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Lawmakers unable to negotiate COVID relief bill; Trump supporters to descend on D.C. for march
Sicknick suffered a head injury "while physically engaging with protesters," and later died in the hospital. He was 42.
The House speaker called out lawmakers attempting to bring guns on the floor of the House and threatening their colleagues with violence.
Freshman Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is facing growing criticism after a video resurfaced showing her confronting Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg. She has spread conspiracy theories and also posted messages in the past threatening violence against prominent Democrats. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion joins CBSN with more.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in her weekly press conference Thursday that the House would likely need to pass additional funding for member safety. Her comments come amid reports of members wanting to or trying to bring guns onto the floor of the House, which is prohibited. Watch her remarks.
New reports surfaced over the weekend surrounding former President Trump's plans to attempt to invalidate President Biden's election victory. According to the Wall Street Journal, Mr. Trump pressed the Justice Department to go directly to the Supreme Court to try to overturn the results. CBS News has also confirmed a New York Times report that the former president considered ousting then-acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen. CBS News legal expert and analyst Rikki Klieman joins CBSN to discuss the significance of these reports, and what it could mean for the former president's upcoming impeachment trial.
In her first interview since leaving the White House, Dr. Deborah Birx, former White House coronavirus response coordinator, reflects on her time at the Trump White House, the politics of the pandemic and more.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has announced that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will send the article of impeachment for former President Trump to the Senate on Monday, putting plans in motion for his second impeachment trial. CBSN legal contributor Keir Dougall joined CBSN to discuss what comes next.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will soon send former president Trump's impeachment charge to the Senate. The Senate is also in the process of confirming President Biden's cabinet nominees. CBS News congressional correspondent Kris Van Cleave joined CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss the latest with the impeachment trial and President Biden's nominees.
The Senate is kicking off a series of high-stakes confirmation hearings Tuesday for President-elect Joe Biden's top cabinet nominees. Lawmakers will question his picks to lead the Departments of State, Treasury, Homeland Security and Defense along with the director of national intelligence. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang joins CBSN from Wilmington, Delaware with more on the hearings, the upcoming impeachment trial and the new administration's expected first moves.
A caller who identified themselves as the former partner of Riley Williams told authorities that she planned to give the device to a friend who would sell it to Russia's foreign intelligence service, a claim that authorities are investigating but have not yet confirmed.
Security is tight in the nation's capitol in the days leading up to Preisdent-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" host Elaine Quijano to discuss the latest developments in the investigation into the January 6 attack on the Capitol and the alleged theft of a laptop from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office.
House speaker Nancy Pelosi announced investigations into the assault on the Capitol, specifically to see whether any lawmakers helped the rioters with reconnaissance before the attack. Nancy Cordes has more.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference at the Capitol Visitor Center on Friday, two days after the House voted to impeach President Trump for a second time. Watch her remarks.
"We have to have more security than the intelligence might warrant. I think in this case, redundancy might be necessary," she said.
The House of Representatives has impeached President Trump for the second time. But the Senate isn't expected to start a trial until after President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated. CBS News political contributor and host of the "Article One" podcast Molly Hooper spoke with CBSN about the president's change of tone in a video released Wednesday night, as well as her interview with former Senate Sergeant At Arms Terry Gainer, who discussed the investigation into the assault on the Capitol and how it's affecting the Capitol Police.
Exactly one week after the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol, President Trump has been impeached by the House for an unprecedented second time. CBS News' Debra Alfarone joins CBSN AM from Capitol Hill, followed by analysis from Wall Street Journal Capitol Hill reporter Siobhan Hughes.
President Trump is now facing his second impeachment trial in the Senate, this time for inciting a deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol. House Democrats are demanding an investigation into whether any Republican colleagues aided rioters ahead of the attack. CBS News chief congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes joins CBSN from Capitol Hill with the latest developments.
The House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump for a historic, second time on Wednesday. By the time the Senate trial concludes, Mr. Trump will already be out of office. CBSN legal analyst and New York Law School professor Rebecca Roiphe joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss the constitutionality of impeaching someone after leaving office and what comes next.
CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett distills what happened during this unprecedented day in American politics.
The Democratic-led House is preparing to impeach President Trump for the second time, charging him with incitement of insurrection. Unlike last year's impeachment, this one is gaining support from a number of Republicans. CBS News chief congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes joins CBSN AM with the latest.
Kicking off the debate over the second impeachment of President Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged her colleagues to punish the president for inciting the attack on the Capitol. "We know that the president of the United States incited this insurrection, this armed rebellion, against our common country," she said. "He must go. He is a clear and present danger to the nation that we all love." Watch her remarks.
Democratic House leaders are moving along with plans to impeach the president after the assault on the Capitol. Nancy Cordes is on Capitol Hill with the details.
Court documents show he had handguns, an assault rifle and plenty of ammunition and sent a text message mentioning shooting her in the head.