His place in the history book of impeachment was already secure. But this solidifies his unique low point in american history. Now, trumps charge with incitement to insurrection stemming on the capitol hill a month ago. Tonight in a interview with cbs news, speaking out about trumps behavior, if he would vote for impeachment if he were still in the senate . I ran like hell to defeat him, i felt he was unfit to be president. I watched when everyone else watched when the crew invaded the congress. I will let the senate make the decision. Should former President Trump still receive Intelligence Briefings . I think not. Why not. Because of his eradict behavior. What is your worst fear if he continues to get the Intelligence Briefings . I would rather not speculate outloud, i just think that theres no need for him to have the intelligence briefing. What value is giving him an intelligence briefing. What impact does he have at all other than the fact that he may slip and say something. Tonight the latest reporting from the New York Times said trumps defense lawyers have quote, worked feverishly on friday to get up to speed on the case and prepare for the trial. It adds, that they had yet to learn anything about how the trial would operate. Including its schedule, how much time the defense would have to present its arguments and the rules for entering evidence. Im starting tuesday and we have no agreement for how any resolutions will be put forward, mr. Schoen said in a telephone interview, we have no rules, no agenda, no timeframe, theres no possible way this is consistent with due process. Politico says that trump allies are fearing the below back of the Impeachment Trial, some of his supporters fear that the trial could further damage his reputation. The departments have a very emotional and compeling case said former white house steve bannon, they are going to try to convict him in the eyes of the American People and smear him forever. Though that ship may have already sailed. As all of this unfolds, President Biden took his first flight on air force 1. The smaller version, for the short flight over to delaware. President is refusing to back down amid opposition from republicans who want to shrink his nearly 2 trillion relief bill. He said that his strongest message yet that he is willing to move had forward on his Economic Relief plan without republican support. Both the senate and house have signed off on an initial version of a budget plan that would begin turning bidens proposal in to real legislation. Speaker pelosi and House Democrats met with biden today, she said that she wants the house to pass its version of bidens plan within a couple of weeks. The economy remains anemic after a year of this pandemic. 49,000 jobs were added to our economy in january, we are still down 10 million, give or take. Something biden took note of today. Its very clear, our economy is still in trouble. Im going to act fast. I would like to be, i would like to be doing it with the support of republicans, if i have to choose between getting help right now, to americans, who are hurting so badly and getting bogged down in a lengthy negotiation or compromise on a bill that is, that is up to the crisis, thats an easy choice. What republicans have proposed is either to do nothing, or not enough. President said today, he will not budget on the idea of 1400 dollars stimulus checks, but tonight he is signaled his proposal to raise the minimum wage to 15, may not be part of the final bill. Im prepared as president of the United States on a separate negotiation on minimum wage but that had may not be in your American Rescue plan . No, i put it in, but i dont think its going to survive. Meanwhile, the administration is stepping up its effort to get had more americans vaccinated. Today, yankee stayedup, officially opened ask a mass vaccination site in new york. President has signed off on a series of initiatives to use the Defense Production Act while Invoking Fema and the u. S. Military in stepping up vaccinations. Pentagon sending over a thousand troops to various sites across the country. Today the cdc director said that the u. S. Is beginning to see a decrease in cases since the post christmas peak on january 8 even though numbers remain dangerously high. We now know the full toll of this pandemic, but you may recall what Journalist Bob Woodward wrote that there were early signs back in 2020, when Trumps National security adviser old the president way back on january 28th, over a year ago now, quote, this will be the biggest National Security threat you face in your presidency. This is going to be the rough estimate thing you face. Well, meanwhile, this is what the public heard. We are working very strongly with china on the coronavirus thats a new had thing that a lot of people are talking about. We only have five people, hopefully everythings going to be great. I want to stress that the risk to the American Public is low. You have an experienced, first class, the worlds best Public Health care system and professionals looking outfor you. My administration will take all necessary steps to safeguard its citizens from the threat. We all saw how that went. On february 5th, 2020, chris murphy sent this out on social media expressing his concerns. Just left the Administration Briefing