This is science. Enough. Enough it is our lives. Giving it to our kids. Messing everything up and acting dumb. Continuing to cover it, my friend. Have a good one. Monday, january 13th. President trump insists he and his National Security team are united with the strike that took out Qassem Soleimani. The president tweeted the Fake News Media and the democrat partners working hard to determine whether or not the attack was imminent or not and was my team in agreement. The answer to both is a strong yes but it doesnt really matter because of his horrible past. Remember that line because it does matter according to international and domestic law. For ten days the Trump Administration struggled to describe the decision to strike soleimani. Heres what the president told fox news in an interview on friday. Dont the American People have a right to know what specifically was targeted without revealing methods and sources . I dont think so but well tell you that probably it was going to be the
milestone. and, jonathan, this is that secret that you alluded to. mitch mcconnell with his wry wink as axios hans nichol will say he wants to be a part of school leaders that serve their colleagues rather than dominate them, and, jonathan, his drop the mic line will be, he ll say, and that is how michael joseph mansfield became the longest serving party leader until today. we should note also mcconnell joining president biden on the president s trip to kentucky to talk about that bipartisan infrastructure bill, eye raising to see the two of them together. you have reporting on a judiciary panel being formed by members of the gop. tell us what you have heard. yeah, jonathan, this brings us full circle because this is another concession that leader
she was eager to do that. reporter: it underscores the point we have talked about dozens of times that they are actively getting information and we ll see more hearings when they come back from the august recess. lei, hans, thank you both. try to stay cool. thank you. good to talk to you on this monday morning. it is way too hot. the president continuing to isolate today after being diagnosed with covid. what is white house is saying about the condition. plus the world health ourgs declaring monkeypox a global health emergency. next health and human services secretary xavier becerra. we ll be right back. becerra becerra we ll be right back.
record conversations. unofficially seems headed in that direction. the big question with manchin is how long will he be out of pocket? they need him for reconciliation. on the chips act they re more than 60 votes. there s a lot of positive momentum moving there. how long will he be out and is he going to make it back in time for that reconciliation vote. yasmin? let s stick for a moment there with senator manchin dropping the ax when it came to any kind of legislation with climate change but it seems as if there might be some light with it once again. where are we with this, hans? basically down to math and economic data. if we make predictions on how the rest of the two weeks will
preparing for the thunderstorms coming. let s stick with washington for a moment. lawmakers on capitol hill have the work cut out for them before the august recess. among the key items on the agenda, a bill to codify protections for same sex and interracial marriage. justice thomas seemed to question the supreme court ruling that allowed same-sex marriage across the country and slimmed down bill on prescription pricing but no climate action. senator manchin dealt a blow to the legislative agenda. with me now correspondent ali vitale hopefully staying cool inside and hans nichol for axios. ali, the breaking news over the emails. senator joe manchin testing positive. not the first or the last to