in order to see whether they want to move it through this process. it s a big test for senator chuck schumer. he s been encouraging this process to move forward. he needs all 50 democrats, some of whom wanted a bigger bill and he has to keep in the mix ten republicans to vote to move this forward. so it s on pretty tiny ground. we ll watch it closely. it will tell us a lot about how strong the majority party is right now with this. there s potential for $6.6 trillion in new spending in the united states. both sides see this could be transformative potentially for the united states depending which way this goes. coming together on what will be the most profound change to help the middle class in america in generations. the scope is rooseveltian. i m for roads and bridges. i m not for the explosion of the size of government. martha: senator john kennedy is here from the budget committee. this is front and center on his desk. all good to have you with us. i m struck with i
come to light, so what is the president going to do about them. we re also following the decision to leave u.s. track sensation, sha carrie richardson completely off the roster for the upcoming tokyo olympics. going to fire. be careful. richard engel s exclusive report from inside a fire fight between afghan forces and the taliban. we ll have the latest on that. incredible reporting. we have sam stein, former aide for the george w. bush white house and state department, elise jordan, and host of politics nation and president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton is with us this morning. we re going to begin with former police captain, eric adams, poised to become new york city s next mayor after being declared the winner in a hotly contested democratic primary. the ap called the race for the brooklyn borough president last night after thousands of absentee ballots were counted. the numbers saw former city sanitation commissioner kathryn garcia cut the lea
it warned americans not to travel to ukraine or russia citing, quote, increased threats of russian military action. they ran military drills over the weekend. and a new report from the british foreign ministry says the kremlin s end game could be to install a pro-russian regime in ukraine. sources tell nbc news that intelligence comes from the united states. a second delivery of american wep importance has been delivered. antony blinken met with sergei lavrov over the weekend. that did not result in a major breakthrough but secretary blinken tells nbc news an agreement is still possible. even as we re building up deterrents, even as we re building up defense for ukraine, we re also engaged in diplomacy and dialogue. that is preferably the preferred path. that s the responsible thing we ll do. we ll pursue it. we ll at this point to build up the defense and deterrence that is necessary. lawmakers are calling to sanction russia as soon as possible hoping that an economic
angry mob would not get veto power over the rule of law in our nation, not even for one night. another flashback to exactly one year ago today, as mitch mcconnell took the senate floor ahead of donald trump s second impeachment trial. just a day before joe biden would be sworn in as the 46th president, joe. yeah. it was high drama. yeah. hard to believe, again, how much has happened over the past year. i will say, willie, that we we ll show kevin mccarthy, lindsey graham, those who have changed their positions, and mitch mcconnell has stayed the same. he still condemns it. we ve seen mike rounds, senator from south dakota, come out over the past week, saying, come on, folks. come on. he s lying. this was a fair election. joe biden is president. thune, several other people, have done that. it is important to underline that, that 93 senators called out donald trump and his lies. you have more and more people doing it every day. i understand there s this crazy underw
dozen use a calendar and new officials are being sworn into office. last week and throughout this month we re seeing them take over and take charge. there is a new mayor in new york along with a new police chief and new da. they re beginning their terms, one of them, joins us live later tonight. there is also new action in the on going probes of the insurrection which was just over one year ago. will donald trump ever be held accountable for the rally he led? one case on that actually hit federal court today. they have to see if the conduct amounts to a agreement with rioters. this is brought by two senators and police officers who were so injured during the riot by those aggressive, violent and often criminal trump fans. it offers kind of a legal version of the wider debate where some see it as pretty obvious that donald trump backed all of the plot, part one, overthrowing the outcome which trump said and which his own white house aide outlined in more detail, literally defe