on coronavirus. Bottom line, they arent taking this seriously enough. Notably no request for any emergency funding, which is a big mistake. On february 7th, trump revealed to bob woodward, he knew how lethal virus was. It goes through air, bob, thats always tougher than the touch. The touch, you dont have to touch things. The air, you just breathe the air and its how its passed. Its more deadly than the flu, its deadly stuff. A familiar face to us, alexander jaffe, she is these day thes a political reporter for the associated press. Jason johnson, campaign veteran and journalist, contributor and a professor of politics at morgan state university. And dr. Kavita patel, Clinicaling Physician and policy aide during the obama administration, she is now a nonresident fellow at brookings and is among our medical contributors. Well, good evening and welcome to do you all, especial welcome to you, alexandra and as we all know, impeachment could not come in a busier time than for the brand new administration, and here comes the cliche riddled question to you, whether the Biden White House can walk and chew gum at the same time . Absolutely, its the question they have received for the past month, even before biden came in the white house. And they have repeatedly insisted they can. Theres every indication that they can. Biden has a packed week next week. He is heading to the nih on thursday. The Defense Department to meet with the secretary of defense on tuesday. And a Vaccination Seminar on wednesday. And while that is happening, his legislative agenda is moving forward on capitol hill as half of the day is spent on the Impeachment Trial. The house is working on markups of the covid19 bill. Senators are already talking about amendments to that bill. Despite the fact that the nation will be focused on impeachment and the news cycle will be dominated by impeachment, joe biden and democrats on capitol hill are working to move his agenda forward. Jason johnson, i have one for you. One of the president s impeachment lawyers was on fox news tonight and was asked about the prospect of all of these videos of rioters, insurrection, looting, the taking of our capitol, how they could possibly counter that in defending the president , i will play for you his answer. We will talk about it on the other side. Theres an awful lot of tape of cities burning, and courthouses being attacked and federal agencies being assaulted by rioters in the streets cheered on by democrats, throughout the country, and many of them in washington using really the most inflammatory rhetoric that can be used and theres no suggestion that they did anything to incite any of the actions that certainly there was not any. Anyhow. Here, when you have the president of the United States give a speech and says, you should peacefully make your thinking known to the people in congress, he is all of a sudden, the villain. So, you better be careful what you wish for. So, jason, what do you make of that legal Audio Visual Strategy and second question, do you have any indication the outcome, this time, will be different from last . With well, i will give you the second question first, no, the outcome will not be different. Republicans will not vote to impeach donald trump again. They will give a bunch of speeches and say they are disappointed and unhappy and held not vote to impeach him. I have to say on the scale of sort of My Cousin Vinnie to jackie childs, this is really bad lawyering. It makes sense that five people dropped out of the Legal Defense team. Heres the thing, the argument that you can somehow distract the public by saying protests last year about the murder of george floyd are somehow similar to a president of the United States who spent 21 2 months lying about an election and then ginning up a crowd to attack the capitol, a crowd that said consistently they want to hang mike pence and video of them saying we are doing it for donald trump. Lets call trump and tell him we are here. I dont remember anybody protesting and saying we are doing it for nains pelosi. I dont remember anybody protesting about Breonna Taylors death and saying we are doing it for chuck schumer. If the argument is that the democrats did the same thing that donald trump did, it will fall on deaf ears. Theres no chance that anybodys mind is going to be changed to defend donald trump based on the defense of his lawyers tonight. Dr. , take us in the territory of what is an uncontrolled pandemic officially. I read today that if this current pace of vaccination continues, it will take us seven years to get where we want to get. But if i asked you to give us a positive report on the effort to stop the spread, could you . Yeah, brian, actually, there are glimmers of hope. You are right. To give context, yesterday, we did ten times as many vaccinations in a 24 hour period as there were coronavirus cases. So, theres still too many new cases of coronavirus, but they are coming down as you mentioned and we are Getting Better and better news from manufacturers, Johnson Johnson filed for an emergency authorization yesterday, looks likely that they will receive fda authorization in the next week or so. And that will give us, brian, an incredible number of one dose shots that are highly effective and be an incredible kind of tailwind for