in in loens exception you obviously know who it is, donald trump. now, to compensate, president biden t held a lengtsy news conference thursday looking to set the record on his first year straight. look. i didn t know a promise, what i have probably outperform what anybody thought would happen.ha can you think of any other president that s done as much in one year? let me be clear, before you think it s only the gop and its followers that are not feeling the love for biden, let s note the criticism of this administration, actually coming from across the political spectrum, including members of the president s own party, the democrats. people are frustrated, and people feel like government continues to not deliver for them. kre, we should still brate the american rescue plan, we should celebrate thee bipartisan infrastructure framework. but we have failed at connecting with realfa americans, particularly americans of color, on the ground, day-to-day, to hear their concer
outfront. tonight, putting it on the table. president biden and vice president harris using martin luther king day to pressure their own party hours before the senate likely takes up voting rights legislation. they are making the case that the saving democracy justifies the end of saving no democracy justifies the means of blowing up the filibuster. attack on our democracy is real from the january 6th insurrection to the onslaught of republicans anti-voting laws. today, our freedom to vote is under assault. despite those warnings, voting rights legislation is most likely destined to fail. the bills are nowhere close to the 60 votes needed in the senate. and martin luther king iii shaming democrats today, saying opposing these voting rights bills means opposing his father. tweeting, quote, i will not accept empty promises in pursuit of my father s dream. i do not want to see photo ops of elected officials if they are not willing to put voting rights over the filibuster.
officials advocating for what they call the right to vote. we know changes to the senate s filibuster rules will be a major focus of today s speech because no republicans support the bills biden is pushing. so he needs to eliminate the republicans ability to filibuster in order to get them passed. not every democrat is on board with that change to the filibuster rules. not at the speech, arguably, the biggest election reform activist, stacey abrams. stacey abrams who cited a scheduling conflict. there is, however, a coalition of high-profile progressive activists who say they ll not be there because they re sick of white house photo ops. they want action on the issue, they say. let s get to cnn s jeff zeleny who is traveling with president biden in atlanta. we re expecting some strong words from biden aimed directly at senate democrats. jake, that s right. president biden will be delivering these remarks just in a short period of time. behind me here, between morehouse col
partner. i m todd piro. more on that showdown on capitol hill. ramming through partisan agenda. chris. chris: the president is taking his fight breaking the filibuster to advance the voting rights legislation he says is critical to protecting fundamental rights. he s quite focused on how ensuring the american people understand what is at stake here, protecting fundamental right to vote. efrp needs to take a hard look where they want to be in this country. they passed a state election law last year democrats say impede voting kochltalition of civil rights groups in georgia announce they are skipping the president s visit because he is coming without a clear plan, saying, we don t need more photo ops, we need action in the john lewis voting rights act and freedom to vote act and we need that immediately. senate majority leader chuck schumer says he plans to hold a vote to change the rules on filibuster. that is dead on arrival without the support of senator manchin. i
todd. i m carley shimkus. griff has more on democrat efforts to ram through the partisan agenda. asterisk matt, good morning. good morning. walensky and dr. fauci are expected to be grilled on the administration s recent guidance on prioritizing treatment races. certain races chose not to get vaccinated or at higher risk, however, he does not approve of administration using race to decide who gets testing or care. clear data showss race is independent risk factor for dying from covid. we shouldn t be using race to decide who gets treatment. the cdc faces its own confidence crisis, intensifying backlash over the cdc back pedaling and issuing confusing isolation guidance fuelling rampant spread of misinformation that made it up to the high court. justice sotomayor catching heat for making a wildly inaccurate claim and the white house refusing to correct the record. what do you guys think about sonia sotomayor false claim 100,000 children are in serious condition, many o