Combat mission, but President Bidens goals are daunting. The mission is off to a owners start. The covid19 czar said what we are inheriting from the Trump Administration is so much worse than we could have imagined. And while we were all focused on the inauguration, again yesterday the new cdc director that warned that the doth toll is expected to hit half amillion. They warned the vaccine will not be as widely available as the Previous Administration promised. I dont think late february were going to have a vaccine in every pharmacy in this country. We sad 100 million doses in the first 100 days, and were going to stick to that, but after 100 day theres is still a lot of americans that need vaccine. There are reports that they are inheriting no rollout at all. One big change already, dr. Fauci addressed the world health organization. He is also expected to be in the White House Briefing room this afternoon marking the return of information directly from the nations top scientists. As
Article of impeachment against donald trump on monday. But the Senate Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell is pushing for more time before the trial would begin. Were going to bring you the breaking details on how that is all playing out in just a second. Also on capitol hill, President Biden is on the verge of getting his second cabinet secretary confirmed youre looking at the senate floor right now. The vote is under way for retired general lloyd austin to be the next defense secretary. He will be the first africanamerican to run the pentagon, the Senate Voting as we speak. Even with all of that happening on the hill, President Biden is trying to hit the ground running. Biden will be signing two executive orders today on the economy. Trying to offer more immediate relief from the pain brought on by the pandemic. Lets get to that. But lets start on capitol hill. Manu raju is standing by. So manu, schumer said this morning that the impeachment article is coming over on monday. What does t
Need to move fast. Reporter President Joe Biden in his second full day in office, zeroing in on the second major crisis facing his administration, a teetering economy. Now is the moment not to undershoot or wait and see. Now is the moment to act. Reporter with new weekly unemployment claims hovering just shy of 1 million, biden unveiling a pair of executive orders. One that would expand food assistance, speed up distribution of stimulus checks and expand eligibility for Unemployment Benefits for workers who refused jobs due to unsafe working conditions. Were in a national emergency. We need to act like were in a national emergency. So weve got to move with everything weve got. And weve got to do it together. And one that lays the groundwork for a 15 minimum wage for federal workers. Capping a week of more than two dozen actions to try to ramp up or completely reverse his predecessors efforts to deal with the same issues. As the white house grapples with a cascade of economic crises, co
Like were in a National Emergency. And were also following other breaking pandemic news tonight. The u. S. Coronavirus death toll here in the United States tops 412,000 people with almost 25 million, million confirmed cases. That comes as the cdc has just reported the biggest oneday increase in vaccinations. Lets get straight to the white house to start our coverage this hour, chief correspondent at the white house, Kaitlan Collins, is joining us now. They say its an imperative to end the suffering brought on by this pandemic. He compared what were living in to a National Emergency, saying the crisis is only getting worse every day. Hes trying to address the economic part of that today with more of the executive orders that have deck at a timed his first few days in office. Wolf, whats looming in the background is his predecessor, that impeachment trial and how it will affect the agenda he is try trying to put in place. White house aides said that joe biden did not have an opinion on w
Consider the sole article of impeachment, charging mr. Trump with inciting that insurrection at the u. S. Capitol. The trial is slated to begin two weeks from today on february 9th. Moments after all the senators took their oaths, republican senator rand paul of kentucky raised a point of order, to question whether it is unconstitutional to try an expresident. Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell voted in favor of pauls motion, though it did ultimately fail with five republicans, only five joining democrats to move forward with the trial. The vote was 55 in favor of proceeding with the trial, 45 opposed, saying its unconstitutional. The nonpartisan Congressional Research says, quote, most scholars who have closely examined the question have concluded that congress has authority to extend the impeachment process to officials no longer in office, unquote. Surely some of those 45 votes may have been based in diverge enter constitutional law, lets be cleareyed about the politics at play