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
Let me bring you some breaking news on the nhs. The average Response Time in february for ambulances in england dealing with the most urgent incidents, defined as calls from people with life threatening illnesses or injuries, was eight minutes and 25 seconds, nhs figures show. This is down very slightly from eight minutes and 26 Seconds Injanuary, but is above the target standard Response Time of seven minutes. Ambulances took an average of 36 minutes and 20 seconds last month to respond to emergency calls such as heart attacks, strokes and sepsis. This is down from a0 minutes and six Seconds Injanuary while the target is 18 minutes. Response times for urgent calls, such as late stages of labour, Non Severe Burns and diabetes, averaged two hours, four minutes and 12 seconds in february, down from two hours, 12 minutes and 48 seconds in january. Back to our top story. The communities secretary, michael gove, has told the bbc why the government is introducing a new definitgion for extrem
Dozens of lavish vacations. The new reporting raising new ethical questions for the Supreme Court justice. Im Jonathan Capehart this is the Saturday Show. Republican president ial hopefuls are facing a Digital Campaign test this week. The Iowa State Fair. The fair, home of the Famous Butter Cow Sculpture is a right of passage for candidates to make their pitch directly to voters. Florida Governor Ron Desantis and former South Carolina governor nikki haley are set to make an appearance this morning. But they have a lot of ground to cover to catch up to the parties front runner. A recent poll by the New York Times and Siena College shows donald trump leading desantis by 24 points in the state. Trump plans to attend the fair later today, despite facing fresh new legal troubles, including a trial that could take place before the Iowa Caucuses on january 15th. Special counsel jack smith has proposed a trial date of january 2nd for the 2020 Election Interference Case. But we will have to wai
Welcome to msnbc State Of The Union covers. Tonight, President Joe Biden gave a rousing speech a few feet from where we are now. In the country is that an Inflection Point with democracy at threat at home and abroad. Heres how he opened his speech, invoking fdr in 1941, telling him congress, hitler was on the march. This was no ordinary time. Freedom and democracy, were under assault in the world. Tonight, i come to the same chamber to address the nation. Now it is weak who face in a president at moment. Yes, my present tonight is a wakeup congress and let the American People know this is no ordinary moment either. Not since president lincoln and the civil war, have freedom and democracy, at home as it is safe. What makes it rare, they are under attack at home and overseas. That was just the beginning. President biden drew a sharp contrast for former President Trump from democracy, tax cuts, to reproductive rights. The American People support the right to choose, i promise you i will r
Minutes ago, my msnbc colleague Jonathan Capehart sat down for an interview with President Biden and asked him about of the israel hamas war. Play the clip, please. What is your redline with Prime Minister netanyahu, do you have a redline . For instance, would invasion of rafah be a redline . Im never going to leave israel. The defense of israel is critical. Theres no redline im going to cut off all weapons so they dont have the iron dome to protect them. But, theres redlines that if you cross, you cannot have 30,000 more palestinians dead. As a consequence of going after hamas, there are other ways to deal with, to get to with, with the trauma caused by hamas. The first time i went over, i sat with them and i sat with the war cabinet and is it dont make the mistake americanmade. America made a mistake. Jonathan capehart will have more of the interview in the next hour and we will get a reaction to this in a moment from congressman roy connor. And, presented by nan and donald trump are