Quarters. Did you hear president biden s promise? he said the people like you have a home in the u. S. , they can come and live in the u. S. , the door is open. I got a lot of news, a lot of announcements, but there is no action. Reporter: tom put in his visa application four years ago. You helped the u. S. , now the u. S. Needs to help you, simple as that. Yeah, yeah. The u. S. Army has to help us. Reporter: seems reasonable. That was nbc s richard engel reporting. It is the top of the hour and it is very good to be with you tonight. The delta variant of covid has been detected in every state. So why are so many of us still not vaccinated? we will dig into the misinformation campaign that could be holding some people back. Plus more than a half million people have signed a petition to let sha carri richardson run in the tokyo olympics. Our panel will dive into the changing debate over cannabis in sports. And when it comes to spelling, america has a new queen be. Zaila avant garde, the
Have found that he is, as they say, a worthy adversary. Bill: he will call them up killer with an old soul. Welcome back. Dana: glad to be back right here the table. This is america s newsroom. There s a lot going on with the news. I think it s amazing that we have this dr. Redfield interview. The idea that he got death threats for suggesting something that most people are saying is a plausible bill: and with the guards to the big meeting for putin. Eight days now. Speak to the white house trying to dial back expectations little bit. Between the political adversaries, it comes as a newport reveals that the president brought an outside rupture experts to help him prepare for this. Bill: benjamin hall life in brussels to begin our reporting today. Good afternoon from brussels. The big aft vent is just one die way. President biden is en route to geneva. Finish that you summit earlier today. He s been asked about the prudent meeting a lot since the start of the strip and this is what he sa
Something big in return. Could this finally be a breakthrough or is it the final offer before the president shows moderates he tried, allowing democrats to go it alone. Much more on that in a moment. We re also following an explosive fire spreading rapidly across the country. At least, that s the framing in a new warning in a major progressive group. The letter is addressed to former minority leader chuck schumer, but make no doubt it s aimed directly at joe. Not the joe in the white house but west virginia joe over in the senate. The group leading the charge said, quote, this is truly a fivealarm fire. Democrats have to make a decision. Are they going to protect the filibuster or protect votes? refusing to nuke the filibuster, republicans are set to shoot down the ambitious agenda of a voting rights bill and so much more. To those who say we must make a decision between filibuster and x, i say this is a false choice. The reality is when you have a system that s not working effectively
Are we ready to go back to normal? a look at what it s going to take for all of us to return to life after more than a year of a world turned upside down. That conversation which i very much look forward to is ahead. We do want to begin this hour by going deeper into the issues the republican party face right now. Jane tim just talked about how republicans are fueling trump s big lie by trying to restrict voting in states like texas and arizona. But reinforcing a lie goes all the way to the top as republicans try to oust liz cheney for fighting back against trump s election narrative. So what could be the dangers in removing cheney? could that move backfire on republicans? an nbc news piece says she may only get stronger. The author, jonathan allen, senior national politics reporter for nbc news digital and coauthor of lucky, how joe biden barely won the presidency. Jonathan, great to see you, thanks for joining us on this. So give it to me. What do you mean? how could cheney actually
jim, thank you. . welcome to cnn tionight, i am michael smerconish, merry christmas to all. although it does not feel like christmas. we are a step away from covid. new guidance on the cdc on how long those infected should stay isolated, not just healthcare workers, it s a big change so stay tuned for that. what a way to close out 2021 with an omicron bang. that brings me to our survey question tonight, which year do you think history will judge worse, 2020 or 2021? it s really a toss up for many of us, right? let us know your vote by going to my website, it s smer smerconish.com, we ll share the results later in the program. what will 2022 bring? can we collectively look to the new year as a nation without unity on immunity and with this virus testing us so much again, testing is still such a huge problem with the latest variant crashing down on us, something that president biden conceded on his call with governors earlier today. seeing how tough it was for some fol