THAT’S TONIGHT’S LAST WORD.
"THE 11th HOUR" STARTS NOW.
>>> GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN AS
WE START A NEW DAY.
NINE DAYS REMAIN UNTIL THE
INAUGURATION OF JOE BIDEN AS OUR
46th PRESIDENT.
THIS FINAL FULL WEEK OF THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BEGINS
WITH, LET’S CALL IT WHAT IT IS.
THE NATION FACING AN ACTIVE AND
DANGEROUS DOMESTIC TERROR
THREAT, BRACING PERHAPS FOR EVEN
MORE VIOLENCE.
WHILE THE WHITE HOUSE THIS WEEK
GOES ABOUT -- WHILE THE HOUSE
THIS WEEK GOES ABOUT IMPEACHING
DONALD TRUMP FOR THE SECOND
TIME, THE LOOTING OF OUR U.S.
CAPITOL BUILDING AS MANY HAVE
POINTED OUT, IS THAT RARE EVENT
THAT HAS GROWN IN IMPORTANCE IN
THE DAYS SINCE IT HAPPENED.
NEW PICTURES AND VIDEO ONLY MAKE
THE EVENT MORE DEPRESSING,
DARKER, SCARIER, THAN IT SEEMED
TO BE EVEN IN THE MOMENT.
AND A WARNING FOR THOSE OF YOU
JOINING US ON THE WEST COAST
WHERE LITTLE ONES MAY STILL BE
AWAKE.
THIS VIDEO IS DISTURBING.
THE MOST POWERFUL NEW IMAGERY
SHOWS MEMBERS OF THE MOB QUITE
LITERALLY UNDER THE BADGER OF
DONALD TRUMP, BEATING POLICE
OFFICERS ON THE STEPS OF THE
U.S. CAPITOL.
WITH A WEEK AND A HALF TO GO
UNTIL THE INAUGURATION OFFICIALS
ARE TRYING TO HARDEN WASHINGTON,
D.C.
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IS
UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY AS
MANY AS 15,000 NATIONAL GUARD
COULD BE ON HAND BY JANUARY
20th.
NONE OF US WILL BE SURPRISED IF
THE NUMBER GROWS HIGHER THAN
THAT.
THE FBI IS WARNING LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY ABOUT POSSIBLE ARMED
PROTESTS AT ALL 50 STATE
CAPITOLS ACROSS OUR COUNTRY,
STARTING SATURDAY.
THE BULLETIN ALSO WARNS AN ARMED
GROUP HAS THREATENED TO TRAVEL
TO WASHINGTON THE SAME DAY TO
STAGE AN UPRISING IF CONGRESS
REMOVES DONALD TRUMP.
IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THIS,
THE ACTING HOMELAND SECURITY
SECRETARY TODAY ABRUPTLY
ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION.
CHAD WOLF LEAVING WITH NINE DAYS
LEFT ON THE JOB, HAPPENS TO BE
THE THIRD CABINET MEMBER TO STEP
DOWN SINCE THE RIOT.
THOUGH HIS RESIGNATION LETTER
MADE NO MENTION OF THE SIEGE AT
THE CAPITOL.
EARLIER TODAY, JOE BIDEN WAS
ASKED WHETHER HE IS WORRIED
ABOUT HIS INAUGURATION.
>> I’M NOT AFRAID.
>> AS FEDERAL OFFICIALS TRACK
DOWN MORE OF THE
INSURRECTIONISTS, THERE’S WORD
THAT AT LEAST TWO CAPITOL HILL
POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN
SUSPENDED.
TEN OTHERS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
TIM RYAN OF OHIO WHO WAS A GUEST
OF OURS LAST WEEK TOLD
REPORTERS, ONE OF THE SUSPENDED
COMES IS THE OFFICER SEEN TAKING
A SELFIE WITH THE RIOTERS.
THE OTHER WAS SEEN WEARING A
MAGA HAT DIRECTING PEOPLE INSIDE
THE BUILDING.
