the house managers took two days, we expect trump s defense team are only going to take a couple of hours. that is in part because they do not feel like they are in danger of losing their case, despite the fact that many republicans were telling cnn, me, and my colleagues yesterday that they thought that the house managers were making a compelling case, there s no evidence that they are willing to move ahead and actually have 17 of them convict the former president. former president donald trump s defense team will have their turn today to explain why they believe he is not responsible for the deadly insurrection at the capitol. and despite having 16 hours over the next two days to present their case, trump s lawyers could make their defense as short as three hours. that s according to a source close to the former president s legal team. there s no reason for us to be out there a long time. as i said from the start of this thing, this trial never should have happened. rep
enough vaccine doses for all americans by the end of july. and that they are hoping to open k through 8 schools in five days a week in the coming months. but this morning when pushed on that and what it would actually look like, vice president harris does not have a clear answer. what the cdc, what they have recommended are exactly that, recommendations. the point is we all want our kids to get back to school as quickly as possible and safely as possible. i know there are teachers listening and the cdc has said they don t have to be vaccinated to go back to school. we think they should be a priority. we think they should be a priority. joining us now with the latest, nbc news white house correspondent cara lee and yamiche from nbc s newshour. steph, the white house would say the plans are cdc guidelines that are much awaited for their release last week, which basically outlined a roadmap for states based on infection rates in certain areas in terms of how should t
biden may be actively proving that wrong as he takes off tonight. it s actually worth pausing and recalling what this claimed conventional wisdom entails. the country is in real trouble. we ve got a very sharply divided society. the divide that splits this nation. are we going to continue to exacerbate the darkness, the division? there is so much division not only within our party, but within our country right now. the political polarization is only going to get worse. such a divided country, presidents who come into office don t all of the sudden, even if they win a close election use the start like a honeymoon period. they don t exist anymore. it doesn t exist anymore. it s become so common to say those things. they may even sound unremarkable. why are you showing me this on the news tonight, ari? well, whether it comes from pundits or an obama veteran like david plouffe there, this is a common sentiment based on predictions, not actual facts. there is recent
well, i think he can save it ultimately. there are two separate tracks we re talking about. obviously, you have the whole negotiation between the left and the center of the democratic party over the infrastructure bill and the reconciliation, which is the broader social spending package. and, look, they are arguing about a number on reconciliation. one thing politicians can do is find a midpoint between two different numbers, between the progressives and centrist and ultimately they ll get there. the other track, though, is more significant in some ways. not in terms of the long-term impact but the immediate crisis which is that mitch mcconnell, you know, at the moment, is behaving like a terrorist. and he is holding a gun to the head of democrats and indeed to the whole global economy in threatening to have the u.s. default on its debt by refusing to vote for any expansion of the debt ceiling. the important point to remember is that even though he is the one, you know, mak
white house taking criticism from both sides. joe biden won t go down to the border. kamala harris won t go down to the border of the rio grande valley in del rio. they insist these problems aren t happening. the biden administration must halt all deportation of haitian migrants. of all the president s screw-ups, there is not a single one greater than the crisis at the border. it is a crisis. i m not just unhappy with the cowboys who were running down haitians and using their reins to whip them, i m unhappy with the administration. dana: we re following this from los angeles. good morning, william. story is evolving on tro fronts. the camp is shrinking to under 5,000 thanks to mexico stopping bus loads of haitians from moving north and the biden administration trying to make the nightmare disappear by deporting migrants back to haiti and releasing thousands of others to u.s. streets, bus stations and airports with no more than a piece of paper suggesting they sh