Over it in the two hours ahead. President trump giving his first interview since he lost the election, and it is everything that you would expect. Full of lies, lashing out and loads of conspiracy theories. So back to the real world. Joe biden moves closer to takingover the reins of power. His first daily brief tomorrow since winning the election and his picks for his cabinet in the days ahead. Plus as schools struggle on the decision of Remote Learning every day, a new report from one School District highlighting the impact this may be having on students. I want to talk to former education secretary arnie duncan about that, ahead. We also have a collection of reporters covering news today. Lets start with carol lee who is at the white house for us. Carol, good to do see you this afternoon. Thanks for joining us on this. Wow, you get the distinct pleasure of talking about the president s first interview since this election with maria bartiromo. There were a lot of falsehoods, there wer
House will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Dear lord, we give you thanks for giving us another day. At the beginning of a short work week, we use this moment to be reminded of your presence and to tap the resources needed by the members of this house to co to do their work as well as it can be done. May they be led by your spirit in the decisions they make. May their faith in you deliver them from any tensions that might tear the peoples house apart and from worry this is a might wear them out. All this day and through the week, may they do their best to find solutions to pressing issues facing our nation. Please hasten the day when justice an love shall dwell in the hearts of all people and rule the affairs of the nations of earth. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has chammed the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house h
Of battle, are unmatched in skill and courage. On the same day that president obama gives his inaugural address, the u. S. Drone strike kills three people in yemen. Today we look at the new documentary, dirty wars the world is a battlefield. Dimons sue was nothing like kabul. Life is defined by the war. Everything revolves around it. In yemen, there was no war, of these not officially. The film, dirty wars, follows Jeremy Scahill to afghanistan, somalia, and yemen as he chases down the hidden truth behind americas expanding covert wars. We will speak with jeremy and the films director, rick rowley. Night rates have risen to astronomical levels where there are 1000 raids a month happening. Decades after vietnam, one decade into this war, we have gone back to body counts is our only way of measuring any kind of progress in the war. Broadcasting from the Sundance Film Festival in park city, utah, all of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace
The shutdown meeting when he walked out. Exactly, thats according to two democratic sources with knowledge of that meeting. Well hear from Senator Schumer and Speaker Pelosi any moment now. But thats it for me. Andrea mitchell picking things up right now. Ill see you tomorrow morning. What a day. Craig melvin, thank you. Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. We are awaiting comments at any moment from House Speaker nancy pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer. Moments after President Trump suddenly appeared in The Rose Garden to lash out at them, pouncing on Comments Pelosi had made this morning, that the president had engaged in a coverup, comments she made in part to slow her own caucus march to impeachment. The president walking out of that prearranged meeting over infrastructure and trade with pelosi and schumer, and leading democrats on capitol hill. Heres part of it. Instead of walking in happily into a meefg, i walk into look at people that had just said
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Middle of the show. And that is, well, the russian medal of freedom winner Rush Limbaugh, i guess it is the american medal the president ial that one. He actually explained today in full the trump supporter theory of the case of why it is absolutely certain russia did not interfere to help donald trump in 2016 and it is not doing it now. And it is a very elaborate theory. It actually takes him a full two minutes which ill play later in the show and i have to say, i just have a feeling, it might not be the right note. For the beginning of your weekend, after the workweek youve put in if theres anybody who can figure out something that is true that is the opposite of what u. S. Intelligence has concluded over a period of four years of study, it is probably a talk radio guy. So thats where i would go to for the answers to the hard questions. Pretty hard sell. The division of labor is that donald trump does the slogan, fake news, and rush does think thing. He does the theorizing and he lay