including freshman congressman peter meijer, one only ten republicans who voted to impeach president trump. >> our expectation is someone may try to kill us. >> reporter: also on capitol hill, a bipartisan move now to provide the gold medal to a hero capitol hill officer eugene goodman was seen backing away, confronted by protesters, and he steered the protesters and rioters away from the senate chamber. he is thought to be responsible for saving many lives. and one of the most iconic attackers of the capitol building seen wearing body paint and horns, his name is jake angeli, his lawyer wants a presidential pardon. >> he, like a lot of other disenfranchised people in our country, felt very, very, very solidly in sync with president trump. they felt, he felt, like his voice was, for the first time, being heard.

meijer, and anthony gonzales from ohio and tom rice of south carolina and just back into congress is david valadao. and representative valadao had this statement that he tweeted a moment ago. president trump was without question a host: we'll continue here on c-span taking your comments and calls for the next 10 minutes or so and then show you all the debate from this afternoon on the articles of impeach. in columbia, tennessee, here's cherry on the independent line. caller: first of all, i want to thank the 10 republicans who have voted, obviously they see something wrong. a lot of people saying, why don't we go to court and go through that, buts the president of the united states. he is not a civilian anymore. he has the world, american people, in his hands to protect. therefore, we will go to court if he were a civilian like me or you but a president, he did not take a good oath, obviously. he did not mean what he said. he was not going to impart like president carter and kennedy and others. he couldn't handle the load. i believe that was hard on him. he didn't want to go down alo

you mentioned peter meijer from michigan. this is the same district if you rebel the name, justin amash, he's the republican who used to represent michigan's 30. he left the republican party and didn't run for re-election. here comes peter meijer and now votes to impeach. trump won by 4 and generally the republicans would do better there than trump. it was one of those places where trump lags the normal republican vote. also from michigan, fred upton. trump won by 4. also from washington state. so those are more competitive districts. and then here you go. these are the most interesting in terms of trying to discern motivation here. five members, republican members from districts that trump carried. adam kinzinger has been an outspoken opponent for a while. that wasn't a surprise. this one, tom rice from south carolina, the myrtle beach area, a district trump carried by 20 points. heavily, heavily republican district. that was the biggest surprise for people yesterday. newhouse from washington, of course, liz cheney, part of

one of the ten republicans who bucked the party line, freshman congressman peter meijer. good to have you on the show and welcome and thank you for being with us. >> hi, halle. >> what was the strong commitment and what has the reaction been to the vote in the last 24 hours? >> i say the moment came when the president continued to fail to take any sense of accountability that he might be partly responsible for the horrible events on january 6th. this has been for many of us, especially those who decided to vote for impeachment, one of the worst weeks of our lives, one of the hardest we've ever had to take. i have been talking to a number of colleagues. i felt physically nauseous. this is not how we wanted this to go down. we wanted accountability. eighth horrible moment. the reaction has been surprising. some corners expresses support and also and i feel terrible about this, constituents who feel like, who feel greatly disappointed. at the end of the day, this was a vote of conscience. i believe in order to have accountability, we first must reckon what happened and that

. >> joining us to discuss, peter meijer, he was among the ten house republicans who voted to impeach president trump this month. congressman, thanks so much for joining us. you're facing some backlash after your vote to impeach. you now have a republican challenger for your seat. that, of course, he won't be up for re-election until 2022. but still, he's out there. he claims that vote that you cast destroyed trust with your constituents. what's your response? >> i think the betrayal of trust was what happened leading up to january 6th with the president's oath of office. i was watching the segment you had earlier on. that was the iffers i learn fir of the individual arrested near the capitol with a list of lawmakers. it's just staggering how many folks continue to either try to paper over what happened, try to move on, just say, you know, it's been a couple of weeks, let's forget about it. i'm just at a loss for words, jake. >> let's talk about the security issues because i know that is something you publicly expressed. how serious do you think the threat is, and do you agree with so