the vaccination and then on the heels of that, we are looking at probably getting more promising data from novavax and other manufacturers behind that. You are correct on the current path, it would take us a long time. But we are about to see through new manufacturing as well as what the president is invoking from the Defense Production Act, some real ability to get to that appreciates Herd Immunity sooner than we think. Alexandra, i know in your job, you get to write the first draft of history. Especially at the associated press. I also know you know recent mitt recent political history. That is how i will load this question. What is the down said of President Biden getting this Relief Package with not a single republican vote. It has been done . Well, the risk is that he poisons the well for future legislative negotiations with the republicans. We have heard the republicans warn, if you push it through without bipartisan support, the rest of your agenda may be dead on arrival. He has laid out an ambitious agenda. He wants to get work done on Climate Change and health care, so, it makes things that much tougher if republicans say, you know what . You were not negotiating in good faith from the start. It also, raises questions about his brand. Joe biden has built a political brand over decades as a deal maker. And a person who genuinely believes in bipartisanship. That is how he came to be known as Vice President , that is how he was known in his time in the senate. And that is how he ran his campaign, even on inauguration day, he promised to unify the country and work across the aisle. And i think some voters that were won over by the pitch, may be wondering if this was the president that they hoped it would be and maybe wondering if he has broken the promises. So there could be political ramifications if he pushes through things unilaterally and that said, this package has widespread support and we show that americans overwhelmingly support it. The political optics for pushing through a plan that americans both support and clearly need are pretty positive for him and it may insulate him from political fallout. Jason, you will think you are the lucky recipient of the video daily double. I have another one for you, this is mtg from today, we will discuss on the other side. Im fine with being kicked off of my committees because it would be a waste of my time. Now i is a lot of free time on my hands that means i can talk to a lot of people all over the country and i can talk to more people and make connections and build a huge amount of support. Im going to be holding the Republican Party accountable and pushing them to the right. So, jason, for bringing home the bacon to her congressional district, when you take away Committee Assignments there goes the bacon. Not so much on running for the folks back home. But fundraising, yes. Building her own personal stardom . Yes, do you think Kevin Mccarthy views this Ask A Problem or a kind of a secret asset . You know, mccarthy probably thinks its a secret asset. But we have to look at the history of this, its a Self Agrandizing thing that does not manifest or improve votes. Marjorie taylorgreene is not going to flip anybodys seat in 2022. Marjorie taylorgreene is going to raise a lot of money for herself. But whether or not she becomes something beneficial to the Republican Party, i dont think its going to happen. Look, her antisemitic, and the fact that she was threatening corey bush and the fact that she has refused to apologize for anything, and she is mainstream is qanon which is a White Nationalist death cult. None of that is a benefit. So what the republicans should be doing is for all the times they have tried to its what will happen with them with Marjorie Taylorgreene. If they let her run around the country with free time, every person she touches she is going to offend. Not just with not wearing a mask, but with the qanon stink, which is not what republicans want to run against in 2022, but mccarthy cannot control his own caucus, so he will let it run wild. Doctor, lets take what jason said as a segue, the state of iowa is ready to go back to the old days. Lifting restrictions. Lifting public occupancy rules. Gathering limits. We are doing to sound like a scold if we say, isnt that the fastest way to fill up Emergency Rooms and perhaps even force another lockdown . Yeah, brian, i mean, this is now its so clearly been demonstrated countless times from the Republican Convention to rallies, to Grocery Stores in florida, where they actively are proud of not Wearing Masks that doing all of this is exactly the formula for overwhelming your health care system. For denying care. For all other medical conditions. Because you are tying up your Health System with covid cases and furthermore, infecting and killing people, so, it really is, i have gotten to the point that that type of action, really should be held accountable in a curtain of law. These are actions that are absolutely going to heed to deaths and hospitalizations and cases and who knows what kind of chronic symptoms. Brian, so, this is the kind of political posturing that is getting the American Public nowhere. But further down, i truly hope that people come to their senses, not just in iowa, but around the country, where they are using it as a