One of the windows of the capitol. She was also accused of using a bull horn to direct rioters. This all comes as were days away from the start of trumps second Impeachment Trial. One person we wont be seeing or hearing from, however, is donald trump himself. His defense team confirming trump wont testify. A new reaction this morning from congressman ruben gallegos. Well, this is more a typical trump move. This is not about defending his presidency, its not about defending his actions, its about, again, dividing america. Its a very cynical move because he believes and he understands the Republican Senate is not going to hold him accountable. Theres a lot of new information to run through with the trio of nbc reporters and we will begin with nbcs mike memoli, joining us from wilmington, delaware, where President Biden is spending his weekend. Mike, welcome to you. In the past few minutes were learning more from the white house on the former president and intel briefings. What do you kno
Through loud and clear, if it hasnt already, the extent of the January 6th Riot On Capitol Hill and the former president s role in all of it. An Impeachment Trial Set to start in just three days time, but Donald Trumps lawyer says that he has found the real villains in all of this. The democrats. Theres an awful lot of tape of cities burning and courthouses being attacked and federal agents being assaulted by rioters in the street cheered on by democrats throughout the country, and many of them in washington using, really, the most inflammatory rhetoric its possible to use. When you have the president of the United States give a speech and he says you should peacefully make your thinking known to the people in congress, hes All Of A Sudden a villain. So, while the previous president s preparing to defend the indefensible, the current one is trying to solve the crisis that he left behind. From new efforts to get more vaccines to all americans to the push for covid relief, President Bide
Gasoline on the outrage of nursing home deaths. And Elise Stefanik has been long calling for an investigation. Thats ahead. Before we get to that, President Joe Biden, the unity candidate delivering a welcome gift to emboldened progressive. Shoving his administration as far left as possible. The New York Times said here, a number of the Officials Biden selected would have fit easily into an Elizabeth Warren administration. Biden has signed Executive Orders increasing food stamp benefits, took steps to begin a 15 Federal Minimum Wage and replacing the federal fleet with electric vehicles. Hes looking at a child tax credit. The president demonstrating an aggressive use of the power of the pen to get things done. So far with 40 Executive Orders and actions to date and more on the horizon as progressives continue to push. Now more than 50 democratic lawmakers led by ilhan omar are pushing for monthly 2,000 covid Relief Payments to their constituents as the pandemic drives on. Heres more. W
Down, along come the rebel populous traders to say not on our watch. How big does this get . Welcome. Im neil cavuto. This is your very well depending on the stocks, profitable world. Not so great for the conventional market which is taking it on the chin because namely washington will take its investigations to gamestop and a host of others and all of these others that have been jumping far and fast. Susan li on the end of week theatrics that i dont think are ending on this end of the week. Hey, neil. The gamestop readit frenzy has taken wall street to unchartered territory. We have never seen volumes like this before. Its making investors nervous. The dow jones breaking below 30,000 this afternoon for the dow and the s p finishing the first month of the year lower. While it was a major selloff, the gamestop rally was backed on and amc and express and cost. This after robinhood allowed their traders to trade again raising a billion in cash to ensure they have enough money to clear the
Company says its phase 3 trial in the u. S. Found its 72 effective in preventing moderate to severe symptoms and says it will file for Emergency Authorization in the coming week, that could mean approval by the end of february. Heres whats key, the vaccine does not require Ultra Cold Temperatures for storage and Shelf Life Is Good for up to two years, huge win. The other breaking story were following, scientists warning the u. S. Is in a race against time with the new Coronavirus Variants popping up across the country and one of those strains, the South African Variant, is now officially here. Two cases have been confirmed in the state of south carolina. Even more concerning, the state departments Public Health warning says that two infected adults had no recent travel history and no connection to one another. And its raising concerns the strain may already be circulating within the community as new data indicates the vaccines we have may be less effective against this one. That said,