONLINE PLATFORMS HAVE BANNED HIM.
>> SEEMS LIKE THAT'S GOING TO PUSH HIM INTO A DARKER,
LONELIER, MORE DESTRUCTIVE PLACE.
>> THE FBI TODAY ANNOUNCED ARMED PROTESTS ARE PLANNED AT ALL
STATE CAPITOLS FROM JANUARY 16th THROUGH AT LEAST JANUARY 20th,
INAUGURATION DAY. IS DONALD TRUMP GOING TO SIT
QUIETLY BY AND NOT DO ANYTHING TO ENCOURAGE THESE PEOPLE DOING
THINGS THAT HE NOT SO SECRETLY LOVES TO SEE?
>> THE WHOLE COUNTRY HAS BECOME A BATTLEFIELD.
>> THAT'S THE REALLY SCARY THING THAT CAME OUT FROM THE WEEKEND,
WAS LAST WEDNESDAY MAY HAVE JUST BEEN THE START.
>> I THINK AT THIS MOMENT TRUMP IS 100% A CLEAR AND PRESENT
DANGER TO THIS COUNTRY.
>> WE ARE IN SOUTH TEXAS, WHERE THE PRESIDENT IS ABOUT TO DO HIS
FIRST PUBLIC EVENT IN SIX DAYS. SINCE HE URGED HIS SUPPORTERS TO
FIGHT LIKE HELL AT THE CAPITOL. HE TOLD REPORTERS THIS MORNING
GETTING ON THE PLANE THAT EVERYTHING IN THE SPEECH WAS
TOTALLY APPROPRIATE.
>> IT'S BEEN ANALYZED AND PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT WHAT I SAID WAS
TOTALLY APPROPRIATE.
>> WITH THE WALLS CLOSING IN IN WASHINGTON WITH A SECOND
IMPEACHMENT VOTE ABOUT TO HAPPEN TOMORROW, PRESIDENT TRUMP
IS IN TEXAS TO SEE THE LITERAL WALLS THAT HE'S BUILT WHILE HE'S
BEEN PRESIDENT.
>> AND NOW I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY ADDRESS THE EVENTS OF LAST WEEK.
MILLIONS OF OUR CITIZENS WATCHED ON WEDNESDAY AS A MOB STORMED
THE CAPITOL AND TRASHED THE HALLS OF GOVERNMENT.
AS I HAVE CONSISTENTLY SAID THROUGHOUT MY ADMINISTRATION, WE
BELIEVE IN RESPECTING AMERICA'S HISTORY AND TRADITIONS, NOT
TEARING THEM DOWN. WE BELIEVE IN THE RULE OF LAW,
NOT IN VIOLENCE OR RIOTING.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CAPITOL THIS
WEEK?
>> AWESOME! WHOOO!
>> WE WERE THERE.
>> YOU WERE THERE? REALLY.
TELL ME ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. YOU WERE THERE.
>> ANTIFA WENT IN FIRST. ANTIFA WENT IN FIRST.
THEY LET THOSE VIDEOS OUT THERE. IT SHOWED THEY LET THEM IN GOING
FIRST.
>> I THINK ANTIFA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
I THINK NANCY PELOSI HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT AND
THE DEMOCRATS.
>> ANTIFA WAS IN THERE, BLACK LIVES MATTER WAS IN THERE.
>> YOU SEE OFFICERS DOING THIS, USHERING THEM IN SO --
>> IT WAS A FIRE THAT HAD BEEN SIMMERING FOR A WHILE THAT
FINALLY GOT OUT OF CONTROL.
>> WHY DID MAXINE WATERS -- LISTEN TO ME.
I'M TALKING TO YOU. MY EYES ARE HERE.
>> LET ME SPEAK.
>> DID TRUMP EVER GET ON TV AND TELL PEOPLE TO DO VIOLENCE?
DID HE DO THAT?
>> HE SAID DON'T BE WEAK, GO TO THE CAPITOL.
>> OKAY, BUT HE'S NOT TELLING PEOPLE TO DO VIOLENCE.
HE DIDN'T SAY THAT.
