house of representatives, america's house of representatives to get down on the floor because of the security situation and also a reminder that the huffington post is reporting that some protesters are inside the chamber which would sit with what we are getting from the police. we are also hearing matt from the huffington post saying that shots of been fired in the chamber and again, this is coming from the huffington post and that is also just with us. so the story is developing all the time and an incredible rate. bear in mind we began the programme and underan hourago, mind we began the programme and under an hour ago, the protesters are gathering at the bottom of the steps of the capital but they were not even up the steps, let alone beyond that into the doors of the capitol building and insight into the chamber and while it may be very obvious to say some, it is worth reiterating that both of these houses of congress which were in the process of certifying the presidential election are in recess. the politicians have had to leave because the security alert being declared and th

. >> i'm worried about the house of representatives. they are looking to ignore those statements when she mocked the killing of teenagers. it is absolutely appalling and i think that they -- house of representatives for the disregard they have for the death of those children. and not only are they not interested in gun safety and gun violence prevention by passing legislation for background checks legislation, which is over whelmingly supported, but to have someone that would mock -- call it fake events, is just beyond any understanding of any regard that the house republicans would have for the house of representatives. for the congress of the united states, and for the heartbreak of the families if is not not just sandy hook. it emerged from douglas high school. it's really beyond the pale. you will have to ask them why they thought that that raised itself to the level of something appropriate to do. >> are you going to bring a budget right away to the house next week? >> yes, we're going to bring a budget resolution next week and the

senators in the house of representatives there are also numerous republicans that have indicated that they might sign on to the impeachment in the house of representatives donald trump as well so there are calls from all quarters including even republicans that are no they used to work for donald trump or used to be in the white house that are no longer in the white house so there is essentially 3 scenarios that could play out here number one is trump is impeached by the house of representatives that seems very likely at this point and that could come as early as the middle of next week the 2nd scenario is that trump is removed from office by mike pence with the 25th amendment that seems unlikely because pence is indicated privately apparently that he is not in favor of taking that step and the 3rd option is trump simply resigns and there's no indication he's going to do that however he's very unstable who right now i should say he's very unpredictable right now his actions nancy pelosi calls him unstable but he's unpredictable and anything is possible in the last 11 days in office bu

arrest -- house rep -- house of representatives. the chair now recognizes for the purpose of closing prayer, the 62nd kaplan of the united states senate, chaplain barry c. black. >> let us pray. lives and sovereign of our beloved nation. the desecration of the united states capitol , the shedding of innocent blood, the loss-of-life , and the quagmire of dysfunction that threatened our democracy. usse tragedies have reminded that words matter and that the power of life and death is in the tongue. we have been warned that eternal continues to be freedoms price. lord, you have helped us remember that we need to see in humanityr a common that reflects your image. you have strengthened our resolve to protect and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies domestic as well as foreign. healing anding unity to our hurting and divided nation and world. thank you for what you have blessed our lawmakers to threatssh in spite of to liberty. , drive fareep us from us all wrong desires, incline our hearts to do your feet on t

it. >> i think there is a real danger of the senate to a smaller version of the house of representatives. you mentioned the organizing resolution i want to spend a minute on that i think it reflects a lot, the existence of a filibuster is what makes it possible for the minority in putting aside what is going on at the moment i'll get to that but what makes it possible for the minority to insist on fairness in the senate when it comes to its organization. if you look at senate committees, historically they always reflect exactly the ratio of the body of a whole. so the minority has the same percentage of members of the committee as they do in the full senate, that is enforced by the fact that the minority will not agree to an organizing resolution that is agreed-upon and fair and if you compare that to the house of representatives for example the rules committee is 2 - one plus one, the majority no matter what the ratio is in the house not one major committee is like that too, i always wondered about the plus one when it's like the extra candle on a birthday cake for good luck, and of cou

and the house of representatives are continuing on to the counting of arizona's electoral votes, and the big question to watch as the evening procedures whether once this discussion over arizona concludes, and the house of representatives and the senate and they go to have their vote to confirm arizona and go back to a joint session, whether any new objections are provided, whether the republicans really do want to stretch these proceedings out, well into the evening. nancy pelosi said just recently, nobody was going home until this is over, so she seemed determine to push the house of representatives at least to conclude this tonight, and it's just a question of whether the republicans have the stomach for it. what about the position of the president himself, who urged his supporters to march on capitol hill, and look at what has happened. our partners cbs news reporting that the trump cabinet secretaries are discussing invoking the 25th amendment to potentially remove president trump from office, and he only has two weeks left what you make of reporting? that would be astounding, a

