Defiled the seat of american democracy. To those who engaged in the acts of violence and destruction, you do not represent our country. We love you. Youre very special. And to those who broke the law, you will pay. Go home and go home in peace. We have just been through an intense election and emotions are high. But now tempers must be cooled and calm restored. Today is not the end. Its just the beginning. We must get on with the business of america. My campaign vigorously pursued every legal avenue to contest the election results. Mike pence is going to have to come through for us. Now congress has certified the results. A new administration will be inaugurated on january 20th. My focus now turns to ensuring a smooth, orderly and seamless transition of power. We will never give up. We will never concede. That is a man who two days ago preached the gospel of insurrection against the United States of america and against the United States constitution. But he actually swore an oath to uphold. Rudy giuliani two days ago was talking about combat justice and how they needed to rush up to capitol hill and apply combat justice. Don trump jr. , talked about the fact that they were coming after members of congress. Were coming to get you. And its going to be fun. Insurrection two days ago. Now there are investigations into whether the sitting president of the United States was guilty of insurrection against the United States of america. They need to make sure they do the same with Rudy Giuliani and don trump jr. , because just looking at the face of the statute, they are guilty of being a part of a conspiracy to commit insurrection against the United States of america. And no puff piece. No script written by terrified staff who saw their world crumbling before them can change that fact. He, his son, and Rudy Giuliani are guilty of insurrection. They should be arrested, i said it yesterday. They should be booked and they should be sent to jail. If we are a nation of laws, thats exactly what will happen. And this was an insurrection, willie, which left one woman dead and many others injured. This insurrection desecrated the United States capitol. The peoples house and interrupted democracy in action. Well, now, mika, a Police Officer is dead. A capitol hill Police Officer named Brian Sicknick was killed by the mob with a fire extinguisher. So the mobs that the president inspired with his rhetoric all along and especially with his rhetoric that morning as he told them to go to the capitol, that mob killed a capitol Police Officer. So you had a woman shot inside the capitol just outside the chamber doors. And a Police Officer is now dead. Many others are injured. So that speech yesterday that was written and plugged into the teleprompter is empty, it means nothing. Its beyond too little, its beyond too late. So is that the mob justice . Is that the combat justice that Rudy Giuliani, former prosecutor himself, was talking about . He urged the crowd on to show combat justice and a Police Officer is dead. One of the rioters is dead. That blood of course as both major newspapers in missouri have said, that blood is not only on Donald Trumps hands and Rudy Giulianis hands and the hands of donald trump jr. , its also on the hands of josh hawley, mika, who now the man who started actually the legislative side of this, that man who refused to back down even after open insurrection against the United States of america, he is now being called on to resign from the United States congress because of the crimes he has committed. He also lost his book deal. The publisher has pulled out. It is just another consequence to what appears to be just violent criminal actions. And proving once again, willie, that he just may well be the dumbest man in america with a degree from stanford and yale law school. Josh hawley, as he did with facebook and he did with social media platforms, hes doing now with a publisher. He keeps confusing the actions of private industry. Of private enterprises with the federal government. He keeps confusing the fact that if you are a profit making center, you can do what the hell you want to do as far as publishing. Because the First Amendment grants you that right. You can do what the hell you want to do with who you sign up to write a book. And by the way, if in the middle of that contract like lets say i have a contract to write a book on lincoln. Lets say between now and then i decide to commit treason against the United States of america. I decide to commit acts of sedition like josh hawley did. I decide to lead an insurrection against the United States of america and inspire actually the ravaging of the United States the discredited election. Yeah, i think my publisher has the right to cancel my contract. Thats Free Enterprise at work. Yeah. For people who dont know, he had a book deal, Simon Schuster canceled it and then he condemned the cancel culture and called it a violation of the First Amendment, again, a private entity cancelling a book deal is not a violation of the First Amendment. But the problem is like with his argument in the senate the other night is of course he knows the difference. Of course he knows