>> FUCK BIDEN! FUCK BIDEN!
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS?
>> I THINK IT'S NONSENSE.
>> YEAH?
>> HE'S ABOUT TO GO WILLINGLY. IT'S ALL A PLOY TO MAKE SURE HE
DOESN'T RUN AGAIN. IT'S A PLOY.
>> DO YOU THINK HE'LL STILL BE PRESIDENT A WEEK FROM NOW?
>> I'LL EAT A SHOE ON CAMERA IF HE'S NOT BECAUSE GOD IS IN
CHARGE OF THIS, NOT TRUMP, NOT US.
GOD ALMIGHTY AND JESUS.
>> AMEN!
>> I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO LOOK BOTH WAYS.
>> THERE'S NO ONE HERE.
>> HOW YOU DOING, CONGRESSMAN?
>> GOOD.
>> THANKS FOR DOING THIS.
>> THIS IS --
>> YEAH, WEIRD.
>> IT'S WEIRD.
>> LAST WEEK I WAS SITTING ON THE FLOOR AND WE'RE WATCHING ON
OUR PHONE, AND YOU'RE THINKING, LIKE, OKAY, LIKE THERE'S GOING
TO BE PEOPLE COME BUG THERE'S NO WAY THEY'RE GOING TO GET ONTO
THE GROUNDS OF THE CAPITOL. AND THEN, LIKE, FIVE MINUTES
LATER, IT'S LIKE, OH, THEY'RE ON THE GROUNDS OF THE CAPITOL.
BUT THERE'S NO WAY THEY'RE GETTING INTO THE CAPITOL.
YOU SEE THEM RUNNING THROUGH THE STAIRWELLS AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH,
SHIT THEY'RE IN THE CAPITOL. BUT WE'RE IN THE CHAMBER.
I'M SURE IS PLACE IS SURROUNDED. THEN YOU HEAR THE BANGING AND
SMASHING OF WINDOWS. THEN THE CHAPLAIN STEPS UP TO
THE PODIUM AND STARTING READING A PRAYER.
THAT'S WHEN I TEXTED MY WIFE I LOVE YOU, PLEASE TAKE CARE OF
THE BABIES.
>> EVERY WIFE WANTS THAT TEXT AND NO WIFE WANTS THAT TEXT.
>> SHE SAID DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN.
>> WOW. IN A FEW HOURS, YOU GUYS ARE
GOING TO VOTE ON THIS 25th AMENDMENT RESOLUTION.
>> IDEALLY, THE PRESIDENT WOULD DO THE RIGHT THING AND STEP
DOWN. THE NEXT BEST THING WOULD BE FOR
MIKE PENCE TO DO IT BECAUSE IF HE INVOKES THE 25th AMENDMENT,
THE PRESIDENT COULD BE IMMEDIATELY REMOVED.
IF HE'S NOT GOING TO DO THAT, WE CAN IMPEACH AND MAKE THE CASE TO
THE SENATE HE SHOULD BE REMOVED.
>> PEOPLE ARE SAYING IF YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL IN IMPEACHMENT, YOU
CAN SORT OF PREVENT TRUMP FROM IRANING AGAIN.
>> I DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT AS MUCH AS THE IMMINENT ISSUE.
>> YOU DEFINITELY THINK ABOUT IT.
>> WE BEAT HIM. BEAT HIM BADLY.
>> LOOK WHERE WE'RE AT.
>> I GET THAT, AND THIS ISN'T TO UNPUNISH HIM AS FAR AS I'M
CONCERNED. THIS IS TO PROTECT EVERYONE.
IF HE'S ABLE TO RUN AGAIN, WE'LL BEAT HIM AGAIN.
I'M LESS WORRIED ABOUT THAT.
>> WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LAST IMPEACHMENT AND THIS
IMPEACHMENT?
>> MORE REPUBLICANS WILL BE A PART OF IT.
>> YOU THINK?
>> YEAH.
>> TONIGHT THE HOUSE IS VOTING TO URGE THE USE OF THE 25th
AMENDMENT TO REMOVE PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM OFFICE RIGHT AWAY.
