>>> IN GEORGIA, A PAIR OF RUNOFF ELECTIONS ON TUESDAY WILL DECIDE
CONTROL OF THE U.S. SENATE AND SHAPE THE AGENDA OF THE INCOMING
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
>> WE'RE READY TO GET THIS DONE. LET'S GET IT DONE!
>> THIS IS A DOG FIGHT DOWN HERE.
THIS IS A TURNOUT ELECTION AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE TURNING OUT
THEIR VOTE.
>> REPUBLICANS NEED TO GET OUT AND VOTE AND SUPPORT DAVID
PERDUE AND KELLY LEFFLER.
>> REPUBLICANS ARE HOPING PRESIDENT TRUMP CAN BE THE
DIFFERENCE MAKER. IT'S REALLY THE REPUBLICAN'S
BEST HOPE.
>> THIS ELECTION WAS RIGGED. THEY'RE TRYING TO TAKE IT
THROUGH RIGGING FRAUD, DECEPTION, AND DECEIT.
>> SO TO THE SAME PEOPLE WHO PERPETRATED ONE PHONEY AND
FRAUDULENT HOAX AFTER ANOTHER.
>> HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS --
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP ALSO FOCUSSED ON GEORGIA.
MORE ON THE RACE HE LOST THAN THE ONE HE'S NOW TRYING TO HELP
WIN.
>> WHEN YOU WIN IN A LANDSLIDE AND THEY STEAL IT AND IT'S
RIGGED, IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE.
>> DESTROY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN ORDER TO --
>> IT'S ESCALADING RHETORIC AND THREATS.
>> SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET HURT.
>> AND LISTEN TO THIS SORT OF THING AND ACT ON IT.
>> THEY'RE NOT TAKING THIS WHITE HOUSE.
WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT LIKE HELL. I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>>> WE'RE 16 DAYS AWAY FROM JOE BIDEN'S INAUGURATION, Y'ALL.
IT COULD BE THE LONGEST, MOST EVENTFUL 16 DAYS IN THE HISTORY
OF THE WORLD.
>> WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO THE INAUGURATION OF A NEW PRESIDENT.
THE OLD PRESIDENT IS GETTING ANGRIER AND ANGRIER AND DIGGING
HIS HEELS EVEN MORE.
>> TWO DAYS AGO ON SATURDAY, DONALD TRUMP CALLING THE
SECRETARY OF STATE OF GEORGIA AND ATTEMPTING TO GET HIM TO
FIND BALLOTS.
>> I JUST WANT TO FIND 11,780 VOTES, WHICH IS ONE MORE THAN WE
HAVE.
>> THIS IS CLASSIC MAFIAISM.
>> IT'S MORE ILLEGAL FOR YOU THAN IT IS FOR HIM.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DID. THAT'S A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
>> IT'S BASICALLY DONALD TRUMP SAYING NICE STATE YOU GOT THERE,
GEORGIA. BE A SHAME IF ANYTHING HAPPENS
TO IT.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW IT MAKES DONALD TRUMP LOOK IN HISTORY ANY
WORSE BUT IT ACCELERATES THE RUPTURING HE'S CAUSING IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
>> THE QUESTION OF THE TAPE AND ITS IMPACT IS GOING TO BE FELT
IMMEDIATELY TOMORROW.
>> IN GEORGIA, THE POLITICAL EVENT OF 2021 THUS FAR IS TWO
GEORGIA SENATE RUNOFF ELECTIONS THAT WILL DETERMINE CONTROL OF
THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
>> ONE IS SENATOR DAVID PERDUE, THE REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT RUNNING
AGAINST JOHN OSSOFF. AND KELLY LEFFLER AGAINST
REVEREND RAFAEL WARNOCK.
>> NORMALLY THIS IS A LAY UP FOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
IT'S GEORGIA. THEY USUALLY DO WELL IN THESE
KINDS OF OFF SEASONS ELECTIONS BUT TRUMP HAS THE REPUBLICANS IN
A VICE HOLD. HE'S THE KRYPTONITE.
THEY NEED HIM TO WIN.
>> TRUMP BASICALLY SAYING THE GEORGIA ELECTIONS ARE CROOKED
HAS NOT HELPED THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
>> TRUMP'S LAWYERS LIKE LYNNWOOD AMONG OTHERS IN GEORGIA HAS BEEN
URGING REPUBLICANS TO BOYCOTT THE ELECTION BECAUSE IT'S SO
RIGGED. WE CAN'T POSSIBLY TAKE PART IN
IT.
>> MADE IN CHINA --
>> I'VE NEVER SEEN A GREATER EXAMPLE OF MIXED MESSAGES COMING
FROM THE SAME PARTY.
>> SOME SAY YOU HAVE TO VOTE. IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION
OF OUR LIFETIME. SOME ARE SAYING DON'T VOTE.
THE WHOLE THING IS RIGGED.
>> WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN IN GEORGIA?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> WE'RE IN A LOGICLESS UNIVERSE.
>> BUT THERE IS NO MORE VIVID DISDRAFTLATION OF HOW BROKEN AND
DIVIDED THINGS ARE, GUYS, THAN WHAT WE'LL WITNESS ON WEDNESDAY.
A DOZEN REPUBLICAN SENATORS LINING UP TO CONTEST THE
CERTIFIED ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES.
YOU SAW McCONNELL BASICALLY WAS LIKE, PLEASE, DON'T CHALLENGE
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. IT WON'T CHANGE ANYTHING.
AND THE VOTES WILL BE TOXIC. RIGHT.
I THINK WE'LL SEE, LIKE, THE REAL BATTLE FOR THE FUTURE OF
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PLAY OUT ALONG THESE LINES.
>> THERE'S A REAL QUESTION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NOT JUST TO THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY BUT TO THE COUNTRY IF ONE OF OUR TWO
PARTIES HAS JUMPED OFF INTO THE DEEP END.
RIGHT.
>> AYE.
>> WE KNOW THERE ARE MULTIPLE GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN SUMMONED
TO WASHINGTON BY DONALD TRUMP WHO HAS BEEN TWEETING UP A STORM
ABOUT PROTESTING ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING ON WEDNESDAY.
THE MAGA SUPPORTERS ARE IN A FURY.
THERE WAS VIOLENCE LAST TIME THEY WERE IN WASHINGTON.
>> THE PROSPECT FOR VIOLENCE IS REAL BECAUSE THE GUY AT THE TOP
IS BREAKING EVERYTHING ON HIS WAY OUT AND SO HIS FOLLOWERS ARE
GOING TO FOLLOW HIS LEAD.
>> YEAH.
>> IT'S PRETTY CLEAR HE'S GOING TO LEAVE AS MANY SHARDS OF GLASS
AS POSSIBLE FOR JOE BIDEN.
>> IT WAS THE CHAOS CANDIDATE. HE'S BEEN THE CHAOS PRESIDENT.
ON THE WAY OUT THE DOOR, IT SEEMS LIKE HE'S INTENT ON
REIGNING DOWN MORE CHAOS THAN EVER.
[ CHANTING ]
>> GEORGIA VOTERS GO TO THE POLLS NORM A RUNOFF ELECTION
THAT WILL DETERMINE WHO HAS CONTROL OF THE U.S. SENATE.
