Describes as a hoch is all too real. He greg gutten berg joined or Rachel Maddow last night. If she wants to keep referring to me as a liberal mob, have it it. Im a dad. I remember a day in this country not long ago where two parties maybe disagreed on policy and they would argue things out, but they didnt disagree on facts. They didnt disagree on working for the American People. This party today gave up on that. It is shocking. So if they want to keep her around, if they want to continue to give her this platform, it only hurts the bigger party. What this means, 199 republicans care more about the qanon vote than victims of mass School Shootings. Today Marjorie Taylor greene stated as much, declaring the Party Takeover officially complete, as if that wasnt already clear, telling reporters explicitly, quote the party is his, Donald Trumps. It doesnt belong to anyone else. That statementunder scores the warnings from republican senator ben sasse last night in a too little too late Scree
Their roles. The decision could change the direction of the party as we know it. Lets begin with jessica dean who joins us on the hill with more on this Power Sharing Agreement. Reporter the big thing here is democrats will now take control of the senate committees. When youre in control, youre setting the agenda. That means thing in joe bidens agenda that they wanted to get ahead, President Bidens agenda they wanted to push ahead like Merrick Garlands nomination for Attorney General can now move forward. Youll remember there has been a holdup on some of these nominees including Merrick Garland who is the nominee to be Attorney General because republicans maintained control of these committees, because they had to operate off the last congress because they didnt have this agreement in place. Now that democrats will take over these committees, that means democrats are going to have a much easier time getting things on the table. Theyre going to hold control. We expect now that someone l
Or sleepier . Dana i would have gotten 10 hours of sleep if i went to bed like i felt like it. If you have any tips or tricks for the new schedule. Bill dana is here in the morning and evening and doing it all right now. Dana i went to bed earlier than most children last night and our Line Producer went to bed. Bill more caffeine. Eight hours. Dana we have a capitol hill watch with jackie heinrich. The Senate Moving Forward on covid relief without republican support . Thats right, dana. President biden reportedly told democrats to move forward with his 1. 9 trillion proposal not long after sitting down with Senate Republicans to try to hash out a bipartisan deal. 618 billion proposal was swiftly rejected. Democrats cleared a procedural hurdle to go forward with Budget Reconciliation to pass bigger bill with a simple majority. Republicans can join us but dont try to go against us. We have the majority and we arent backing down. Our members who were in the meeting felt that the president
Encouraging news on the fight against the virus. A first of its kind study kinds the vaccine developed by astrazeneca can very much cut the spread of the virus. Were talking about our medical expert about that. And call it a booster shot, the Biden Administration expanding Vaccine Distribution with plans to send doses directly to pharmacies next week. Dr. Fauci says it cant happen soon enough. Are we vaccinating right now at a pace to keep ahead of these mutant strains . Well, were Getting Better and better, but, savannah, were not. Im Hallie Jackson in washington. We start this morning with Garrett Haake on capitol hill. Garrett, that tribute for Officer Sicknick is starting in just a little bit this hour but as we come on the air there is big news youve been covering from the senate regarding what you could perhaps technically call a power sharing agreement, but if you put in in laymans terms it basically means that congress, now the senate, can function as its supposed to function w
Trump will surrender at and atlanta, georgia, jail. Why the fbi is now investigating the threats for the grand jurors who voted for his fourth indictment. We have breaking down all of the latest legal development. Classroom culture war. A new school year means new confusion for teachers over what they can and cannot teach. States like florida restricting lessons on race and sexuality. I will talk to a teacher who was so fed up, she quit. The grim reality of the postroe world. A 13yearold rape survivor forced to give birth after her state effectively outlawed abortion. The heartbreaking story that has galvanized the reproductive rights movement. All of that and more is coming up. We start this hour with new details on Donald Trumps fourth indictment. Nbc news has learned that Law Enforcement officials are now expecting the former president to surrender to a Fulton County jail no earlier than thursday of next week. Fulton county d. A. Fani willis as given trump, along with his 18 codefen