America is racist nation secretary of state toney blinken justifying his action for united states to be a credible force for human rights we have to face remnants of racism and hatred at home we can t sweep shortcomings under the rug or pretend they don t exist we need to face them openly, honestly even if ugly even if painful. That is how we live up to our values. Jeanine: now blinken even went beyond that urging u. N. Members states to join in effort to con to attribute surge of a rich racially scrimmages xenophobia added invitation on contemporary forms of racism u. S. Special republic repertoire first to issue a standing invasion to all u. N. Experts will report on human rights issues in the united states let me see if i have this straight. You inoversight people from u. N. , who hate united states to come here, on our soil, to judge us? without concern for their bias their hatred their prodigious? and their outright opposition ability to a democracy to judge us? never in history h
president biden will meet with democrats on capitol hill this afternoon trying to get moderates on board with blowing up the senate rule book, the nuclear option. it would clear a path for democrats to federalize u.s. elections. bill: the president s big speech on that topic is being slammed by republicans. a few democrats chiming in, too. minority leader mitch mcconnell went to the floor of the senate with a stem winder of a speech and let it fly. this president said we should see each other not as adversaries but as neighbors. yesterday he called millions of americans his domestic enemies. the president s rant rant yesterday was incoherent, incorrect, and beneath his office. i did not recognize the man at the podium yesterday. dana: senator tom cotton had a memorable floor speech of his own. we ll talk to him in a moment. let s go to jackie heinrich at the white house as they wake to the number of 33% approval. good morning. senate democrats getting their first me
reeling from the attack. five dead. dozens more injured. people reacting in the early hours. we re all in this together. we are waukesha strong. how unbelievably touched we all are. helpless, it s tough. so you just do everything you can and you don t know what that is sometimes. one of those things that you will remember for the rest of your life, you know. and we went from a situation of just exuberant, thrilled children to calamity. we grieve together now and heal together moving forward. what happens today, mike? in eight hours darrell brooks is scheduled to make his first appearance for the waukesha christmas parade massacre. when you look at the court records that are available, they go back essentially to when he was a juvenile and they reveal an adult life filled with criminal activity. he faced charges for everything from strangling a person to concealed weapons, domestic abuse, resisting arrest. in milwaukee county he allegedly fought and shot at his n
peter doocy pressing jen psaki as criticism rains down on the biden administration from both sides of the aisle. 5,000 still left. where is everybody else? i m happy to get you a more fruitful rundown if it s helpful from the department of homeland security. what about the rest? if it s 10% or 15% i don t have the resize numbers. dana: now the biden administration is blocking border agents from patrolling on horse back. well oh he speak with a former mounlted border agent who says this is completely foolish. we re at the border in del rio, texas. what a difference a few days makes. incredible earlier in the week there were 15,000 migrants camped out underneath this bridge in del rio, texas. crews are out here actively clearing away what remains of this camp. probably around a couple hundred people left right now still camped out. where these folks are going and where the massive group went, a portion of the group has been deported back to haiti, around 2,000. 3900
round of sanctions against russia and other measures including phasing out russian oil imports. griff: in ukraine, russia is continuing to ramp up its attack on the east including bombing schools where people were in the basement. tomorrow marks the defeat of nazi germany in 1945. some fear vladimir putin will use the day to declare war. eric: churches around the country spent the last few days fearing and concerned about protests or the leaked supreme court draft document. the churches in chicago, washington, d.c., and texas where police asked for additional protection. in wisconsin there was a fire at the headquarters of a pro-life group. and someone spray painted the what you see outside the wall. if abortions aren t safe, then you aren t either. vandals spray painted slogans on a church in colorado. hi, leslie. reporter: good afternoon. at st. patrick s cathedral in new york city, lots of crowds coming in and out. police remain on high alert. across the nation states on h