which is an antiquated and increasingly obsolescent institution, fortifying the role of the people to make sure that the will of the people in the states is not stolen away by inside trickery and games, and that s what we saw last time. we need to defend the people s right to vote, and the people s sovereignty over our leadership against attempts to use voter suppression and gerrymandering. and that is far from the only challenge on the president s agenda this week, as critical diplomatic talks between the u.s. and russia are set to kick off tomorrow. on top of all that, covid still wreaking havoc. the administration preparing to mail out half a billion at-home tests. but for schools, that help has not come soon enough as they grapple with the omicron surge. cdc director dr. rochelle walensky addressing those concerns this morning. in the fall of this year, we had a delta surge, and we were
to count the electoral vote will resume. in our kind of creeky, antiquated, electoral college system, this step is really the essential step. it is what we call the peaceful transfer of power. when congress formally declares who the winner is. the votes for president of the united states are as follows. joseph r. biden jr. of the state of delaware has received 306 votes. donald j. trump of the state of florida has received 232 votes.
the question is what does the new ukraine look like? brian: we will see or if russia continues to be bled drier a bleeding ulcer which happened to napoleon in the same area britain did to them. they cannot sustain this attack without china s help. the goal should be you bleed this blight on the world dry, let vladimir putin rule over a diminished republic with a military that s been exposed as inept and antiquated and that s why it s so important for the west, not america, the west to prevail in this battle because the worst is yet to come if he survives. rachel: don t worry because there was a tiktok summit, brian. brian: i heard. rachel: there was a tiktok summit at the white house the latest attempt from biden to buck the blame as inflation and gas prices go sky high. at booking.com,
they were coming into this country for an invasion of your they thought they would be welcomed as liberators. morale among them is low. although the reports for the last two years have been that russia was building up its forces here, that they had modernized, that s not the case. you see a lot of these tanks are dilapidated, old, antiquated. ukrainians have had remarkable success. we talk about civilians soldiers, but the soldiers on the front lines are the professional soldiers. don t forget coming back to 2014 many of the men in this country have fought in the east against russian invasion there. a lot of ukrainians have experience on the battlefield. it is remarkable speaking to many of them just how prepared they are, this is not a mixed a mismatch of soldiers coming together. everyone is willing to fight and there are are also some incredibly trained battle hardened fighters and those of the ones they are encountering right now.
election day. what this bill to say is protect a state s ability and protects the voters ability, i should say, to preserve those options. vote by mail, no-excuse absentee, early voting, which have become popular and preferred amongst the american people, and, quite cancandidly, makes the administration of elections for elections officials far easier. that s what this does. let s not forget there is a companion piece of legislation, the john lewis voting rights act, that also needs to be passed. so this will come down to a vote of conscience, a vote of principle. is it more important to protect the right to vote in a democracy or an antiquated, outmoded senate rule that s neither in the constitution, the ten commandments, or even federal law? it s just a senate rule. mitch mcconnell put it aside