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Curnow. With just 11 days remaining in his term, donald trump faces the very real possibility of becoming the first u. S. President to be impeached twice. A single article of impeachment is expected to be introduced in the u. S. House of representatives on monday. It accuses the president of incitement of insurrection for wednesdays deadly siege of the u. S. Capitol by a protrump mob. Five people have died including a Capitol Police officer. And twitter suspended the president s account permanently. And Congressional Democrats would prefer that theed me resign immediately or be removed under the 25th amendment of the u. S. Constitution, neither, though, is considered likely so impeachment is the next probable next move as manu raju now explains and how that could play out. Reporter House Democrats are pushing ahead and may make donald trump a historic figure in his regard, the only president in American History who could be impeached twice. This comes in the aftermath of the demands by nancy pelosi, the House Speaker and other Top Democrats that the president resign, or that they Vice President mike pence and the president ial cabinet invoke the 25th amendment of the constitution, to force the president out of office. Now, theres no indication the president is going to resign. Theres no indication that pence is going to invoke the 25th amendment. And there are all indications that democrats trying to push ahead to impeach donald trump. And what the democrats are looking at is one article of impeachmentment, looking at the incitement of an insurrection. That is the article with which they would charge the president with committing a high crime misdemeanor. According to this document that i obtained it shows that they accused the president of high primes by his action postelection. His efforts to try to overturn the election. Of course, all culminating on wednesday when he incited that violent and deadly mob to come to capitol hill and led to the deaths of five individuals so far. And so much destruction and damage and fear here in this Capitol Building caused by that mob of Trump Supporters. This comes as some republicans seem open to the idea of removing the president from office. And at least one republican so far calling on the president to resign. Lisa murkowski of alaska. Now, theres still questions how this will work. The democrats, if they go ahead are looking at a possible vote in the full house by the middle of next week. But will there be enough time for an impeachment trial before hes done. Highly unlocaikeunlikely. And could kick the matter toed bide sadministration. And they could have an impeachment at that point and prevent donald trump from ever running for office again. All of those decisions again, on the next day or so, on the horizon as they push ahead to make donald trump out the only one of president s impeached and twice only one of them. Twitter has banned the president for life. The risk of him inciting riots is too deadly. As Brian Seltzer explains and why losing twitter is an especially hard blow to this president. Brian. Reporter hey, yes, its hard to imagine President Trump without a twitter account. Those two words trump and twitter have been linked together for the past four year. Hes used it to mobile United States his followers to share incendiary information. And all that has been taken away. Twitter has banned him. They call it a permanent suspension. It is a ban. This is the first time any world leader is known to have been banned from twitter. It is a moment in Silicon Valley history. And also a moment in political history. And one has to wonder how trump is reacting. How he is feeling about this decision. The white house did release a statement from trump. He railed against twitters decision, he tried to get his followers to follow him to other platforms. He said hell come up with other ways to communicate via social media. Make no mistake, he has built up a special following on to witter that cannot be recreated anywhere else. He had more than 80 million followers and cannot take that to somewhere else over night. Twitter says the decision has been made partly because of fears of further violence. They are concerned that trump will cause further violence from days to come. And could turn to riots. That is a real fear of Silicon Valley executives, twitter and facebook and youtube platforms, other companies. They do not want to be seen as even partially responsible for any further violence in the United States in the days and weeks to come. Brian stelter, cnn, new york. Donald trump isnt the only person to lose access to twitter. The company has been cracking down on thousands of accounts that spread conspiracies. Sidney powell and Michael Flynn have also now been blocked from the platform for promoting the Conspiracy Group qanon. And google will no longer carry parlor in its app store. And then on friday before his account was suspended President Trump tweeted that he would not attend joe bidens inauguration. Hell be the first u. S. Leader to skip his replacements swearing in for more than 150 years. The president elect isnt exactly broken up about it as jeff zeleny said in a report. Jeff. Hes one of the most incompetent president s in the history of the United States of america. So, the idea that i think he shouldnt be out of Office Yesterday is not an issue. Reporter