king for the first time in 1960. in a meeting of the student non-violent coordinating committee with dr. king. they requested a meeting he said sure. and the meeting ran from 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. which i think was the first kind of work training for james clyburn to deal with the hours in the house of representatives. where they do sometimes work from 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. that s right. i am so looking forward to hearing what congressman clyburn has to say on your show tonight. when you have had him on recently it s been absolutely riveting and he is the man in the center of this in so many ways. even from his perch in the house as the conscience of the congress in many ways on the issue. he s also as you know, one of the shrewdest tactical thinkers in democratic politics. which is why he s been a headline maker so many times particularly the last few years. i would love to hear about the road ahead from him. he knew martin luther king, jr. you can t ask him to deliv
house, the conscience on this issue. but he is also, as you know, one of the shrewd is tactical thinkers in democratic politics. which is why he s been a headline maker so many times, particularly in the last few years. i would love to hear about the world ahead from him today. and he knew martin luther king. you can t ask him to deliver more. yeah. thank you rachel. well on the weekend, before martin luther king they, donald trump decided to spew more of his poisonous racism at a trump rally in arizona saying the kind of things that only a hard-core committed racist like donald trump could say. he said, among other things, white people are not allowed to get the coronavirus vaccine in america. we will discuss that later in this hour. today, president joe biden focused some of his martin luther king they remarks. the 100 members of the united states senate are scheduled to begin debate tomorrow on the voting rights legislation. where do we stand? who s side are we on?
this is the planning effect. good morning. 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. the nation pauses today to remember the life and legacy of civil rights leader dr. martin luther king jr. members of his family are in the nation s capitol to make another push for voting rights legislation. as the senate is set to make what may be a futile effort to push those bills through. we ll talk with democratic texas congresswoman, shelia jackson lee about what comes next. meantime, we re learning more about the gunman who held several people hostage in a texas synagogue for nearly 12 hours. on the eastern seaboard, an messy start to the week for tens of millions of people as a winter storm brings heavy snow, ice, rain, and wind to the region. and a former haitian senator is arrested in connection with last year s assassination of the country s former president. we ll take a closer look at the deteriorating situation on the ground in haiti. and we begin with
president biden today. you delivered on roads and bridges, now deliver on voting rights. later this hour, i ll talk to grant lewis, the mother of late georgia congressman john lewis, the name sake of one of the bills. i ll ask him what this battle means for his family and what john lewis would tell us today if he were still with us. then major developments in the 11-hour texas sin nothing standoff now being called an act of terror. two teenagers have been arrested in the united kingdom in connection to the standoff. what the fbi is now revealing about what the hostage takers said repeatedly during the negotiations. in a fight against omicron, the numbers keep climbing and climbing fast. there are nearly 1 million new cases in this country every single day. we re going to talk about australia s controversial new tactic to deal with the pandemic. let it rip. we are going to start with the voting rights fight as we honor the life and legacy of dr. martin luther king junior.
right. i think that meaningful work is absolutely a part of our health, and part of a balanced and important life. but it s finding meaning in what you do every day, it s not looking at vanity or other peoples approval, or more money than you need to lead a secure life. or maybe it s just about going to work every day to support the people who need you, to support those people that you love. but it s really it s not even about the big moments, like the graduations, that i was thinking about these moments, it s the little ones. if my son was coming home in school and he s being bullied, would i be there, or would i not? and i think that s really what matters the most. a man, i m glad to hear. thank you, don. thank you, kasie, thank you for sharing, glad to see you tonight. so, this is don lemon tonight. and, kasie just put things into perspective now. and i want to put the news into perspective. because there are some big issues that are happening. there is a lot of hy