Meet the Press NOW — January 6

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🗓️ 6 January 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Congress certifies the Donald Trump’s 2024 election victory. Justin Trudeau announces he will resign as Canada’s Prime Minister. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) joins Meet the Press Now to discuss today's election certification and the possibility of a single reconciliation bill to pass Trump's agenda.

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0:00.0	If it's Monday, Congress officially certifies Donald Trump's election victory, with Vice President Harris presiding over her own loss for years after pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to overturn his loss.
0:17.6	Plus, President Biden is set to arrive in New Orleans minutes from now to grieve with
0:22.4	families impacted by last week's deadly terror attack on Bourbon Street as new disturbing
0:28.1	details emerge in the investigation. And Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces his
0:35.0	resignation, marking a political turning point for one of America's
0:39.0	closest allies and biggest trading partners amid President-elect Trump's threats of a trade war.
0:57.8	Welcome to Meet the Press Now.
1:03.5	I'm Gabe Gutierrez in a very snowy Washington that's all but shut down except for Congress,
1:12.4	which met today to certify President-elect Trump's election victory as he returns to power four years after rioters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to keep him in power. Unlike January 6, 2021, today's proceedings in a joint session of Congress were a
1:18.8	peaceful and normal bureaucratic and ceremonial exercise, with Vice President Harris presiding
1:24.9	over her electoral defeat with no objections from either chamber to the electoral count.
1:31.1	Here's the moment of certification from the House floor.
1:34.7	Donald J. Trump of the state of Florida has received 312 votes.
1:40.6	Kamala D. Harris.
2:05.3	Thank you. Kamala D. Harris of the of the state of California has received 226 votes.
2:14.9	Of course, that's a major contrast to the atmosphere in Washington four years ago,
2:18.7	when the former president riled up his supporters with a speech on the White House ellipse, urging them to march to the Capitol to fight like hell, which some did.
2:25.3	According to AIDS, who testified to the January 6th committee, Trump watched the turmoil
2:29.9	unfold on television, rejecting pleas to call off the mob, waiting hours before finally telling
2:36.4	them to go home. With Trump now returning to the White House, President Biden is urging Americans
2:41.9	not to forget or whitewash that day. Here's what he told reporters last night.
2:48.0	You know, four years ago, January 6th, this capital was attacked by a violent mom.
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