president elect joe biden sparing no words for President Trump. But not embracing impeaching him in the final days of a tumultuous term. So, i think its important we get on with the business getting him out of office the quickest way that will happen is us being sworn in on the 20th. Reporter biden insisted it was up to congress to decide how to deal with trumps conduct that incited deadly violence this week at the capitol. He said his focus was having the nation on its mounting challenges. Im focused on the virus, vax seen and economic growth. What congress decides to do is for them to decide. Reporter biden issued a call for a full investigation into the breach of the capitol, an attack he said was carried out by thugs and domestic terrorists. The damage done to youre reputation around the world by a president of the United States encouraging a mob, a mob, this reminded me more of states ive visited in the over 100 countries ive gone to. In third tenhorn dictatorships. It has to be immediately held accountable. Reporter biden said the events of the week made him consider his hope that trump would attend the inauguration to show the worlds peaceful transfer of power. One. Few things he and i ever agreed on, its a good thing im not showing up. Reporter he said Vice President pence was welcome and was heartened that so many republicans stood against trumps attempt to steal the election. Ive worked very hard with and against the soon to be former majority leader Mitch Mcconnell. I thought what he said on the floor of the United States senate was in fact the right thing to do. He stood up. Hes ashamed. I spoke with the guy i have enormous respect for, enormous respect for, and i ran against him, mitt romney. I spoke to mitt this morning again. This is a man of enormous integrity. Enormous integrity, who lives his faith. Reporter when asked whether the horrific events of the week made his task of unifying the country even more difficult, biden said this i think it makes my job easier, quite frankly. Ive had a number of my republican colleagues, former colleagues, i used to serve in the senate for a long time, call me. They are many of them are as outraged and disappointed and embarrassed and mortified by the president s conduct as i am. And democrats are. We must unify the country. Reporter but it is that very question of unity that hangs over this impeachment decision. If democrats in the house were 230 go forward against impeachment proceedings what would Senate Republicans do. Thats one of the concerns that mr. Biden has trying to unify the country when he takes over on january 20th. Jeff zeleny, wilmington, delaware. Jessica is one of the authors of a podcast. Wonderful to have you on the show. What were seeing on the tech giants across the board, it seems like, theyve certainly come down hard on President Trump, silencing him on social media. Its been a defiant, timed and very coordinated effort, hasnt it . It has. It does feel like there are a lot of people abandoning this sinking ship. And sometimes, when the first person starts, then other people or corporations will follow. So, i think thats what happened. It was a big deal for twitter to suspend the president s account just temporarily. And then when they decided, today, okay, this is enough. You are permanently banned, that essentially gives the other Tech Companies cover to say, okay, we are going to follow suit. These posts, they also violate our external policies. So, now its not just President Trump, its not just his twitter feed, we have websites, hash tags, podcasts, Message Boards all linked to the president and supporters. Theyve also been shut down, again, across the board, on different platforms. In a country that is so hyper sensitive about First Amendment rights, how likely does it mean that not only are these moves censureships but Court Challenges . Extremely likely. As we said, we have a very first First Amendment censureship in our country. Even First Amendment purists, i used to think of myself as one are worried about what is currently happening with the massive amounts of disinformation. Look at whats happened. We have a capitol under siege. We have our elected officials, cowering, praying, calling their loved ones inside the floor of the house. Why . Because people say things that are fraudulent and not based in reality. Will there be lawsuits . Absolutely. Will they be successful . I dont know, because, again, the First Amendment protects against government incursions. Twitter is not the government. Facebook is not the government. Google play is not the government. It will be a huge sea change in our country if we do try and clamp down on this disinformation. Its not going to happen through the law, likely. It will happen, instead, by what were seeing now, private companies deciding this is enough. Theres also talk, though, about the second push by the democrats to impeach the president. Practically, how much can they push through in the next two weeks . So, the next question, obviously, is this really a political move . Or is there some legal flexibility here . Both. So there is a physical universe in which it is in fact possible to impeach the president and even remove him from office in less than two weeks. F we truly believe that the president poses a National Security risk, the house can draw up articles of impeachment over the weekend. It sounds like theyre