. >> one of the lawmakers struck inside the capitol was republican congressman peter meijer of michigan, he's a freshman, just four days into his new term he recorded video the next day. >> for the first time in over 200 years, we lost control of the capitol yesterday. we got to this point because a number of folks, a number of politicians, a number of my fellow republicans told things they knew were lies. >> congre >> the congressman joins us now. thank you, you said the republican party needs to own up to the lies and deception. specifically what do you think, how did they do that. >> the lie that this was a landslide victory for donald trump that was stolen on november 3rd and thereafter. that falsehood has been fed to many folks who voted republican. they have been misled by folks that they trusted, and instead of telling the people of america and their supporters when they need to hear, we have had too many politicians telling them what they want to hear, and that type of reactive leadership is not going to make the republican party ever be a party that has trusted to govern in thi

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representative peter meijer of michigan. thanks so much for joining us. we'll continue this conversation for sure down the road. >> thank you, wolf. >> stay safe out there. on this historic day when president trump was impeached for a second time he remaines holed up over at the white house, unable to vent his reaction on twitter or so many of the other social media outposts. but he has released a video in which he calls for calm but does not mention his impeachment. watch this. >> my fellow americans, i want to speak to you tonight about the troubling events of the past week. as i have said, the incursion of the u.s. capitol struck at the very heart of our republic. it angered and appalled millions of americans across the political spectrum. i want to be very clear. i unequivocally condemn the violence that we saw last week. violence and vandalism have absolutely no place in our country and no place in our movement. making america great again has always been about defending the rule of law, supporting the men and women of law enforcement, and upholding o

michigan republican peter meijer also voting to impeach despite saying he's concerned about retaliation. >> i think if we give the assassins veto, if we give the insurrectionists veto we lose something in this country. >> reporter: despite his vote against, kevin mccarthy blamed the president for last week's riot. >> the president bears responsibility for wednesday's attack on congress by mob rioters. he should have immediately denounced the mob. when he saw what was unfolding. >> reporter: in the end with ten house republicans crossing the aisle, the impeachment became the most bipartisan in american history. the next step, the senate where a trial is unlikely until after joe biden's inauguration. leader mitch mcconnell says he has not decided yet whether he'll vote to vick the president or not. sources close to the president say he grew angry watching the impeachment hearing and sources say trump is, quote, anxious about his future. >> we asked our political director rick klein for some perspective on the impeachment and what happens next. >> mona and alex, an indelible mark on the tr

congressman peter meijer of michigan, the only freshman republican who voted to impeach, says some of his colleagues fear for their lives and are traveling with armed escorts. >> many of us are altering our routines, working to get body armor. it's sad that we have to get to that point, but our expectation is that someone may try to kill us. >> reporter: liz cheney, the most prominent republican yes vote on impeachment, is fighting for her political life. she said of trump, "there has never been a greater bra bya es states." today, congressman jim jordan and other diehard trump supporters circulated a petition calling for her to be booted out of her leadership position, saying that she, quote, brought the conference into disrepute and produced discord. but a spokesperson for kevin mccarthy said the republican house leader opposes the move to remove cheney. mccarthy, who has been one of trump's most loyal supporters, opposed impeachment, but he also placed blame on trump for the capitol riot. >> these facts require immediate action by president trump, accept his share of responsibility

republican congressman peter meijer, one of the republicans who voted yes to impeach president trump yesterday, told msnbc early in the day today that he and other members of congress are now buying body armor to protect themselves at work. the house has advised members since the attacks that bulletproof vests are a reimburseible expense for congressional offices to try to protect their members. we expect now, we're told, roughly 21,000 armed national guard troops in washington to protect the inauguration next week. the fbi director has now personally briefed law enforcement agencies around the country, even as he's still not spoken to the public about the attack. but he has reportedly warned law enforcement agencies around the country about potential assaults on state capitols, armed assaults on state capitols by the president's supporters. in michigan, we were just talking about michigan -- they've just now changed their laws to prohibit the open carry of loaded weapons inside the michigan capitol in anticipation of the president's supporters being expected there this weekend. mean