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the house of representatives still debating the. to the pennsylvania and electoral count while the u.s. senate has rejected the objection and understand that u.s. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell who we saw just a few minutes ago he says he doesn't expect any more votes and says they challenging the election results so once the votes in this strain but is carried out it will then go to the as heidi was just explaining it will then go to the joint session of congress and they will do a collective vote and then it will be rejected and then the joe biden will become little will be nominated as the next president of the united states ahead of his inauguration on january the 20th and when i get a flavor of what's going on on the floor i said that's what the texas lawsuit was all about we disadvantage other states in states like pennsylvania the executive branch and just your branch sheet on the constitution and that's what they did here but there's more evidence but wait there's more the democrats secretary of the commonwealth erod

house of representatives to vote on impeaching president trump of last week's attack on the capital trump projects responsibility for the violence and accuses his opponents of dividing the country on the program. the largest mafia trial in more than 30 years begins in italy speak to the informant risking his life to put the mobsters behind box. in germany. and the country appears to be unable to bring the cases under control. welcome to the program a number of republican party members have said they will join the democrats in voting to impeach president donald trump by the last week's attack on the u.s. capitol building the house of representatives looks set to move forward with a vote on impeachment today earlier vice president mike pence refused to invoke an amendment declaring trump unfit for office. president trump has been subject to massive criticism of late but he can still draw loyal supporters. banned from major social media outlets trump seized the opportunity on tuesday to reconnect with his base he headed to texas to talk about one of his favorite topics the border wall with m

with the list of the votes on the journals of the senate and the house of representatives the chair now recognizes for the purpose of closing prayer the 62nd chaplain of the united states senate chaplain barry c. black. and there you have it the vice president mike pence really declaring the end of the voting sequence now of all of those declared certifications from across the u.s. . as. joe biden is declared really the winner and confirmed the 46th president of the united states there is obviously some. housekeeping between the house and senate to be completed before the inauguration of course on the 28th of january let's bring in castro our correspondents been following the evenings and the early mornings events this whole process went on a lot longer than we expected it was interrupted both in the capitol building and more importantly a more worryingly on the outside of the capitol building. that's right there was a 6 hour delay sohail due to a riot where thousands of trump's supporters egged on by the president's own words to march upon the u.s. capitol did exactly that they des

the senate and house of representatives shall meet in the hall of the house of representatives. it goes on to say, at the hour of 1:00 in the afternoon, on that day, the president of the senate shall be their presiding officer. now here's how the day will play out. the joint session will gather in the house as we just read. it'll be followed by the vice president, pence, calling the session to order. then each state's vote certification is read by a teller. if there's no objection, the process continues. joining us today is laura brown of george washington university where she's the director of the school of garage -- of the graduate school of public management. laura brown, talk about this role of congress today overall. why is it that they have to gather for a joint session? guest: well, thanks for having me on this afternoon. yes, we have a process that requires the congress to receive the electoral votes from the states. what we have to remember is that on december 14, the electors met in their respective states, they cast their ballots, and those ballots were certified by t

house of representatives moves forward with a vote to impeach president trump last week's attack on the capital projects responsibility for the violence but the democrats and now also some republicans say he is a danger to the nation and must be stopped also on the part of the law just mafia trial in more than 30 years begins in italy with more than $300.00 defendants to take the stand we speak to an informant risking his life to put the most it's behind us. and the main temple world championship gets underway in egypt today there will be no spectators the c.g. to the coronavirus pandemic that hasn't put everyone at things. and held welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump is on the verge of becoming the 1st lady of the united states to be in paged twice the house of representatives is moving forward with a vote to impeach trump in a few hours time a number of keep republicans now say they also backed the move trump will face a single charge of incitement of insurrection over the storming of the capitol building by his supporters last week trump denies he carrots the violence.

