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
year since he was sworn into office. he says his administration has outperformed since that time and blames president trump and the republicans for any shortcomings. carley: brooke has reaction, first we begin with griff jenkins. a lot to talk about this morning. griff: a whole lot. the president begins a new year with another legislative failure, even before the vote was called over changing the filibuster rules, senator joe manchin labeled it dead on arrival. it will fuel on the fire. griff: the president tweeting this, i am profoundly disappointed the senate failed to stand up for our democracy. i am disappointed, but not deterred. this after the president defended his performance. president biden: i outperformed what anybody thought would happen. you mentioned number of deaths from covid. it was three times that not long ago. it s coming down, everything is changing. griff: as far as the direction he wants to take the country in, he had this exchange with pete
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.
this is proliferating the tent k t tent ktentacles of the trump years and we can t turn away because things are happening now. i ll read a piece from dr. king s speech a letter from a birmingham jail that will speak to what we re saying now. we ll do that at the end of the take in a few minutes. i ve been struck by a lot of people criticizing joe biden s speech whether you thought he went too far or what have you. we re in a break glass in case of emergency moment and i wrote about it in this book and talked to you about it, people more upset when people say that they are on the same side as the b biggots, that s not what joe biden said. he said if you re against voting rights, you are on the same side as those folks. doesn t mean you are that. but it makes people think about it and i think history may look back if we continue along this road and it may look back favorably on that joe biden speech because he i think he will be right if we continue to gut voting rights and r
good evening, we begin tonight on this martin luther king jr. day by first recognizing those who took a moment today to honor dr. king s life and legacy. also, to those who perpetuate that legacy in their day-to-day lives, whether by doing for others which is so vital now or by doing the difficult work of bending the arc of history, as dr. king said, toward justice. at the same time, it is hard not to notice the evidence these days his vision is far from complete. to some, in fact, its fulfillment might seem farther off now than just a few years ago. where nearly 39 years ago, when senator jesse helms of north carolina used the filibuster in his attempt to scuttle the bill making today a national holiday. that was broken with an overwhelming 78-22 vote in a republican-controlled senate. it is hard to imagine such a vote now. tomorrow, the senate will begin debate on legislation combining two bills already passed by the house, the freedom to vote act and the john lewis voting