while gearing up for the next big battle, trying to corral all 50 senators to pass his social safety net legislation in the house next week and send it to an uncertain future in the senate where it will almost certainly be dramatically trimmed. u.s. has reopened borders to international travelers today after nearly 18 months of overseas travelers being banned from coming into the country. the biden administration is vowing to push ahead with its vaccine mandate for employers despite a court temporarily blocking the measure, which was set to take effect in january. the administration is appealing. and also this hour, the latest from the deadly astroworld concert in houston. police have now opened a criminal investigation into the concert headlined by rapper travis scott, which left eight people dead. and we ll speak to the former top u.s. diplomat for haiti, daniel foote who resigned to protest against the president s policies in haiti. joining us now nbc news capitol hill c
military escalation that could happen at any time. we believe the russians have put in place the capabilities to mount a significant military operation into ukraine, and we have been working hard to prepare a response. as coronavirus cases continue to plunge since the peak three weeks ago, some democratic governors like phil murphy in new jersey lifting mask requirements in schools. we ll talk to a top virologist who s warning about relaxing mask mandates too soon. this morning republican congressman and january 6th committee member adam kinzinger slamming them. there are members of the republican party probably who have been there for 30 years that are scared to death of the mob excluding them that they won t even speak up. the rnc deserves every aspect of backlash and is going to come down on it. certainly the rnc has lost any sense and certainly those who drive the train have lost any sense. the center of liz and i has went way too far with the rnc. and mike penc
navalny s death just as the leader solidified his grip for another six years. navalny died in one of your prisons during your campaign. mr. president, is this what you call democracy? we ll bring you putin s response. and the middle east is bracing for an offensive in rafah with hostage negotiations still stalled and tensions high between netanyahu and president biden with their first call in more than a month set for today. good day. i m in for my friend who s on assignment today. donald trump is starting this week defending those controversial remarks insisting his warning of a blood bath as he described it, if he were not to be re-elected, was for the auto industry, but the biden campaign says he s doubling down on political violence and quote, wants another january 6th. mr. trump was discussing auto imports before the comment where critics say he was inciting vie lens. we re going to put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line. and you re no
terms mr. pied biden the president of the u.s. would agree to be interviewed. and a devastating death toll rising on maui as rescue and recovery teams find more bodies and thousands of residents are homeless along with stranded tourists on an island that looks like a war zone. good day, everyone, a busy day in washington. i m andrea. where u.s. district judge tanya chutkan made quick decisions this morning on the size and the scope of that protective order in the criminal case surrounding donald trump s alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election. in a ruling from the bench, judge chutkan after prosecutors argued that the order was necessary to prevent pretrial publicity and the defense countered that the pregs counsel s parameters were extraordinary decided that the protective order would only apply to sensitive materials and not to all of the evidence turned over to them from the special counsel. judge chutkan also added a clause to the order that would limit the uni
more on my exclusive conversation with vice president kamala harris coming up. plus, countdown to south carolina. nikki haley sharpening her attacks against trump for his pro-putin stance. it s amazing to me how weak in the knees he is when it comes to putin. happy presidents day, jefferson. i m andrea mitchell in washington. as the 46th president of the united states faces crises on all sides, how to publish putin for the death of his most celebrated critic alexei navalny. navalny s wife on youtube vowing to take up the torch for a free post-putin russia. yulia navalny declaring without question that putin killed my husband and is now hiding his body to cover up the murder, her words. the putin regime detaining hundreds of mourners for simply laying flowers at makeshift memorial service across the country. prison officials say navalny suddenly collapsed and died friday in that remote gulag where he had been held in isolation, tortured and starved for two long years. d