never go away. kaitlan, your reporting, it s so great that you won a pulitzer. it s so deserved. this is one of the essential stories of our times, and you are a great chronicler of it. thank you for doing that, for all of us to remind ourselves who we are as a country. that is our show for this evening, now it s time for the last word with ali velshi in for lawrence, good evening. caitlin is the reporter for the ages on this particular story, which goes in and out of fashion for the right sometimes. it s the biggest story, and then sometimes, we forget for months. what your story tonight told us was that you might forget about this. this might not be the biggest thing on your agenda. you might be thinking about israel or ukraine or inflation or whatever it is. these people don t have places to sleep tonight. it s cold outside in your city. in new york city, around the roosevelt hotel down the street from where we work. we need to see them again. we have effectively
brink of a constitutional crisis, at least once. eroded americans faith and democracy and shattered peoples trust in the electoral system. yet, despite all of that, a significant portion of the electorate still believes that he deserves another four years in the white house. trump has made it clear that he s running a campaign of retribution and vengeance, promising to enact hard-line policies that could run afoul of the law and even saying that he wouldn t be a dictator, except for on day one. that s a direct quote. he s already plenty of reports out there about the kinds of draconian plans that trump and his close allies are preparing for a possible second term, including a crackdown on immigration that involves sweeping raids, giant detention camps, along the border, and mass deportations of millions of people each year. trump has made it well known that he intends to weaponize the justice department against his political enemies and critics in an attempt to stifle descen
another government shutdown. congress only has five and a half days to pass some kind of measure to keep the federal government funded or otherwise risk closing down some agencies and suspending some services right before the holidays. but as has been the case since the beginning of this congress, unresolved issues within their is functional house republican caucus continue to derail progress. the conference wide call yesterday afternoon, the new speaker mike johnson unveiled his plan to fund the government, which involves a novel approach called a lag, continuing resolution, or c r. under this plan, fundi for some services and agencies, such as military vet programs, department of transportation and housing, and urban development, among others, will be extended at current levels until the first deadline of january 19. meanwhile, funding will be extended until february 2nd, a couple of weeks later, for the rest of the government, including for the departments of state, justic
she is the definition of grit. she didn t give up. he s hurting me. the details that she gave. it was unbelievable. she said, you did it. i said, no, you did. route 66 once stretched across the southwest from one horizon to the next, going from what america was to what it wanted to be. cities like albuquerque, new mexico, were celebrated stops along the journey. today buildings that once lined this part of the iconic highway faded and closed as the cotton wood mall became the new downtown. the mall was the big hangout. i met my husband at the mall. so did i. it has played a pivotal part in our lives. for the marcell sisters, all six of them, along with their brother, jonathan, the cotton wood mall in albuquerque was important in their lives. 17-year-old brittani worked at a sunglasses kiosk. she is this blue-eyed girl with a big eyes and a striking mile. everything was good, until september 11th, 2008, brittani just starting high school had planned
admin administered yesterday alone. nearly 70 million americans have gotten at least one dose of a covid-19 vaccine, which means one out of five americans has received a shot. this as those $1400 stimulus checks are starting to hit bank accounts. despite the progress being made, thoupds of people are traveling and attending spring break events across the country. many not wearing masks. no protection. masks and social distancing don t seem to be priorities. health officials are warning of the potential consequences. saying the next few weeks will be critical in determining if we ll see another surge. even though the numbers have gone down, over the last couple of weeks, they ve plateaued and when you see a plateau at a level as high as 60,000 cases a day, that is a very vulnerable time to have a surge to go back up. we can avoid that, if we continue to vaccinate people, get more and more protection without all of a sudden pulling back on public health measures. all right.