Second Cabinet member announces resignation over Trump’s response to riot

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Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), tells CNN’s Chris Cuomo about the moment Congress finalized President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, and about why she chose to fist-bump Vice President Mike Pence after he read the election results.”,”descriptionText”:”Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), tells CNN’s Chris Cuomo about the moment Congress finalized President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, and about why she chose to fist-bump Vice President Mike Pence after he read the election results.”},{“title”:”Aides shaken by Trump’s behavior during riots”,”duration”:”03:19″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2021/01/07/white-house-resignations-capitol-riots-collins-dnt-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2021/01/07/white-house-resignations-capitol-riots-collins-dnt-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/210106172240-06-us-capitol-riots-0106-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2021/01/07/white-house-resignations-capitol-riots-collins-dnt-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”CNN’s u003ca href=”http://www.cnn.com/profiles/kaitlan-collins” target=”_blank”>Kaitlan Collinsu003c/a> reports on the fallout for President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, following the riots at the US Capitol.”,”descriptionText”:”CNN’s u003ca href=”http://www.cnn.com/profiles/kaitlan-collins” target=”_blank”>Kaitlan Collinsu003c/a> reports on the fallout for President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, following the riots at the US Capitol.”},{“title”:”John Kelly says he would vote to invoke 25th Amendment”,”duration”:”01:30″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2021/01/07/john-kelly-donald-trump-25-amendment-sot-vpx-lead.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2021/01/07/john-kelly-donald-trump-25-amendment-sot-vpx-lead.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200626131818-trump-john-kelly-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2021/01/07/john-kelly-donald-trump-25-amendment-sot-vpx-lead.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”Former White House chief of staff John Kelly said that if he were a member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet u003ca href=”http://www.cnn.com/2021/01/07/politics/john-kelly-trump-25th-amendment-capitol-riot-cnntv/index.html” target=”_blank”>he would support using the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to remove the President from office fu003c/a>ollowing a deadly riot at the US Capitol.”,”descriptionText”:”Former White House chief of staff John Kelly said that if he were a member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet u003ca href=”http://www.cnn.com/2021/01/07/politics/john-kelly-trump-25th-amendment-capitol-riot-cnntv/index.html” target=”_blank”>he would support using the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to remove the President from office fu003c/a>ollowing a deadly riot at the US Capitol.”},{“title”:”Biden: Capitol attack ‘one of the darkest days’ in US history”,”duration”:”06:33″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2021/01/07/joe-biden-capitol-riot-assault-democracy-trump-blm-bts-nr-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2021/01/07/joe-biden-capitol-riot-assault-democracy-trump-blm-bts-nr-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/210107123904-02-biden-announcement-0107-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2021/01/07/joe-biden-capitol-riot-assault-democracy-trump-blm-bts-nr-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”President-elect Joe Biden says the swarming of the US Capitol by a pro-Trump mob is “u003ca href=”http://www.cnn.com/2021/01/07/politics/biden-merrick-garland-justice-nominees/index.html” target=”_blank”>one of the darkest daysu003c/a> in the history of our nation.” Biden also slammed police for their different treatment of the Capitol mob and Black Lives Matter protesters earlier this year.”,”descriptionText”:”President-elect Joe Biden says the swarming of the US Capitol by a pro-Trump mob is “u003ca href=”http://www.cnn.com/2021/01/07/politics/biden-merrick-garland-justice-nominees/index.html” target=”_blank”>one of the darkest daysu003c/a> in the history of our nation.” Biden also slammed police for their different treatment of the Capitol mob and Black Lives Matter protesters earlier this year.”},{“title”:”Graham criticizes Trump and Giuliani over Capitol riots”,”duration”:”02:29″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2021/01/07/graham-capitol-riot-reaction-trump-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2021/01/07/graham-capitol-riot-reaction-trump-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/210107143923-graham-on-chaos-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2021/01/07/graham-capitol-riot-reaction-trump-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”Sen. 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