>> THESE RACES ARE TIGHT. THAT'S A STORY ITSELF IN GEORGIA
AND SO FAR OVER 3 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE CAST BALLOTS IN EARLY
VOTING. [ APPLAUSE ]
>> GOOD MORNING, AUGUSTA! IT ALL COMES DOWN TO TUESDAY,
AUGUSTA. TOMORROW WE MAKE HISTORY.
THINK ABOUT HOW FAR WE'VE COME IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
THAT'S YOUR STANDARD BEARERS IN THESE HISTORIC ELECTIONS.
ARE THE YOUNG JEWISH SON OF AN IMMIGRANT AND BLACK PASTOR WHO
HOLDS DR. KING'S PULPIT AT EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH.
MY FRIEND, SOON-TO-BE MY COLLEAGUE, THE REVEREND RAFAEL
WARNOCK! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> WE ARE SUBSTANTIAL DOUBTING TOGETHER IN THIS DEFINING MOMENT
IN AMERICAN HISTORY AND THE STATE OF GEORGIA IS -- NOW WE
HEARD A STRANGE PHONE CALL. I MEAN, DID YOU ALL HEAR THAT
PHONE CALL? HE SAID CAN'T YOU FIND ME 11,000
VOTES? [ APPLAUSE ]
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
WHETHER HE KNOWS IT OR NOT, HE'S ON HIS WAY OUT.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO FOCUS ON HIM.
THIS IS WHAT I NEED YOU TO RECOGNIZE IS THAT HE IS BEING
AIDED AND ABETTED BY TWO UNITED STATES SENATORS KELLY LEFFLER
AND DAVID PERDUE. AND SO THE WAY TO RESPOND IS FOR
YOU TO VOTE THEM OUT! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
ARE YOU READY TO WIN THIS ELECTION?
LET'S WIN THIS ELECTION! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS SAYING THE ELECTION
WAS A SCAM, HE'S TRYING TO DISENFRANCHISE BLACK VOTERS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY TRUMP HAS DONE A LOT OF BAD STUFF.
THIS FEELS LIKE SOMETHING ELSE.
>> YEAH. I'M OUTRAGED BY WHAT WE HEARD.
I THINK THAT IT SHOULD MOTIVATE ALL OF US TO SHOW UP.
>> WILL IT?
>> YEAH. WE NEED TO SHOW UP.
THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY CAN DO RIGHT NOW.
THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA SPOKE VERY CLEAVER -- CLEARLY ON NOVEMBER
3rd. WE'VE COUNTED THE VOTES THREE
TIMES, AND WE NEED KELLY LEFFLER TO STAND UP FOR THE PEOPLE SHE'S
SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTING. I THINK THE FOUR MOST POWERFUL
IN THE DEMOCRACY ARE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SPOKEN.
>> IT IS ELECTION EVE. WE'RE IN DALTON, GEORGIA, WHICH
IS THE HOMETOWN OF MARLA MAPLES. WIFE TWO OF DONALD TRUMP.
THIS PLACE WENT HEAVILY FOR TRUMP IN NOVEMBER.
IT HAS THE PLACE THAT HAS TO TURN UP BIG TOMORROW.
DAVID AND KELLY ARE IN A BIND BECAUSE TRUMP IS KILLING THEM
WITH INDEPENDENTS AND MORE MODERATE REPUBLICANS.
THEY NEED TRUMP TO GET REPUBLICAN VOTERS OUT.
THE STAKES TOMORROW ARE HUGE.
>> ARE YOU HERE SUPPORTING LEFFLER AND PURDUE?
>> HERE TO SUPPORT TRUMP, TOO.
>> HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE GEORGIA RESULTS IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL?
>> THEY WERE FIXED.
>> YES.
>> IT WAS A FRAUD.
>> AND DO YOU FEEL LIKE LEFFLER AND PURDUE WILL WIN TOMORROW?
>> IF IT'S NOT FIXED, YES.
>> ARE PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT IT BEING FIXED?
>> YES.
>> I'VE SEEN --
>> YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO TAKE SLEDGE HAMMERS TO THE MACHINES.
>> DO YOU THINK THAT THE REPUBLICAN SENATORS WILL WIN
TOMORROW?
>> IF THEIR VOTES ARE LEGAL.
>> SOME PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT REPUBLICANS MIGHT
NOT TURN OUT TOMORROW BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THAT THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WAS FRAUDULENT SO WHY BOTHER NOW.
>> I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE TURNOUT AND GET RID OF ALL
DOUBTS. HE'S GOING TO STAY.
THE ELECTION IS GOING TO BE OVERTURNED.
THEY'RE GOING TO FIND OUT FRAUD HAS BEEN PROVEN.
>> DO YOU THINK BIDEN WILL BECOME PRESIDENT?
>> NO.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN?
>> I THINK THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GOING TO STAY IN.
>> HOW?
>> I'M INTERESTED TO SEE THAT.
>> WEDNESDAY WILL TELL THE STORY.
OKAY.
>> WEDNESDAY WILL BE THE DAY.
>> IT MAY NOT BE OVER WEDNESDAY.
>> IT IS REMARKABLE. THEY'RE GOING TO BELIEVE
WHATEVER REALITY DONALD TRUMP TELLS THEM TO BELIEVE.
>> HELLO, GEORGIA. BY THE WAY THERE'S NO WAY WE
LOST GEORGIA. THERE'S NO WAY.
THAT WAS A RIGGED ELECTION. WE'RE STILL FIGHTING IT AND
YOU'LL SEE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> TONIGHT OUR MISSION HERE IN GEORGIA IS TO MAKE SURE THE
RADICAL LEFT CANNOT ROB YOU OF YOUR VOICE AND THEY'RE NOT
TAKING THIS WHITE HOUSE. WE'RE GOING IT FIGHT LIKE HELL.
I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW. YOU JUST CAN'T LET THEM STEAL
THE U.S. SENATE. AND ONE THING I KNOW, IF THEY
WIN, I'LL GET NO CREDIT AND IF THEY LOSE THEY'RE GOING TO BLAME
TRUMP. AND KELLY WON'T LET IT HAPPEN.
PLEASE WIN TOMORROW. YOU'RE GOING TO WIN SO BIG.
IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT STORY. KELLY, I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO
COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> HELLO, GEORGIA! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
THANK YOU, GEORGIA! I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, GEORGIA.
ON JANUARY 6th, I WILL OBJECT TO THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] THAT'S RIGHT.
WHAT THIS PRESIDENT FOUGHT FOR US, WE'RE FIGHTING FOR HIM.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] YOU HAVE TO GET OUT AND VOTE
TOMORROW!
>> IT IS ELECTION DAY IN GEORGIA WITH CONTROL OF THE SENATE AT
STAKE.
>> SENATOR KELLY LEFFLER WILL EYE OBJECT TO THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE VOTE.
>> HOW ARE THEY THREADING THE NEEDLE BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP
TELLING GEORGIANS THIS IS RIGGED AND THE CANDIDATES HAVING TO
TURN OUT THE VOTE?
>> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS GEORGIANS VOTE FOR ME SO I CAN
BE THEIR VOICE ON JANUARY 6th. WE HAVE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF
WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS ELECTION.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. I SEE THERE'S SOME INTEREST IN
THE ELECTION TODAY. I WANT TO ASK EVERYBODY IN
GEORGIA WHO HASN'T YET VOTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS ELECTION AND
MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY.
>> LAST NIGHT KELLEY LEFFLER IS ON STAGE PLEDGING TO OBJECT TO
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE RESULTS. DAVE PURDUE BASICALLY SAID THE
SAME THING. WHAT IS TRUMP DOING TO THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY?
>> YOU WOULD NOT KNOW FROM THE PANDERING AND ANTICS OF
GEORGIA'S TWO SENATORS THAT WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A GREAT
PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS TONIGHT. WHAT WE NEED IS IS A STRONG
PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE AND TO RUSH ECONOMIC RELIEF TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE. THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT
THAT EVERYBODY HERE IN GEORGIA GETS OUT TO THE POLLS TODAY SO
WE CAN WIN THESE RACES AND TURN THE PAGE ON THE LAST LAYER.
>> WE'RE IN A PRECINCT IN ATLANTA AND IT'S LIKE A CARNIVAL
HERE.
>> THERE'S SEVERAL VOTER PROTECTION GROUPS ARE HERE.
THIS IS PRESIDENTIAL LEVEL EXCITEMENT.
>> IN 2008 THE HIGH WATER MARK WAS HIT.
WE PASSED THAT LAST WEEK. WE HAD MORE THAN 3 MILLION EARLY
VOTES ALREADY CAST.
>> IF THE DEMOCRATS END UP WINNING TONIGHT, A LOT OF CREDIT
WILL GO TO STACY ABRAMS. SHE HAD A TEN YEAR PLAN TO TURN
GEORGIA BLUE. SHE RAN FOR GOVERNOR IN 2018.
SHE CAME CLOSE. SHE DID NOT WIN BUT SHE STAYED
IN THE FIGHT. SHE REGISTERED MORE THAN 500,000
NEW VOTERS IN GEORGIA. THESE EFFORTS COMBINED,
OBVIOUSLY, WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT US TO
THE PRESS POUS OF TURNING THE UNITED STATES SENATE BLUE.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE?
OKAY. THANK YOU, GUYS.
>> I KNOW THAT YOU DIDN'T JUST START THIS WORK TWO YEARS AGO.
I KNOW THAT A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE TO YOU.
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS STATE. THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT THE
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS BEEN BUILT HERE AND A HISTORIC NUMBER
OF PEOPLE TURNING OUT TO VOTE IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND SEEMS
SUSTAINED. HOW DOES IT FEEL TONIGHT?
>> REMARKABLE. WE KNOW THAT MORE AND MORE
PEOPLE ARE OWNING THEIR POWER AS CITIZENS AND THE WORK WE DO TO
REMOVE BARRIERS TO INCREASE ACCESS AND TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST
THOSE WHO WOULD DENY THEM AGENCY.
MY WORK IS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO THE RIGHT TO VOTE TO ENSURE OUR
DEMOCRACY IS VIBRANT. THAT MEANS VIBRANT FOR EVERYONE.
IT WOULD FEEL GREAT IF OUR CANDIDATES WIN BECAUSE THAT
MEANS WE GET THE POLICIES WE NEED AND THE FUTURE DESERVE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> WE ARE JUST MOMENTS AWAY NOW FROM THE END OF VOTING ACROSS
MOST OF GEORGIA. CONTROLLING THE UNITED STATES
SENATE IS AT STAKE.
>> A NAIL BITER OF AN ELECTION IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
>> MORE THAN A THIRD OF VOTE IS NOW IN AND DEMOCRATS HAVE
IMPRESSIVE LEADS NOW. RAFAEL WARNOCK HAS A LEAD OF
ALMOST 190,000 VOTES.
THEY COUNT THE ELECTION DAY TURN OUT, THAT'S WHAT REPUBLICANS ARE
BANKING ON A COME BACK.
>> THEY'RE COUNTING THE VOTES FASTER THAN THEY EXPECTED.
NOW THEY THINK THEY MAY CALL IT TONIGHT.
>> EVERYONE IS SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO CALL IT TONIGHT.
>> JOHN, IT'S REALLY, REALLY CLOSE RIGHT NOW.
64% OF THE VOTE IS IN.
>> DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN OVERPERFORMING.
NOW THE REPUBLICANS ARE STRUGGLING PARTLY BECAUSE THE
OUTGOING PRESIDENT SEEMS TO HAVE DEPRESSED REPUBLICAN TURNOUT.
>> YOU KNOW IT'S NOT ENOUGH REPUBLICANS TURNED OUT TONIGHT.
>> I AGREE.
>> THAT'S IT.
>> AGAINST THE VIOLENCE THAT WILL HAPPEN TOMORROW.
>> YOU THINK IT'LL HAPPEN TOMORROW IN D.C.?
>> THE PROJECTION IN ONE OF THE TWO GEORGIA SENATE RUNOFFS.
CNN WILL NOW PROJECT THAT DEMOCRAT RAFAEL WARNOCK IS
ELECTED TO THE U.S. SENATE. THE PASTOR DEFEATING REPUBLICAN
INCUMBENT KELLY LEFFLER.
>> THAT'S THE SOUND OF JEN?
>> YEAH.
>> HOLY SHITBALLS. THESE WERE EASY RACES FOR THE
REPUBLICAN WINS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD SUCH AN EASY ARGUMENT TO
MAKE LIKE LET'S BE A CHECK ON BIDEN.
BUT REPUBLICANS RAN ON TRUMP.
>> YEAH.
>> AND THE DEMOCRATS RAN ON ISSUES AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO
VOTERS.
>> THE FACT THIS IS HAPPENING THE DAY BEFORE CONGRESS IS
SUPPOSED TO CERTIFY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE RESULTS AND
YOU HAVE A PRESIDENCY IN CHAOS.
>> PROVING A STARK CONTRAST BETWEEN PROGRESS AND REGRESSION.
>> DEMOCRACY IN ACTION IN GEORGIA AND THEN DEMOCRACY
TRYING IN WASHINGTON. THE QUESTION IS WHAT HAPPENS TO
TRUMP'S POWER IN WASHINGTON? AT THIS CRITICAL MOMENT WHEN HE
ASKED HIS PARTY TO WALK THE PLANK.
RIGHT. TO GIVE UP THEIR SORT OF ETHICAL
COMPASS WHEN IT COMES TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.
THEY HAVE TO WALK IT AND JUMP IN THE WATER TOMORROW.
>> WE'RE GEARING UP FOR AN ABSOLUTELY CRAZY DAY IN D.C.
WE'RE WATCHING CAPITOL HILL FOR A SHOW FROM REPUBLICANS IN THE
HOUSE AND SENATE. MORE THAN 100 OF THEM HAVE
DECLARED THEY'LL OBJECT TO THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE COUNT AND THE
PRESSURE ON OTHER REPUBLICANS, EVEN THE VICE PRESIDENT TO JOIN
THIS CAUSE IS GETTING VERY INTENSE.
