News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Small groups of demonstrators, some armed, have begun gathering outside statehouses, including in Michigan, Ohio and South Carolina. The threat of extremist groups demonstrating at statehouses prompted some governors to ramp up security. https://t.co/gyOnsUZvEH
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 17, 2021
"I'm not going to lose my son at the end of 2020 and lose my country and my republic in 2021," Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin says as he presses forward with the article of impeachment against President Trump while mourning his son https://t.co/rudPHfYGob pic.twitter.com/U1quSR7RRe
— CNN (@CNN) January 17, 2021
EXCLUSIVE: Pres. Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani tells @ABC News he's working as part of the president's defense team in his upcoming second impeachment trial. https://t.co/qqkbBVyTMT
— ABC News (@ABC) January 17, 2021
The Post obtained hours of video footage of the Capitol siege, some exclusively, and placed it within a digital 3-D model of the building to map the rioters’ movements and assess the peril that lawmakers faced.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 17, 2021
Watch here: https://t.co/0354oXc3J5
Former DHS official:
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 17, 2021
"Every person I've ever known about that's been a white supremacist has left the movement through an act of compassion or love. They didn't leave it because someone convinced them that their belief systems were wrong."https://t.co/UjZc5FPL26
President Trump will leave office with the lowest approval rating of his presidency, with more Americans than ever in support of removing him from office, according to a new CNN Poll https://t.co/714XztRIgC
— CNN (@CNN) January 17, 2021
U.S. CDC reports 394,495 deaths from the coronavirus https://t.co/yMzT3zqdyA pic.twitter.com/gMiHYzRHrh
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 17, 2021
Born as a second Manhattan Project, the Trump administration vaccine program actually achieved most of its goals – until distribution problems marred its successhttps://t.co/nzWw2TfWCh
— POLITICO (@politico) January 17, 2021
JUST IN: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been detained by officials after returning to Russia on Sunday despite threat of arrest, months after he was left in a coma by Novichok poisoning. https://t.co/MXYJrFy43U
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 17, 2021
The vice president-elect will resign her Senate seat effective Monday, capping a brief legislative career marked by tough cross-examinations of Trump administration nominees and the push last summer for police reforms after the killing of George Floydhttps://t.co/4eFhUYpF9e
— POLITICO (@politico) January 17, 2021
Ahead of an inauguration that promises to be like none other before, @ABC News takes a look back at major moments from previous inauguration addresses.
— ABC News (@ABC) January 17, 2021
Read the latest updates from the Biden transition: https://t.co/8uHklJfA8e pic.twitter.com/XkkBzMSiYV
