president biden putting in full-court press, arguing that corporate tax cuts are necessary to pay for it but saying he is open to negotiations on tax rates. also, president biden planning to announce that he is taking his first executive action on guns in the wake of the deadly mass shootings last month in atlanta and boulder. and the derek chauvin murder trial in police use of force, that chauvin used deadly force by kneeling on george floyd s tech when it was no longer necessary. that floyd was on the ground, hand cuffed and not resisting. i want to bring in my guests. good evening to you both. john, let s start with you. the president is really tuning out the noise, pushing ahead on guns, infrastructure, speeding up vaccinations. while the gop goes all in on trump and the culture wars. is this just the way it is now? biden is on his own, getting things done and the gop is talking about things are irrelevant? i think it is a snap shot of how it is. this is consistent with
alarm warning the u.s. could be primed for another spike, not just an increase, but a spike in new infections. jeremy diamond is at the white house this morning with more on president biden s actions on gun control. jeremy, there s a limited amount the president can do via executive order. what exactly does he plan to do? yeah, no question that the steps that we re seeing from president biden coming out today. these are limited steps. they fall far short of what he promised to do during the 2020 campaign. but senior officials have been telling us over the last 24 hours or so that these steps the president is going to announce today are just the beginning of his efforts to tackle the issue of gun violence in america and, obviously, his ultimate goal would be to see legislation passed through congress. something that is a hurdle, a very steep one at that, given the filibuster requirements and democrats slim majority in the senate. we ll hear from president biden later this m
president biden and vice president harris meeting in atlanta with asian-american leaders days after a gunman killed eight people, six of them asian women. the president condemning the skyrocketing attacks on asian-americans and saying the country cannot be silent. also tonight, as more states roll back covid restrictions, there s growing concern about the spread of a variant that dr. anthony fauci calls more contagious and more deadly. and it s the next big lie. misinformation about the covid vaccines, and it s leading to a lot of conservatives refusing to get vaccinated. lots to discuss now. joining me now, cnn white house correspondent john harwood and senior political analyst ron brownstein. thank you for joining. john, president biden and vice president harris both powerfully condemning the spike in attacks against asian-americans in georgia today. what was their message? don, it was a message of empathy for the victims of that horrific violence in atlanta and their
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