A very good day to all of you from msnbc World Headquarters in new york. Welcome to alex witt reports. Developing at this hour, some new reaction to the rnc Censuring Congresswoman liz cheney and congressman Adam Kinzinger for their role in the house probe of january 6th. That resolution receiving some major backlash for referring to attack as, quote, legitimate political discourse. Fellow 1 6 Committee Member jaime raskin just telling me what struck him the most about that move. Theyre licensing Political Violence in america. Theyre essentially embracing insurrection and coup as a mode of taking power in the country, and one thing that was particularly alarming to me about it was that it wasnt even clear that donald trump was the one pushing them to do this. Theyve so internalized the Command Structure of the new Republican Party under donald trump as a cult leader that they just do his will without even being told. It comes as former Vp Mike Pence delivered his Harshest Rebuke yet of
A very good day to all of you from msnbc World Headquarters in new york. Welcome to alex witt reports. Developing at this hour, some new reaction to the rnc Censuring Congresswoman liz cheney and congressman Adam Kinzinger for their role in the house probe of january 6th. That resolution receiving some major backlash for referring to attack as, quote, legitimate political discourse. Fellow 1 6 Committee Member jaime raskin just telling me what struck him the most about that move. Theyre licensing Political Violence in america. Theyre essentially embracing insurrection and coup as a mode of taking power in the country, and one thing that was particularly alarming to me about it was that it wasnt even clear that donald trump was the one pushing them to do this. Theyve so internalized the Command Structure of the new Republican Party under donald trump as a cult leader that they just do his will without even being told. It comes as former Vp Mike Pence delivered his Harshest Rebuke yet of
Over which she will likely preside. Republican senators with the solemn duty to offer advice and consent are attacking the anonymous knows race and gender before we even know her name. We have a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee Standing by to talk about the gops desperate smear campaign. And of course race is on the docket in courts across this land as the National Football league deals with a his tore rec lack of black leadership on the sidelines. Brian flores and his attorney is here to tell why he sacked the league with an historic lawsuit this week. And justice has yet to come for the family of Trayvon Martin nearly a decade after his senseless killing. His parents join us on what would have been his 27th birthday. We have a lot to get to, so joining me now is nor alex padilla of california. Senator, we mentioned you sit on the Senate Judiciary committee, so lets start with the Supreme Court. I would love to talk about the many qualified candidates joe biden has to choose f
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
Firefighter did. Firefighters did manage to put out the fire before it spread even further, and in marin county officials issued an outdoor burn band because of todays strong winds. People are also being warned to stay away from forested areas where trees or branches could possibly fall from war. Now on the wind, lets bring in our meteorologist mark tamayo and boy mark just driving into work today along the bay bridge. I mean, it was really windy out there. Yes those winds definitely a factor for parts of the bay area this afternoon, heather. We still have wind advisories and high Wind Warnings in place. This is not an extreme wind event in some areas didnt pick up a strong wind at all. But if youre exposed that north wind you definitely notice those winds are really picking up. Now heres the overall set up an area of High Pressures offshore. An area of low pressure is to our east and that pressure difference sets up that northerly wind, which has been ramping up across parts of the ba