>> IT'S COMING.
>> AND NOW GOING TO VOTE. I HAVE NOT ACTUALLY BEEN ON THE
FLOOR SINCE WE LEFT AND RECESSED.
THERE ARE SOME TRIBUTES TO THE CAPITOL POLICE.
REGARDLESS OF YOUR PARTY, I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT THE
MEN AND WOMEN WHO WERE IN HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT WITH THESE
TERRORISTS DESERVE OUR GRATITUDE.
LOOK AT THAT. COOL.
NICE TO MEET YOU. THANKS FOR TAKING CARE OF MY
STAFF DURING, YEAH, THE LOCKDOWN.
SO, COOL. WE'RE APPROACHING ONE WEEK SINCE
THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT,
JUST THE URGENCY FOR THE INAUGURATION ON THE 20th.
SO, HERE WE GO.
>> THIS 25th AMENDMENT RESOLUTION IN THE HOUSE WILL
PASS.
>> VICE PRESIDENT PENCE TELLING HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI THAT
HE WON'T DO IT.
>> SO THAT MEANS THE HOUSE WILL VOTE TOMORROW MORNING ON
IMPEACHING PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> TONIGHT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT CRACKS IN THE ONCE SEEMINGLY
IMPENETRABLE RED WALL OF SUPPORT THAT REPUBLICANS BUILT AROUND
DONALD TRUMP.
>> SEVERAL HOUSE REPUBLICANS ANNOUNCED THEY WILL VOTE TO
IMPEACH PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> WYOMING'S LIZ CHENEY.
>> THE NUMBER THREE HOUSE REPUBLICAN PUTTING OUT A
BLISTERING STATEMENT. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A GREATER
BETRAYAL OF A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, OF HIS OFFICE,
HIS OATH TO THE CONSTITUTION. BUT WE HAVE NEVER HEARD WHAT
WE'VE HEARD TONIGHT.
>> MITCH McCONNELL ACTUALLY HAPPY THAT DEMOCRATS ARE MOVING
FORWARD WITH IMPEACHMENT.
>> SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL MAY BE INDICATING THAT IMPEACHMENT
COULD MAKE IT EASIER TO RID THE PARTY OF TRUMP.
>> WE'RE WITNESSING ANOTHER UNPRECEDENTED DAY IN AMERICAN
HISTORY. THE HOUSE IS MEETING RIGHT NOW
TO DETERMINE IF PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BECOME THE FIRST PRESIDENT
TO BE IMPEACHED TWICE, THIS TIME ON A CHARGE OF INCITING AN
INSURRECTION.
>> SO IMPEACHMENT, RIGHT, WHAT'S THE STRENGTH OF THE LEGAL
ARGUMENT THAT'S IN THAT ARTICLE OF IMPEACHMENT?
>> THE CASE IS AIRTIGHT. THIS IS A PRESIDENT LITERALLY
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO STORM THE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT THAT IS
SUPPOSED TO BE EQUAL TO HIM IN POWER.
>> AND TO DO SO FOR THE PURPOSE OF THWARTING A FREE AND FAIR
ELECTION, IN OTHER WORDS, ENDING CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER THAT HE'S
SWORN TO PROTECT. IT IS THE ULTIMATE IMPEACHABLE
OFFENSE.
>> SO TRUMP COMES OUT IN PUBLIC YESTERDAY AND SAYS OF COURSE I
DID NOTHING WRONG, IT WAS PERFECT, AND PEOPLE ARE SAYING
AND ALL THAT SHIT, HE WANTS TO MAKE IT ABOUT THE SPEECH ON THE
ELLIPSE THAT DAY. THE SPEECH IS LIKE THE CHERRY ON
TOP OF THE SUNDAE.
>> EXACTLY RIGHT. HE'S PUSHING, PUSHING, SAYING
THAT THE EVIL SOCIALISTS ARE STEALING THE ELECTION.
HE'S SAYING THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE BACK YOUR COUNTRY.
HE SAYS IN A TWEET IN DECEMBER THAT, BE THERE ON JANUARY 6th.
