Different as republican senators voted to acquit last time. Ben sass is squarely placing the blame on trump for the deadly capitol riot. As republicans like sass and Marjorie Taylor greene struggle for the partys identity after trump. Politics isnt about the weird worship of one dude. The party is his. It doesnt belong to anybody else. Were going to first begin our coverage with msnbc news correspondent kristen welker. Thank you for joining us. Lets talk about that jobs report not necessarily looking good the first month of january here. How is the president going to use this when it comes to his major Stimulus Bill . Hi, great to see you. Well, what we heard from President Biden today was essentially his strongest push yet for the passage of his covid19 relief bill. We saw him say in some of the strongest terms that he is prepared to go it alone without republicans signing on to his bill. Of course, he has always said yes, he wants bipartisan support but it seems increasingly likely t
we come on the air with new demands for answers from the head of intel, airlines scrambling to get planes back in the air and the congressman being put on the back burner, let s start with what is going down in the senate where key leaders are asking the director of national intelligence for more information on the classified documents found at president biden s former office, with the white house press secretary, and what she is saying now in the first comments from the podium, just in the last couple of minutes as we re learning more this afternoon on the republicans in the house who could be involved in any investigation into this. also this hour, the afternoon after the morning meltdown. new reporting on what is going down at the faa and with what is being done to prevent a runway repeat. the top democrat on house transportation live. congressman george santos promising to stay in congress but he may not have much to do, what republican leaders are saying about possib
i m following what the lawyers have told me they want me to do. that s exactly what we re doing. there s no there there. democrats brace for a difficult fight to hold their senate majority through 2024. florida governor ron desantis is appealing to the maga crowd with controversial policy moves against the national hockey league and schools. the future of abortion rights as anti-abortion activists hold their annual march today in washington. an eight-month supreme court investigation fails to find the culprit of last year s leak of the supreme court decision overturning a half century of legal precedent. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington where after ducking the issue for days, president biden has now defended his office s handling or the mishandling of classified documents, answering a reporter s question during a tour of the storm damage in california. we found a handful of documents were filed in the wrong place. we immediately turned them over
brand-new fox power rankings are out, republicans holding the advantage and retaking the house. the senate is still up in the air. hello, well come, welcome, i m sandra smith in new york. mike: mike emanuel in washington. republicans are supposed to keep the advantage from the last power rankings but different side in the senate. toss-up races in arizona, georgia, nevada and pennsylvania will decide which party takes control. sandra: tight as ever, we approach the final weeks to election day, all of this as pocket book issues are likely to determine the outcome of many of these key races. recent polls show the economy, inflation, surging gas prices are top of mind for american voters. especially independents. mike: jackie and james in moments, but first alexandria, the election is likely to be decided by independent voters. that is exactly right, often hold the decisionmaking power and we are seeing the area of independent concern aligning more with republicans. the
right nonow early start, the crisis on the border and president biden. will it lead to any solutions. capital buildings stormed by supporters of the ousted president who had challenged election results. and what could be better than the bills winning for number 3, damar hamlin himself expecting to get out of the hospital. all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. good monday morning to you. president biden spoke with border patrol officers, he visited a migrant center in el paso. the president did not see or meet with any migrants. cnn s jasmine wright for us this morning from washington. jasmine, republicans have been criticizing the president for not coming to see the migrant crisis until now. reporter: yeah, christine. it s unclear whether the president is going to end that criticism because of what you just said, because he did not see any migrants while on the ground for several hours. we did see him ta