Against the variants right now. The more contagious variant first found in south africa is here. It almost certainly means theres other cases out there. This is new day, with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. It is friday, january 29th, its 6 00 here in new york. So why is this man smiling . No, not the guy on the left who lost an election by 7 million votes and presided over the deaths of 400,000 americans from coronavirus. The guy on the right, the republican leader on the right. Why is he smiling . Because hes been working on some bipartisan deal to get vaccines to millions of people . Is he smiling because hes been fighting for Economic Relief for millions of people out of work . Is he smiling because hes taken a new public stand against lies, hate, and bigotry . No, no, and no. Hes smiling because he got a political pat on the head, the tender embrace of the man who told a mob to march on the cap
Parkland School Shooting. Oh, and shes also said that democrats should be executed. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she is very concerned about the ongoing threats to members of congress and she says now the enemy is coming from within the house of representatives. There are new developments this morning in the effectiveness of vaccines against new coronavirus strains. Earlier results from Drugmaker Novavax show it is 89 effective against the regular strain, but only 60 effective against the variant that we are seeing in south africa. That is worrying health officials. Whats more, people in the trial who had been previously infected with the first strain are getting infected again with the new strain. So this really has the potential to change some of the framing in the battle in this pandemic. The first cases of that strain were now found in the united states. That happened for the first time yesterday. It happened in individuals who had not traveled and have no connection to each oth
After almost a year of online learning. In chicago, teachers are considering a strike tonight to stay put, to stay out of the classroom. In cincinnati, a judge threw out a Teachers Union lawsuit over safety concerns. The politics and Health Experts here seem to be at odds on some items. We have fox team coverage. Dan springer is in the Pacific Northwest where a pair of states are putting teachers near the front of the line or at the front of the line for vaccines. We begin tonight with mike emanuel and the confirmation for the nominee to lead the Department Of Education. Reporter good evening. President biden set a goal of students reopening for in Person Learning in his first 100 days, but so far unions are not budging. Today his Department Of Education secretary nominee said it is still up for interpretation. We want to make sure we can get our students back into school safely. Reporter he side stepped a question about the Teachers Union in fairfax, virginia, that all teachers and st
Evidence. Announcer this is new day, with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. A battle for the soul of the Republican Party is playing out on capitol hill this morning. Last night, Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell condemned congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greenes lies and Conspiracy Theories as, quote, a cancer on the Republican Party, though he never actually used her name. Mcconnell said he had enough of what he calls looney lies. So, what will leader Kevin Mccarthy do now . Meanwhile, on monday we saw this a cordial bipartisan meeting at the white house. Dont adjust your sets. This really happened. President biden and a group of ten republican senators compared their plans for economic relief. Huge gaps remain between mr. Bidens 1. 9 trillion package and the republicans 600 billion counteroffer. We have new details about what happens next in those negotiations even as democrats prepare to
Devastating outbreak of wildfires. With us today fema administrator dee ann griswald. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. Donald trump is out fundraising this hour in nashville as his legal bills have mounted and he faces a deadline to surrender to the Fulton County jail in georgia before noon next friday, but his unrelenting attacks over prosecutors over his cases are troubling. On wednesday a texas woman was charged with transmitting a threat to injure a person by an interstate commerce after leaving expletiveladen racist email for d. C. District drug Tanya Chutkan. We are coming to kill you and that chutkan will be targeted personally, your family, all of it. Were leaving all of the expletives out. Nbc news has learned that the reported names of the Georgia Grand Jury who handed out the latest indictment have been posted on a fringe website that often features violent rhetoric. Nbcs Garrett Haake in atlanta, grant kushner, robert james and New York Times White Hous