>> SIGNIFYING THE GROWING CAUSAM OF THE CIVIL WAR IN REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
>> THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE COME TO SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP
PROTESTING THE ELECTORAL RESULT.
>> WE'RE HERE AT THE SAME AMERICA MARCH WHERE TRUMP
SUPPORTERS ARE HOPING FOR A LAST-GASP EFFORT TO OVERTURN
THIS ELECTION.
>> WHETHER IT'S RELEASING THE -- MIKE PENCE OR JESUS CHRIST.
THEY'RE HOPING FOR SOMETHING. ANYTHING THAT WILL CHANGE THE
OUTCOME HERE.
>> HELLO, PATRIOTS! THE FACT YOU ARE ALL HERE ON
THIS RATHER COLD JANUARY DAY SHOULD BE A MESSAGE TO ALL THE
REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN WILLING TO ACTUALLY FIGHT.
THE PEOPLE WHO DID NOTHING TO STOP THIS STEAL.
THIS ISN'T THEIR REPUBLICAN PARTY ANYMORE!
THIS IS DONALD TRUMP'S REPUBLICAN PARTY.
>> YOU CAN BE A HERO OR YOU CAN BE A ZERO.
>> IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE ZERO AND NOT THE HERO, WE'RE
COMING FOR YOU AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD TIME DOING IT.
>> WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP. WE WILL NEVER CONCEDE.
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. YOU DON'T CONCEDE WHEN
THERE'S -- INVOLVED. AND I HOPE MIKE IS GOING TO DO
THE RIGHT THING. I HOPE SO.
IF MIKE PENCE DOES THE RIGHT
THING, WE WIN THE ELECTION. YOU'LL NEVER TAKE BACK OUR
COUNTRY WITH WEAKNESS. YOU HAVE TO SHOW STRENGTH AND
YOU HAVE TO BE STRONG. FIGHT LIKE HELL.
IF YOU DON'T FIGHT LIKE HELL, YOU WON'T HAVE A COUNTRY
ANYMORE. SO WE'RE GOING TO WALK DOWN
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. I LOVE PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AND
WE'RE GOING TO THE CAPITOL AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND GIVE A
REPUBLICANS THE WEAK ONES, BECAUSE THE STRONG ONES DON'T
NEED ANY OF OUR HELP, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GIVE THEM THE
KIND OF PRIDE AND BOLDNESS THEY NEED TO TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY.
LET'S WALK DOWN PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS AMERICA!
[ CHANTING ]
>> MADAM SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, THE SENATE AND HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES ARE MEETING IN JOINT SESSION TO VERIFY THE
CERTIFIES THAT COUNT THE ELECTORS IN THE SEVERAL STATE
FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> BASICALLY LIKE THIS IS A CEREMONIAL THING OR RITUAL
THING.
>> EVERY MAJOR CABLE NETWORK WILL DO ROADBLOCK COVERAGE OF
THIS.
>> I THINK WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO WITNESS WILL BE RELATIVELY
BORING. SENATORS WHO ARE ON THE SIDE OF
TRUMP HERE DON'T HAVE A TON OF POWER TO AFFECT THE OUTCOME.
IT WILL PROBABLY GO THROUGH. MIGHT BE EATING THESE WORDS IN A
FEW MINUTES BUT I THINK THE VOTE WILL BE CERTIFIED AND THERE
MIGHT BE SHE MAN BEGANS ON THE FLOOR BUT BIDEN WILL BE ELECTED
PRESIDENT.
>> HERE WE GO.
>> MR. VICE PRESIDENT, I'M RISING UP FOR MYSELF AND 60 OF
MY COLLEAGUES TO OBJECT TO THE COUNTING OF THE ELECTORAL
BALLOTS FROM ARIZONA.
>> >> PENCE LOOKS LIKE HE WANTS TO --
>> HE LOOKS LIKE A GHOST. HE'S A CADAVER.
>> HIDE BEHIND THIS.
>> HE WANTED TO AVOID THIS DESPERATELY.
SO WHAT HAPPENED THERE?
>> DESPITE THE FACT THAT REPUBLICANS LOST IN GEORGIA,
THERE'S A REASON YOU SEE SOME OF THE MOST AMBITIOUS PEOPLE IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY, LIKE TED CRUZ AND SENATOR JOSH HOLY
AND SENATOR JOSH HOLLY TAKING THIS POSITION.
THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT TRUMP IS THE FUTURE OF THE GOP AND
THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE THE DIRECTION THAT THE PARTY
MOVES IN.
>> SO WHY IS McCONNELL SO INVESTED IN TRYING TO HAVE THIS
NOT HAPPEN. WHY DOES HE THINK IT'S BAD FOR
THE PARTY?
>> I THINK TODAY HE'LL GIVE SPEECH AND CLAIM HIS CREDENTIALS
TO THE GREAT RELIEF OF DEMOCRATS AND THAT'S A GOOD THING.
>> THE PROBLEM IS THAT HISTORY HAS SHOWN THERE'S NO PRINCIPLE
THAT McCONNELL WILL DISCARD AS SOON AS IT RUNS HARD UP AGAINST
HIS DRIVE FOR POWER.
>> RIGHT.
>> I'M -- I'VE SERVED 36 YEARS IN THE SENATE.
THIS WILL BE THE MOST IMPORTANT VOTE I'VE EVER CAST.
VOTERS, THE COURTS, AND THE STATES HAVE ALL SPOKEN.
WE'VE ALL SPOKEN. IF WE OVERRULE THEM, IT WOULD
DAMAGE OUR REPUBLIC FOREVER. [ CHANTING ]
OUR DEMOCRACY WOULD ENTER A DEATH SPIRAL.
EVERY FOUR YEARS WOULD BE A SCRAMBLE FOR POWER.
AT ANY COST. [ CHANTING ]
U EVER U EVI WILL VOTE TO RESPECT THE
PEOPLE'S DECISION AND OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT AS WE KNOW IT.
[ CHANTING ]
>> FOR ALL SIX OF THE CONTESTED STATES TO HAVE A CREDIBLE
OBJECTIVE, IMPARTIAL --
>> HEAR THE EVIDENCE.
>> JESUS.
>> THIS IS A HUGE SECURITY BREACH.
>> OH, MY GOD.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
[ CHANTING ]
>> NOW INDIVIDUALS HAVE REACHED THE CAPITOL BUILDING.
THEY ARE IN THE ROTUNDA AREA. THE ROTUNDA, OF COURSE, IS THE
BIG DOME THAT SEPARATES THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE AND INSIDE
THAT IS JUST, YOU KNOW, FEET AWAY FROM BOTH CHAMBERS.
>> THE PEOPLE I'M LOOKING AT HERE APPEARED TO FEEL LIKE THEY
HAVE THE UPPER HAND. AND I'M NOT SEEING ANY SORT OF
SIGN OF LAW ENFORCEMENT RIGHT NOW FROM WHERE I AM.
>> WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW A PROTESTER ACTUALLY IN THE OFFICE
OF HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI.
>> PROTESTERS HAVE GONE INTO ALL CORNERS OF THE BUILDING.
POLICE ARE OVERRUN. THEY ASKED FOR REINFORCEMENTS
TO WITH THIS SITUATION.
