pushing putin back. the president, this is a quote, this is a strategic failure for russia already. do you think it is a larger strategic failure, and do you think in that speech that the president was calling for regime change, basically signaling the russians and the oligarchs to push putin out? yes with. russia is failing, and a defeat of the russian military in ukraine can make europe safer for generations. but, eric, that was a stunning remark by biden. he said, for god s sakes, putin must not remain. and i think that s unprecedented in u.s./russian diplomatic history. that puts relations in the deep freeze. it was a huge and stunning revelation. absolutely, he did call for regime change. let s see if the state department or white house tries to walk that back later or not. eric: and finally, i mean, in terms of potential regime change and, you know, putin sits 70
chris, the political strategists inside the white house are well aware of the peril for president biden and for the democratic party because there is simply not an appetite among the american people for a return to what everyone experienced in the early months of the pandemic in the spring of 2020. the lockdowns, shutdowns, the continuing work from home, the restaurants being closed. now that the economy has largely reopened and we ve survived sort of the delta variant and trying to move our way through the omicron variant, there is a real desire around the country especially when you get out of the major cities like new york and washington to push through to try to safeguard against people getting sick and hospitalized and ill of course but not to shut things down. that could eventually come into conflict with some of the scientific findings. one of the dangers i think for the biden white house and the administration right now is convincing the american people that all of these deci
strategists inside the white house are well aware of the peril for president biden and for the democratic party because there is simply not an appetite among the american people for a return to what everyone experienced in the early months of the pandemic in the spring of 2020. the lockdowns, shutdowns, the continuing work from home, the restaurants being closed. now that the economy has largely reopened and we ve survived sort of the delta variant and trying to move our way through the omicron variant, there is a real desire around the country especially when you get out of the major cities like new york and washington to push through to try to safeguard against people getting sick and hospitalized and ill of course but not to shut things down. that could eventually come into conflict with some of the scientific findings. one of the dangers i think for the biden white house and the administration right now is
0 legislative skills far from the spotlight. during his time in the senate he pushed through the passage of obamacare as well as the sweeping economic stimulus after the great recession and new rules governing wall street. a one-time amateur boxer he could bob and weave on the political stage as well. and tonight the current majority leader chuck schumer wrote this. harry reid was one of the most amazing individuals i ve ever met. he never forgot where he came from and used those boxing instincts to fearlessly fight those who were hurting the poor and middle class. schumer has ordered flags at the capitol lowered to half staff. we ll have more on harry reid s legacy just ahead. our other big story tonight continues to be omicron. the latest variant converging with the delta strain to drive covid infections to a new record in this country today. the latest cdc data showing the seven day average of new cases topping 250,000 per day. as of this afternoon shattering the previous high of
of death. it is a message that we are going to begin to get back into life as it was, in a safe and responsible way. we have one tool, and the third point i was going to make is the third tool so important for the president to push, like we did for a corporation works paid for vaccines for operation web speed, we need to develop antivirals, redo the ones that are not effective. we have seen merck and pfizer with the first ones. but this virus is very susceptible for targeted drug development, and if to make it the same parody we saw in the trump administration to get the vaccines out in seven months. we need to get antivirals out and put a real push on it. and that will change. we have a virus less likely to put most people in the hospital, but we also now have medicine that you can take that is highly