The taliban trying to instill a sense of calm but with all of these Al Qaeda fighters, Isis Cells being released from the prisons, they pose not only a shortterm threat to this Evacuation Operation but also to the Talibans Ability to create a Calm Environment once we pull out and they no longer have even most likely a working airport there, alex. So right now the White House is saying that they stand by the original mission, the original timeline, which is tuesday. At the same time theyre saying that we are not leaving and we will not end until we get everybody out. Okay. Heidi przybyla at the White House. Thank you so much. All of you, we are past the top of the hour, so stay with us here on msnbc. As we bid you all a good day from Msnbc World headquarters here in new york, welcome to this hour of Alex Witt reports. We are just past 2 00 p. M. In the east, 11 00 a. M. Pacific time. We will bring you an update on what we learned from afghanistan, Breaking News from the taliban in the l
Msnbc world headquarters here in new york. Welcome to alex witt reports. We re beginning with breaking news out of texas. Lawmakers in the house chamber are expected to pass one of the most restrictive voting laws in america. It was approved by the state senate this morning. It was debated all night. It approved by the house, governor greg abbott is expected to sign it today. I think the intent, and i m not in state legislature, is to restore confidence in the elections that fraud isn t taking place. Now, you make a good point. It s federal prosecutor, in a court of law, you know, that havents really been borne to air. This could be restoring confidence issue with american people. In my state i actually do believe there was tremendous fraud. Texas law is shameful and republicans in texas and throughout the country want to make it harder to vote and easier to steal an election. On capitol hill democrats are plotting their next move after senate republicans blocked a bipartisan commissio
1994 and passed tonight at 93. we ll see you again tomorrow. now it is time for the last word. good evening, lawrence. good evening. i would like to enter the name of tip o neill into our continuing coverage tonight of walter mondale because it was tip o neill s idea suggesting congresswoman ferraro as the vice presidential nominee to run along with walter mondale and he actually did it in a way that s remarkable when you think bag to it now as speaker of the house he sang that he he said in may, in may long before the conventions not only should be a woman but specifically ferraro and who knows what was going to happen if he didn t get behind that idea so early? do you know why he thought that early on that she was the right pick? that not only should be a woman but her? well, there was a movement for it s time for a female candidate for vice president. you know, people kind of forget there was a stall in this section of our politics because there was a big surge i
significant escalation in a criminal investigation stemming from giuliani s dealings with ukraine because it means a judge would have had to approve a search warrant on the basis that it is reasonably likely a search would turn up evidence that a crime was committed. this obviously is a major developing story. we re going to bring you the latest on what we know, the facts in just a moment and try to keep the punditry to a minimum. in the meantime we are just hours away from president biden s first address before a joint session of congress and his 99th day in office. this news will obviously kind 6 at least overshadow things here in the district a bit if you will in official washington as everybody sort of hand wringz and speculates about giuliani s future. here s what we can tell you about the speech tonight. nbc has learned the president is planning to focus on racial justice among other things. he s also going to tout his administration s success in his goal avenue cheefg
partiliamentarian or at least overrule her. but the minimum wage issue will be set aside for another day, and the truth is it makes it easier to get the covid incentive through with a 50-50 senate. the president left to view the damage of a freeze that left no power or water. the vaccine committee will decide if johnson & johnson s single vaccine gets a green light. the president promising more vaccination sites will come online in the coming weeks. but it warns that a surge in variants may already be happening. things are tenuous. now is not the time to relax restrictions. we may be seeing these sets of variants in the most recent data. more vaccine doses may speed up the pandemic recovery. the covid relief package may be on the way. it does a lot of things. relief for small businesses, schools opening. with me to share their reporting and insights, phil mattingly and cnn s lauren fox. lauren, let s start on capitol hill. let s focus first on the big picture. we ll get t