>> JUST HOW OUT OF CONTROL IT HAS GOTTEN.
A WOMAN IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER BEING SHOT.
>> I'M TOLD THE LEADERSHIP AS WELL AS THE SENATE PRO TEM ARE
IN A SAFE PLACE.
>> THERE IS IS A FEELING RIGHT NOW THAT FINALLY THERE IS A LAW
ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE AND THEY ARE ABOUT TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE
SITUATION. THE CAPITOL POLICE HAVE SPOKEN
AND THEY HAVE CLEARLY GOT -- SOME AREAS OF THE BUILDING --
>> IT HAS BEEN CLEAR ENOUGH RIOTERS AND PROTESTERS AND
DEMONSTRATORS IN THE SENATE FLOOR.
THERE'S DEBRIS ON THE SENATE FLOOR.
THERE WAS AN ARMED STANDOFF THAT OCCURRED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LATEST IS ON THAT SITUATION.
>> OF COURSE THIS IS HOW THE TRUMP ERA ENDS.
>> THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A PEACEFUL
TRANSFER OF POWER. LINCOLN TALKED ABOUT SOME PEOPLE
WANT RULE OR RUIN. IF I CAN'T HAVE IT MY WAY, I'LL
BURN THE WHOLE COUNTRY DOWN.
>> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WAS REFUSING TO AUTHORIZE THE
DEPLOYMENT OF THE NATIONAL GUARD FOR REASONS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN
EXPLAINED.
>> THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN SITTING IN THE WHITE HOUSE
WATCHING THIS ON TELEVISION AND SPENDING MOST OF HIS TIME
TWEETING ABOUT HIS --
>> SAYING NOTHING.
>> SIGNALING HE'S ON THEIR SIDE.
>> THIS IS A SAD, PATHETIC AFTERMATH OF THIS UTTER FUCK
SHOW.
>> 12 MORE YEARS.
[ GUNSHOT ]
>> IT'S A PRETTY DECENT SIZE INFLUX OF RIOT POLICE HAVE MOVED
IN FROM THE WEST.
>> THIS, OF COURSE, IS THE PLACE RIGHT OVER HERE WHERE JOE BIDEN
AND EVERY OTHER PREVIOUS PRESIDENT HAS BEEN INAUGURATED
FROM AND THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING THE DAIS FOR BIDEN'S
INAUGURATION TWO WEEKS FROM NOW. IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT HERE ON
THE SPOT.
>> THE WORDS OF THE PRESIDENT MATTER.
AT THE BEST, THE WORDS OF A PRESIDENT CAN INSPIRE.
AT THEIR WORST, THEY CAN INCITE. THE WORLD IS WATCHING, LIKE SO
MANY OTHER AMERICANS. I'M GENUINELY SHOCKED AND
SADDENED THAT OUR NATION SO LONG THE BEACON OF LIGHT AND HOPE FOR
DEMOCRACY IS COME TO SUCH A DARK MOMENT.
>> THIS IS, OF COURSE, EXACTLY THE RIGHT THING FOR JOE BIDEN TO
BE DOING. IT'S WHAT DONALD TRUMP SHOULD
HAVE BEEN DOING AN HOUR AGO.
>> THEREFORE I CALL ON PRESIDENT TRUMP TO GO ON NATIONAL
TELEVISION NOW TO FULFILL HIS OATH.
>> I KNOW YOUR PAIN, I KNOW YOUR HURT.
YOU HAVE TO GO HOME NOW. WE HAVE TO HAVE PEACE.
WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY HURT. IT'S A TOUGH PERIOD OF TIME.
THERE'S NEVER BEEN A TIME LIKE THIS WHERE SUCH A THING HAPPENED
WHERE THEY COULD TAKE IT AWAY FROM ALL OF US.
FROM ME, FROM YOU, FROM OUR COUNTRY.
THIS WAS A FRAUDULENT ELECTION BUT WE CAN'T PLAY INTO THE HANDS
OF THESE PEOPLE. WE LOVE YOU.
YOU'RE VERY SPECIAL. I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL BUT GO HOME
AND GO HOME IN PEACE.
>> LAW ENFORCEMENT IS NOW TELLING PEOPLE IN THE CAPITOL,
THE CAPITOL BUILDING IS NOW SECURE.
>> LEGISLATORS CAN GO BACK AND FINISH THEIR WORK.
>> NOW WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THAT JOINT SESSION TO RESUME.
>> TODAY WAS A DARK DAY IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
CAPITOL. THIS IS STILL THE PEOPLES'
HOUSE. LET'S GET BACK TO WORK.
SENATOR FROM GEORGIA.
>> THE EVENTS THAT HAVE TRANSPIRED TODAY HAVE FORCED ME
TO RECONSIDER. I CANNOT NOW IN GOOD CONSCIENCE
OBJECT TO THE CERTIFICATION OF THESE ELECTORS.
>> THE VIOLENCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AND THOSE WHO ENGAGED
IN IT WILL BE PROSECUTED. THIS BODY WILL ACT TO ADDRESS
THE CONCERNS OF ALL AMERICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE NEED AN INVESTIGATION INTO IRREGULARITIES, FRAUD.
WE NEED A WAY FORWARD.
>> NO CONGRESSIONAL AUDIT IS EVER GOING TO CONVINCE THESE
VOTERS, PARTICULARLY WHEN THE PRESIDENT WILL CONTINUE TO SAY
THAT THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN. THE BEST WAY WE CAN SHOW RESPECT
FOR THE VOTERS WHO ARE UPSET IS BY TELLING THEM THE TRUTH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE STATE OF THE VOTE SHALL BE DEEMED THE
SUFFICIENT DECLARATION OF THE PERSONS ELECTED PRESIDENT AND
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> HISTORY CONGRESS HAS OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED JOE BIDEN'S
ELECTORAL COLLEGE VICTORY.
>> HAVE YOU EVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE IN
YOUR LIFE ANYWHERE? IN CONGRESS?
ANYWHERE?
>> NO. IT'S SORT OF EVEN AS I'M TALKING
ABOUT IT TODAY, EVEN THOUGH I WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT,
IT DIDN'T REALIZE HOW REAL IT WAS.
WE HAD BEGUN THE DEBATE ON THE CHALLENGE TO ARIZONA.
YOU COULD TELL THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS INTENSE BUT WHEN
YOU HAD THIS MANY PROTESTERS OUT THERE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE.
AND THEN SUDDENLY YOU SAW LEADERSHIP WHISKED AWAY.
THEN LAW ENFORCEMENT CAME INTO THE CHAMBER AND TOLD US TO SIT,
PULL OUT THE GAS MASKS, WE MAY NEED TO GET ON THE FLOOR VERY
QUICKLY TO PROTECT OURSELVES. THEN YOU STARTED HEARING THE
POUNDING ON THE DOOR. YOU HEARD THE SHOUTING.
YOU HEARD THE GUNSHOTS. THEN SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES, MOST
OF THEM WERE MILITARY, HAD BEEN IN THE MILITARY WERE HELPING LAW
ENFORCEMENT SECURE THE CHAMBER.
>> YEAH.