IT'S GOING TO BE WILD, WILD! WHAT DOES HE MEAN, WILD?
IT WAS INEVITABLE. AND YOU HEARD GABE STERLING, THE
ELECTION SUPERVISOR IN GEORGIA --
>> SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET SHOT.
SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED.
>> DAY AFTER DAY, HE LIKES IT. HE WANTS PEOPLE TO BE
THREATENING ON HIS BEHALF. THOSE ARE PEOPLE FIGHTING FOR
HIM, BREAKING THE WINDOWS, CLIMBING THE RAMP FOR HIM.
HE LOVES PIT.
>> THE PROSECUTION IS REALLY SIMPLE.
HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED ON WEDNESDAY, HERE'S WHAT YOU SAID
BEFORE, WATCH WHAT GABE STERLING SAID, OPEN AND SHUT.
>> YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR FOUR YEARS WHEN THE MOMENT
TO COME, BIG FU C KING DEAL. A LOT OF SPECULATION ABOUT HOW
MANY REPUBLICANS MIGHT NOW FOLLOW McCONNELL.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS THERE'S SOME DEGREE OF
REPUBLICAN DEFECTION ON DISPLAY?
>> I THINK THERE IS AN ASPECT OF IT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THE STRAW
THAT BROKE THE CAMEL'S BACK, AND IT WAS THE SEVERITY OF THE
EVENT, THE FACT THAT PEOPLE WERE IN PHYSICAL DANGER AND THE
ACCUMULATION OF EVERYTHING. HE'S OF NO USE TO THEM ANYMORE.
MITCH HAS GOT TO BE PISSED ABOUT THE LOSS OF THOSE TWO GEORGIA
RACES.
>> OH, MY GOD, YES.
>> THOSE WERE WINNABLE RACES, AND TRUMP BASICALLY ALL BUT
SABOTAGED THEM.
>> McCONNELL CARES ABOUT ONE THING, I WANT TO BE MAJORITY
LEADER TWO YEARS FROM NOW. HE'S MADE THE JUDGMENT, THE KING
IS OFF THE HORSE, BEHEAD THE KING, PUNCH HIM FROM THE PARTY.
>> YOU DON'T THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF HIS LOVE FOR THE SENATE AND
LOVE FOR THE CAPITOL AND LOVE FOR THE CONSTITUTION?
>> RIGHT. SO TRUMP RUNNING IN 2024 CREATES
ALL KINDS OF THINGS IN THE PARTY ALL KINDS OF THINGS IN THE PA
PARTY.
>> I AGREE.
>> THE ARGUMENT FOR BANNING HIM --
>> TAKE THE POISON OUT OF THE SYSTEM.
THAT MIGHT BE MITCH McCONNELL'S MOTIVATION IN LEAKING WHAT HE
LEAKED LAST NIGHT.
>> YEAH.
>> ABOUT HIS WILLINGNESS TO CONSIDER IMPEACHMENT.
BUT I DON'T THINK THIS CAN BE ALLOWED TO STAND.
SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. IF IT CAN BE DONE SOONER THAN
LATER, AT A MINIMUM, AN IMPEACHMENT IS HANGING OVER HIS
HEAD MIGHT DETER HIM FROM DOING SOME OF THE THINGS HE MIGHT
OTHERWISE DO.
>> WE KNOW THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES INCITED THIS
INSURRECTION INSURREC
INSURRECTION, THIS ARMED REBELLION AGAINST OUR COMMON
COUNTRY. HE MUST GO.
HE IS A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO THE NATION THAT WE ALL LOVE.
>> AMERICA WAS NOT ATTACKED IN THE PAST SENSE.
THIS PRESIDENT HAS INSPIRED FUTURE PLOTS.
AMERICA IS STILL UNDER ATTACK, AND THAT'S WHY DONALD TRUMP MUST
BE IMPEACHED.
>> I BELIEVE IMPEACHING THE PRESIDENT IN SUCH A SHORT TIME
FRAME WOULD BE A MISTAKE. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE PRESIDENT
IS FREE FROM FAULT. THE PRESIDENT BEARS
RESPONSIBILITY FOR WEDNESDAY'S ATTACK ON CONGRESS.