badge of honor to show kind of this individualism, when the true individualism, brian, is to take this seriously and realize your actions can affect people exponentially, that is the definition of viral spread. We are much obliged for the big three starting off our friday broadcast. Greatly appreciated, thank you all. Coming up for us, why one of our next guests a lifelong conservative said it could be beneficial to keep this Marjorie Taylorgreene around and later, an extreme group of political activists taking aim at the government, not the ones from a month ago on the hill. What our past can teach us about defeating extremism in our midst. All of it as The 11th Hour is just getting under way. And the fiery. Dont let migraine keep you. From saying i am here. aim to be there more. With aimovig. A preventive treatment. For migraine in adults. One dose. 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They pointout, with his sights set on winning back the house and the prize speakers gavel, he is trying to the pro trump wing. Well, for more, we are thrill willed to welcome to our broadcast, caoline randal williams. She is a writer in residence with the Department Of Health and society at Vanderbilt University in nashville. And we welcome back bill crystal, part of the reagan and bush administrations and editor at large over at the bullwork. Caroline, indeed, welcome to the broadcast. Thrilled to have you and what i hope is a layup to start you off. Is mtg more of a threat to the democrats or republicans . I love that question. I think that she is sort of obviously more of a threat, in my mind to republicans if they are, you know, most of the decent republicans have abandoned the party and set up groups like mr. Crystals that are antithis movement, or left the movement all together. Joe scarborough and nicole wallace, that kind of thing. Steve schmidt, the republicans that are trying to claim that its a party of decent americans who are sane and on the side of all americans. They are going to have a hard time justifying the Claims Andthe allegiance in the face of the ongoing rise. She ises more of a threat to the Republican Party. And bill crystal, you made the point that its better to do have her around. That you think its actually useful, expand on that. Well, im being slightly ironic, she says out loud what others dont say. The party is trumps and nobody els. Think of that for a minute. What is she talking about in in america, Political Parties blng to the voters who vote for them. The people who belong to the parties and the elected foised officials of the party. The party is trumps and nobody els, that is something that you say, lit are that is literally an authoritarian leader. Its not even thepresident that is in charge. Its the expresident. Nobody can think of saying this even about a former beloved president. The party is barack obama, its no one elses, and you know, he was president and we respect him, and its a Political Party and we are free citizens and we are each an elected official obliged to follow our own judgment, the type of autoritarianism, she is proud of being in a party that you dont want in a democracy. What about being a member of congress . Getting tossed from committees frees up her time so she can spend more time with her conspiracy theories. The folks at home, send you to washington for a reason. I mean, one hopes, maybe some of the folks can make a statement and cause trouble, and to advance, to fight the liberals and all that. I mean, its, its part of a general degeneration of our politics, i mean, when she said that, you react correctly and a lot of people think, all they do anyway is give Press Conferences and speeches and attack people and have symbolic votes. When you look at how congress works, much too much is that way. 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I believe when the stories are told, of the human toll that was unleashed as a result of the wrecklessness of the former president of the United States, i hope that some of our colleagues will search their consciousness and Do The Right Thing. Congressman jeffries from new york, we will indeed find out soon. In four days the second Impeachment Trial of donald trump will be under way. Caroline, i want to hear you out on the subject of witnesses, we know how powerful and compelling Witness Testimony could be. We saw a lot of it on the floor of the house yesterday, just members of Congress Talking about that day. We have also seen the power of the video from that day. It is so oddly mesmerizing when you realize they are taking our capitol, they are looting our capital. Talk about the double edge sword of witnesses, the other edge being the shenanigans that the republicans may try to get in to. You know, i think that when i see those images and then, you pose that question, that way, brian, what comes to mind is that i think the lines were drawn i mean, they were drawn a long, long time ago. But they have been reactivated. Its hard to think that the testimony cannot sway somebody who has chosen a side. We all know that watching the other side do it or watching the other side be sad about what we perceive as our triumph, will not hurt us. And i think, i think, i struggle to believe that these people who have stood by, brewing these behaviors and this