lived through january 6th and will be on duty again this weekend, an undercurrent of fear remains. quote, am i scared? absolutely, an officer told the post. this saturday rally forces a traumatized police force to once again protect the capitol from protesters who openly sympathize with the people who attacked them the first time. take a listen to what the officers told the january 6 select committee back in july. on january 6th for the first time i was more afraid to work at the capitol in my entire deployment to iraq. i witnessed the rioters using all kinds of weapons against officers including flagpoles, metal bike racks that they had torn apart, and various kind of projectiles. officers were being bloodied in the fighting. many were screaming and many were blinded and coughing from chemical irritants being sprayed in their faces. as my physical injuries gradually subsided and the adrenaline that had stayed with me for weeks waned, i ve been left with the psycholog
the biden administration has taken as they affect more than 100 million americans. of course in that 100 million many of those workers have likely already been vaccinated. but the response from the right erases any doubt at all the gop is in this thing together with the rest of us. the health and safety of residents of gop-led states a matter of personal choice, it would appear, in their view. texas governor greg abbott calling the mandates, quote, an assault on private businesses. said the state is, quote, already working to halt this. gordon said he asked his state s ag, quote to stand prepared to take all actions to oppose this administration s unconstitutional overreach of executive power, end quote. south carolina governor henry mcmaster promised to battle biden to the gates of hell. president biden today equally forceful response. have at it. look, i am so disappointed that particularly some republican governors have been so cavalier with the health of these kids. so
we thank you for the opportunity and the blessing that you ve given us to serve your agenda. we are making tremendous progress i want to congratulate you on the men and women you ve placed around this table, the holistic team of working for america is making results in each and every area what does it say about someone who needs that so badly? you have to imagine president biden s first cabinet meeting today will look a little different from the previous administration s good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, april 1st. joe has the morning off, along with willie and me we have white house reporter for the associated press, jonathan lemire and we are following a lot of stories this morning, including a number of developments with the dramatic third day of testimony in the trial of a former police officer who is accused of killing george floyd, as a juror becomes ill and a witness breaks down on the stand. some shipments of johnson & johnson s corona
their last few hours of debate as we speak. all republicans, they re opposed to those election reforms, and nbc news is confirming now, officially, two democrats opposed to changing the rules to get it done anyway in the face of that gop objection. one of those democrats, senator joe manchin is expect to speak at some point on the senate floor. if it happens this hour, you ll see it right here on msnbc. i m hallie jackson in washington where there s a lot going on. let s bring in kelly o donnell, leigh ann caldwell, and john bresnahan. kelly, set the table for us. what do you anticipate we ll see from president biden this afternoon? well, it is a striking opportunity for the american people to have this chance to hear from the president for an extended period of time. we haven t seen this in ten months. and it is a chance for a conversation with the public. we expect the president will begin laying out some of the things that he wants to draw attention to. areas of progress
color exactly what happened every minute of the day on january 6th, here at the capitol and at the white house and what led to that violent attack. multiple weeks of public hearings, setting out for the american people in vivid color exactly what happened. that s what she said. clearly, they put a lot of work in this investigation if they re prepared to hold multiple weeks of public hearings. committee chair bennie thompson revealed that their investigation has involved the cooperation of 250 people so far. there are at least two former trump associates not included in that list of 250 people. former department of justice official, jeffrey clark, this man, and john eastman, the lawyer. this man. legal scholar who authored a memo for vice president mike pence on how he could do his part to overturn the election results on january 6th. both men are now reportedly planning to plead the fifth. in the meantime, the committee s pressing forward with more depositions scheduled for