the article of impeachment house of representatives passed yesterday. but it does not mean we only do that. we have to proceed with this impeachment trial. this president must be held accountable for the charges that have now been issued by the u.s. house of representatives for inciting insurrection. impeachment means anything. it means this president be held accountable for his crimes, his high crimes that he has committed. i think we ought to make sure the senate does its job, that it holds this impeachment trial immediately, that it convicts and removes this president from public office, while at the same time invoking that provision of the 14th amendment. frankly, it ought to be invoked not only against the president, but against those members of congress who participated in seeking to overthrow a free and fair election last november. even after this violent attack on the was capital, you had 140 members of the u.s. house, seven members of the u.s. senate, voting after that attack to overthrow this free and fair election. they participated in helpin

it's going to be a procession from the lower house, the house of representative which impeached mr trump two weeks ago. and it's going to then move through the capitol building to the senate. they are the article of impeachment will be read. in this procession will be led by the sergeant of arms. nancy pelosi, the sergeant of arms. nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house will be in it as well as the impeachment manager is which are the democratic lawmakers that she has appointed to act as prosecutors during the trial. as you say, the trial itself is not going to begin for another two weeks. on the 8th of february, monday. the pretrial briefs will be submitted and then on the ninth, on tuesday the arguments will start. yes, mr schumer has talked about it being a short trial. the first impeachment trial was 21 days. this one is quite different from that in terms of content, argument, place and so on. we can't say for sure how long it's going to take. i think we can say probably both sides would like to have it shorter rather than longer. like to have it shorter rather than [on . er. , , , ,

the house the house of representatives votes to impeach donald trump for inciting an insurrection making him the 1st us president to be impeached twice. the robber watching off their life my headquarters here in doha also coming up 10 republicans cross the political aisle to support jobs impeachment with leader mitch mcconnell not putting up convicting the president in the senate. there is never a justification for violence no excuses no exceptions drugs remain silent on the peach but calls on americans to avoid violence a big concern about all demonstrations. also opposition leader bobby wind challenges one of africa's along good serving leaders as polls open in uganda as hotly contested election. welcome to the program donald trump has made history by becoming the 1st u.s. president to be impeached twice the house of representatives has fully charged him with inciting it is. rection softer capitol hill was overrun by his supporters some of whom last week 10 republicans joined democrats to vote in favor of the impeachment castro house the latest from the american capital. the arguments

you have a house of representatives under control of the democrats, and you have the senate, which is under the control of the republicans. that may change according to these runoff votes in georgia. we are waiting for the second result of that, which might give democrats control of the senate. >> the democrat has claimed victory, but it's not confirmed yet. >> yes, it's not confirmed yet. it will make joe biden -- it'll make it easier for joe biden to pass legislation when he takes office. the senate and house of representatives are to give their approval to the electoral college votes, which have found joe biden to have won the election back in november. normally this is just a formality, but several republican senators said they were going to stand up to complain about the results and ask for a debate to take place in congress, which meant there would be two hour breaks with the dispute was going to be discussed -- >> it was going to go into the night probably anyway. the discussion started, at the same time donald trump was giving a speech outside the white house where he was sayi

that is both houses of congress the senate and also the house of representatives will meet and they will essentially receive the votes of the electoral college and certify them. during that process if any member of the house can get a senator to come along with them and object to a particular state results then it forces a discussion and then a vote on those particular result. now for an objection to be successful both the house of representatives and the senate have to vote in favour of that objection. the democrats control the house of representatives at the moment so you can see how unlikely it is that any of these objections will get through. there are six key states that are likely to have objections put through. they are the battleground states including michigan, pennsylvania also georgia as well. which is going to be having a senate run off next week for them so very, very unlikely that this is going to be successful. but what it certainly means if you think two hours for every objection raised and that is just the discussion. that's not even the vote. it is going to draw out wha