insane rhetoric, and being complicit in it for the last four years at least. I struggle to believe that the sort of visual outcome of that is going to do much swaying. I think that there are a lot of really smart people that are serving the represent are can party in the house who already know that this is who they are working with. I think that the Southern Strategy is paying off now. I think it was a deal that with the devil and the accounts being called in and all the republicans who followed lee atwater in to the 80s are paying for it now and being willing to use strategies that rely on dog whistles and appealing to White Supremacy to get votes. One, that was when the Republican Party stopped being the party of lincoln and its, you know, it is sad to me that i dont see this as some sort of i dont see the promise of bearing witness as something that is going to move people to Do The Right Thing at last. Because i think its a little late for that. Well, bill crystal, i cannot say it better than that. And let me start with you, where she left off. Is there any card the democrats can play, what if anything would give air cover, which is a necessary commodity in washington, you have speculated about republicans that might come over, what would give them air cover to suddenly find their courage and gather themselves up and vet to convict . I think care line is right, unlikely they are looking for an excuse to not convict and that excuse will be a bogus argument that they cannot convict a president while he is on out of office. I would say the one thing, i think the House Managers are going to make a strong case and the way to do it is both the inkitement to the riot. The breaching of the capitol, the grounds was maybe laid over the last four or five years or 20, 25 years, as caroline suggested, but as trump doing nothing as its happening and he is the president. Other people have given irresponsible speeches, nobody has been president and watched the capitol be breached, and people to whom he just spoke to, and people who came to washington because he asked them come to washington, and he does not call them off for two or three hours. Watches it on television, enjoys it. Does not call the Defense Department, a meeting of the security council, doesnt call the fbi, doesnt make sure all resources are being rushed there to stop the injuries, the mayhem, the deaths as it turned out. If you can show the images that you are showing now of what is happening at the capitol and then split screen, show President Trump in the oval office watching television and doing nothing and just doing it almost every hour. 1 30, 2 00, 2 30 p. M. It brings home what an Incredible Derriliction of duty. Theres president s that is said things that were, you know, as i say, irresponsible or illadvised, no president has sat watching television when the capitol of the United States was stormed, and enjoying it. And tweets and praising to people had that did it. I think theres a chance that might get on to people. Bill crystal, thank you, brilliant stuff and caroline, please take it the right way, i was tired of watching you be brilliant with lawrence odonnell, often minutes before we came on the air, i so greatly appreciate you accepting our invitation so we can spread some of that brilliance around to our audience, we hope its the first of many times. Thank you both, have a good weekend. No matter which team you are rooting for. Coming up for us tonight, 16, the taking of our capitol, lets call it what it was. It happened a month ago tomorrow and as john meachem will tell us, its far from the first time that the gop has had to taken on extremists within. Mom mom every day can be extraordinary with rich, creamy, delicious fa total yogurt. In a year of changes. Dont take chances on your taxes. Be 100 certain with jackson hewitt. Well get your taxes done right, guaranteed. Keeping your Oysters Business growing well get your taxes done right, guaranteed. Has you swamped. You need to hire. 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The question of how republicans deal with the extremists in their ranks is now more urgent than perhaps at any other point since the birch societys heyday in the 60s. The gop is morphing in to a quasiau the thoritarian party. We are so pleased to have with us tonight, our friend, john meachem. He occasionally advises the new president on historical matters and major speeches and again, relevant to our conversation, he is coauthor of the handy book we use it every year around impeachment, a big night for vanderbilt. You add in willie geist and you have the holy trinity. You should all be very, very proud. Following caroline was not my plan. You never go after a star so i have been wanting to have her on for a long time as our staff will tell you. Lets talk about, other times this particular party has had shall we call it an extremist problem. I was thinking this week about a passing conversation i had was lucky enough to have with George Herbert walker bush, who in 1962 63 was chairman of the Harris CountyRepublican Party in houston. George hw bush was a hugely ambitious, eager politician, son of a senator from connecticut, wanted to be in politics the next year before he turned 40. He announced for the senate and challenged yarborough, he was not someone