Breaking news. New data out this morning. The hospitalization rate has continued to tick down. Theres a real discernible difference and downward trend in hospitalizations. Thats good news. But professor Michael Osterholm and others are looking at the new variants were seeing around the world and in some cases in the United States, and they are concerned we could see a new surge, a new wave from these new variants. How real should that fear be this morning . Well, you always have to maintain that as a possibility, john. Im not exactly sure that thats going to happen. We do have variants in this country right now. The uk variant is in several states. It has not become dominant. It might. Thats the reason why you have to watch it carefully as we go from january into february. And really take a good look. But as dr. Osterholm said and its a real possibility that with the variants here we may have strains that transmit more efficiently. The best thing you can do about that is to uniformly a
Getting a deja vu standing up here. His candid take on the Vaccine Distribution and his new found liberation. The idea that you can get up here and talk about what you know, what the evidence what the science is and know thats it, let the science speak, it is somewhat of a liberating feeling. All that and the massive push in the Biden Administration to untrump the federal government. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The theme of president joe bidens Inauguration Day yesterday was unity. Unity in a deeply divided country. A country still trembling from the unprecedented violent insurrection directed against the Incoming Administration and members of congress incited by the former president. That unity message was appropriate, i thought for our country right now. But heres the stark reality. The stark reality is that one party cannot just declare unity and have it be so. Unity cannot be achieved unilaterally. It cannot be achieved without some cou
Vaccine production. The white house also released 198page document outlining the new National Covid strategy and of the seven goals it lays out, the one that comes first is perhaps the most telling, it reads restore trust with the American People. Whether the president can do that remains to be seen and our commitment to Holding Elected Officials accountable on that score does not change from one administration to the next. That said, the contrast with the last president was certainly apparent today as this president put the bad news first and did not gloss over it. Let me be very clear. Things are going to continue to get worse before they get better. The memorial we held two nights ago will not be our last one unfortunately. The death toll will likely top 500,000 next month. The cases will continue to mount. We didnt get into this mess overnight and its going to take months for to us turn things around. Another part of the new approach is to leave much of the talking to the Public He
Hes been planning his exit now with a record low Approval Rating and facing serious jeopardy in a potential senate trial that is looming. New evidence emerging as well inside the insurrection at the capitol. Meanwhile, you can look at maralago today where the moving trucks are there, getting ready for the expresident to return home soon. He will not be shielded by the legal powers he currently holds when donald trump arrives in florida. Joe biden will be inaugurated. And that is the sight in washington today. It is emptied out for the most part. It is on a total lockdown in all key government areas. And there are still Credible Threats being tracked by the authorities. It is a veritable fortress. Over 20,000 National Guard troops are also deployed in washington to keep the peace and safety. The evidence that i mentioned, this has been building on reporting that we and many outlets have been doing. This time new videos from the new yorker magazine on exactly whom these rioters said they
Country. Those people who went to the streets as soon as Trump Took Office were completely right. And everyone else was totally wrong. A week later we saw these incredible scenes when trump tried to institute his muslim ban. At the drop of a hat people of all races and ethnicities, lawyers and nonlawyers rushed to airports and courthouses to offer help and to cheer people and to greet them and to claim a vision of the america they wanted us to be. The immigration lawyers are raising their fists in the air. Theyre pumping their fists. I remember that moment. I was outside that courthouse when an injunction was issued and i thought theres a lot of fight left. The forces that rallied against the across the ideological spectrum had the deck stacked against them. The people who protested against the eca appeal won a victory that should not happen. Republicans had the votes and then they didnt and trump had to watch john mccain sink his efforts to take health care from millions. And thank go