the presidency. needless to say, there is absolutely no basis in fact or logic for these claims. that is not going to happen. the claim is frankly nuts, but as we all learned in january, that is not a reason for law enforcement to not take its adherence seriously. today we re learning even more about the failure surrounding that attack. senate hearing revealed there was a three-hour delay in deploying the national guard to assist capitol and d.c. police when the major general in command of the national guard said his troops were ready, armed and could have been there in 20 minutes. he also noted last summer when there was violence the secretary of the army allowed immediate deployment, though on january 6th, the secretary of the army did not. as cnn s jessica schneider now reports. i was frustrated. reporter: the commander of the d.c. national guard taking on top pentagon officials, disputing their contention that the guard was deployed to the cap capitol. the approval
our team at the scene. the fbi chief telling congress the capitol riot was domestic terrorism and after police said they didn t see the fbi s warning the night before, how he s defending his agency the third woman accusing new york governor andrew cuomo of unwanted advances the growing calls for him to resign. new images from the crash involving an nfl coach. the 5-year-old victim now out of a coma, but what her family now fears. the firestorm over dr. seuss. why several of his books will no longer be published and the mystery. who s been leaving huge tips for restaurant workers announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. we ve got a lot to tell you about tonight, beginning with the accelerated covid vaccination timetable just announced by president biden. he s now saying there will be enough vaccine on hand for every adult american by the end of may that s two months sooner than originally expected thanks to an unusual arran
relief bill is among other things is right place and the right time and the right way to push a raise in the minimum wage. the minimum wage has not gone up in this country in 12 years. president biden says he s committed to raising the minimum wage, but publicly raised doubts if it can be done. this of course is a super consequential issue for the economy as a whole, but more importantly, for millions and millions and millions of americans who would be affected by this. we re going to talk with the congresswoman about that in just a moment. you may have also seen this developing story about sort of a nightmare scenario cyberattack on a water treatment plant at a small community in florida in the tampa bay area. it s a town in florida that s literally 12 miles from the stadium where the super bowl was held. in advance of this wednesday on friday, somebody hacked into a computer at this town s local treatment facility and used that computer they hacked into to tray to poison th
cable television, which is crazy, right? not just the most watched show on cable news but the most watched show in all of cable tv, everything. that was in january, which was flummoxing and i thought absolutely was a fluke. but then today, we learned that we did it for a second month in a row. it turns out we were the most watched show on all of cable tv for both january and february. which i have no idea what to make of. but even better than that, for february, for this past month, not only were we the most watched show on cable, but our network, this network, msnbc, was the most watched network in all of cable tv in the month of february, which is the first time that has ever been true for us as a network since we came into existence nearly 25 years ago. so if you know me, if you ve ever seen the show, you know that i don t talk about ratings and cable news wars and all that stuff so i m not going to dwell on this, i will not mention it again. but it is a really big deal fo
the democrats promise of unity appears to be short-lived. fox & friends first starts right now. it s the final countdown. the final countdown. jillian: it s something you would say, todd. todd: isn t that a cool shot. just to be clear, that s not europe, even though the song is by europe. isn t that a beautiful shot. jillian: it is. you re watching fox & friends first on this monday morning, i m jillian mele. todd: i m todd piro. president biden set to meet with senators today over coronavirus relief. jillian: bernie sanders dismisses calls for unity and promises to get a call through. mark. reporter: it s cold in the nation s capitol this morning. president biden wants both parties to work together to address the pandemic. later today he ll meet with some republicans that could decide the fate of the economic stimulus packages been talking about. a handful of senators requested a meeting with the president, they are expected to tell the president they support some