- Well, welcome to "The 700 Club."
State Houses from coastto coast are boarding up.
The FBI is warning ofpossible armed protests
in every State Capitolbeginning this weekend
through Inauguration Day.
- One group is reportedly ready
to storm governmentbuildings if President Trump
is removed from officebefore January 20th.
Meanwhile, leaders onCapitol Hill move forward
with plans to impeach him.
CBN National Security Correspondent,
Eric Philips has more.
- Though the presidenthas been mostly silent
since last week, thereis word this morning
that he is acknowledgingsome blame for the riot
at the US Capitol last Wednesday.
That coming from HouseRepublican Leader Kevin McCarthy,
who says the president expressed that
during a phone call with him.
And now, the presidentis declaring a state
of emergency in Washington, DC.
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With these images stillfresh in everyone's mind,
the president is now declaringa state of emergency,
stretching from January 11th through days
after the presidential inauguration.
At the same time, the FBI iswarning of what's to come.
State Houses coast to coast, boarding up,
preparing for protests
and potentially dangerous demonstrations.
This as an unnamed armedgroup reportedly is calling
for storming governmentbuildings if President Trump
is removed from officebefore January 20th.
Still, efforts to impeachthe president move forward.
- Sadly, the person that'srunning the Executive Branch
is a deranged, unhinged,dangerous president.
- [Eric] More than 200House Democrats introduced
a single article of impeachment Monday,
charging the president withincitement of insurrection,
after they say thepresident, with his rhetoric,
encouraged a mob to attackthe US Capitol last week.
Evangelical leader, Franklin Graham,
says impeachment would be a mistake.
- I think it's a mistakebecause for one hand,
they talk about unity andbringing the country together.
But yet, you've tried to impeach
the president a second time.
It's just gonna furtherdivide the country.
- They say that if we impeach,
it could make matters worse.
Matters can't get worse.
We just had a potential coup attempt.
- [Eric] Even some of thepresident's staunchest allies
have turned on him.
- I do think the presidentcommitted impeachable offenses.
- But one Senate Democrat is calling
on House Democrats to reconsider.
- Well I think this is soill-advised for Joe Biden
to be coming in, tryingto heal the country,
trying to be the presidentof all the people when
we're going to be sodivided and fighting again.
- [Eric] Graham says theactions at the Capitol
that took five lives,including an officer,
should be dealt with severely.
- And I hope they'll be ableto identify every one of them
and prosecutor 'em, put 'em in jail.
- Vice President Penceand President Trump met
for the first time onMonday, since the attack.
They have pledged to work together
in the final days of the administration.
Meanwhile, acting DHSSecretary, Chad Wolf,
has become the latestmember of the administration
to resign over the situation.
A House vote on the impeachment
is expected to happen tomorrow.
Eric Philips, CBN News.
- Well, if there was evera time to pray for America,
it's right now, we need to pray.
The violence seems to be spreading,
the FBI issuing warnings.
We're far from having apeaceful transfer of power.
The first time in our historywhere we're not recognizing
the election results and that's leading
to upheaval from coast to coast.
We need to pray.
We need to pray for God to intervene,
for only the Prince ofpeace can bring us peace.
So please, be in prayer for our country.
In other news, big techis coming under fire
for shutting down President Trump
in a social media apppopular with conservatives.
John Jessup has more on that story
from our CBN News Bureau in Washington.
- That's right, Gordon.
The social media platformParler is suing Amazon
for getting booted off the techgiants' web hosting services
and forcing it offline.
Amazon claimed Parler'susers were inciting violence
after last week's riot on Capitol Hill.
The controversy is just thelatest in the ongoing debate
over free speech versus censorship online.
Mark Martin has the story.
- Conservatives claima big tech crack down
on free speech is taking place.
And they point out that many others,
including leftists and rogue regimes
post threats of violence onTwitter with no consequences.
The list is growing.
Twitter took its actionFriday to permanently suspend
the president's account.
Amazon web services took downParler, a Twitter competitor
and growing social mediahaven for conservatives.
Google and Apple have also banned Parler.
The claim that Parleris partly responsible
for the Capitol assault.
The CEO maintains that's nottrue because his platform
did not even have a wayto coordinate an event.
Ken Blackwell of theFamily Research Council.
- There's a real lack of consistency
by those big tech companies.
They are, they're allegedto be neutral platforms
for the free exchange ofideas and that any regulation
that they have will beevenly and fairly applied.
Well, these are platformsthat still allow for dictators
and tolerance from other countries
to communicate their messages freely.
- [Mark] Former Homeland SecurityCounter-Terrorism Official
Elizabeth Neumann sayswhile these companies should
be held accountable,
the current situation callsfor a different priority.