that was not interested in his political future. The John Birch Society saw general marshal, president eisenhower, as quote, conscious agents of the communist conspiracy. I believe all was a Student Essay Question of what were the best grounds to impeach chief Justice Warren from power. And it was this kind of qanon like group. And george bushs task as chairman of the party in texas, and texas was a birch strong hold to purge the party and say, this is not who we are. Those are extremisms and he did it. I remember asking the former president whether it has been painful. And the way to do George Hw Bush voice is mr. Rodgers trying to be john wayne. He said, painful, no, and i did all right. It was hard, but you know, i did just fine. And i think that is an important point for republicans who were republicans before the trump take over. And i know their arguments that it was not a take over, but a natural development. I think that is a much more debatable point. But at this hour, theres a political power that is threatening the health of our elected representatives and our country. And you may say, if you are a democrat, if you are a progressive, you may say good. Let the Republican Party implode and that may be fine to have this this particular iteration of it. But since jefferson and hamilton, the country has needed two parties. Having a healthy competition ultimately is good for the country, the problem now is that one of the parties is not a rational actor, but the example of president bush shows you can stand up to extremists and still thrive in the party. Is it possible in 45 seconds to speculate how they get their brand back as a party . Do they, i guess they have to want it first. They have to want it. There has to be, you know, im kind of in the camp that, it probably needs to break up as a clinical observer. You probably need to have the core, core trump people leave. I dont think that the establish. Republicans insofar are there are any, want to see it happen. They know its a decade long loss. The party probably needs it, i would argue. In the same way that the republicans needed on to get rid of the anticommunism, thats fine. Its about can you agree on facts . Can you understand that we are devoted to the same ends which is a more perfect union. Even if you disagree to the death on the means. 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The state Health Department did not issue a washing, it just shut them down for six months because the doctor and his staff vaccinated local teachers and the state said its not their turn. We vaccinated a total of 177 School System employees. You did it while you were also vaccinating seniors . Thats right, we were trying to do it all, simultaneously. In a time where vaccination clinics were struggling to get up and runare up and running this one had bought a Ultra Cold Freezer and they were giving out 6070 doses a day. We were the only ones vaccinating every day at this rate for the county. The clinic was so efficient it wrapped up the first stage early. There was never malicious intent to defy the state and nothing that was trying to move people ahead of each other. It was trying to vaccinate everybody as quick as we can. Is it fair the say that theres people sitting a home that are eligible for vaccines and who would be here today if you were not closed sdmoun. Absolutely. The Medical Center which has treated locals for more than 50 years appealed the state decision. But the Health Department said the problem is supply. And it feels forced on to set an example. Going out of the face and almost in a deliberate manner was something that we could not ignore. And we needed to make sure that others that are vaccinating understand that, when we have limitations we have to follow a plan that the communicated. Surely theres a compromise that doesnt keep them out of the loop for six full months. What happens in three months when you on open up to the general population and here you have a facility that is ready to go. And instead, is dark. As i have stated before. We will continue to monitor the situation. State officials have increased vaccines to other locations in the county and say theres sufficient local access. Whether its a state, a county or a clinic. Is facing an impossible situation. A sophies choice, who do you decide to give a limited number of vaccines too, when everyone is deserving . He said that he understands, and wants to follow the rules. Is it emotional for you and your staff to see the place empty . Its heartbreaking, we poured everything in the past few months to try to make this a success. For now, all they can do is wait. . We have seen a lot of tears shed, a lot of sleepless nights trying understand why this would happen to people who were trying to Do The Right Thing. Nbc news, georgia. Unbelievable story. Another break for us and coming up there are two kinds of bowls this coming sunday, super and puppy. One of them will feature the first lady and the first new, the brand new white house residents. ] [ Speaking Indistinctly ] [ truck beeping ] [ Speaking Indistinctly ] [ beeping continues ] [ Engine Revving ] obviously, i have not been to the zoo since. [ truck departs ] what . Switch to progressive and you can save hundreds. 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