>> THEY WERE ALSO, LIKE, TELLING US HOW TO PUT GAS MASKS ON AND
TELLING US HOW NOT TO HYPERVENTILATE.
>> YOU DIDN'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO GET IN.
>> NONE OF THAT. I FIGURED WE WERE IN A SECURE
PLACE. THEY SECURED THE CHAMBER.
>> RIGHT.
>> THEN WE GOT EVACUATED.
THEN THEY CAME AND SAID WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE FAST.
YOU SORT OF SEE THAT PANIC THAT GOES.
THEY TOOK US OUT THE BACK WAYS. DOWN A LOT OF STAIRS.
A LOT OF TUNNELS AND TOOK US TO AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION.
>> DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ALIKE?
>> YEAH. WE WERE ALL TOGETHER.
MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE OBJECTING WERE THERE WITH US.
THEY WEREN'T WEARING THEIR MASKS.
>> YOU'RE KIDDING?
>> NO. THAT BOTHERED ME.
I WISH PEOPLE WOULD WEAR THEIR MASK.
>> MORE IN THAT ROOM FOR --
>> FOUR OR FIVE HOURS. UNTIL YOU WENT BACK TO WORK.
>> IT TOOK TIME TO SECURE THE BUILDING.
GOOD PEOPLE DID THAT. THEY HAD TO GO ROOM TO ROOM.
THESE PROTESTERS WERE HIDING AND DESTROYING AND PLANTING THINGS
AND THEY NEEDED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE REALLY GOING TO BE SAFE
GOING BACK.
>> RIGHT. AND AT ANY GIVEN POINT WERE YOU
SCARED?
>> YOU KNOW I WAS SO ANGRY THAT I REALLY THOUGHT PEOPLE WERE
TRYING TO KEEP US FROM DOING OUR JOB AND WE WERE THERE TO CERTIFY
THE ELECTION.
>> YEAH.
>> WE COULD NOT LET THEM SCARE US AWAY FROM THIS SYMBOL OF OUR
DEMOCRACY. I DIDN'T -- I NEVER REALLY GOT
SCARED YESTERDAY. THIS MORNING I MIGHT HAVE
THOUGHT MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUT NO.
>> THERE WAS A DEBATE ABOUT GOING BACK TO FINISH THE JOB?
>> WHEN WE WERE IN THE ROOM AND THEY MADE THE OFFICIAL ANOUNL
NOUNSMENT WE WOULD RETURN TO THE CAPITOL WHEN IT WAS SAFE AND
FINISH BOTH SIDES WE WERE GENUINELY THOUGHT IT WAS THE
RIGHT THING TO DO. THAT NONE OF US COULD BE KEPT
FROM DOING OUR JOBS. THAT WAS OUR JOB AND YOU SAW
THAT IN VICE PRESIDENT PENCE.
>> YEAH.
>> YOU SAW IT IN SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL.
I MEAN, I THINK GENUINELY WE ALL DID FEEL PART OF A COMMUNITY
THAT HAVE A JOB TO DO.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW DID IT HAPPEN?
SOMEONE CAN TAKE THE CAPITOL?
>> I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SERIOUS INVESTIGATIONS INTO WHY
IT HAPPENED. FRANKLY, IT'S A NATIONAL
SECURITY ISSUE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE
NATIONAL GUARD HAD NOT BEEN DEPLOYED.
AND HERE IS THE FACT, PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULDN'T APPROVE IT.
TOLD THE PENTAGON NOT TO APPROVE IT WAS VICE PRESIDENT PENCE THAT
ULTIMATELY GOT THE D.C. NATIONAL GUARD HERE YESTERDAY.
YOU KNOW, I WASN'T IN THE ROOM WITH TRUMP BUT I DO KNOW THAT
THE PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE ROOM WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT WHO DID
KNOW WHAT HE DID AND TOLD ME HE DID IT.
>> ONE LESSON WE LEARNED IN THE TRUMP ERA IS THAT EVERY TIME YOU
THINK YOU HAVE HIT BOTTOM, YOU HAVEN'T HIT BOTTOM.
RIGHT. ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT HE
MIGHT DO AND WHAT HIS SUPPORTERS MIGHT DO AND COLLECTIVELY WHAT
THEY MIGHT DO BETWEEN NOW AND INAUGURATION DAY?
>> I THINK FOR THE NEXT 13 DAYS WE HAVE TO BE ABSOLUTE VIGILANT
SO THERE'S MORE DAMAGE TO OUR DEMOCRACY.
THE HATE THAT IS OUT THERE NOW, JOHN, IT'S SCARY.
IT'S A CANCER THAT WILL DESTROY THIS COUNTRY.
>> THIS WAS THE FIRST CAPITOL OF THE UNITED STATES AFTER THE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR. THIS IS WHERE WASHINGTON CAME TO
RESIGN. THIS IS GEORGE WASHINGTON'S
ACTUALLY RESIGNATION SPEECH. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE
EVER HAD A PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER IN AMERICA.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN HUMAN HISTORY THAT A GENERAL TURNED
OVER POWER TO CITIZENS REPRESENTATIVES.
AND WE'VE BEEN DOING IT PEACEFULLY FOR 236 YEARS.
UNTIL THIS YEAR.
>> CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED?
>> WELL, IT WAS A CRAZY DAY. I WAS ON A VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH
THE JAPANESE AMBASSADOR WHEN MY CHIEF OF STAFF INTERRUPTED ME TO
SAY THE U.S. CAPITOL WAS UNDER ATTACK.
I CALLED A SECURITY TEAM BRIEFING AND WHILE I'M GOING
THROUGH ALL OF THAT, I GOT A CALL ON MY CELL PHONE.
HE SAYS WE'RE IN AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION WITH NANCY PELOSI AND
CHUCK SCHUMER. WE NEED HELP.
AND I SAID, WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE ALREADY HAVE MARYLAND
STATE POLICE EN ROUTE TO THE CITY.
SOME ARE THERE. MORE ARE COMING.
I'VE ACTIVATED OUR MARYLAND NATIONAL GUARD.
>> CAN YOU HEAR NANCY PELOSI AND SCHUMER?
>> YEAH. HOGAN SAYS THIS AND CHUCK SAYS
THIS AND NANCY SAYS THIS. I SAID, LOOK, WE'RE PREPARING.
MOBILIZING. COMING.
WE HAVE TO GET THE SIGNOFF. I CAN'T MOVE THEM ACROSS THE
BORDER INTO D.C. WITHOUT THE SIGNOFF FROM THE SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE. I FINALLY GOT A CALL 90 MINUTES
LATER SAYING WE HAVE AUTHORIZATION.
SO I SAID, OKAY, WE'RE ON THE WAY.
>> IS THAT WHEN YOU DECIDED THAT TRUMP SHOULD EITHER RESIGN, HAVE
THE 25th AMENDMENT?
>> I DIDN'T REALLY MAKE A DECISION AND I DIDN'T ACTUALLY
MAKE A STATEMENT. IT WAS IN RESPONSE TO A
QUESTION.
>> YES, LOOK HERE IS WHERE I AM. I AM -- I THINK THERE'S NO
QUESTION THAT AMERICA WOULD BE BETTER OFF IF, UMM, THE
PRESIDENT WOULD, UMM, RESIGN OR BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE.