THAT IS WHY WITH A HEAVY HEART AND CLEAR RESOLVE I WILL VOTE
YES ON THESE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT.
>> THE YAYS AND NAYS ARE ORDERED.
THE VOTING IS UNDER WAY. ON THIS VOTE, THE AYES ARE 232,
THE NAYS ARE 197.
>> IT'S PASSED. TRUMP HAS BEEN IMPEACHED AGAIN,
OFFICIALLY. WHAT A DISASTER.
>> NO ARTICLE OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST A PRESIDENT HAS EVER HAD
THAT MANY VOTES FOR IT BEFORE.
>> TEN REPUBLICANS JOINING THE DEMOCRATS IS SIGNIFICANT.
>> THE QUESTION BECOMES WHAT WILL THE SENATE DO?
>> OH, McCONNELL REJECTED SCHUMER'S REQUEST FOR AN
EMERGENCY TRIAL ON TRUMP'S IMPEACHMENT.
THAT MEANS A TRIAL DURING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
THAT'S IT. HE'S NOT GETTING REMOVED.
>> AN HISTORIC DAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP IMPEACHED FOR A SECOND
TIME. HE REMAINS HOLED UP AT THE WHITE
HOUSE, UNABLE TO VENT HIS REACTION ON TWITTER, BUT HE HAS
RELEASED A VIDEO.
>> AS I HAVE SAID, THE INCURSION OF THE U.S. CAPITOL STRUCK AT
THE VERY HEART OF OUR REPUBLIC. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR, I
UNEQUIVOCALLY CONDEMN THE VIOLENCE THAT WE SAW LAST WEEK.
VIOLENCE AND VANDALISM L VIOLENCE AND VANDALISM HAVE
ABSOLUTELY NO PLACE IN OUR COUNTRY.
TODAY I AM CALLING ON ALL AMERICANS TO OVERCOME THE
PASSIONS OF THE MOMENT AND JOIN TOGETHER AS ONE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLS FOR CONGRESS -- WHAT HE SUGGESTED
THEY DO JUST A WEEK AGO. THE PRESIDENT NOT ADMITTING THAT
THE ELECTION WAS FREE AND FAIR, DIDN'T DO THAT, NOT EVEN
MENTIONING THAT JOE BIDEN WILL BE THE PRESIDENT IN SEVEN DAYS.
>> INVESTIGATORS HAVE UNCOVERED EVIDENCE THAT SUGGESTS THERE WAS
A LOT MORE PLANNING BEHIND THE U.S. CAPITOL ATTACK THAN FIRST
THOUGHT.
>> MEMBERS OF CONGRESS GAVE TOURS TO SOME OF THESE
EXTREMISTS THE DAY BEFORE.
>> THOSE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO HAD GROUPS COMING FLU THE
CAPITOL ON JANUARY 5th, RECONNAISSANCE FOR THE NEXT DAY,
I'M GOING TO SEE THAT THEY'RE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
>> WHEN YOU'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH LEADERS
SAYING 5,000 NATIONAL GUARD IS NOT ENOUGH, WE NEED MORE.
WHAT IF THEY HAVE MORE? WE NEED MORE.
THOSE ARE SUR VALE THOSE ARE SUR VAREAL
CONVERSATIONING CONVERSATICONVERSATION
CONVERSATICONVERSA CONVERSATIONING
CONVERSATICONVERSATIONS TO BE HAVING.
>> MEMBERS OF YOUR OWN PARTY ARE SAYING THERE WERE THESE
RECONNAISSANCE MISSIONS HAPPENING INSIDE THE CAPITOL.
>> RIGHT.
>> YOU WATCH SOME OF THESE VIDEOS.
THERE IS ONE OF THE RIOTERS OERMTSING WITH A HIKE DEGREE OFS
INFORMATION.
>> THERE IS A GLASS THAT SOMEBODY HAS BROKEN.
YOU CAN DROP DOWN INTO A ROOM UNDER IT.
