Fact check, raffensperger does not have a sibling who works for china. Thats just another person with the same last name. Donald trump and president elect biden are both expected to travel to georgia in the final days as the conservative wall street journal editorial page is already blaming donald trump if both republicans lose on tuesday, writing this. Quote, well see how this plays out in georgia, but the fault here isnt Mitch Mcconnells, the political damage to the gom comes from donald trump who is lashing out at all and sundry in defeat no matter if it all helps to elect a democratic senate. Democrats are feeling cautiously optimistic about their prospects in those runoffs. Politico reports, quote, the early vote numbers show positive signs for ossoff and warnock with black voters making up a larger percentage of the electorate compared to novembers election and higher early turnout in Democratic Congressional districts. As gop senator josh hawley today announced he would join tru
Internal warning that extremists were preparing to travel to washington to commit violence and war. According to an internal document reviewed by the post. That contradicts a senior officials declaration that the bureau had no intelligence date kathying anyo indicating anyone. It provides some of the clearest evidence yet of a massive intelligence failure ahead of the insurrection that would leave five people dead. Theres no good news but the hopeful news is that trump has so radicalized some of the supporters with lies and incitement to commit crimes, some expose themselves to Law Enforcement and prosecution. That at this hour is our best hope. Separating out those who simply disagree with those who have been radicalized to commit sedition. Nbc news reports today on a startling briefing detailing specific threats to the capitol following the attack last week. One member on the call used the words chilling and horrific to describe what they learned. State capitols across this country a
Well devote our entire next hour to breaking down those executive orders, what they do and what they do not do. Thats in the next hour. Chief among those priorities of course is the pandemic. On day one, the Biden Administration released its national covid19 strategy. Part of the plan is to administer 100 million vaccinations in 100 days. And hes pushing for a 1. 9 trillion economic package. It would include stimulus payments of 1,400. How likely is that plan to become law . Senator bob casey of pennsylvania will join us to consider that, just ahead. Prioritizing the pandemic also means a familiar face is back in the White House Briefing room, dr. Anthony fauci. He is clearly relieved to have new leadership at the top. Dr. Fauci spoke to Msnbcs Alex Witt today. We will be transparent. There will be bumps in the road. There will be potholes. There might be mistakes that we make. And what were going to be doing is instead of pointing fingers, making blame, were going to try and fix it. S
Guiding the administrations decisions. When they all logon and turn on their audio and picture, we will listen in. President biden will be taking executive action to address climate change. What the president calls one of americas four great crises. At the same time, right now President Bidens pick to lead the Energy Department answering questions from senators at her confirmation hearing. Theres a senator right there. Live look. Later this hour, we will see newly confirmed second of state tony blinken sworn in as our nations top diplomat. Lots going on. Lets start with the covid briefing set to start any moment now. Carol lee is covering the white house. Ron allen is in new york city. Ron is keeping an eye on vaccination shortfalls in the region. I want to bring in dr. Patel. Dr. Patel a medical contributor. Former Obama White House Health Policy director. Carol, lets start with you. The briefing will be the first of what we are told will be regular briefings from the Covid Response t
Importance of Coronavirus Relief alongside dr. Anthony fauci and francis collins, director of the National Institutes of health. That event coming as this new white house today is balancing action on a trio of crises gripping the nation. On the sixth day of his presidency, joe biden working to address Racial Injustice and the raging coronavirus pandemic as republicans in the senate seek to erase Donald Trumps role in inciting the insurrection at the capitol on january 6th. 45 republicans making clear today that they have no interest in weighing the facts in the president s latest impeachment trial. This time for literally inciting violence against them. Instead, they have revealed the depths of their political insecurity by essentially refusing to carry out their constitutional duty to serve as jurors. That news coming just last hour as the current president carries out a flurry of executive actions to address racial inequality. A stark contrast in itself, as the insurrectionist, as we