0 it s impossible to deny that. as president biden will discuss this morning january 6th represents an ongoing threat to our democracy. in the year since nearly 20 states have passed laws to restrict voting and in many republican circles trump s big lie about the 2020 election still goes unchallenged. bottom line, january 6 has become a stark testament to the fractured nation we ve become and warning sign for what is coming next. with us throughout the hour, nbc s monica alba, she covers the white house, garrett haake on capitol hill, ellison barber outside the capitol, katie benner covers the justice department for the new york times , phil rucker senior washington correspondent for the washington post, eugene daniels co-author of the politico playbook and peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the new york times. monica, let s start with the president. how is he going to approach this one? he s going to mark, of course, the solemn anniversary, steph, but instead
take to prevent serious illness. the one from pfizer that was approved yesterday appears to be more effective and appears to have potentially fewer side effects and safety concerns than the one that was approved from work today. the pfizer one appears to be the preferable option from merck. both in terms of effectiveness and complications. but the one from pfizer, the better one, isn t really, really limited supply and will be for a long while yet. no one, the one that is not as good or as useful for a lot of people, there is more supply of that one. but again, it s not as effective and it has safety concerns that the other one does not. the merck one was basically approve today to be used when something some treatments are not available. it s not for pregnant women. it s not for certain other people. but that said, we have millions of doses of that one and less
are both done for the year wrapping up their business last week and high tailed it home for the holidays. the house will be back january 10 but the senate is coming back a week earlier than that which is notable for other reasons meaning they will be back in session january 6, and that is a controversial thing in terms of elected officials and say, capitol police officers want to be at work and at the capitol on january 6 given what happened on that date one year ago. that said, there is also a real urgency to get right to work at the start of the year given the list of things they are hoping to accomplish not the least of which is the legislation to protect voting rights. federal protections on voting rights, well, kind of now or never. and on that issue of voting
boosted, you can get a breakthrough case but for people who get infected who are at high risk of getting seriously ill and trying to stay out of the hospital, our country have had pretty good success with the monoclonal antibody treatments as a series of injections. but the bad news about monoclonal antibody treatments that saved so people and helped so many people over the recent months, the bad news is that the two most commonly used ones, they don t work against the omicron variant. that said, there is a third monoclonal antibody, and that is less available and harder to get and is in very limited supply but that one does work against omicron, and there is an interesting story about the administration. they have been trying to
Transcripts for MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show 20211224 05:29:15 archive.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archive.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.