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Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account

Twitter has permanently suspended President Trump's personal account. The social media giant cited the risk of further incitement of violence as the reason behind its decision. The move follows Wednesday's deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol. The president has been accused of setting the violence in motion with tweets and his speech encouraging his supporters to march to the Capitol. CBSN technology reporter Dan Patterson joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss.

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Biden says "domestic terrorists" should be prosecuted

President-elect Joe Biden is pushing forward in an effort to fill his Cabinet ahead of Inauguration Day. The incoming president has asked the Senate to quickly approve his nominees so he can hit the ground running. His latest nominations took place just one day after the U.S. Capitol was stormed by pro-Trump rioters. The nominees include Department of Justice veteran Merrick Garland for attorney general. Harry Litman, former U.S. Attorney and host of the "Talking Feds" podcast, joins CBSN to discuss the pick and what it means for the investigation into the assault on the Capitol building.

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Capitol mob fallout: Democrats talk impeachment

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is meeting with fellow Democrats on Friday to discuss the latest impeachment efforts against President Trump as they accuse the president of inciting violence and egging on his supporters before Wednesday's assault on the U.S. Capitol. Republicans are also facing a reckoning when it comes to President Trump and their political futures. CBS News chief congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes joins CBSN from Capitol Hill with the latest.

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Law enforcement group decries Capitol "anarchy"

Scenes of violence and chaos at the U.S. Capitol shocked America and the world on Wednesday, when a mob of pro-Trump protesters, some of them armed, forced their way into the building, ransacking the offices of lawmakers who fled for their lives. Larry Cosme, national president of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, joins Anne-Marie Green on CBSN AM to discuss the failure of crowd control and law enforcement that disrupted American democracy.

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