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Just another one of many times I've written: ‘It’s a historic day in America’: |
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© Getty Images One week after a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, the House is set to impeach President Trump for his role in inciting his supporters. The chances Trump is impeached today: Basically 100 percent. Every Democrat — plus a few Republicans — are expected to vote to impeach. https://bit.ly/3oKtFO2 Keep in mind: Trump is poised to become the first president to be impeached twice. |
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| HOW TO FOLLOW TODAY’S PROCEEDINGS: |
| Livestream of the House impeachment proceedings: https://bit.ly/39v0JTA Live blog of impeachment debate updates: https://bit.ly/3oF9bpS |
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| HIGHLIGHTS SO FAR: |
| House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) predicts 10-20 Republican votes to impeach: "I would be surprised if there weren't somewhere between 10 and 20," Hoyer told reporters. (Via The Hill’s Mike Lillis) From Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.), the GOP leader of the Problem Solvers Caucus: "I look at snap-impeachment as a very dangerous precedent," Reed said Wednesday morning as he entered the Capitol. "Everyone in America has a right to due process. Everybody has a right to defend themselves. I think, when we're talking about a constitutional magnitude of impeachment, people should respect that we need investigations." (Via The Hill’s Mike Lillis) The morning began with a prayer: “Rear Adm. Margaret Grun Kibben, the House chaplain, opens the session with a prayer: ‘We found ourselves seizing the scales of justice from the jaws of mobocracy.’" https://bit.ly/35CK67s |
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| WHAT HAPPENED TO CALLS FOR THE 25TH AMENDMENT?: |
| Vice President Pence rejected calls to invoke the 25th Amendment. https://bit.ly/3snwS87 Pence wrote in a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) last night: "I do not believe such a course of action is in the best interest of our Nation or consistent with the Constitution.” |
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| It’s Wednesday — a week ago today, the Capitol was under siege. A week from today, Joe Biden will be inaugurated as president. I’m Cate Martel with a quick recap of the morning and what’s coming up. Send comments, story ideas and events for our radar to cmartel@thehill.com — and follow along on Twitter @CateMartel and Facebook. Did someone forward this to you? Want your own copy? Sign up here to receive The Hill's 12:30 Report in your inbox daily: http://bit.ly/2kjMNnn |
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| Bless these people: Politico’s Sarah Ferris tweeted this morning, “Another *busload* of National guardsmen just passed by me, with a whole police escort” https://bit.ly/3qgOMI6 1) I am so thankful they are here. 2) PLEASE GET THEM COTS — or at least a pillow.: 
© Twitter ^ The full size photos: https://bit.ly/2KagDds Notice that these National Guard members are napping on a hard floor, while wearing masks!: Here’s a photo: https://bit.ly/3i7UskA And a group in the Rotunda: https://bit.ly/3qirKR6 Wow, this is pretty striking: 
© Twitter Wow: “Taking a photo with the statue of Rosa Parks in Statuary Hall.” Photo from The New York Times’s Emily Cochrane: https://bit.ly/38CX2w2 Outside the Capitol — here’s a National Guard checkpoint: https://bit.ly/3slnnGx The police presence in D.C.: “Walking from 13 & U - 12th & G, I noticed lots of new barricades this morning. Heavier military and police presence than yesterday.” (Tweet from SourceStream Media’s Blake Rutherford) https://bit.ly/3sfvZP0 Several House Republicans caused quite the stir over the new metal detectors outside the House chamber: https://bit.ly/2Lk8SCv At Vice President Pence’s residence: 
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The world is nervously bracing for the next week: |
| Via The Hill’s Jordain Carney and Morgan Chalfant, “Concerns are growing over security threats surrounding President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week after the attack on the Capitol rattled the country's confidence and put scrutiny on law enforcement and safety in Washington.” https://bit.ly/2N0sJXM The security measures now in place: “Federal and state officials are beefing up law enforcement and the National Guard presence around Washington, with thousands expected to be deployed in D.C. in the coming days; Trump has declared a state of emergency; and the Secret Service will begin special protections for inaugural events on Wednesday, a week earlier than initially planned.” What to expect: https://bit.ly/2N0sJXM |
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| AIRBNB CANCELS WASHINGTON, D.C.-AREA RESERVATIONS FOR THE NEXT WEEK: |
| https://bit.ly/2LtvUqu |
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This oral history of the day is chilling: |
