The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

Pelosi: Congress to establish independent comission to investigate "Facts and Causes" of January6 attack. Trump facing legal trouble despite senate acquittal.Biden to make first official trip of presidency to Wisconsin for CNN town hall. Biden pushes congress to act quickly on $1.9 trillion relief plan. The White House ties COVID relief to school reopening push. CDC says school should reopen, but new guidance advises most school to stay closed right now.Biden opens Obamacare marketplace for special enrollment.Georgia investigators launch inquiries into Trump's attempts to influence election results. Manhattan DA investigating Trump family business.

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House Democrats use rioters words to argue that Trump “lit the fuse” of insurrection. GOP senators praise impeachment managers; no minds appear to be changed. President Biden says the US has secured an additional 200 million doses of Covid vaccine. Sources say Trump’s lawyers expect to finish their arguments by Friday night. Five people associated with the Proud Boys have been arrested on conspiracy charges in connection with the Capitol riot.

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House managers are showing new evidence, chilling surveillance video of insurrection, in the impeachment case against former President Donald Trump. House managers show a video of hero officer Eugene Goodman rushing Mitt Romney to safety. House managers show surveillance video of former Vice President Mike Pence being rushed to safety. 

Trump's defense attorney gives a new reaction to CNN.

Impeachment managers lay out the timeline of the Capitol insurrection. 

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House managers make a compelling case by tying Trump’s “fight like hell” speech to graphic videos and images from the Capitol insurrection. Trump's lawyers argue against the constitutionality of his impeachment trial. Sources say Trump was unhappy with his lawyers performance on the first day. Biden says “my job” is to focus on Covid relief, not the trial. Covid variants threaten to reverse improving trends. 200 plus people have now been charged in connection with the U.S. Capitol riot.

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On the eve of former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial, senate leaders have set out rules for the proceedings. Schumer says that each side will get 16 hours, over two days, to present their arguments in Trump's trial. According to Schumer, the GOP is searching for a way to "oppose the conviction of Donald Trump without passing judgment on his conduct." Schumer also says that House managers have requested that the senate can hold votes on witnesses if needed. 

Rep. Cheney defends her impeachment vote after the censure by Wyoming GOP and says that her "duty is to the constitution."  

White House officials say that Intel officials will decide if Trump can get Intel briefings if he requests them. 

White House officials says to not expect Trump's trial to be the "primary focus" for President Joe Biden, as this is a critical week for Biden's $1.9 trillion covid relief package. Democratic lawmakers are now drawing up the bill. Sen. Bernie Sanders says that a $15 minimum wage should be in the relief package, after Biden has said that it's unlikely to survive in the package. 

Wolf Blitzer has a one-on-one interview with the United States Secretary of State Blinken. 

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