MEANWHILE HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE
RAMPING UP THEIR EFFORT TO HOLD
TRUMP ACCOUNTABLE.
TOMORROW THE HOUSE IS EXPECTED
TO VOTE ON MIKE PENCE INVOKING
THE 25th AMENDMENT ON TRUMP.
IF THAT DOESN’T HAPPEN, AND IT’S
NOT LIKELY, LOOK FOR AN ARTICLE
OF IMPEACHMENT CHARGING ARTICLES
OF INCITEMENT ON WEDNESDAY.
ONE OF THREE DEMOCRATS WHO
DRAFTED THE ARTICLE OF
IMPEACHMENT.
>> DONALD TRUMP CALLED HIS
SUPPORTERS TO SHOW UP ON JANUARY
6TH BECAUSE THAT’S WHERE
CONGRESS WILL FORMALIZE HIS LOSS
AND JOE BIDEN’S WIN.
HE THEN GAVE A SPEECH TELLING
THEM THAT THE ELECTION WAS
STOLEN.
HE TOLD THEM TO STOP THE STEAL,
MARCH DOWN PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE,
GO TO THE CAPITOL, AND TO FIGHT
LIKE HELL, AND THEY LISTENED.
AND THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR
INCITING THIS INSURRECTION IS
DONALD TRUMP.
THAT’S WHY WE NEED TO REMOVE HIM
FROM OFFICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
>> "NEW YORK TIMES" REPORTS THAT
DEMOCRATS AS OF TODAY ARE,
QUOTE, CONFIDENT THEY HAD THE
VOTES TO MAKE MR. TRUMP THE
FIRST PRESIDENT TO BE IMPEACHED
TWICE.
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER AND
LOYAL TRUMP ALLY KEVIN McCARTHY
IS NOW TRYING TO KEEP THAT FROM
HAPPENING.
NBC NEWS REPORTS HE HAS PROPOSED
TRUMP BE CENSURED INSTEAD.
SOURCES SAY DURING A CONFERENCE
CALL TODAY, McCARTHY TOLD HIS
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS THAT TRUMP
BEARS SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THE RIOT.
ONE FRESHMAN REPUBLICAN HOUSE
MEMBER PETER MEYER OF MICHIGAN
WAS JUST FOUR DAYS SWORN IN WHEN
THE CAPITOL WAS ATTACKED.
HE SAYS HE HASN’T RULED OUT
VOTING FOR IMPEACHMENT.
>> THAT IS SOMETHING I AM
STRONGLY CONSIDERING.
AGAIN, I’VE HAD COLLEAGUES WHO
ARE OBJECTING AND RAISING
CONCERNS ON THE TIMING.
RAISE GO CONCERNS ON THE
PROCESS.
RAISING CONCERNS ON THE
RECEPTION.
I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYBODY RAISING
CONCERNS ON THE MERITS AND I
BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT’S ACTIONS
LAST WEDNESDAY ARE DISQUALIFYING
AND LEAVE HIM UNFIT FOR OFFICE.
>> SOME SENATE REPUBLICANS ARE
SAID TO BE URGING THE HOUSE TO
KEEP THE ARTICLES NARROWLY
FOCUSED ON TRUMP’S INCITEMENT OF
THE INSURRECTION AND LEAVE OUT
SWING STATES TO MOVE VOTES IN
THE ELECTION.
TODAY THE INCOMING PRESIDENT WAS
PREPARING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
A SENATE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL
DURING HIS FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE
NEW ADMINISTRATION.
>> THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR
NOT FOR EXAMPLE, THE HOUSE MOVES
FORWARD, WITH THE IMPEACHMENT
STANDING OVER THE SENATE.
WHETHER OR NOT, AS TO WHETHER OR
NOT YOU CAN BIFURCATE THIS.
CAN YOU GO HALF A DAY DEALING
WITH THE IMPEACHMENT AND HALF
DAY GETTING MY PEOPLE NOMINATED