Lines at food banks from coast to coast, as the virus was dismissed by the last administration. That is the crisis that have waiting at president joe bidens feet today, and as he suggested in just the last hour, it did not have to be this way, here is President Biden at his event this afternoon, focused on his plan to extend a lifeline to those suffering without a moment to lose. Were in a National Emergency. We need to act like were in a National Emergency. So weve got to move with everything weve got. Weve got to do it together. I dont believe democrats or republicans are going hungry and losing jobs. I believe americans are going hungry and losing their jobs. We have the tools to fix it. We have the tools to get through this. We have the tools to get this virus under control and our economy back on track. We have the tools to help people. So lets use the tools, all of them. Use them now. For his part President Biden moving today swiftly to increase Food Assistance by signing an exec
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Seriousness of the actual infection. Plus an executive order that could drop really any minute. The latest on President Biden set to lift a ban former President Trump put in place on transgender troops. Weve got a lot going on on this monday morning. Good morning to you. Im Hallie Jackson in washington. Along with our nbc news team, Garrett Haake is on capitol hill, tom costello is here in d. C. As well, carol lee is covering the white house. Garrett, let me start with you here. For just the second time in just over a year you have House Democrats set to deliver an article of impeachment to the senate, right . Talk about how this plays out in the next couple of weeks and what youre hearing now from sources about the outcome potentially of where this trial might go. Reporter the next 24 hours will be busy as aerns the impeachment trial. The article will be brought from the house to the senate and accepted here tonight. Tomorrow we will see the senators sworn in. For the next two weeks t
From his predecessor, barack obama. We have coverage tonight, reporters blanketing the washington area. And really across the world. We began with peter doocy and the highlights from todays historic inauguration. Good evening. Good evening, bret. The first time we laid eyes at President Biden in the oval office, he was wearing a mask. He already had a whole bunch of family photos on the table behind him and he was sitting next to a stag about a foot and half to tall of orders to sign. I thought the state of the nation is no time to waste. Get to work immediately. Taking this oath on a family bible from the 19th century. Congratulations mr. President. The 46th president , a limo with license plates that say 46. A new house. And an authority that turns his signature into president ial action. Todays list of executive orders addressed immigration by immediately stopping construction of the southern border wall and reversing the travel ban on passengers coming from majority muslim countrie
Latest. The first opportunity weve had to ask President Biden questions in a formal setting hen even though fox wasnt called on initially right after the president spoke about a goal of 1 million vaccines a day, i got his attention. I know he always asked me tough questions, always as an edge to him, but i like him anyway, go ahead and ask a question. Think you, mr. President. You think within three weeks or so, we will be at the point where there are 1 million vaccines per day. I think we will get there before that. I misspoke. I hope we will be able to increase as we go along until they get to a million and five a day. Thats my hope. Republicans had already been pointing out a million shots a day is a low bar. Thats not a big new goal, thats exactly what they inherited from the Trump Administration and operation warp speed. So President Biden is raising his goal for the first 100 days. With the grace of god and the creek not rising as the old saying goes, we may be able to get that t