going to do that. They can vote on them very quickly and then they can say to the senate, now is your time. You need a trial. Trials dont have to last weeks and weeks. Trials dont even have to last two days. The real issue is that i still dont think theres a super majority of the senate. I still dont think there are 67 members of the senate that would vote to convict. At that point, the impeachment probably does become symbolic. Now, why does it matter . In part to try and get the president to move from office. In part, because as a consequence of impeachment, you could say he can never run for office again. That would be a big deal. It would clamp down on what could say for the next four years and the money he could raise for the next four years. Thats interesting. One other thing, president elect biden says the one that he and President Trump should agree on that mr. Trump should not be at the inauguration. Its now become a flash point date. A security concern. A reminder that the president does not want to hand over power despite losing. How dangerous, do you think, the next two weeks are . And in particular, that day that joe biden takes over . I think that there are serious security concerns. If you just think about, for instance, in relationship where somebody is behaving badly. And then they realize that the relationship is going to end, thats the scariest part, right . Because you dont know what that person is going to do. The fact that we have news reports that the speaker of the house nancy pelosi has been assured that military will prevent the president of the United States from launching a nuclear war, again, just reports, these are extraordinary times. And thats a very precarious place to be in. Again, just a few hours ago, really, our capitol was under siege. There were violent rioters, not protesters, that forced our elected representatives to shelter in place. I think the inauguration is going to be the next big day where we look and we worry about potential violence. And i think it will be a fairly smallal fair, when we talk about the inauguration as a result. Okay. Thanks so much. Always great to think to you there. Jessica levinson. Thank you. Thank you. Images of that riot at the u. S. Capitol shocked the world. Now, those same scenes are used to find the perpetrators and bring them to justice. Well have the latest on the investigation. Plus, covid vaccinations in the u. S. Still lagging woefully behind expectations. A little later in the show we will explain incoming president joe bidens plan to speed up the shots and why its already controversial. Thats next, too. See. Deeper than whu im craving something were missing. The ceramides in cerave. Cerave contains three essential ceramides, to restore the ones weve lost and help repair my natural barrier. So i can lock in moisture, and keep us protected. Were in this together, so weve got to have each others backs. And fronts. Cerave. Now the 1 dermatologist recommended skincare brand. Always have been. Er. And always will be. Never letting anything get in my way. 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Reporter new Court Documents detailed the larges against lonny coffman of alabama who Officials Say packed his truck with 11 molotov cocktails, a handgun and Assault Rifle and parked it only a block from the capitol grounds. Hes one of 13 people just charged by the department of justice, as investigators are scouring the internet for images to identify those involved on wednesdays attack on the capitol. Federal officials also just charged West Virginia state lawmaker Derrick Evans after he live streamed from inside the capitol and identified himself. Im in the capitol. Reporter evans attorney insists his client is not a criminal, instead, exercising his First Amendment right as, quote, activist and journalist, evans since deleted the clip but West Virginias governor did not mince words on what he saw. Its a scar on West Virginia. How in the world could we possibly, possibly think thats anything but bad stuff . Reporter also arrested, the man seen sitting at the desk of House Speaker Nancy Pelosis office. Richard barnett of arkansas face a trio of charges including theft of federal property, an act he detailed in a local Television Interview on thursday. Sat down at my desk, im a taxpayer, im a patriot. That aint her desk. He saint appreciating the desk. I thought id sit down and appreciate the desk. I threw my feet up on the desk. Reporter but not all of the consequences are coming through the justice system. A Texas Attorney is no longer employed by his Insurance Company after posting what he called peacefully demonstrating on facebook. A maryland Marketing Company fired a worker seen inside the capitol wearing his company i. D. Badge. And former Pennsylvania State lawmaker resigned from his post as an adjunct after posting this video. Trying to run out all the evil people there. All that betrayed our president. Reporter police in their offices distributing photos of who restored the capitol and now saying they received 17,000 tips. D. C. Active police chief said they will aggressively pursue persons of interest. We still have a significant amount of work ahead of us to identify and hold each and every one of the violent mob accountable for their actions. Reporter investigators say photos are key for them. The fbi set u

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