THERE'S ALSO TWO DOORS --
>> I THINK WE NEED TO FIND OUT HOW MANY TOURS HAPPENED.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY HAD, THIS WASN'T
SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST PICK UP, YOU KNOW, WALKING THROUGH THE
CAPITOL.
>> YOU THINK WE MAY BE ON THE CUSP OF DISCOVERING THAT THIS
GOES FAR DEEPER THAN MOST OF US IMAGINED.
>> I THINK WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF THAT AND WE CAN'T RULE THAT
OUT.
>> HAVE YOU ISOLATED WHO THOSE MEMBERS WERE?
>> THE CAPITOL POLICE IS GETTING INFORMATION FROM THE LEADERSHIP
THERE. I WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT MEMBER
OF CONGRESS THAT WAS SO THAT I KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL DOWN
HERE TOGETHER.
>> RIGHT. THE CONGRESSMAN WHO SITS ON THE
COMMITTEE THAT OVERSEES THE CAPITOL POLICE IS SAYING CAPITOL
POLICE ARE NOT BEING AS TRANSPARENT AND PERHAPS YOU
WOULD HOPE THEY WOULD BE.
>> YES. IT'S NOT GOOD.
I TAKE SOLACE IN THE FACT THAT THE SECRET SERVICE ARE RUNNING
THE ENTIRE OPERATION FOR THE INAUGURATION.
THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CAPITOL POLICE ARE GREAT.
THEIR LEADERSHIP FAILED THEM.
>> THE SPEAKER HAS INSTITUTED NEW SAFETY PROTOCOLS AMONG WHICH
INCLUDE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAVE TO NOW GO THROUGH METAL
DETECTORS.
>> THERE WERE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO WOULD GO AROUND THE
METAL DETECTOR AND WALK INTO THE CHAMBER.
>> FRESHMAN LAUREN BOW VERT FROM COLORADO, THERE WAS A KIND OF
FIGHT.
>> THERE WAS A LITTLE PUSHING AND SHOVING WITH THE CAPITOL
POLICE. WE'RE NOT SFUMD
WE'RE NOT SFUTUPID. LIKE, YOU'RE NOT GOING THROUGH
THE METAL DETECTOR. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO BELIEVE
AFTEREVERYTHING THAT JUST HAPPENED?
YOU NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND WALK THROUGH THE MEKTD.
>> YOU DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO SECURE THE OUTSIDE, BUT MAYBE
THE BIGGEST THREAT IS INSIDE THE BUILDING.
>> YEAH. I'M REALLY TRYING TO CHECK MY
FEAR AND NOT GET CARRIED AWAY, BUT THE BUILDUP,
CHARLOTTESVILLE, TO THE PANDEMIC, TO DOMESTIC TERRORISM
ON THE CAPITOL, HANDS TIES TO GET MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND
PLANS OF ASSASSINATION?& THIS HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT AN
ESCALATION OF ANXIETY, NOT JUST FOR CONGRESS PEOPLE BUT FOR THE
WHOLE COUNTRY.
>> SECURITY IS DRAMATICALLY RAMPED UP HERE IN WASHINGTON TO
EXTRAORDINARY LEVELS IN PREP PARTICIPATIONS FOR
PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN'S INAUGURATION.
>> THE NATIONAL GUARD, THE TROOPS, ALL STATIONED AROUND.
THEY'RE CIRCLING THE CAPITOL. THEY ARE HEAVILY ARMED.
>> WE THINK ON THE FLOOR OF THE CAPITOL --
>> WASHINGTON, D.C., HAS TOLD PEOPLE TO STAY AWAY.
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO CONGREGATE HERE.
AND THERE'S FENCING ALL AROUND HERE.
>> THIS MALL ON A NORMAL INAUGURATION IS FILLED WITH
PEOPLE. IT'S A PICNIC.
IT'S A PARTY. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE,
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IN SOME CASES SHOW UP.
BUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE, THE CAL CAPITOL OF THE UNITED STATES
LOCKED DOWN WITH NATIONAL GUARD, WITH POLICE, WITH SECURITY
EVERYWHERE WHERE PEOPLE CAN'T COME IN AND CELEBRATE.
