That was 2002 so people are incredibly excited right now and they know they are going to get to see history happen this weekend. Okay, got to go, that is a wrap for me on this edition of Alex Witt reports, up next, The Beat weekend. Welcome to The Beat weekend, lets get right into the headlines. Most people think you dont want a rookie piloting your plane, voters, and we can show this across history, generally prefer people with some Governing Experience for the job of running the entire government, which makes sense. And that is why it is pretty common to attack a candidate going after their experience and qualifications. So, here is our Special Report about something that really matters and you might hear about in the debate next week and over the next two months. President biden spent his life in government, just so everybody knows that. When democrats began eyeing harris as his replacement, republicans rushed to question her competence. Let me remind you, Donald Trump put out the w
His place in the history book of impeachment was already secure. But this solidifies his unique low point in american history. Now, trumps charge with incitement to insurrection stemming on the capitol hill a month ago. Tonight in a interview with cbs news, speaking out about trumps behavior, if he would vote for impeachment if he were still in the senate . I ran like hell to defeat him, i felt he was unfit to be president. I watched when everyone else watched when the crew invaded the congress. I will let the senate make the decision. Should former President Trump still receive Intelligence Briefings . I think not. Why not. Because of his eradict behavior. What is your worst fear if he continues to get the Intelligence Briefings . I would rather not speculate outloud, i just think that theres no need for him to have the intelligence briefing. What value is giving him an intelligence briefing. What impact does he have at all other than the fact that he may slip and say something. Tonig
We have a ton of developments today in the Coronavirus Vaccine situation. What we do know is encouraging in many waysramping up vaccine production. What we dont know about the effectiveness is terrifying. It makes you wonder if the u. S. Needs to dramatically rethink the current Vaccine Distribution strategy. Lets start with the good news. Today johnson and johnson leased some promising data from its phase three clinical trials. The vaccine is 72 effective in the u. S. At preventing moderate to severe illness. Experts consider that a strong level of protection. Here is the potential worrying news. The company disclosed the data suggests the vaccine was less effective against the South Africa Covid Variant we have been dropping. Effectiveness dropped from 72 to 57 . Its called that because it was south africa was the first place it was found which is more contagious and resistant to the vaccines we have. Its already in the United States and appears to be spreading. The more contagious u
Has had with lawmakers this week. This is what he said in the last hour. We cant do too much here. We can do too little. We can do too little and sputter. The end result is, its not just a Macro Economic impact on the economy and our ability to compete internationally. Its peoples lives. Real live people are hurting. We can fix it. We got the first jobs report out under President Biden. Its a better report than december. Overall though, we have a long way to go. 49,000 jobs were added last month. The Unemployment Rate fell to 6. 3 in january. We will take a closer look in moments. I want to start with the action in the capitol. We have monica alba at white house, jo ling kent with the jobs report and leigh ann caldwell. President biden will deliver economic information later this hour. What can you tell us about the president s economic focus today . Its the first event, the fact that the white house is having these coronavirus briefings now three times a week from Health Experts and o
That question is actually more difficult than you might think. They embraced the ones about the election. Not to mention, of course, the many deranged Conspiracy Theories pushed by President Trump about ted cruzs dead, muslims and much, much more. Marjorie Taylor Greene is not the only Republican Office holder who has been pushing but the only one republicans are contemplating admonishing. Senator thune, i regret to inform you when it comes to embracing Conspiracy Theories and dangerous lies in general, House Republicans have already made their decision. Ryan nobles is on capitol hill. Lets start with congresswoman liz cheney. What are you learning about how this meeting might go . Might she have enough support to hold on to her Leadership Position . Reporter right now that is an open question. It is very difficult to find a republican in the House Of Representatives who is willing to predict the outcome of what is expected to be a very tense meeting behind closed doors. On one hand, y