Administration is preparing a Sweeping Campaign to encourage americans to take the covid19 vaccine when its available to them and as vaccine supply increases. And it all cant come soon enough. The centers for Disease Control and prevention report more than 600 cases of the more contagious covid19 variants from the united kingdom, brazil and south africa across 33 states. According to the latest forecast models, an estimated 631,000 americans would have died from covid19 by june 1st. The mounting of a real federal response to the covid pandemic for the first time comes alongside the Historic Second Impeachment Trial of the former president who failed and refused to lead that fight. The second Impeachment Trial of the accused insurrectionist donald j. Trump begins on tuesday. It does not appear that there would be enough Senate Republicans to join in convincing the former failed president of his role in inciting the mob that attacked the capitol one month ago on january 6th and thats not
we re going to bring you those comments as soon as it begins. today at the white house, another high stakes showdown over the debt ceiling to avoid a default with major economic consequences, the latest of where negotiations stand. russia is declaring victory in the longest and bloodiest fight in ukraine. is this a turning point of the invasion? in idaho, next hour the suspect in the killing of four college students will make a court appearance. we ll bring you a preview of what to expect. and making history. a flight carrying paying customers to the international space station is due to dock anytime now with the first woman ever commanding a private space flight. hello from outer space, it feels amazing to be viewing earth from this capsule. and we begin this morning with what could be a critical day for efforts to raise the nation s debt limit and avoid a potential economic catastrophe. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy will hold a one on one meet
that s what prevails. the republican party is not going to be successful in these elections until they reject that and have a sunny, positive approach and definitive approach to how they re going to make people s lives better in this country. we re not going to make them better if we shut down all immigration. we re not going to make their lives better if we continue these trade wars. we re not going to make their lives better if we continue to blow out the spending. that isn t going to make their lives better, but there are things they can do to get us on the right track, and we ll see when they finally realize that s the song they ought to sing. alexi, what are the strengths that scott brings to the republican field right now, and what john was talking about about just the fact that trump still continues to be the major force? yeah, his messenger abilities. he s widely known across the party as one of their best messengers. he gave the republican response after president biden s
primary calendar, so i think it is a moderate lane. it is an anti-trump lane, even though it may not be as explicit as that. also that senate piece i think is the one that really grounds him as a safe net and puts him apart from asa hutchinson and ron desantis who are governors who tend to be a little bit more political in the culture wars of their respective state. so ali, you are right there where we are seeing these live images from north charleston. what are we expecting to hear from the senator today? reporter: we re going to hear a lot about who senator tim scott is, his deep roots in south carolina. we re going to hear that his grandfather is somebody who cotton and got to see his grand son pick up a seat in congress. it s something that we ve seen consistently from scott as he s been teasing this presidential announcement over the course of
at the university of arkansas. victoria is an msnbc analyst and axios political reporter alexi mccannon. talk about the significance of this event today. yeah, i mean, in some respects it represents a mail stone for the republican party. of course they ve never nominated or elected a black president before, and senator scott is reflective of a growing small momentum of black men not only running for office as republicans but winning their races and then finding spaces where they can try to ascend to even the presidency. now, of course he s been registering at like 3% in the polls up until now, but he s not an unserious candidate, and what s interesting to me is in some of his town halls in new hampshire recently, he kind of jokes with the audience and says things like, oh, you know, let me let you all in on a secret, i m black. he s already leaning into his race, and i think that s