take a listen to what your republican colleague in the house, congressman peter meijer, who also voted to impeach, what he told me yesterday. >> if liz cheney is the person who suffers the most from the events on january 6th politically, there will be a very, very sad day for my party. >> do you think liz cheney will survive this challenge? and what's your view of her? >> you know, i do. leader mccarthy was very clear that this is a vote of conscience. she did what she thought was right. i think she exercised a profile in courage in doing so. i've publicly defended her. i think the leader has been correct in the last conference, really calling for the conference to come together. let's stop this finger pointing. let's stop trying to bring each other down. we need to be united as a party to get the majority back. and, honestly, we need to be united as a nation and heal as a nation if we're ever going to get past the tragic day of january 6th. >> i have to say, i find it kind of unsettling that liz cheney is under attack from so many republicans while increasingly there are folks pushing

. >> shannon: michigan congressman peter meijer sounding the alarm tonight about the death of u.s. political discourse in capitol hill. growing concern that a battle is being much for the soul of the republican party. discussing what the future may hold. good to have you back, sir. with new numbers coming up from the axios poll, they asked to identify themselves as a trump reporter a traditional republican. when they asked the question, should trump be the g.o.p. nominee in 2024, trump supporters 92% of them said yes. taken after the events of the last week of the impeachment on the day of the impeachment as well. traditional republican said 41% so that's a pretty big spread. how people have identified as republicans to see where we go next. what do you think is in store for your party and what do you deal with the trump supporters who feel like they're part of a party that does not represent them? >> shannon, the party is really built around donald trump, the brands come in the image, buster martin partly its policy and what he accomplished. he is the most conservative president w

michigan congressmember peter meijer said thursday he purchased a bulletproof vest -- and will have the expense reimbursed by congress -- after he joined nine other republicans and house democrats voting for trump's impeachment on wednesday. democratic new york member -- congressmember adriano espaillat announced he is isolating at home. espaillat received the second dose of his covid-19 vaccine last week. it takes several weeks to build up immunity after the shots, which have proven efctive in preventing severe disease but not kwn to keep people from spreading the virus to others. over 93 million cases of covid-19 have now been reported around the world. with confirmed global deaths set to top 2 million, an anasis by "wall street journal" finds at least another 820,000 deaths on top of that number were caused by the coronavirus. in brazil, offials in amazonas, the country's largest state, have imposed a 7:00 p.m. curfew and health workers say they are desperate for oxygen supplies and other resources as they face a dramatic surge. hospitals in the state's capital manaus are resorting t

republican congressman peter meijer, freshman from michigan, voted for impeachment, he told msnbc today he feels he needs to purchase bulletproof vests, alter his route to work. getting security around him. i talked to other republicans on capitol hill doing the same thing all because they're afraid of more violence from trump supporters. what does that say about where we are and really more where the republican party is today? >> yeah, we're in an ominous place. i wrote that the 2020s could be the most difficult decade for america since the 1950s, largely for the same reason. i think the fear -- it's pretty clear that the fear of demographic eclipse is eroding the commitment to democracy in the republican party. both among leaders and among followers. i mean, you remember that famous quote immediately after the election when some anonymous figure in the white house said to the "washington post," well, humor him a little bit. how muches yo -- you know, how trouble could it be to humor president trump on claiming he has to leave eventually? you see a large portion of the republican elect

