shot, a milestone biden hoped to reach by july 4th. the u.s. reported over 800,0 0 new shots were administered yesterday, making it the fifth straight day with over 700,000 shots in arms, still far from peak levels. amid a renewed push to get more people vaccinated, the pandemic is once again consuming biden s agenda. we re not going back to the shutdowns of march of 2020. we re not going back to the economy shutting down. we have made too much progress. reporter: after getting briefed today, the president will give a speech on the pandemic tomorrow and meet with a top science adviser on wednesday to prepare for future pandemics. with hospitalizations increasing, the cdc director is warning of how contagious the delta variant can be. if you get sick with the delta variant, we estimate that you could infect five other unvaccinated people, more than twice as many as the original strain. reporter: less than 1% of those who are fully vaccinated have experienced a break-th
for donald trump s keynote address tomorrow. trump s false 2020 claims have inspired january 6th capital attack and now the justice department warns that could be just the beginning as long as these conspiracy theories spread. this is all playing out as the last pieces of security fencing are dismantled from around the u.s. capitol and cnn is in dallas for cpac. he joins me now. we see the flags behind you. it is pretty obvious what the crowd has or who the crowd has come to see down there. what are you hearing down there? reporter: a lot of excitement for donald trump to arrive tomorrow. wanting to welcome him tomorrow. i spoke to more than a dozen people. every single one of them believe the election was stolen in some way. have a listen. you are one of the very few people i m likely to meet here this weekend who tell me that biden won the election fairly. that s unfortunate. i got to have the evidence. i got to see it. if you tell me you ll release the crack, show me t
clarence thomas and chaired those hearings. our coverage of the state of the union will continue now with our colleagues. don t go anywhere. stay right here. good evening and welcome to msnbc s state of the union coverage. i mtonight president joe biden gave a rousing speech just a few feet from where we are now. noting the country is eyeing a reflection point with democracy under threat at home and abroad. here is how he opened his speech, invoking fdr in 1941 telling congress that hitler was on the march. president roosevelt s purpose is to wake up congress and alert the american people. that this was no ordinary time. freedom in democracy were under assault in the world. and now it s we who face some unprecedented moment in history of the union. yes, our purpose tonight is to wake up congress and to alert the american people that this is no ordinary moment either. not since president lincoln and the civil war had freedom of democracy and as they are today. what makes
bret: alive look at the u.s. capitol a beautiful evening in washington as we are just moments away from president biden and tonight s state of the union address, good evening from washington i am bret baier. martha: i am martha maccallum in moments we will be on the house floor from the familiar call of the sergeant at arms will make his way down the aisle greeted by lawmakers along the way. bret: you can see mitt romney talking to joe mansion it seems like they are pretty engaged in some conversation that can happen on the sidelines as you have a lot of lawmakers waiting a long time in the chamber, a lot of folks expressing themselves, different ways, republican some of them wearing buttons about the border, others dressed in white on the democratic side in solidarity, we set the stage now with white house correspondent with a preview of the president s speech good evening. good evening officials at the white house think that most people who will watch it tonight hav
things to know for this thursday, april 6th former vice president, mike pence, cleared to testify in the justice department s january 6th investigation. pence announced he will not appeal a judge s order. and san francisco police investigating the stabbing death of cash app founder bob lee. no suspect has been named. also today, the tennessee house is planning a vote to expel three of its democratic members. republicans want them out for violating house rules during a gun reform protest. also israeli forces raiding jerusalem s all aqsa mosque for a second time just hours apart, actually palestinian officials report that at least six people have been injured and set to tee off the masters are playing host to golf s biggest stars, as many are heading to augusta to get today to get a glimpse of tiger woods this morning starts right now. papa you re really going to the masters, aren t you? that s why you re there. you i wish i ve never been to the masters, but maybe i will stay a