Different as republican senators voted to acquit last time. Ben sass is squarely placing the blame on trump for the deadly capitol riot. As republicans like sass and Marjorie Taylor greene struggle for the partys identity after trump. Politics isnt about the weird worship of one dude. The party is his. It doesnt belong to anybody else. Were going to first begin our coverage with msnbc news correspondent kristen welker. Thank you for joining us. Lets talk about that jobs report not necessarily looking good the first month of january here. How is the president going to use this when it comes to his major Stimulus Bill . Hi, great to see you. Well, what we heard from President Biden today was essentially his strongest push yet for the passage of his covid19 relief bill. We saw him say in some of the strongest terms that he is prepared to go it alone without republicans signing on to his bill. Of course, he has always said yes, he wants bipartisan support but it seems increasingly likely t
To that and how they will defend him. Weve got a lot to get to. Lets go to our colleague lauren fox on capitol hill. Good morning to you, lauren. So at least the optics were of progress in the oval office yesterday. Susan collins leading that meeting with the president. But was there substantive progress . Well, sure. I think republicans felt it was a good meeting, a Good Opportunity to speak directly with the president about what their hopes are for their own covid relief package. But, look, democrats are charging forward with their plan to use that budgetary tactic to go ahead and pass that 1. 9 trillion bill with just democratic votes. They are arguing essentially that republicans are willing, if they are willing, they are allowed to come forward and vote for this process. They are welcome to be a part of it, but they are saying they need to be bold, they need to go bold and you saw that yesterday reflected in the statement from the White House Press secretary after that meeting had
Robust offense of our nato allies. All of these are in addition to the 8500 personnel on heightened alert poster i announced last week. Those 8500 are not currently being deployed but remain ready if called for the Nato Response force. And President Trump taking it to the fellow republicans coming to the defense of mike pence. Lindsey graham after days of admitting he believed pence could have overturned the 2020 election. Of course, that is false. On the coronavirus, pfizers request for Emergency Use Authorization for children under five years of age is getting a mixed reaction from both vaccinated and unvaccinated parents. Ill speak to dr. Zeke emanual about their concerns this hour. And millions americans are in the path of a massive winter storm. By far the biggest of the season so far. The threeday Weather Event will slam states with sleet, Freezing Rain and potentially recordsetting snow totals along the rust belt. We begin this hour with the crisis in ukraine. Joining me is the
Good evening, everyone the effort to offer Covid Vaccinations to virtually all americans, including the youngest among us, is close tonight pfizer confirming late today it has started down the road of seeking Emergency Use Authorization for its vaccine for children 6 months to 5 years who are currently ineligible child cases stood last week at over 800,000. Thats less than the previous week but still extremely high pfizer for now calling for two lowerdose shots for the youngest group. If approved, the first injections could begin within weeks but the news comes with a nagging dose of reality, reluctance of among many parents to have their kids vaccinated tom costello now with late details reporter with 3. 5 million new Pediatric Covid cases, january alone, the potential that shots could be going into very young arms within a month is welcome news for millions of parents. Every day im worried about them contracting covid. I would say that were very cautious. Reporter in maryland, the cr
Good evening, everyone the effort to offer Covid Vaccinations to virtually all americans, including the youngest among us, is close tonight pfizer confirming late today it has started down the road of seeking Emergency Use Authorization for its vaccine for children 6 months to 5 years who are currently ineligible child cases stood last week at over 800,000. Thats less than the previous week but still extremely high pfizer for now calling for two lowerdose shots for the youngest group. If approved, the first injections could begin within weeks but the news comes with a nagging dose of reality, reluctance of among many parents to have their kids vaccinated tom costello now with late details reporter with 3. 5 million new Pediatric Covid cases, january alone, the potential that shots could be going into very young arms within a month is welcome news for millions of parents. Every day im worried about them contracting covid. I would say that were very cautious. Reporter in maryland, the cr