NOW
NOW UNTIL
NOW UNTIL THE END OF SEPTEMBER. FROM CAPITOL HILL, I'M TRACY POTTS FOR TODAY IN DC.
>> THANKS, TRACY.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME FAMILIAR
FACES DURING YESTERDAY'S
INAUGURATION INCLUDING GOV.
DOUG DEUCY.
IN AN INTERVIEW THE GOVERNOR
SAID PRESIDENT BIDEN'S SPEECH
GAVE HIM HOPE AND THE NEED TO
MOVE FORWARD AS A NATION
TOGETHER.
THE GOVERNOR IS EXPECTED BACK
IN ARIZONA LATER TODAY.
ALSO AT THE INAUGURATION,
SENATOR MARK KELLY, HE IS
JOINING US LIVE THIS MORNING
FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. GOOD
MORNING, SENATOR.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> JOE, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME
ON.
SO WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WITNESS
YESTERDAY'S HISTORIC
INAUGURATION?
>> WELL, YES, HISTORIC IN ITS.
>> A BIG CHANGE FROM THE LAST
TIME I WAS HERE IN WASHINGTON
ON JANUARY SIX.
THAT THAT WE CAN HAVE GABBY
HERE WITH ME WAS ALWAYS A MAKE
MIX IT UP A BETTER TIME IN D.C.
AND WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME AND
I THINK THE TONE WAS RIGHT.
THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH WAS WAS
HOPEFUL AND EACH OF UNITY
LOOKING FORWARD WE HAVE SO MANY
PROBLEMS THAT WE FACE RIGHT NOW
AND I KNOW FOLKS THERE ALSO
WANT TO GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO
ALL OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT
WAS THERE AND AND OUR TROOPS
INCLUDING ARIZONA NATIONAL
GUARD WHICH WAS IN WASHINGTON
YESTERDAY TO KEEP EVERYBODY
SAFE.
>> SENATOR, LOOK, THE SENATE'S
WAITING TO BEGIN THE TRIAL
OF NOW FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP.
THE HOUSE IMPEACHED HIM ON A
SECOND TIME.
THE PRESIDENT OVER AND OVER
FALSE TOLD MILLIONS
OF AMERICANS THAT THE ELECTION
WAS RIGGED, THAT IT WAS STOLEN.
WHAT ROLE DO YOU THINK HE
SHOULD?
WHAT ROLE DO YOU THINK HE
PLAYED IN ALL OF THIS?
SHOULD HE BE CONVICTED?
A LOT OF AMERICANS ARE SAYING
WE SHOULD MOVE ON.
WELL, WE'RE WE'RE A COUNTRY
OF LAWS AND THE RULE OF LAW
MATTERS.
AND WE HAVE TO HOLD INDIVIDUALS
ACCOUNTABLE.
THE PRESIDENT'S BEEN IMPEACHED
IN THE HOUSE.
THERE'LL BE A TRIAL IN THE
SENATE.
AND OUR ROLE IS TO THERE LISTEN
TO BOTH SIDES AND SIT THERE AS
THE JURORS AND MAKE A DECISION
BASED ON WHAT WE EXPERIENCE.
BUT ALSO WHAT IS PRESENTED,
WHAT THE FACTS ARE UP.
KATE AND I ANTICIPATE THAT WE
WILL DO THAT EITHER STARTING
HERE SOON OR IN THE COMING
WEEKS.
>> AND YOU WERE THERE AS YOU
SAID YOU EXPERIENCED THIS
MOMENT AS THE RIOTERS WERE
STORMING THE CAPITAL.
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE FOR YOU?
WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR
MIND?
>> WELL, ONE THING I THINK
FOLKS NEED UNDERSTAND LIKE IF
YOUR HOME MAY HAVE BEEN
WATCHING US ON TV, WE DID NOT
WE WERE NOT WATCHING IT ON TV.
WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE
OF DEBATING THE ARIZONA
ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES.
SENATOR CINEMAS JUST GOT DONE
SPEAKING AND YOU KNOW, SHE
WOULD SAY SHE SITS IN THE ROW
IN FRONT OF ME I WAS RECEIVING
TEXT MESSAGES WERE MY TWIN
BROTHER SCOTT AS HE WAS
WATCHING THIS UNFOLD AND HE
TOLD ME, HEY, THERE'S RIOTERS
OUTSIDE CHAOS.
THERE'S TEAR GAS.
NOW THEY'RE IN THE BUILDING IN
STATUARY HALL.
HE SAW A PERSON WITH A CLUB.