IF MIKE PENCE, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WOULD CONDUCT
A PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER OVER THE NEXT 13 DAYS UNTIL
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS SWORN IN.
>> I JUST SAID WHAT I FELT. IT WASN'T LIKE LET ME DECIDE TO
MAKE A STATEMENT. IT WAS ANSWERING THE QUESTION
HONESTLY.
>> IT'S SOMETHING A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT YOU,
YOUR FATHER WAS A REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN FROM MARYLAND, ALSO,
HE WAS THE FIRST REPUBLICAN TO COME OUT TO COURTS IMPEACHING
PRESIDENT NIXON IN 1974.
>> YEAH.
>> HAS HE BEEN IN YOUR HEAD THE LAST FOUR YEARS AS YOU'VE SEEN
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR REPUBLICAN PARTY?
>> WELL, THERE ARE SOME PARALLELS.
>> PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> MR. HOGAN.
>> AYE.
>> HE WAS A NIXON SUPPORTER AND LOYAL REPUBLICAN.
HE SAW ALL THE EVIDENCE ON THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
HE HAD A DIFFICULT DECISION AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, HARSHLY
CRITICIZED BY HIS REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES BUT ALL THESE YEARS
LATER IT'S THE THING HE'S MOST REMEMBERED FOR AND, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S NO QUESTION I THOUGHT HIM A LOT OVER THE PAST FOUR
YEARS AND I THOUGHT ABOUT HIM A LOT OVER THE PAST WEEK.
THIS WAS A HOSTILE TAKEOVER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY BY DONALD
TRUMP IN A FOUR-YEAR PERIOD LOST THE PRESIDENCY, THE SENATE, AND
THE HOUSE. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NEEDS TO
RETURN TO ITS ROOTS BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE FIGHTING TO KEEP
DOING IT THE WAY THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT IN SPITE OF THE FACT
IT'S BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BATTLE
FOR THE SOUL OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
>> YOU THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE YESTERDAY'S
ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL. GROWING CALLS SUMMON THE
PRESIDENT TO BE IMPEACHED OR REMOVED ON THE 25th AMENDMENT.
>> ALLIES ARE A VANITY.
>> THE PRESIDENT -- PART OF A WAVE OF RESIGNATIONS WE'VE SEEN.
>> SOME OF THE PRESIDENT'S USUAL ALLIES WANT HIM TO RESIGN.
>> MICK MULVANEY STEPPED DOWN.
>> I CAN'T DO IT. I CAN'T STAY.
>> FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL BARR IS SAYING THE PRESIDENT
ORCHESTRATED THIS MOB AND BETRAYED HIS OFFICE.
>> GENERAL JOHN KELLY, IF YOU WERE IN THE CABINET NOW, WOULD
YOU VOTE TO REMOVE HIM FROM OFFICE?
>> YES. I WOULD.
>> HEY, ALEX.
>> YOU THERE?
>> I'M HERE. I'M IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST.
>> THIS IS A VERY QUICKLY MOVING WEATHER FRONT.
RIGHT.
>> WE SORT OF ANTICIPATED THIS BUT I DON'T THINK WE REALLY
UNDERSTOOD THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE HE COULD DO.
>> HE'S LOST RIGHT WING MEDIA, HE'S LOST GOVERNORS, HE'S LOSING
CABINET SECRETARIES. NOW HE'S STARTING TO LOSE
MEMBERS OF HIS OWN PARTY WHO ARE GOING TO BE CRITICAL IN STAVING
OFF AN IMPEACHMENT CHALLENGE. LIKE, A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO,
BEN SASSE OF NEBRASKA SAID, YOU KNOW, I THINK I MIGHT BE ABLE TO
GET ON BOARD WITH IMPEACHMENT.
>> HE SAID HE TALKED TO PEOPLE AROUND TRUMP WHO SAID HE WAS
ACTUALLY SORT OF PROACTIVELY ENCOURAGING WHAT WAS HAPPENING
IN THE CAPITOL.
>> IF THERE WAS UNFOLDING ON TELEVISION, DONALD TRUMP WAS
WALKING AROUND THE WHITE HOUSE CONFUSED ABOUT WHY OTHER PEOPLE
ON HIS TEAM WEREN'T AS EXCITED AS HE WAS.
>> HE MAY HAVE BEEN ENJOYING THE SIGHT OF A MOB STORMING THE
CAPITOL.
>> CLEARLY PEOPLE WANTED TRUMP TO DO OR SAY SOMETHING.
HE WAS RESISTANT TO IT BUT FINALLY PUT OUT A VIDEO WHICH
WAS LIKE A HOSTAGE VIDEO.
>> TO THOSE WHO ENGAGED IN THE ACTS OF VIOLENCE AND
DESTRUCTION, YOU DO NOT REPRESENT OUR COUNTRY.
TO THOSE WHO BROKE THE LAW, YOU WILL PAY.
>> MAYBE WE'RE SAYING HE ONLY DID IT FOR LEGAL LIABILITY
PURPOSES.
>> THE NEW ADMINISTRATION WILL BE INAUGURATED ON JANUARY 20th.
MY FOCUS NOW TURNS TO ENSURING A SMOOTH, ORDERLY, AND SEAMLESS
TRANSITION OF POWER.
>> AND CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO CONVINCE ANYBODY THAT HE REALLY
GIVES A SHIT ABOUT ANYTHING BUT HIMSELF.
>> ONE WONDERS IS THIS REALLY TRULY THE END OF HIM BEING
PUBLICLY ACCEPTED BY MOST OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY?
>> I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY DOUBT HE'LL MAINTAIN A LOYAL
FOLLOWING TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE BUT THE NOTION HE'LL BE THE
POWER HE WAS IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS A --
>> OUR DISCUSSIONS AMONG SOME CABINET MEMBERS ABOUT INVOKING
THE 25th AMENDMENT.
>> MIKE PENCE COULD DECIDE TO INVOKE THE 25th.
>> A STRUGGLE FOR ME IS WATCHING SOMEONE WHO IS TRYING TO
NAVIGATE THE CHAOS JUST LIKE THE REST OF US.
AND TRYING TO DO AT TIMES THE RIGHT THING IN A HARD SITUATION.
>> TELL US HOW YOU CAME TO?
>> IT WAS REALLY HARD DECISIONS. I CARED ABOUT HELPING THE PEOPLE
IN THE CDC. I CARED ABOUT TRYING TO HELP
THEM NAVIGATE SITUATIONS WHEN THERE WERE POLITICAL PEOPLE
CHANTING THE GUIDELINES THAT I KNEW COULD POSSIBLY HURT
AMERICANS. AND I REALIZED THE DYNAMICS WERE
SO CHALLENGING THAT I FELT LIKE I COULD NO LONGER MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
>> WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO PEOPLE LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE
NOW LIKE IN THE LAST 24/48 HOURS?
THESE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO CALLED ME A TRAITOR.