AND THEN THE SHOCK THAT THIS COUNTRY WENT THROUGH MORE THAN A
WEEK AGO IN THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL AND THE SADNESS AND THEN
THE SHAME.
>> WHAT ARE YOU MOST WORRIED ABOUT ON THE DAY?
>> WELL, FOR OUR COUNTRY AND THE WORLD TO SEE A NATION IN CHAOS.
>> ALL OF THE LIVING FORMER SECRETARIES OF DEFENSE,
INCLUDING YOURSELF, SIGNED ON TO AN OP-ED BEFORE LAST WEDNESDAY
OCCURRED, RIGHT? BASICALLY SAYING THE MILITARY IS
NOT GOING TO BE ON DONALD TRUMP'S SIDE IF HE TRIES TO
CLING TO POWER.
>> WE WANTED TO SEND A MESSAGE TO REMIND OUR SENIOR MILITARY
AND ALL OF OUR MILITARY THEIR OBLIGATION IS TO THE
CONSTITUTION. THAT'S THE OATH OF OFFICE WE ALL
TAKE, ELECTED OFFICIALS, MILITARY, NOT TO A COMMANDER IN
CHIEF, NOT TO A PRESIDENT, NOT TO A PARTY.
IF YOU HAVE GOT TO REFUSE AN ILLEGAL ORDER FROM YOUR
COMMANDER IN CHIEF, WE'LL SUPPORT YOU ON THAT.
>> YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY, HISTORIC DAY IN AMERICA, DONALD TRUMP
IMPEACHED FOR THE SECOND TIME. DOES IT SURPRISE YOU THAT ONLY
TEN HOUSE REPUBLICANS ENDED UP VOTING TO IMPEACH?
>> I'M NOT SURPRISED. I MEAN, I THINK THESE PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN SO COWED BY TRUMP AND HIS SUPPORTERS THAT THEY'RE
SCARED. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY USED TO
STAND FOR SOME PRINCIPLES. THERE'S NO REPUBLICAN PARTY.
THERE'S A TRUMP PARTY.
>> THERE'S A SENSE RIGHT NOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT
THE COUNTRY MIGHT BE COME EIGHT PART AT THE SEAMS.
EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK, UP TO AND INCLUDING LAST WEEK, YOU SEE
SIGNS OF SEVERE STRESS ON THE BONDS THAT HOLD THE COUNTRY
TOGETHER, AND THERE IS STILL, AS WE STARTED OUR CONVERSATION
TALKING ABOUT, WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN OVER THESE COMING DAYS.
YOU KNOW, JUST NOW A LOT OF INTENSE SCRUTINY ON THESE
RIGHT-WING, VIOLENT EXTREMIST GROUPS.
DO YOU SHARE THAT CONCERN THAT TRUMP MIGHT SOME WAY INCITE THAT
AS THE SAME HE DID LAST WEEK?
>> THAT'S STILL A REALITY AND STILL POSSIBLE.
HERE'S THE DANGER -- HE STARTED SOMETHING THAT HE CAN'T CONTROL.
>> YES.
>> HE'S PUT IN MOTION SOMETHING HE NOW CAN'T STOP.
AND THAT'S ALL THESE NUTS OUT THERE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT.
AND I DO THINK THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME PROBLEMS HERE IN
WASHINGTON, BUT AT LEAST WE'RE PREPARING FOR IT.
WE'RE SHUTTING DOWN WASHINGTON. WE'RE SHUTTING DOWN CAPITOLS
AROUND THE COUNTRY. WHEN IT'S OVER, WHAT HAPPENS?
THESE GROUPS ARE STILL OUT THERE.
>> IT'S NOT ABOUT TRUMP ANYMORE. IT'S ABOUT EMBOLDENED RIGHT-WING
EXTREMISTS WHO SAW LAST WEEK AS A FILL
A FIAILURE BUT AS A SUCCESS.
>> AND AS A CHALLENGE TO DO MORE.
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