senate the house of representatives on the presidency natasha going to reports now from atlanta. the seismic shift for the democrats in georgia reverberated and was celebrated across the united states but the historic victory of reverend raphael warnock was perhaps best savor in the neighborhood where he preaches at the famed ebenezer baptist church well. and the welcome that. had no shortage of representation in washington for the 1st time in 20 years georgians are sending not one but 2 democrats to the senate warnock made history by becoming georgia's 1st african-american senator and only the 11th black senator in u.s. history. after taking voters for putting their faith in him warnock wasted no time addressing the nation's codein health and economic crises we are dealing with folks who are facing eviction. people who have been waiting for months for relief and they saw politicians play the same old game last week we should have already passed its $2000.00 stimulus check and i can't wait to get to work. so on and represent the people's concerns in the united states senate 33 ye

him on trial —— the democrats in the us house of representatives. it was because he incited insurrection when his supported storm to the capital. president biden says he hopes to raise his target for vaccination during his first 100 days in office to 150 million for topic claims the us could be on the way towards you —— herd immunity in the summer. for a second night running, police and the netherlands have clashed with protesters defying a 9pm curfew introduced to battle the virus. dutch police described the words unrest in four decades. the premise to describe the protesters' actions as criminal. —— the prime minister described.

all right, let me get your response to what's going on right now in the house of representatives. you heard ryan's report. the speaker wants the vice president to invoke the 25th amendment to the constitution. what do you think? >> well, right now i'm not even sure legally, and i was in some interviews yesterday whether they can since a few of the cabinet members have resigned, if they would even be able to do that. so i i do have a question of the legality of that. regardless what happens, what decision vice president mike pence, i will support the vice president in whatever decision he makes. one of the issues i have right now whether it's the 25th amendment, whether it's impeachment right now is further dividing the country and pouring gasoline on a fire. i risked my life to take the vote on wednesday night to certify the electoral college. there are many of us out there that happened to, our lives were -- people were threatening us. i was accosted in the street on tuesday night, and i worry about that because the impeachment articles if it passes with a simple majority in the

has in the house of representatives. jon: looking back at 2018, there were 10 democrats who voted against her to be speaker of the house. she either did a better job of counting the votes this time or -- i don't know, she seemed to get more support as you said, only a handful voted against her this time. >> yeah, i think there's some arm-twisting and the reality was today there was not really another viable option if you're a democrat, you're going to vote for kevin mccarthy, no. basically it was like take speaker nancy pelosi or of embarrass the party by voting for kevin mccarthy or put in some other name but ultimately she knows how to twist arms. she's been around this game for an awfully long time and she can go to people and say, you know, look, i need you today. i hear what you're saying. going down the road, i won't ask you to take some of these tough votes. bottom line, there will be plenty of headaches over the next couple years as there's a fight for the direction of the democratic party going forward over the

, in writing, and signed by a member of the house of representatives, and a senator. is the objection in writing and signed by a member and a senator? >> mr. president, it is in writing but, unfortunately, no united states senator has joined in this effort. [ cheers and applause ] >> in that case, the objection cannot be entertained. are there any further objections to counting the certificate of vote of the state of nevada that the teller's verified appears to be regular, in form, and authentic? this certificate from new hampshire, the parliamentarians advise me, is the only certificate of vote from that state that purports to be a return from the state. has annexed to it, a certificate of the authority of the state, purporting to appoint or ascertain electors. >> mr. president, the certificate of the electoral vote of the state of new hampshire seems to be regular, in form, and authentic. and it appears, therefrom, that joseph r. biden jr., of the state of delaware, received four votes for president. and kamala d. harris, of the state of california, received four vo

