there is more evidence that the uk variant is spread something widely in the u.s. beaches are full with few masks in sight. there won t reach immunity until people get shots. in a new cbc poll, a third of republicans say they would not get vaccinated while another 20% said they were not sure. yesterday president biden asked for help i discussed it with my team and they said things that would have more impact than anything trump would say the to the maga folks, would be what the local doctors say. today on morning joe, dr. fauci said he has not had contact to the former president. i have not reached out directly to him. but i do it so many ways indirectly including the conversation you and i are having right now about what the importance is of getting the overwhelming majority of the population vaccinated. joining me now is kristen welker and jonathan. what is the president s strategy? he is heading to delaware county. those five counties around philadelphia were b
misleading attacks on joe biden over to people in trump s circle. the report identifies them as people close to trump and his administration. just as in 2016, this new report out now documents how the democrats white house bid had to contend not only with its own campaign rival, like usual, but also fight on two fronts against a well-funded, armed, independent country with its own agenda. now, there are differences as well. this time many voters may be more on gourd against foreign prop ga da. the russians had a plan for that, too. they tried to get prominent u.s. persons and media conduits to launder their narratives against democrats so russia attacks on biden might seem more american by coming through u.s. officials and audiences. and then there is this. rudy giuliani debunks the impeachment hoax and exposes biden family corruption in ukraine. watch top ukrainian officials testify under oath. the side of the story schiff doesn t want you to hear. that heavy handed prom
which may well be his signature achievement. the white house is also dealing with an escalating situation at the southern border, the biden administration employing fema to take care of hundreds of migrant teens and children who are arriving in such large numbers, there aren t facilities to shelter them. so almost 4,000 kids are being kept in border patrol facilities and even jail cells designed for adults. we re going to go live to the border in a moment. there is also breaking news involving a lingering mystery of an insurrection at the capitol. two men have been charged in the assault of capitol police officer brian sicknick, who died a day after the riot. the men were caught on video spraying officer sicknick with an unknown substance, possibly bear spray. much more on that in a moment as well, and why the mystery may have just deepened. as we await the president, we want to get to the latest reporting on that relief rollout as those checks begin to land in bank account
interior secretary, making her the first native american secretary. all of this as two men accused of attacking capitol police officer brian sicknick who later died from his injuries with bear spray during the january 6th riot make their first court appearance later this afternoon. joining us, correspondent kara lee, covering the white house, and nbc correspondent garrett haake in el paso, texas. and the co-author of the political play book. great to have you with us. the president saying they re hitting their goals in the pandemic. then there s this. a new poll finds 30% say they will not get the vaccine, 47% of trump supporters say they will not get vaccinated. he was asked about that a short while ago. what does the biden administration plan to do about the hesitancy. look, they have been planning to do a broad national campaign, ayman, and meantime have been doing smaller, more targeted efforts to constituency that show high rate of vaccine hesitancy. when the president
take the dough. you can be sure that all of their states and communities will be benefiting from this, and they won t be complaining about it back home. the republican party clearly adrift in the absence of donald trump. and without a new plan, they re returning to their greatest hits. on that familiar set list, culture wars. a recent example, senator ted cruz s new fund-raiser. he s now signing copies of dr. seuss book green eggs and ham, and it can be yours for a $60 donation. that is not policy. that s not making american lives better. it is distraction in lieu of governing. what senator cruz ignores is it was dr. seuss estate that made the decision to stop publishing six books due to their racist and insensitive imagery. but it doesn t matter if it fires up the base and helps those voters forget that you didn t want to partake in legislation that would send them desperately needed relief, all while reducing childhood poverty by nearly 50%. next up, a tune you might