SO I'M GETTING UPDATED ON THAT.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'LL NEVER
FORGET IT IS AFTER THE VICE
PRESIDENT WAS TAKEN OUT BY THE
SECRET SERVICE WAS SITTING NEXT
TO CORY BOOKER.
WE'RE ABOUT EIGHT FEET AWAY
FROM THE DOOR AND HE HEARD
SOMETHING.
HE LOOKED OVER HIS RIGHT
SHOULDER AND THEN HE TURNED
BACK MAYBE THAT HE JUST SAW THE
CONFEDERATE FLAG NEAR THE DOOR
AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THE LOOK
ON HIS FACE.
AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS AT THAT
POINT THAT WE REALIZED THAT
THESE INSURRECTIONISTS ARE VERY
CLOSE ANGER.
IT WASN'T SOON AFTER THAT THAT
WE WERE ABLE TO GET WHICH WAS
PROBABLY ABOUT 150 PEOPLE NOW
WITH ALL THE STAFF OUT THE DOOR
AND TO A SAFER LOCATION.
YEAH.
DISTURBING DISTURBING IMAGES
FROM THAT DAY FOR SURE.
IMMIGRATION REFORM IS A TOP
ITEM ON PRESIDENT BIDEN'S
AGENDA.
TWO QUICK QUESTIONS ABOUT IT
ONE.
DO YOU SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT'S
DECISION TO HALT CONSTRUCTION
OF THE WALL AND WHY SO BORDER
SECURITY IS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT TO OUR STATE AND IT'S
IMPORTANT TO ME.
>> I'VE NEVER BEEN IN FAVOR
OF A TWO THOUSAND WALL ALONG
OUR SOUTHERN BORDER.
>> IT'S A 17TH CENTURY SOLUTION
FOR A 21ST CENTURY PROBLEM.
BARRIERS FENCING MAKES SENSE IN
CERTAIN AREAS.
BUT WE CAN DO THIS BETTER WITH
TECHNOLOGY.
WE CAN DO IT MORE EFFECTIVELY.
BOTH OPERATIONALLY AND WHEN YOU
CONSIDER THE COST.
SO I THINK TAKING NO PAUSING
TAKING A LOOK AT IT, THERE ARE
CERTAIN PLACES ON OUR ARIZONA
BORDER WHERE A WALL WAS
DESTRUCTED AND DIDN'T MAKE ANY
SENSE.
SO WHEN YOU SIT THERE THE
MIGRANT TRAFFIC AND JUST WHAT
IT DID TO THE AREA
ENVIRONMENTALLY.
SO YES, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD
STEP.
AND YOU'VE BEEN ARIZONA SENATOR
ALMOST TWO MONTHS NOW.
>> SO WHAT LEGISLATION ARE YOU
WORKING ON TO HELP THE PEOPLE
OUR STATE?
>> SO WE ARE IN A PUBLIC
CRISIS, PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS,
AN ECONOMIC CRISIS SINCE IT'S
AN EMERGENCY, WE'VE GOT TO
TACKLE THESE ISSUES AND WE
SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO MULTIPLE
THINGS AT THE SAME TIME.
>> SO WE'VE GOT TO GET ME BACK
ON TRACK.
WE'VE GOT TO GIVE YOU VACCINES
.
THE ADMINISTRATION JUST
REALIZED THIS MORNING THAT
WITHOUT A VACCINE YOU SHOULD
PLAN A NEW ONE.
BUT WE ALSO ARE GOING ASK FOR
IT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THOSE
BERGHOLZ ECONOMY THAT ARE
HURTING.
I'M GOING TO BE PART OF A
BIPARTISAN WORKING GROUP EIGHT
REPUBLICANS, EIGHT DEMOCRATS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE'RE GOING
TO MEET WITH THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION, THE ECONOMIC
TEAM SOON AND WE'RE COME UP
WITH BIPARTISAN PROPOSALS THAT
THIS PRESIDENT COULD SUPPORT TO
HELP AMERICANS THAT ARE REALLY
STRUGGLING WITH, YOU KNOW,
FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN UNEMPLOYED
FOR IN SOME CASES OVER SIX
MONTHS AT THIS POINT SMALL
BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO NEED HELP.
AND THESE I MEAN OUR ECONOMY IN
ARIZONA IS STRUGGLING ACROSS
THE COUNTRY AND WE WE'VE GOT TO
GET WE'VE GOT TO STABILIZE IT
UNTIL WE CAN GET FOLKS
VACCINATED AND DRIVE DOWN THE
INFECTION RATE AND START TO GET
THE COUNTRY BACK ON TRACK IN
THE LATER PART OF THIS YEAR.
>> SENATOR KELLY, YOU HAVE SOME