house of representatives votes to impeach don't trump over what they call his incitement of violence and the u.s. capitol last week that makes him the 1st u.s. president to be peached twice during his term in office. despite the pressure of the moment exhausted national guard troops are pictured at the capitol building in the wake of last week's storming by trump supporters. grim footage from a german crewman torreon highlights the extent of a resurgent pandemic in europe as berlin is accused of stockpiling vaccines at the expense of other member states and. you know what you see in the restroom takeaway food for me i'm sure the food. the leader more in the u.k. police crackdown on lockdown violators but are caught on camera apparently breaking the very rules they are supposed to be enforcing. our broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our to international i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us now we start with breaking news from washington d.c. the house of representatives has voted to impeach president trump just a week before his term in office officially e

an outright majority of that entire house of representatives. if you have 427 people who of reported in today, the magic number is 214, as we look at the tally right now and this is just indicative as to where they are in the alphabet, kevin mccarthy has a little over 100 votes and nancy pelosi is at 84. now, keep in mind, the breakdown as it is right now in the house of representatives is 220 of democrats and 207 republicans so nancy pelosi will probably make up some distance there. the problem though is she can only lose six votes. she lost 15 votes in the race for speaker two years ago. you have alyssa slotkin, who opposed pelosi two years ago she voted present and intends to do so again today. brett shrader, he voted two years ago for march sh -- marsha fudge. >> you say you have to have an outright majority of the members of the house who are flint the chamber. this isn't a situation if a handful of votes went for somebody besides nancy pelosi, that minority leader mccarthy could win the speakership? >> reporter: potentially. i mean, as we

the united states, vice president of the united states, the house of representatives and the senate met the united states capitol for a joint session of congress to count the votes of the electoral college. president trump repeatedly issued false statements asserting that the presidential election results were the product of widespread fraud and should not be accepted by the american people or certified by state or federal officials. shortly before thejoint session commenced, president trump addressed a crowd at the elipse in washington, dc, there, he reiterated false claims that "we won this election and we won it by a landslide". he also wilfully made statements that in context, encouraged and foreseeably resulted in lawless action at the capitol, such as" if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore". thus incited by president trump, members of the crowd he had addressed, in an attempt to, among other objectives, interfere with the joint session's solemn constitutional duty to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election, unlawfully breached and v

president to be impeached twice in the last couple of hours the house of representatives formally charged him with inciting an insurrection that south to capitol hill was overrun by his supporters some of whom were armed on wednesday the crowd was attempting to stop joe biden being certified as the next president 5 people were killed in a remarkable result in the house 10 republicans back to democrats to vote in favor of the impeachment john's time ends in a week but democrats say he is unfit to hold office. today in a bipartisan way the house demonstrated that no one is evolved along not even the president of the united states. that donald trump is a clear and present danger to our country. and that once again we are now at the office to protect and defend the constitution of the not only way to help with clock and now. i think adding them with their high fro can over what this means tax country of a president who is insurrection. but now i'm being well spent of the article i think you. are joining the impeachment debate in the house some republicans said the charges a baseless and a for

the house of representatives from wyoming gave this statement about why it is shiva. to have donald trump impeached that has never been agreed to be trailed by a president of the united states of his office and his oath to the constitution so at this point we have 15000 national guard that are deployed at the u.s. capitol some of them actually slept in the u.s. capitol building on the stone floors and on benches they will be in washington d.c. until the inauguration of joe biden they are there to make sure there are no further disruptions or attempts to interfere with government activities now all eyes are on the u.s. senate where a trial will be convened i decided to get into the details of this about how exactly donald trump is going to be impeached and the legal questions involved in that charge of inciting insurrection take a listen certainly nothing new in the rage against trump for democrats but now they've got former trumpet ministration officials to back them up. we want to avoid the risk of criminalizing political differences but that understanding has nothin

on the capital of the house of representatives threatening the safety of duly elected officials is the approach as it's insurrection. the crowd dissipated once the 6 pm curfew came into force but national guard troops remain alert for potential violence throughout the night. carlina violence on capitol hill have consequences for donald trump can he stay in office he can stay in office terry yes but we also know that some of the lawmakers senators and representatives are thinking of invoking the 25th amendment to remove donald trump from the well 14 days he has left in office this means that the vice president and the majority of the cabinet they could declare the president and able to this charge of powers and duties of his office and if then is that asshole and 2 thirds of both senate and the house of representatives are in favor of that then a trump could be removed from office is probably also the reason why trump immediately put out that statement kind of conceding and saying that there will be an orderly transition of power on on gennari training. is there concern in washington ca

