Weekend. The first holiday weekend with half of americans vaccinated. We re covering all of that with our reporters coast to coast. But i want to start in washington, d. C. , sahil kippur on capitol hill, yamiche alcindor, white house correspondent for pbs newshour and washington week. And carol leon ig, her new book just came out, the rise and fall of the secret service. Let s start with what s going on on capitol hill, gaveling out at 3:00 a. M. What s going on in the senate? chaos, i can think of other words but let me walk through it briefly. They were set to vote and a chinese competitive package that was written by chuck schumer the democrat and todd young the republican. It has deep bipartisan buyin from the start. The senate faced a number of curveballs yesterday that delayed passage. The first was from republican mike crapo who demanded a vote on an amendment and finally got it. It looked ready to pass when out of nowhere another curveball came from senator ron johnson, the wi
the white house in disgrace and is facing 91 indictments. it is still entirely possible that the likely nominee will be convicted before the election in november. yet in iowa, he took over half of the vote, winning 98 of the 99 counties up for grabs 30 points clear of ron de santis, who finished in second spot, with nikki haley in third. and for all their postivity, it looks a steep climb from here. i want to congratulate roni and nikki for having good a good time together, we re all having - a good time together. in spite of all of that that they threw at us, everyone against us, we ve got our ticket punched out of iowa! i can safely say tonight, iowa made this republican primary a two person race. let s bring in the panel. leigh ann caldwell, washington post live anchor. do you want more of the do you want more of the same do you want more of the same and do you want more of the same and they all shouted no, 70% of the us population say they do not want the same reasons
weekend of campaign rallies to try and fire up his base ahead of the caucus there. president biden travels to the valley forge area, home to george washington s war encampment, to deliver a speech on america s democracy, marking three years since the capitol insurrection on january 6. secretary blinken overseas for high-stakes diplomacy, with tensions flaring throughout the middle east. a new u.s. drone strike in iraq calls for revenge from hezbollah. all as the idf is pressed by nbc on civilian casualties in gaza. good to be with you. andrea mitchell is on assignment traveling with secretary of state antony blinken in the middle east. it s january 5, 2024. president biden is beginning his campaign season, heading to valley forge where soldiers trained to fight for the new promise of america. using the historical site to warn voters that donald trump is dangerous, a threat he says to that idea of america, to our democracy. just remember what happened three years ago
we still have a lot of work to do. but with lawmakers on both sides skeptical, do they have the votes to actually pass it? i ll speak exclusively with house progressive leader, congresswoman pramila jayapal and gop congressman, dusty johnson, next. and room to grow? more republican presidential hopefuls jump in. i m running to lead our great american comeback. i m the candidate, the far left fears the most. with the former president dominating the polls, can they cut into his lead. republican governor chris sununu joins me exclusively. plus, fallen heroes. this memorial day, veterans reflect on their comrades who did not come home. i think about them probably every day almost. yeah, really. you don t every forget it. a look at some of the incredible americans we lost at war, coming up. hi, i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is waiting to exhale. president biden and speaker mccarthy last night announced that they have struck an agree
get your popcorn ready. i am jonathan capehart. this is the sunday show. this sunday, the state of the union is tense. but president biden is strong and bold, as he steps into year three of his administration. for the third time in two weeks, it was commander-in-chief biden who authorized an unidentified aerial object, to be shot from the sky. this latest incident happened over canada s uconn region. the operation was carried out after consultation between biden and canadian prime minister justin trudeau. the origin in the exact makeup of the objects are still unknown. on the domestic front, at the state of the union earlier this week, president biden europa doped republicans into agreeing with his stance to not get rid of social security. some republicans want medicare and social security i m not saying it s a majority. as we all apparently agree, social security and medicare is off the books now, right? all right. this is what a.d. looks, like you. besides, you have t