meijer who now sits in the seat vacated by former congressman dustin a mossberg welcome to the show. >> legacy much or have any entrÉe to help you not ask me how this is going to work because i'm about eight days in right now. and still scratching my head over what is happened here. kennedy: i cannot imagine what is happening in your head part of you at the capitol last week during the siege? >> back i was i was in the house chamber up in the gallery. we were initially sealed in, thought we would proceed, but it was just isolated one or two individuals inside. then it just became chaos, utter chaos as we had to flee. >> it was really hard to make sense of those pictures. it was horrific, and for people like mitch mcconnell and nancy pelosi they are very protective obviously of what they consider their home. i think that is why you are seeing the kind of push back against the president that we have. now you said you thought the president was mia, and rightly so we heard from joe biden, we heard from mike pence, we heard a very strange video message from the president and more appropr

the republican congressman, peter meijer was among them. he was our guest the other night. he voted for impeaching the president, and says now he's taking serious precautions. >> many of us are altering our routines, working to get body armour, which is a reimbursable purchase that we can make. it's sad that we have to get to that point but, you know, our expectation is somebody may try to kill us. >> the nation's capitol on high alert ahead of the inauguration, the park service working to close the national malr thl entirely ellison barber with us tonight show us around if you can. >> reporter: they are putting up more barricades, barricades surround the u.s. capitol. this one has gone up just within the last hour. there are military trucks just past the barricade at the ready, in front of them, there are some of the thousands of armed members of the national guard who have been sent to the district of columbia, by the time inauguration day officially comes around, we expect 20,000 members of the national guard to be here in the nation's capitol. they have come from six di

here's what congressman peter meijer, who voted to impeach trump, and congressman john torres, who refused to object to the electoral network, said today. >> colleagues traveling with armed escort out of fear for their safety. many of us are altering our routines, working to get body armor, which is a reimbursable purchase that we can make. it's sad that we have to get to that point. but our expectation is that someone may try to kill us. >> this was dropped off at my office just a few minutes ago. i know my colleagues are very, very concerned. it's just a very troubling time for all of us. >> that -- can you show that again? that was dropped off at your office? is that in the capitol? >> that was taped to my office door just a few minutes ago. >> in case you missed it, the note to congressman curtis, who voted against impeaching trump, reads "wanted for treason for resisting the true victor, trump, and willful failure to stand up to object to the corrupt invitiated states." it was pinned to the door of his utah office. his only crime, voting to certify joe biden as our next president. a n

as peter meijer told me yesterday, there is no debate on the merits here. trump incited violence after spending months, months whipping his supporters into a frenzy with his great lie. >> we're not going to lose this except if they cheat. >> the democrats are trying to rig this election because it's the only way they're going to win. it will end up being a rigged election. >> the only way we're going to lose this election is if the election is rigged. remember that. >> and that lie turned into a battle cry for some of his supporters who stormed the capitol in an act of domestic terror. >> the democrats are trying to steal the white house. you can not let them. they don't get to steel it from us. we're bringing our country back. >> we want our country back. >> this is our country. >> this is our house. this is our country. this is our country. >> it literally gives me goose bumps and chills. it can bring tears to your eyes because the facts here are clear. what trump caused is not in doubt. phil mattingly is live out front on capitol hill tonight. you are wa

congressman peter meijer 24 hours ago on the broadcast, one of the republicans who voted to impeach the president tells me he is stocking up on body armor, taking other steps to increase his own personal security. are you doing the same thing? >> you know, we are looking at security measures. i'm grateful to the capitol police officers that are here and present, those who fought valiantly on january 6th. of course, my family is very concerned, particularly taking on the role that i'm taking on right now, you know, i'm confident that we are going to have the security measures and have security measures in place sufficient to support ourselves, but, hallie, it's a real concern of members and their families, people forget at the end of the day that members of congress are people. that we have children and husbands and wives, we live in homes like they do and we have been sent here by our constituents to do work. and those impeding us and threatening us to do that work is absolutely something that must be stopped. >> one of my colleagues here at nbc has a story out this morning with a rathe