>> they represent different aspects of the house democratic caucus. everybody brings their own type of expertise to the table. how much will they argue publicly? we'll probably hear each of them say something on the senate floor. but the lead impeachment manager jamie raskin is a constitutional law scholar, and he is going to make the case about why this is a constitutional process going forward. another key question, too, erin, is whether or not they bring witnesses before this trial. of course, all the senators here witnessed what happened on january 6th, but i am told that in this discussion i've tried to bring in someone who has more insight to donald trump's thinking. but does that person exist? will that lead to a fight as to how donald trump was acting and thinking that led up to the incitement of the riot. chuck schumer does not know himself if they will pursue witnesses in this trial, so a lot of questions here. they also don't know how long this will last. probably less than 21 days that it took in 2020. >> manu, please keep us aware of when

here is a member of the house of representatives foreign affairs committee, seeking information about china from the director of the service. the congressman wants more facts about a recent government report so that he can draft a bill more intelligently and participate more effectively in the deliberations of the foreign affairs committee. this particular request for information is but one of thousands received each month, some of them can be answered with a word and some of them require weeks of research and length reports -- book length reports. the armed -- many committees often start fireworks, the committee works over bills before they are debated or voted upon. it is another way in which congress seeks all the facts before it and ask on a bill. some hearings can be very tense and sometimes they are used to air political views which are embarrassing to one of the parties in congress. congressional committees have a power under law to propel the attendance of witnesses and to have them testify underwrote -- under both. the chairman may question witnesses, they often attract large

of the votes on the journals of the senate and the house of representatives. the chair now recognizes for the purpose of a closing prayer the 62 chaplain of the united states senate.

house of representatives votes to call on vice president mike pence to remove donald trump from office but pence has rejected the proposal paving the way for a house vote on trump's impeachment later on wednesday. and fully bacteria watching al-jazeera live from doha also ahead the u.s. federal authorities execute a woman for the 1st time in almost 70 years and indonesia begins a mass coronavirus vaccination campaign to curb southeast asia's worst outbreak. the u.s. house of representatives has called on the vice president to remove donald trump from power following the assault on the capital last week it's passed a motion calling on mike pence to act on the 25th amendment that allows for the removal of a president who is incapable of carrying out the duties of office but even before the vote was passed ben said he wouldn't move against trump mike hanna has the latest from washington the resolution is that that without jack should the motion to reconsider is laid on the table ultimately this appeared to be an exercise in futility as expected given the democrat majority in the house the

president to be impeached twice following a vote in the house of representatives. on our take on this is live from london also coming up. 10 republicans vote for trump's impeachment and now senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says there's no chance of a fair trial until trump has left office. and that's all amidst high security ahead of joe biden's inauguration members of the national guard to flood the corridors of the capitol building. $122.00 g.m.t. and just a few moments ago the u.s. president donald trump became the 1st president to be impeached twice if follows a vote in the house of representatives where politicians debated for hours whether the president should face charges incited insurrection by encouraging his supporters to attack the capitol building a week ago all this happening in the final moments of trump's presidency just 7 days from the inauguration of joe biden as the 46th president of the united states house speaker nancy pelosi read out the results moments ago. the i there to 32 there nature 197. there is a resolution is adopted without obje

the house of representatives will immediately begin this week. cnn ryan nobles is covering the breaking news from capitol hill from us. cnn's jeremy diamond is at the white house for us. ryan, there is also a pressing time issue, obviously, a short deadline speaker pelosi is giving the vice president to act. what are you learning? >> reporter: that's right, wolf. 24 hours, nancy pelosi essentially putting vice president mike pence on the clock, asking him if he plans to move forward with the effort to remove president trump from office by using the 25th amendment. and if vice president mike pence says he's not going in that direction or he doesn't respond to pelosi within 24 hours, she said she and her democratic colleagues are prepared to move forward with articles of impeachment. now, the timing is a little bit vague from speaker pelosi. she said she's going to introduce this resolution as early as monday morning, but then asked for unanimous consent. if she asks for unanimous consent, even one republican could object and then force an up or do