better. And it makes it all the more cynical and all the more worse. Its a small microcosm of his larger issue which is he knows exactly what hes doing and its a cynical play for his own ambition. I mean, that reaction is spoiled and titled and unbelievably unselfaware. I cant believe he has to learn this lesson on the National Stage with blood on his hands. Along with joe, willie and me we have White House Reporter for the Associated Press, jonathan lemire. White house editor for politico, sam stein. And nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of way too early, kasie hunt. Senior Political Correspondent for the Washington Examiner, David Drucker. Great to have you all on board. So jonathan lemire, lets go to you first. Give us a quick overview. You know, this is again, this is like bill murray in tootsie. When hes walk aing away with the other play wrights when my play is over, i want people to ask what happened . We were reading a vanity fair article and were getting through it on it was a nice evening. On jared and ivanka. Yeah. Then suddenly i call you and i say, have you read this . Theres a video, theres a video. I knew immediately fivealarm fire. I turn on the video and there i am, asking that bill murray question. What did i just see . What happened . What pushed the president to do what the New York Times is labelling a concession speech . Joe, that was a terrific impression of me, thank you for that. Yes, what we saw last night was sort of an unexpected in some ways video. But i might argue another bill murray applies and thats groundhog day where we see the president amidst a crisis and charlottesville is a good example and he encourages it and only after 24 to 48 hours of immense pressure does he go the other way and gives out a scripted remark to try to bring down the temperature in the face of criticism from democrats and republicans alike. Traditionally, theres another term that after the scripted act he reverts back to his true self. We will see if that happens here in the next day or so when it comes to this. Which is now of course the greatest crisis of the Trump Presidency. But well pull back real quick, joe, and let you know how this came about. The remarkable 180 from wednesday when the president in his tweets and in the video told the protesters that he loved them, that they are special. There was no condemnation of the violence, of the righteous siege of the u. S. Capitol that has now claimed several lives. He instead on wednesday holed up in the west wing of the private his private study off the oval office, watching the coverage. Never once reaching out to Vice President pence who was in danger at the capitol. He never picked up the phone to call him. He simply was angry that pence had not done his bidding in terms of objecting to the certification of the Electoral College vote in congress. Whats happened here in the last 24 hours, this is an effort this video from the president , to stave off the forces trying to oust him from office early. Its two different tracks. We are hearing members of congress, democrats, House Speaker pelosi, minority leader soon to be majority leader schumer calling for impeachment again. Members of the house saying they want to vote on impeachment again which would leave the president the first president ever to be impeached two times. We saw one of his allies, Lindsey Graham and others say theyre also disturbed, outraged by the president and said that all options are on the table. Perhaps signaling that there wouldnt be enough votes in the Republican Senate to stave off a conviction this time around. We have talk of the 25th amendment. We have had two cabinet officials, devos and chao both resign in the last 24 hours out of protest. Theres no signal though that Vice President pence would get behind a move, the 25th amendment, to remove the president from the office and the talk on that has cooled slightly we can report in the next day in last 24 hours. But that is still out there. And of course, final piece of this, the possibility of a criminal prosecution awaiting the president for inciting this violence and that more than anything is what led him to deliver that video yesterday. Warnings from the white House Counsel and others that he could be held liable for the violence at the capitol. So we saw this scripted video, he does not use the word victory on concede, that is what it was. For first time on camera, he publicly bends to reality and acknowledges that there will be a new administration on january 20th. And at least in these words he says hes committed to a peaceful transition of power. All right. So anyone who thinks that this is all of a sudden some sort of last minute change on the president s part can look at where we stand right now. For example, with the coronavirus. Where we are at 4,000 deaths now. A day. Record deaths in a day. The botched nature of this presidency should give anyone pause by letting him move forward unchecked in the next 12 days. Lets get into those calls from over 200 congressional lawmakers for President Trump to immediately leave office. Here is House Speaker nancy pelosi. In calling for this seditious act, the president has committed an unspeakable assault on our nation and our people. I join the Senate Democrat leader in calling on the Vice President to remove this president by immediately invoking the 25th amendment. If the Vice President and cabinet do not act, the congress may be prepared to move forward with impeachment. That is the overwhelming sentiment of my caucus. Though impeachment is on the table the speaker made clear that the preferred avenue for removal is invoking the 25th amendment. In a video announcement, Adam Kinzinger of illinois became the first republican congressman to call for invoking the 25th amendment and outside of washington, marylands republican governor larry hogan said, quote, the country would be better off if trump resigned or was removed. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker also a republican echoed that sentiment saying he believes the president should quote, step down and the orderly transition of power should be led by Vice President pence. Sources tell cnbc, secretary of state pompeo and Steve Mnuchin have discussed invoking the 25th amendment though with concerns the process would take too long. Here is the take yesterday from former white house chief of staff john kelly. The cabinet should meet and have a discussion. I dont think it will happen, but i think the cabinet should meet and discuss this because the behavior yesterday and in the weeks and months before that has been outrageous from the president. And what happened on capitol hill yesterday is a direct result of his, you know, poisoning the minds of people with the lies and the frauds. If you were in the cabinet right now, would you vote to remove him from office . Yes. I would. Former attorney general william barr released a scathing response to the deadly mob violence at the u. S. Capitol. In a statement to the Associated Press, barr said, in part this. Orchestrating a mob to Pressure Congress is inexcusable. The president s conduct yesterday was a betrayal of his office and supporters. Thats bill barr. Donald trump has now lost two cabinet members and more than half a dozen Administration Officials. Education secretary betsy devos was the latest to hand in her resignation which is effective today. Elaine chao, transportation secretary and wife of Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell, also resigned on thursday. They are two of the longest serving cabinet members of the Trump Administration. Nine other Administration Officials have resigned since wednesdays attack on the capitol. They come from the Justice Department, National Security and from inside the white house. In is concern among some that more top officials could resign including National Security adviser Robert Obrien and white House Counsel pat cipollone. The Washington Post reports at least four republican senators including utahs mike lee have been privately asking them to stay because there needs to be quote strong leadership at the white house in the 12 days that trump has left in office. Well, willie, we have been hearing calls on the editorial pages of the New York Times and the Washington Post for donald trump to step down. But even the wall street Journal Editorial Board which too often has engaged in just mindless antiantitrumpism and playing to the cheap seats over the past four years, even the wall street Journal Editorial Board is now saying, its time for donald trump to just leave. Yeah, the wall street journal has a new oped calling for President Trump to resign. If mr. Trump wants to avoid a second impeachment, his best path would be to take personal responsibility and resign. This would be the cleanest solution since it would immediately turn president ial duties over to mr. Pence. We know an act of grace by mr. Trump is not likely. In any case, this week has finished him as a serious figure. Hes cost the republicans the white house, the senate and the congress. Hes lied to them about the election and the ability of congress and mr. Pence to overturn it. He has refused to accept the basic bargain of democracy which is to accept the result, win or lose. It is best for everyone himself included if he goes away quietly. So kasie hunt, you have been talking to people on capitol hill. Some of whom including this morning on way too early with congresswoman Debbie Dingell talking about the possibility of impeachment. I think the 25th amendment most people agree and correct me if im wrong is going to be difficult because you need the Vice President to be on board. Hes not on board and is not entertaining the thought of the 25th amendment. Is impeachment 12 days from the end of President Trumps term even possible . I do think its possible, willie. I was just talking to Debbie Dingell the congresswoman from michigan who is pretty close to House Speaker nancy pelosi about this possibility on way too early and she said, quote, i think democrats are going to move forward with another impeachment. And that really stuck out to me. Pelosi obviously raised it at her News Conference yesterday. That was coordinated with Chuck Schumer to try and send a public message to the Vice President pence to say, please do this. Please send us