voting legislation will destroy the already weakening binds of our democracy and for that reason i will vote against the for the people act. furthermore, i will not vote to weaken or eliminate the filibuster. and with that, the various signals that mentions been sending out all along about both of those issues now at a much more definitive tone let s say. one influential house member warns mentions opposition to the voting rights legislation places the future of our democracy at risk. you are talking about destroying democratic principles upon which this country is based. me and my children and grandchildren today, but let me tell you that if you re hurt this entire country going forward. . republicans in over a dozen states are actively trying to restrict voting rights and some senate democrats have been lobbying mansion in person with that in mind. we gotta make sure that the people have their voice and their own democracy unfortunately we re living in a moment in whi
told him of at least 200 military operations in syria but abc, cbs and nbc reportedly ignored the bombshell report during their morning and evening news programs monday and tuesday. msnbc also skipping any mention, the white house reporters did not bring the issue up at all yesterday either and there was just one question about it monday, watch. does the president have any commodore reaction to kerry telling the iranians about covert military action for israel? we are not going to comment on leaks. emily: critics are calling the media response a complete 180 from how they handle the trump administration. it s very simple and that is, under the trump administration they would always find these so-called bombshells and they didn t wait to confirm them. they would say, nbc news has yet to independently confirm this but we rushed it into the lead of the show anyway, here they are going to use that, well, we don t have enough information yet. it just shows you, i think, wh
now on bbc news click. this week, as 45 becomes a6, we ll talk to some of the most important voices in social media to find out what the new president might do to put right the wrongs of big tech. theme music plays. hey, welcome! hope you re doing 0k, and wow, what a momentous week in world politics this has been. whether or not you re in the united states, what s happened there will affect us all. i, joseph robinette bidenjr, do solemnly swear. lara lewington: joe biden s become the 46th president. of the united states. lots about the last few weeks has broken with convention and almost broken democracy in the process. it reminded everyone just how fragile democratic systems are, even at the heart of the free world. and at the grand finale of this election, the spotlight is now firmly on big tech and their practices, having shown the world the havoc, the mistruths and conspiracy theories that fake news can bring. let s begin to listen to one another again, show respect to
the movement of logistics and supplies, he has prepped the battlefield. and censuring kyrsten sinema. arizona s democratic party leaders coming together in a unanimous vote siting the senator s voice to protect the filibuster over her constituents right to vote. congressional democrats reacting. if you are a democrat and you can t uphold the fundamental right to vote for all citizens, regardless of race, then there s a problem. arizona s party chairwoman will join us and break down what went into that decision. plus, just hours from now, these streets are going to look a lot more crowded, with up to 20,000 people marching against vaccine mandates at our nation s capital. police are warning it could be a target for far-right extremists with groups like the proud boys promoting the protest on social media. good morning, everybody. it is sunday, january 23rd. we ve got a team of reporters and analysts following the latest this morning from washington, d.c. to tampa, to
flames and smoke tore through a high-rise building in the bronx. 19 dead. nine of them children. it was dad. i see kids crying for help, and at that point we couldn t do anything. you know about the surge in cases. but also right now in this country, about 138,000 people are in the hospital with covid. that s just short of the all-time high of 142,000, and right now medical professionals don t see an end in sight. i m here to tell you we re tired. we re exhausted. and we re literally on the edge. and that is where we are going to start this morning. we are at a testing facility in los angeles, in chicago where classes have been cancelled for the fourth day in a row now. also a physician in chief, is with us. let s start in l.a. that city saying like so many other places, a record number of cases right now. but they re also seeing what s been called flurona. the flu and coronavirus. if you re sick, it s already tough to figure out if it s a cold, covid j something else