office building and we know that two representatives of the house of representatives, the lower house of congress, have tweeted that they are sheltering in their office because the building has been evacuated. so while that instruction to evacuate is come, clearly, some people have decided it's not safe for them to leave their offices to evacuate and are staying put. for them to leave their offices to evacuate and are staying putm also that it mightjust be that the us capital can be, such as a police force tasked with keeping the building safe, has issued a lockdown in some parts of the capital. so that might be that they are not letting some people go out of the building and instead are having people sheltering right now. for people sheltering right now. for people watching all around the world who don't know the geography of this pa rt who don't know the geography of this part of washington all the geography of this building, just explain to us is icily where these protesters are and where the senators? yes, the protest is that i saw earlier, and i've been following along on twitter

of the house of representatives who said that. the representatives hold power of the people of the united states a president incited insurrection she said this armed rebellion is a clear and present danger to the nation we love we need to embrace our duty and for phil we've also heard the other side of the argument from ohio republican jim jordan who gave a counterview he said this this whole debate is all about canceling donald trump's presidency it's demonstrating democrat double standards and so the back and forth will continue for 2 hours they've been going for more than an hour now so this debate will come to an end in sort of 45 minutes something like that and then they will vote as to whether to proceed with the impeachment. so it is just gone 830 g.m.t. it is 130 in the afternoon in washington d.c. where an unprecedented session is underway on capitol hill u.s. house of representatives has a say as i say begun debating whether to impeach president donald trump for a 2nd time he would become the 1st president to be impeache

in the house of representatives this week. daniel goldman will join us later in this hour. >>> our first guest tonight is congressman jason crow. he was one of the house managers of the prosecution of donald trump in the first senate impeachment trial of donald trump. congressman crow is a lawyer. he's a veteran, an army ranger, former army ranger to achieved the rank of captain while ea earning decorations and commendations including the bronze star for his three tours of duty in combat in iraq and afghanistan. jason crow, is who you wanted in your foxhole on wednesday. >> what was going through my head was, frankly, terror. unlike jason, i don't have combat experience. i'm very grateful to have been in the foxhole with jason. it's the closest i have ever come to something like that. and i will tell you that what's going -- it's -- it was a scene of total confusion and chaos. at least for somebody who had never been in this kiat kind of experience. >> jason crow told his friends who he was protecting in the house gallery to t

house of representatives have delivered their article of impeachment against former president donald trump to the senate he's been charged with inciting an insurrection at the u.s. capitol on january 6th the former president's 2nd to big trial will begin in the senate in february a conviction would require the support of 17 republican senators the lead impeachment manager from the house of representatives said trump should never be allowed to hold public office again. in all this president trump gravely endangered the security of the united states and its institutions of government he threaten the integrity of the democratic system interfered with the peaceful transition of power and imperil co-equal branch of government he thereby betrayed his trust as president to the manifest injury of the people of the united states. well how does your cast is at the capitol for us to just walk us through the next steps the trial doesn't get underway until february the 9th out of the leave why is the us. well the next 2 weeks is going to be more of the ceremonial elements of the pre trial if you

she got a majority of support from the entire members of the house of representatives. so, this is a pretty historic day for speaker pelosi. and it was -- it came when she is facing a house with the slimmest democratic margin majority that she has seen. and that was expected to give her a very uphill battle, a difficult battle in being re-elected speaker, but she was able to do it. there were members who defected and didn't vote for her last time who voted for her this time. once again, she will be speaker of the house, what is likely to be her last term in that position. lindsay? >> nbc's leigh ann caldwell, good to see you. thank you. >>> president trump is calling for protests in washington wednesday, the day congress is set to certify his election loss for good. violence erupted last time he called for protests around election fraud. what is being done to keep violence from happening again. gp violence from happening again. powerful relief so you can restore and recover. theraflu hot beats cold. >> man: what's my my truck...is my livelihood. so when my windshield cr

