Thank you so much, and welcome to the beat. Im ari melber. Tonight washington and the nation are honoring Capitol Hill Police officer brian sicknick. Laid to rest in Arlington National cemetery after dying defending the capital. And many say democracy itself. Lying in the Capitol Rotunda is an honor usually reserved for former officials. He is only the fifth private citizen to be honored this way, joining people like rosa parks. Against the backdrop of these solemn ceremonies is the fallout over the lies and Conspiracy Theories that powered the resurrection. Republicans vowing to sustain pressure and holding a meeting to discuss potential sanctions for Marjorie Taylor greene whose trafficked in hate, lies and antisemitism before she entered congress. The socalled plane that crashed into the pentagon, its odd there is never any evidence shown for a plane in the pentagon. Barack obamas presidency. Okay. Lets keep going. Lets keep talking about whatever happened. Yes, i do believe he is a
Were following all those headlines. And this. While democrats are moving forward without republicans to get americans covid relief aid, the white house is ramping up vaccine efforts. The new plan, send Vaccine Doses to community pharmacies. Its an allout push to get ahead of more fastmoving variants. But first, we begin on capitol hill. Lauren fox is tracking the republican rift between trump loyalists, longstanding conservatives. Lauren, where do we stand . You have two politicians fate at stake here. Marjorie taylor greene, but also liz cheneys leadership position. Thats exactly right, jim. Last night, we should note, Kevin Mccarthy, the minority leader in the House Of Representatives sat down for an hourslong meeting with Marjorie Taylor greene to talk about her future. We are told that the minority leader is still undecided about whether or not she will keep her post. But essentially we are learning from that meeting that Marjorie Taylor greene did not apologize for the past statem
1. 9 trillion. Thats what the democrats want in the covid Stimulus Measure. Its more than double being planned on the party of republicans that want to leave out some things like the hike in the minimum wage and help to cities and states that now have a lot of people wondering, all right, how is this going to eventually get done . We know as well that talks have been going on behind the scenes to get a couple of republicans on board. The president of the United States says he has that does explain why theyre sticking to that 1. 9 trillion number. Were going to explore that. Separately republicans are meeting to discuss what will happen to liz cheney as far as her future leadership in congress and Marjorie Taylor green and the Conspiracy Theorys that couldnt land her out of some Committee Assignments that shes had. So lets get to this right now with the Stimulus Measure and where things stand at this point. The 1. 9 trillion figure you heard about. David spunt with more. Good afternoon.
Evidence. Announcer this is new day, with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. A battle for the soul of the Republican Party is playing out on capitol hill this morning. Last night, Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell condemned congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greenes lies and Conspiracy Theories as, quote, a cancer on the Republican Party, though he never actually used her name. Mcconnell said he had enough of what he calls looney lies. So, what will leader Kevin Mccarthy do now . Meanwhile, on monday we saw this a cordial bipartisan meeting at the white house. Dont adjust your sets. This really happened. President biden and a group of ten republican senators compared their plans for economic relief. Huge gaps remain between mr. Bidens 1. 9 trillion package and the republicans 600 billion counteroffer. We have new details about what happens next in those negotiations even as democrats prepare to
To that and how they will defend him. Weve got a lot to get to. Lets go to our colleague lauren fox on capitol hill. Good morning to you, lauren. So at least the optics were of progress in the oval office yesterday. Susan collins leading that meeting with the president. But was there substantive progress . Well, sure. I think republicans felt it was a good meeting, a Good Opportunity to speak directly with the president about what their hopes are for their own covid relief package. But, look, democrats are charging forward with their plan to use that budgetary tactic to go ahead and pass that 1. 9 trillion bill with just democratic votes. They are arguing essentially that republicans are willing, if they are willing, they are allowed to come forward and vote for this process. They are welcome to be a part of it, but they are saying they need to be bold, they need to go bold and you saw that yesterday reflected in the statement from the White House Press secretary after that meeting had