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He suffered as a riotous group of folks incited by the president. The calls continue to grow for the president s immediate removal. Speaker pelosi and house leadership are on a phone call right now. We will speak with jim clyburn who is on the call right now in a moment. If you ask yourself, 230, yes, thats more than in the house but its still just one of them is a republican. Although the conservative wall street journal leaning page is asking the president to resign. The president for the firs...

Was totally appropriate. Trump now faces a second impeachment. Democrats allege he fuelled the insurrection. The consequences of not doing it are it will likely invite the president to engage in more misconduct. His actions have been inappropriate and have put this country in peril. This is someone that has and will continue to pose a direct threat to all of us. And if we do not act today donald trump should not hold Office One Day longer. The Impeachment Vote is expected tomorrow exactly one we...

A Senate Impeachment trial, or whether through potential criminal prosecution. But with all eyes on washington right now, where the National Guard is massing by the tens of thousands to protect the capitol in advance of next weeks inauguration, were going to start our news tonight with something that actually happened quite far from d. C. Today, something that, nevertheless, i think helps with the story of how we got to this chaotic and violent national moment. I want to start tonight in a count...

Really did the impossible by developing safe and effective coronavirus vaccines as quickly as they did. But then the government blew it. The government did not come up with any sort of National Plan at all to get the vaccines these scientists had made actually distributed at scale and administered to people with any sort of efficiency. And so even though those vaccines were developed and approved and produced with such alacrity all that got us is the situation were in tonight where millions of d...

Completely shut down the National Mall. Here was mayor bowser a moment ago. The inauguration is not the only target or activity that is out there being discussed. There are other events that lead up to that. And we thought that it was very important that the proven and effective framework that the u. S. Secret service sets up for National Security events would also be helpful in the leadup to the inauguration. While authorities maintain that joe biden will still be sworn in on the Capitol Steps ...

To capture and assassinate elected officials as other government officials question some of the evidence for that. These rioters believed, quote, the insurrection is still in progress, which is why d. C. Is in a total lockdown tonight, a baghdadstyle green zone guard by over 20,000 troops amidst reports that a rehearsal for the actual inauguration has already been delayed over security earp concerns. Authorities in the nation learning even more. New evidence of rioters plotting in a frenzy momen...

Us live tonight in just a moment. Were also going to be joined live tonight by the man who president elect biden Just Announced will be in charge of the countrys Vaccination Efforts against covid19. Scientists and researchers, of course, did their part. They moved heaven and earth and really did the impossible by developing safe and effective coronavirus vaccines as quickly as they did. But then the government blew it. The government did not come up with any sort of National Plan at all to get t...

Adviser to his inauguration team. The National Mall will now be closed, closed on inauguration day. Since monday National Guard forces in d. C. For the inauguration have more than doubled to more than 20,000 troops. While the president shows no interest in leading, the Vice President made to a hill to thank the National Guard. Chris wray in his first public appearance since last weeks riot warned about what he calls concerning online chatter surrounding next weeks inauguration. Wherever they sca...

Thousands to protect the capitol in advance of next weeks inauguration, were going to start our news tonight with something that actually happened quite far from d. C. Today, something that nevertheless, i think helps with the story of how we got to this chaotic and violent national moment. I want to start tonight in a county courtroom this afternoon. In the proceedings in this county courtroom this afternoon, proceedings because of the pandemic had to happen over zoom just like all of our work ...

Several individuals photographing and recording their work. Some of those videos have been uploaded online. The intelligence briefing also noted reports of unknown individuals accessing camera footage of secured areas where Public Access to prohibited. Again, that news just breaking tonight in the Washington Post. About new security warnings from the fbi. Not good. All right. That is going to do it for us for now. Ill see you again tomorrow night. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odo...