- Right now, we need tomake sure that we don't see
another set of incidentslike we had last week.
Right now, we need to calm the temperature
and get people focused onwhat happened January 6th,
let the investigation unfurl,
arrest the people that violated the law.
And then, let's have a properdebate about section 230.
- The Media Research CenterPresident Brent Bozell
and other conservative leaders
want big tech companies broken up
after what they callsweeping acts of censorship
against conservatives andPresident Donald Trump.
Bozell added "Big tech hasdeclared war on free speech
and is now an existentialthreat to democracy."
Meanwhile, Senator MarkWarner of Virginia calls
the United States Capitol a crime scene.
The likely chairman of theSenate Intelligence Committee
has also requested that telecommunication
and social media companiessave any evidence associated
with the quote "insurrectionist attack"
in order to bring writers to justice.
Mark Martin, CBN News.
- Thanks, Mark.
Turning now to the battleagainst the coronavirus.
The United States now in the second month
of the biggest vaccinationdrive in history,
with a major expansion of the campaign
that includes opening football stadiums,
major league baseball parks, fairgrounds,
and convention centers.
Dodger Stadium in LosAngeles has been used
as a testing site, thebiggest in the country.
And now it also will serveas a place to get vaccinated
and more will be added as well.
- These five sites,
in addition to our private partner sites,
will allow us to complete anadditional 500,000 vaccinations
among our healthcare workersby the end of January.
- So far, just 35% of the25 million doses distributed
to the states have been administered.
Well, with just eight days togo before his inauguration,
President elect Joe Bidenis putting the final pieces
of his cabinet in place,
Monday, announcing veterandiplomat William Burns
to lead the CIA.
Burns has worked in USforeign policy for 33 years
under both Republican andDemocratic presidents.
Burns is the final pick inBiden's 15 cabinet nominations.
If all are confirmed,
it will be the most diverse in history.
Well, the Trump administrationis using its last few days
in office to make someforeign policy moves,
including re-designating Cubaa state sponsor of terrorism.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cited that
the communist nationsharboring of terrorists
in his announcement yesterday.
Pompeo said Cuba's government must quote,
"End its support forinternational terrorism
and subversion."
It is a reversal ofpresident Obama's policy
that he lifted thedesignation back in 2015.
The Cuban government criticized the move
as did Senate Democrats who said
it will hamper Presidentelect Biden's ability
to work with Cuba.
Well in England, the homewhere JRR Tolkien wrote
two masterpieces of Englishliterature is up for sale.
The house in Oxford is where Tolkien wrote
"The Lord Of The Rings" and "The Hobbit."
Some supporters hope topreserve it as a literary center
but a steep price tag andfast approaching deadline
could stand in their way.
As CBN's Jenna Browder reports,
that's why they're asking for help.
- 20 Northmoor Road in Oxford, England,
is where JR Tolkienlived from 1930 to 1947.
It's where he raised hisfamily and also wrote some
of his most well-known works.
Now that it's for sale, thereare many interested buyers,
including Project Northmoor,
which has several leadingcharacters helping its cause.
- In 1930, a family movedinto 20 Northmoor Road,
a big house in the universitycity of Oxford, England.
- The young fatherentertained his children
with his stories about a hobbit.
- Here, Mr. Bilbo.
Where are you off to?
- I'm going on an adventure.
- Well, there is no placefor Tolkien in the world.
Many other authors alreadyhave a house dedicated to them.
- [Jenna] Project Northmoorfounder, Julia Golding,
wants to change that.
- In the UK, we have Jane Austen's house.
We've got Wordsworth'shouse, we've Shakespeare.
And it always struck me thatthere was a real missing piece
of this literary heritagethat hadn't yet happened.
- [Jenna] Her goal,
to make it a literarycenter in Tolkien's honor.
She says the center will focuson all aspects of his life,
from his writing and yearsas an Oxford professor,
to his deep Catholic faithand famous friendships.
- And he was part of agroup called "The Inklings"
and that included CS Lewis.
So the literary center theysort of had here in Oxford,
they were people of faith.
And that was part ofwhat they were thinking
of when they were writing.
- [Jenna] Project Northmoorhas just three months
to raise $6 million before thehome hits the public market.
- We had reached about halfa million in the first week,
which is very good.
We shouldn't throttle back though.
We've got a long way to go still.
- There are so many of us, you see,
and we all want to see this done.
- We will only succeed if we all do
this together as a fellowship.
- Project Northmoor also hasplans for an online community
for those Tolkien fanswho want to participate,
but can't get to Oxford.
In Washington, Jenna Browder, CBN News.
- Thank you, Jenna and to Jenna.
And to learn more about the famous home
and a Kickstarter campaignto help close the gap,
you can go to CBNnews.comto learn more about that.
