Charge of the recovery act, and it was hard as hell to get the votes to begin with, and then it was hard as hell to get the numbers we got. One thing we learned is we cant do too much here. We can do too little an and sputter. The speech youll hear follows the jobs report this morning. Yes, the Employment Rate is down, but only 40 million jobs was added to the American Economy. That makes it clear that the impacted American Economy is still very much in trouble. The Senate Meeting ended early this morning with the Senate Passing a budget resolution. This morning the house will take up that resolution and it will clear the runway for democrats most likely to go it alone with a covid relief bill that is very much on top of the wish list. Theyre meeting with the president this morning at the white house, and the Committee Chairs said they will start Writing Details of the budget plan next week. With us to share their reporting and insights, phil mattingly, Christine Romans and sun moon ki
chiefs. we re also going to sit by this hour as we were expecting to hear directly from president joe biden. it is said he will discuss the bipartisan senate border security bill. that bill, as you know, is facing increasing resistance and pressure from both sides of the political aisle. house speaker mike johnson is promising that it is dead on arrival when it hits the house and says it will never make it to the house floor. we ll talk more about what is happening today and we ll bring you the president s remarks live when we get them. homeland security in arizona just picked up suspects wanted after that vicious beating of two new york city police officers. it has been the headline for days now. a judge posted exactly 0 bail for men who are not american citizens and suspected of being in a larger gang of men who committed that cop attack caught on tape. i m harris faulkner. the faulkner focus. they crossed our border, we don t know how or when but they move around freely.
the beating of two police officers in new york expected back before a judge any time today. this as the d.a. presents evidence to a grand jury. all of this now adding pressure to that impeachment vote in the house. this is malfeasance. active neglect on the part of the secretary and since he won t do the honorable thing and resign, the house needs to hold him accountable by impeachment. the only choice we have. dana: over in the senate the border security bill all but breaks down facing bipartisan backlash. what will congress do now? aishah hosni live on capitol hill with more. good morning to you. the past 24 hours have been nothing short of stunning here. we knew the border deal was dead on arrival in the house. not likely to make it out of the senate. republicans are poised to tank a procedural vote tomorrow. the author of this big bipartisan deal, the republican author, is likely to vote no on it as well as well as the senate majority leader minority leader. senat
damming assessment of the police response to the uvalde school shooting, what a newly released report reveals about cascading failures of leadership and decision making as 21 students and teachers were murdered. breaking news in donald trump s georgia election case. the hearing just scheduled on the misconduct allegations involving fulton county d.a. fani willis, and the special prosecutor she hired. also breaking news on the crisis in the red sea, we have just learned that the u.s. has launched a fifth round of strikes on the houthis as tensions rise in the region. and ready for launch, we are live at kennedy space center as four astronauts prepare to blast off. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, but we begin on the ground in uvalde with nbc justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. i want to get into this extensive report from the justice department about the failures inside the walls of robb elementary. what more can you tel
when we get this done can you go out there and bring it home? tomorrow night we caucus and win the primary and we win the general. bill: the stage is set. first votes in the 2024 election will be tallied hours from now. tonight in iowa voters get their first verdict on the republican presidential field when they go to caucus. we ve waited a long time for this one, right? it s finally here. w welcome to a frigid iowa. i m bill hemmer. great to kick it off with you. all right. let s go. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. it s cold outside, warm inside. the iowans are saying what are you complaining about? we ll be fine. if they re not worried maybe we shouldn t be worried for voter turnout. the coldest in history, frigid weather and a wild card that could maybe have a major impact on turnout. the candidates will make their final pitches today across the state to deliver last-minute bids to win over voters. all pockets of the hawkeye state could hold