and to exercise the duties of sergeant of arms of the house of representatives affective today right there without objection the chair will now it minister of the oath of office please raise your right hand you salame lee swear there you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic that you will have a we're just going to have this for a 2nd of course some procedural motions playing in the. in the chamber right now just for viewers just joining us to remind you of what we're expecting to happen in the next few moments we are expecting to see the. motion going forward presented in the house which is likely to call on mike pence to invoke the 25th amendments that's the amendment that will be needed to remove president trump from that resolution is happening night let's listen house resolution 22 resolution allotting a member to a certain standing committee of the house of representatives without objection the resolution is adapted and a motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. without objection that chair lays before the hou

the house of representatives has 435 members elected by the people of the states in accordance with population. the house originates appropriation bills and brings impeachment. the capitol building itself symbolizes the making of our national laws, but actually only a part of the week takes place under its dome. here are the buildings were congressman have their offices and too much of their work. they are also -- there are also meeting rooms for committees large and small. this is the library of congress, which holds one of the world's largest collections of reference books at the service of our lawmakers. to the left is the building where senators have offices for themselves and their assistants. let us go in and walk down one of the corridors. senator margaret smith of maine. senator thomas of oklahoma. senator green of rhode island. senator taft of ohio. here is the senator himself. his daily work typifies that of all lawmakers. half of his average day is spent reading and answering letters from his constituents. this is as it should be for these constituents are his neighbors, and the vot

within the house of representatives. a threat that members are concerned about in addition to what is happening outside. but i think that, again, what is in that letter, it is just a matter of communicating to them that has been done, the mra and the rest of that. i do think, though, that while it is appropriate that they use their mra for security, they shouldn't have to because that money is there for them to meet the needs of their constituents. in the meantime, to protect themselves and their constituents when they communicate with them, that that is confidential and private and not -- not provocative. but then also for us to have, and that is what we'll be looking at, recommendations from general honore will have an interim report today but continue his work as we go forward. it is very important. >> you have been subject -- as being speaker, many of the members, some of them feel like their targets now. what do you say to your caucus, to your fellow house members? >> well what we're saying is we're going to approac

house of representatives banks a motion calling on mike pence to remove president donald trump from office but that's rejected by the vice president who says it would set a terrible precedence. the 25th amendment is of 0 risk to me donald trump remains unapologetic but seems increasingly isolated with calls for his impeachment growing among senate and house republicans. blogs a whole robin you're watching on serialize my headquarters here in doha also coming up. decentralise its leadership inside of tehran accusations without evidence trumps the top diplomat alleges that iran is allowing the group to operate under its protection to hand dismisses the claims as allies and indonesia begins mass coronavirus vaccination campaigns to curb southeast asia's worst outbreak will live in jakarta. welcome to the program the us house of representatives has backed a resolution calling for a constitutional amendment to be used to remove donald trump from office the president is accused of inciting rioters at the capitol last week the request from the democratic controlled house now goes to vice presiden

from the most senior republican in the house of representatives. in terms of the guard rails for democracy, tonight we see twitter, facebook, other social media companies under fire for disseminating misinformation, allowing the wildfire to spread of misinformation, taking some limited action. >> that's right. a little while ago, twitter announced, quoting from them, as result of unpress dentd and ongoing violent situation in d.c. requiring removal of the three tweets of president trump. in subsequent tweet lock the account for 12 hours. if tweets not removed, will remain locked. future will result in permanent suspension of the @realdonaldtrump account. i can hear you viewers saying what took them so long? facebook also today took down the video of what he posted this afternoon out of similar concern. telling the protesters to go home but still spreading misinformation and inciting his supporters by reiterating the falsehoods about the election being stolen from him. >> and it's worth noting in this context, the president has assailed in every dir