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As Biden and Harris take office, author and academic Michael Eric Dyson and Waleed Shahid of Justice Democrats talk about the role of social movements in the next administration; CIA torture whistleblower John Kiriakou on seeking a pardon from Trump.

Rashida Tlaib on Trump's impeachment and what needs to be on Biden's to-do list; The presence of police officers among the Capitol rioters raises alarm over right-wing radicalization in law enforcement; The ACLU warns against new domestic terrorism laws.

MLK Day Special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words

Authorities across the U.S. brace for more violence by armed right-wing extremists in the lead-up to Joe Biden's inauguration; As the U.S. COVID death toll nears 400,000, we speak with Dr. Peter Salk, whose father developed the first polio vaccine.

We speak to lawyer John Bonifaz and professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor about Donald Trump's historic second impeachment; More than 8,000 people in the U.S. die from COVID-19 over the past two days as complaints grow over slow vaccine distribution.

As President Trump continues to deny any responsibility for the attack on the U.S. Capitol, we speak with Timothy Snyder, a historian of fascism, about what comes next; The coronavirus hits Latinx and Indigenous communities in Los Angeles the hardest.