president sees and recognizes and values the contribution of the child tax credit and what it did to help lower prevent 30% of kids from being in poverty last year. it s something that he advocated for, he introduced and he called for himself. so absolutely he wants to see an extension of the child tax credit. i would note i thought this is an interesting thing that somebody shared with me this morning. the way it was designed, payments are going out every month for six months. as soon as people file their taxes, they will get the other half. so we want it to be extended. we re going to fight for that. there s additional payments that will come to people that are eligible when they file their taxes. happy new year. since the president didn t take questions from us, we weren t able to clarify. he said to the vaccinated and boosted you can still get covid but it s unlikely you ll be
the country why did they issue him a visa in the first place. the president didn t take issue with the australian immigration decisions what he takes issue is the political intervention, listen. translator: i am amazed at the fact that such decisions can be made by the executive and after the valid decisions of the judiciary. they often preach to us about what the rule of law is. why do you mistreat him and make fun of him? not only him, but also his family. and an entire nation that is free and proud. do you need it to win some elections? do you need it to please your public? reporter: now, most serbs will tell you, paula, that the vaccination issue, that s a personal choice. and the president didn t mention it. but the prime minister s spokesperson told us yesterday that if djokovic did take the vaccine it would go a long way towards boosting numbers in this
brewster is outside the courthouse. and also with me, a civil rights attorney, former prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst. shaq, i ll start with you outside the courthouse. give us a break down of the jury and the charges these former officers are facing. remind us why derek chauvin is not included in this case. derek chauvin last month accepted a federal plea deal. a prosecutor told me that derek chauvin will hang over this trial like a ghost. this is about him kneeling on george floyd s neck for nine and a half minutes and the actions the officers didn t take, the three other officers defending
that s tough talk and republicans are criticizing, saying what we ve seen with the administration s handling of the situation shows weakness on the world stage. your reaction. well, i guess representative stefanik needs to tell us what she would have preferred. look, we could have sent the military into the ukraine and enough united states troops on the ground in the ukraine to stop a russian invasion, we would have lost a lot of troops, risked a world war if that s what she thinks, she should say it. that s a decision the president didn t take. sending weapons and trainers and putting together a package of sanctions and of course uniting n.a.t.o. six months ago n.a.t.o. was not particularly united and now they are. so, look, i understand why a member of the republican leadership needs to take a shot at the president, if she has credibility, she should have
of the ceasefire which didn t take place. russians are not providing that. and the green corridors. also seen trains in kyiv and kharkiv, people are taking too long to get on. [inaudible] john: maria, we are having a little bit of a problem with your audio. we are going to try to reestablish that. you know, when you look at the scenes of devastation in kharkiv and to the northwest of kyiv, and sumy, to the northwest of kharkiv, it s clear the russian military has extended the operation beyond military