| A team of reporters from The Hill spoke “with more than a dozen members of Congress, congressional and White House staff, reporters who covered the assault and a governor who deployed law enforcement to retake the building.” https://bit.ly/39tY50n “[This oral history] is based on detailed reviews of video and audio recordings taken throughout the day, retrospective interviews and contemporaneous text messages shared between lawmakers.” Where Greg Nash, The Hill’s staff photographer, was: “[Nash] had ducked out of the Senate to upload images for the press pool. As he snapped some new shots from the window, a gallery director warned him to be careful standing next to windows in case of blasts. As the rioters poured into the building, some made clear they had journalists in their sights.” From Nash: “I stopped near a window outside of Sen. [Charles] Schumer's office and saw protesters rushing the Capitol. One rioter saw me as I was taking pictures and threw a water bottle towards the window which thankfully missed.” More from that day: https://bit.ly/39tY50n |
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| I CAN IMAGINE WHY SHE WOULD BE SO NERVOUS: |
| In an Instagram video, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) described last Wednesday’s attack, revealing that she feared her life. https://bit.ly/3bBxxwQ "I did not know if I was going to make it to the end of that day alive. Not just in a general sense, but in a very, very specific sense." Ocasio-Cortez said she could not give details: "due to security concerns," but that she thought she “was going to die.” Watch her description: https://bit.ly/2MSmLrI |
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| LATEST IN THE BIDEN TRANSITION | |
The Obama administration 2.0: |
| “President-elect Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he is nominating Samantha Power, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, as administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).” https://bit.ly/35F3zEm “Power’s nomination is the latest example of Biden leaning on officials who served in the Obama administration to fill key roles. Power served as U.S. ambassador to the U.N. from 2013 to 2017.” |
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| LATEST WITH THE CORONAVIRUS | |
International travelers need to prove they tested negative: |
| Via The Washington Post’s Lori Aratani, “Federal officials will require all international travelers flying to the United States to show proof they have tested negative for the coronavirus, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials announced Tuesday.” https://wapo.st/35B0ZPZ When the new policy takes effect: Jan. 26 |
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| THE NUMBERS: |
| Coronavirus cases in the U.S.: 22,860,032 U.S. death toll: 381,130 Breakdown of the numbers: https://cnn.it/2UAgW3y |
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This video from last Wednesday is chilling — I have a hard time watching this: |
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© Twitter Watch: https://bit.ly/3sgkc37 |
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At a DCA checkpoint last week: |
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© Twitter |
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| The House is in. The Senate is out. President Trump and Vice President Pence are in Washington, D.C. President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are in Wilmington, Del. Vice President Pence has no public events scheduled. “President Trump will work from early in the morning until late in the evening. He will make many calls and have many meetings.” President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris receive the President’s Daily Brief and meet with transition advisers. Vice President-elect Harris participates in a virtual finance event for the Presidential Inaugural Committee. 10 a.m. EST: First votes in the House. 3 p.m. EST: Last votes in the House. The House’s full schedule today: https://bit.ly/2LwXAKW |
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| 10:30 a.m. EST: Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser held a press conference on Inauguration Day and the district’s COVID-19 response. Livestream: https://bit.ly/3sl5esC Today: The NHL season begins today. Season predictions from ESPN: https://es.pn/2Kbr6Fv |
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| Today is National Peach Melba Day. |
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Not your father’s inauguration: |
| Via Washingtonian’s Daniella Byck, “All inaugurations are historic events, but Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ induction ceremony on January 20 is shaping up to be an event unlike any precedent or President.” Here’s what to expect on Inauguration Day in Washington, D.C.: https://bit.ly/3nFqB4q |
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| And to get you through the afternoon, here’s a dog meeting his new, small, puppy friend: https://bit.ly/38BRDFs |
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