Well talk to a governor in kentucky as hospitals are being overwhelmed. Antony blinken is about to face what will likely be a major grilling on the house foreign Affairs Committee. Ill speak with a member of that committee about that testimony, coming up. Later, President Biden heads west, hoping to address a Climate Crisis and avoid a potential political crisis. Hell meet with the top Fire Safety officials in idaho, then rally in california on the eve of the Recall Vote for the governor, Gavin Newsom. Welcome to meet the press daily. Im Garrett Haake in for chuck todd. They have flooded the Air Waves over the past 24 hours as the white House Forge ahead with the president s sweeping new requirements, including Vaccine Mandates on all businesses with more than 100 employees. Republican governors have redoubled their opposition to their mandates, vowing to use the full legal authority and the political power to resist them. Henry mcmasters set he will fight the mandates, quote, to the g
Millions of americans in the the state of texas are struggling to find Drinking Water after deadly Winter Storms left them without power for days. While the lights have largely come back on, more than half of the States Residents are being told to boil their water if they have any at all. Long lines are now the normal mass water Distribution Sites as Store Shelves run bare. The damages are adding up as frozen pipes burst and frigid temperatures persist. U. S. President biden says that he will sign a Natural Disaster declar declaration. Omar jimenez has more. You never used your fireplace before this . No. Reporter Jen Studebaker and her family were burning chairs, pieces of book shelves, before eventually scavaging for bits of wood without even a means to cut it. That hammer is what we were splitting it with. Reporter using their nearly abandoned fireplace now as a means of survival. This is the head of the futon bed so it would be closer to the heat and hed all be together. Reporter a
Department tells us that no officers were injured and it says there are no outstanding suspects. At this time. We have a crew at the scene. Were working to get you more information on this shooting involving a Police Officer will bring you more information as soon as we get it. 24 hours after taking office, President Joe Biden has laid out a National Strategy on his how his administration plans to attack the covid19 pandemic. Its an ambitious plan as he has hopes of vaccinating 100 million americans in his 1st 100 days in office. Ktvu Frank Mallicoat reporting live on this after monitoring what the president had to say moments ago. And he still speaking right now. Gasia mikaelian President Bidens number one priority mentioned it yesterday during the inauguration is getting the pandemic under control. The president said to hell, we must remember affectedy over 400,000 people have died. Thats more than World War Two and starting today will be full steam ahead on both the federal and the
Good afternoon and thank you all for being here so we can provide you some Additional Information for events taking place tomorrow. With me today are tom the structure of Washington Headquarters services and also the lead for the department of defense transition team. And general dan hogans and the chief of the National Guard bureau. I want to thank them both for being here today on what i imagine is likely one of the busiest if not the busiest days of their careers. As they both prepare for events tomorrow. In just a moment we will have transition actives including activities taking place tomorrow and including the continuity of command here at the pentagon. Following that general hogans and will have update on security efforts and National Capitol region head of tomorrows inauguration and efforts with the National Guard on the country and in the following days. I have no other announcements so go ahead, tom. Good afternoon everyone thank you jonathan. I can tell you that we are prepa
Orders. Committee will come to order. Im honored to preside as chairman of this committee for the first time today. And im looking forward to working close with my new Ranking Member, who i see on the screen here. And with all of my colleagues to tackle the tough challenges that our nation is now facing. I am also excited to working our committees two newest members. Alex, great to have you with us today and Going Forward. Alex is joined by senator jon ossoff from georgia. We welcome you again and thrilled to have both of you on this committee. This committee has a longstanding tradition of bipartisanship, of coming together to get things done. And given the many serious challenges facing our nation, we have a lot that we need to accomplish. I look forward to working with everyone on this committee to find Common Ground to find common sense solutions, and to strengthen our national security. And also to ensure that government is working efficiently and effectively for all taxpayers. To