w joaquin castro, and peter meijer, one of ten republicans who voted for impeachment. mr. castro, i want to start with you. i want to get to impeachment, but first, you just heard jon karl say that president trump is still considering a self-pardon. if that happens, should the biden justice department bring a suit against president trump? >> well, obviously that's going to be a decision that's going to be left up to the department of justice under president biden, you know, i have said over the years that i think it's quite possible there were crimes committed by president trump, but i'm going to leave that to the biden folks. >> let's talk about impeachment. i know it's a fluid situation right now. what do you know about when speaker pelosi is going to send the articles of impeachment to the senate so the tries can start? >> well, all of us on the impeachment manager team are ready to go when the trial does start. we're ready to lay out the evidence that the president incited a deadly insurrection that resulted in the loss of lives of five americans, and so there is of co

we're joined by representative peter meijer of the state of michigan. he was one of ten house republicans last week to vote in favor of impeaching president trump. and he does join us by telephone. representative meijer, thank you so much for joining us. i assume-- you assumeou did listen the inaugural speech, tell us what you were thinking as you listened. >> yes, thank you for having me on. i listened. i was impressed by a lot of the hope and optimism that was expressed, especially after the chaos of the past two weeks. that was a necessary way of acknowledging what has happened but also ensuring that it is not going to stand in our way. plenty of olive branches. but then also just a broader sense of trying to get at the truth. and that's something that, putting aside the politics of de ception and politics of lies, that is something that resonates very strongly with me. as have i been communicating with folks in my district, many of whom are frustrated or disappointed that my decision to vote to impeach donald truch for his role and then citing the i

meijer says he is buying a bullet proof vest. >> i have colleagues traveling with armed escorts. our expectation is someone may try to kill us. >> reporter: donald trump is spending much of his final time preparing for that trial but there are real questions about what his defense team looks like. it was expected that rudy giuliani would lead the defense. just about everyone around donald trump are unhappy with giuliani. some even blame him for the predicament he is in for his impeachment and for his last impeachment. that said, it's quite possible that donald trump will decide that rudy giuliani will lead his defense in the senate. >> as he's doing that, senate leaders are deciding whether they'll be able to split the day so president-elect biden can work on his agenda. >> reporter: well, and the timing, at least the start, is really not up to anybody in the senate. it's up to nancy pelosi. once she sends the articles of impeachment over, it looks like it may very well start on inauguration day or perhaps the day after. we'll have to see. >> we have never seen anything like it.

lawmakers like michigan's peter meijer are even purchasing body armor to protect themselves. >> it's sad that we have to get to that point, but our expectation is that someone may try to kill us. >> this is not an issue that's going away today, after the inauguration, or next week. >> reporter: nypd's deputy commissioner for intelligence and counterterrorism, john miller, says the threats are far from over. >> those groups will return to the various places they came from and try to figure out how to pick up this fight, if not in the nation's capital, on the steps of their state capitols. >> reporter: tight security on the ground but also in the skies as airlines limit the number of seats for passengers coming to and from d.c. and also some airlines banning firearms packed in checked baggage. >>> jeff, thank you. cbs news has confirmed that due to security concerns joe biden has cancelled plans to ride an amtrak train to washington for his inauguration. last night the president-elect unveiled a plan to spend nearly $2 trillion on new programs to roll back the economic damage from the

it's meijer. congressman peter meijer of michigan. i'm sorry i mispronounced your name on this big day when you were braver than most of your colleagues. let's go to jim acosta right now at the white house. what's the latest from over there? >> reporter: well, jake, we're waiting to see if the president will make some kind of statement this evening. he has put out a statement earlier today. he released that one to fox and then the white house press office. the kindness of their heart sent the statement out to everybody else in the white house press corps. the president saying in that statement he does not want to see violence during any upcoming demonstrations surrounding the inauguration of joe biden. one thing i would want to point you to, and that is some of the reactions i'm getting from trump advisers. and this one, i think, really -- you know, it may crystallize a lot of the feelings that we all have about this president. but it's coming from somebody who advises the approximate president, speaks with him regularly, just spoke w