decision. he was very thorough, he was very objective. he listened to both sides, he asked appropriate questions. and we ll see. this is the judicial process working, and, in fact, we re optimistic that the lawsuit will not be dismissed, and then we ll be able to move on to the next stage. okay. well, we ll be watching closely for that. let s move on to what nbc news has learned, which is that president biden is taking some steps to revive that stalled issue of police reform. three people familiar with his plans are telling nbc that he will be signing new executive actions that ll happen as early as this month, talks to pass the george floyd justice and policing act, as you well know, stopped short in september. do you have any insights into what these executive actions could entail? and what is the kind of reform that you would like to see enacted? sure. it s really very disappointing that the senate did not move forward on the george floyd justice and policing act. it was a very
when george bush signed the renewal, the act in the garden there at the white house. i was on the front row as a guest of a republican president with a unanimous vote of republicans. and here we are in 22 and we can t find one republican, not one that will vote for the voting rights act or even give them less of a task. they won t even vote for the debate on the john lewis voting rights act. this is how far we ve gone backwards. and some of us are not going to allow that to happen. do you get the sense at all, rev, that this sort of drag on the president s poll numbers we ve been talking about all day as a result of the administration or the president not playing up enough the things that have gone right? i think that some of it is frustration. but i think some of it is messaging. i think that some of the things the president has done and this administration has done have been very good. i just don t think that they ve been able to get that message
we re talking about the northeast, too. now we were so cold this morning, we continue to be cold. but we re actually going to see the temperatures rising as this storm gets a little bit closer. you can see that high wind warning, that s in purple. the blue is your wind advisory. as we go throughout the overnight hours, we re going to see winds gusting over 50 miles per hour. okay, everybody, buckle up. let s go to some other major headlines developing this hour. president biden is preparing to mark one year in office this week, holding a formal news conference on wednesday. it comes as we re getting a new look at how the country is grading the president s first year. a new poll finding 44% of americans approve of the job that president biden is doing. but compare that to the first year in office by past presidents. biden s rating is higher than only donald trump s. meanwhile on capitol hill, the senate will be taking up voting rights reform this week.
going to ask already? do you want to give us an idea of what it s going to be? well, i m not sure if i ll be in the seat that day or not. but i think russia is something that will be asked about. i would certainly ask that, as well as the other topics we just talked about. and i think the reverend is right to say those are the issues that he just highlighted are things that president biden s voters want to see progress on. and i m sure the president will touch on those things. but he faces the reality, and i m curious to what extent he ll address this on wednesday of having a senate that just isn t playing ball. and he can advocate as much as he wants tomorrow voting rights and the many other things that the reverend just discussed that i think president biden genuinely also supports and wants to have passed. but he can t do it without helping the senate. yep, okay, gentlemen, thank you both so much. good to see you. and just like that, it s all over. novak djokovic s legal stand
let s move to the look-ahead to the president as he nears one year in office. there s a new poll that finds 58% of americans feel the president is not focusing enough on the economy, while 65% feel he s not focusing enough on inflation, and it s happening as we learned this week that inflation jumped 7% last year. are the democrats and the president paying the price politically for inflation? and if so, how do you combat this moving forward? well, alex, let me just say, democrats have delivered for the people. and i think part of the issue is we haven t explained what we have done. just look, when president biden and vice president harris took over, and executive orders and legislation moved forward, they moved forward with the president s support to save lives and livelihoods. look at the unemployment rate right now, historically low. look at what we re trying to do in build back better which, of course, we re still working on