ALL THOUGH I APPRECIATE THE FACT THEY ARE DRAWING THE LINE FOR
THEMSELVES FINALLY, I WILL SAY YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME
FORWARD AND YOU WAITED UNTIL THE CAPITOL WAS RANSACKED AND
ATTACKED AND I CAN'T BELIEVE IT TOOK THIS TO FINALLY HAPPEN
WHERE YOU DECIDED YOU KNOW WHAT I DID WAS OKAY, PERHAPS.
>> RIGHT.
>> TELL ME ABOUT YOUR OBSERVATIONS OF THIS WEEK AND
WHAT MIKE PENCE IS GOING THROUGH.
>> YOU KNOW HE IS VERY LOYAL TO THE PRESIDENT.
TO A FLAW, I WOULD SAY. AND HE WOULD ALWAYS GIVE HIM
CREDIT, EVEN WHEN IT WAS SO OBVIOUS THAT THE PRESIDENT DID
NOT DO THE THINGS HE WAS GIVING HIM CREDIT FOR.
>> YEAH.
>> SO WHEN HE GAVE THAT SPEECH, I REMEMBER THINKING HE IS ANGRY.
THAT IS THE MOST ANGER I'VE SEEN OUT OF MIKE PENCE PROBABLY IN MY
ENTIRE TENURE WHILE WORKING WITH HIM.
HE COULD HAVE DONE A CURVE BALL AND DECIDED HE WAS GOING TO BE
LOYAL TO THE PRESIDENT BUT HE DIDN'T.
HE DID THE RIGHT THING. YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T RIGHT
EVERYTHING THAT HE WENT ALONG WITH BUT HE NEEDED TO DO WHAT
WAS RIGHT FOR OUR DEMOCRACY.
>> DO YOU THINK HE HAS ANY REGRETS GIVEN HOW LOYAL HE'S
BEEN AND THE WAY HE WAS TREATED THIS WEEK BY THE PRESIDENT?
>> KNOWS IT'S A MATTER IF NOT THE BUS IS COMING BUT A MATTER
OF WHEN. THE PRESIDENT IS VERY
VINDICTIVE. HE'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY.
HE'S SHOWN IT. I WASN'T SURPRISED WHEN THE
PRESIDENT STARTED TO, YOU KNOW, TWEETING ABOUT MIKE PENCE.
I WAS APPALLED THAT ONE OF HIS LAWYERS WAS CALLING FOR THE ASAN
NATION OF A -- ASSASSINATION OF A SITTING VICE PRESIDENT VIA
TWITTER. THAT'S HORRIFYING TO WATCH
SOMEONE THAT IS CLOSE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE UNITED STATES
ASKING FOR HIS OWN VICE PRESIDENT TO BE ASSASSINATED.
THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT SAYS.
>> THE VICE PRESIDENT CAN INVOKE THE 25th AMENDMENT, YOU THINK
THAT'S A POSSIBILITY?
>> I WANT TO HOPE THAT HE WOULD.
>> YOU THINK HE SHOULD?
>> ABSOLUTELY. I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS MAN
STILL HAS ACCESS TO THE NUCLEAR CODES.
THAT I THINK 2024 IS COMING UP AND I DO THINK THAT THE VICE
PRESIDENT WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT AND I THINK HE'LL RUN AND I
REALLY THINK THAT IS THE QUESTION FOR THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY. WHO IS THE BASE OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY NOW? AND I DO BELIEVE IT'S THE TRUMP
REPUBLICANS RIGHT NOW.
>> RIGHT.
>> AND THEY'RE WATCHING HIS EVERY MOVE.
>> DO YOU THINK A LOT OF -- MIKE PENCE?
>> HE DID NOT GO ALONG WITH WHAT THEY WANTED HIM TO DO.
>> DO YOU THINK BY NOT INVOKING THE 25th AMENDMENT, IT'S AN
ATTEMPT BY THE VICE PRESIDENT TO REGAIN SOME OF THEIR TRUST?
>> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK HE'S TRYING TO HAVE HIS
CAKE AND EAT IT, TOO.
>> THIS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED.
WE KNOW HOW TO PROTECT THE PERIMETER OF THE U.S. CAPITOL
GROUNDS. FOUR YEARS AGO AT THE
INAUGURATION, JANUARY 2017, AS SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY,
I HAD OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SECURITY OF THAT EVENT.
I USED TO TELL PEOPLE IN HOMELAND SECURITY DON'T JUST
PLAN FOR THE LAST ATTACK. BE PREPARED TO THINK ABOUT THE
NEXT ATTACK. WHAT HAPPENED THE OTHER DAY WAS,
FRANKLY, A FAILURE TO ANTICIPATE THE OBVIOUS.
>> THERE ARE A NUMBER OF VIRAL VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT SEEM
TO SUGGEST THAT SOME, CERTAINLY NOT ALL, OF LAW ENFORCEMENT HAD
A CERTAIN KINSHIP, IF NOT COMRADERY WITH THE MOB THAT WAS
STORMING THE CAPITOL.
>>WELL, IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT THEY'RE
DEDICATED, THEY'RE PROFESSIONAL, THEY'RE PREPARED TO PUT THEIR
OWN LIVES ON THE LINE. I THINK WE NEED TO EXAMINE
WHETHER THERE'S A STRAND OF LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT SOMEHOW DID NOT
TAKE THIS SUFFICIENTLY SERIOUS.
>> IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK AND LOOKING
DOWN THE BARREL OF THE NEXT 12 DAYS, WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN?
>> I DON'T THINK THAT THE TRAGEDY THE OTHER DAY WAS IT.
I THINK WE HAVE TO BE VERY CONCERNED FOR ANOTHER MATCH
BEING LIT, FOR KEROSENE BEING THROWN ON THE FIRE, AND SO
THEY'RE GOING TO BE VIGILANT.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS AND THEY ARE
BEGIN TO BE SCARED FOR THE INCOMING PRESIDENT.
ARE YOU SCARED?
>> I'M VERY WORRIED ABOUT THE NEXT 12 DAYS.
IF I WERE STILL IN OFFICE AND I HAD THE ABILITY, WHICH I DON'T,
TO INFLUENCE THE PERSONAL BEHAVIOR OF THIS PRESIDENT, I
WOULD BE SAYING, FRANKLY, YOU'VE GOT A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME TO
NOT DAMAGE THE SITUATION FURTHER.
GET ON MARINE 1 RIGHT NOW, GO TO MAR-A-LAGO, AND DON'T COME BACK.
>> WILL YOU BE ABLE TO BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF AFTER THE
PRESIDENT-ELECT PUT HIS HAND ON THE BIBLE AND SWORN TO UPHOLD
THE OATH OF OFFICE.
>> IN MANY RESPECTS, YES. BUT TRUMPISM, THAT STRAND OF
PEOPLE WHO SAW RAID AND LOOT THE U.S. CAPITOL ARE ARE NOT GOING
AWAY. AND THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
WHO RIGHT NOW BELIEVE THAT THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN FROM HIM.
BELIEVE ALL THE FAKE NEWS THAT IS OUT THERE.
THERE'S A STRAND OF PEOPLE PREPARED TO TAKE TO THE STREETS
ON BEHALF OF TRUMP. THIS WAS TRUMPISM BOILED OVER
AND
AND DONALD
AND DONALD TRUMP
AND DONALD TRUMP LIT