difficult challenge. right now she s in guatemala to address the migrant surge at the southern border. the democrats senator no stalls the biden agenda. joe manchin will not vote for big elections changes, will not eliminate the filibuster. progressives are furious. joe manchin has become the new mitch mcconnell. he s doing the work of the republican party by being an obstructionist just like they ve been since the beginning of biden s presidency. with us today to share their reporting and their insights, kaitlan collins our cnn chief white house correspondent. olivier knox, and melanie zanona. joe manchin over the weekend making clear a lot of people in this town have thought what s his play, what s he waiting for, when will he give in appears he won t. you don t write an op-ed saying i believe partisan legislation will destroy the already weakening binds of our democracy and for that reason i will vote against the for the people act and i will not vote to weaken or el
positions on what kind of relief americans need. you don t have to be a good pollster from washington the question, hey, would you like the federal government to send you a $3,500 check. of course the answer is going to be yes. if you said do you want us to borrow that money from your children because that s what this is. i think their answer might be a lot differently. if republicans could give, you know, a $2 trillion tax break to the wealthiest people and stop arctic drilling, or continue drilling in the arctic, then i think that democrats can make sure that 30 million americans get a raise. the january 6th attack on the capitol will also be front and center this week with plans to hold the first public hearings. it comes as we learn two of donald trump s loyal allies are now a focus on the capitol riot probe. a law enforcement source telling nbc news that the justice department and the fbi are investigating whether alex jones and roger stone played any role in organ
says a reporter is dumb, and in a couple of hours or less he s on the phone, in a personal phone call, apologizing. right. and decent, and adult, and mature. i mean, even if he meant it. if you meant it and you said it to somebody s face, you do not have to apologize to them unless you know, is for some of the reason it s inappropriate. but if you meant it and you sensitive out somebody and not to them, you have to apologize. because you re talking smack. and in this case, the president did the adult thing and said i m sorry, and that s what adults should do. so, i was driving this afternoon and kind of out of the news bubble for a bit. and as soon as i came back into our little bubble here, first thing i said to producer kyle griffin was, has joe biden apologized yet? and he said, no. and i said, okay, well it s coming. it s like it s any minute now. he s gonna do it. and then i lost track of it and suddenly there it was. during your hour it emerge. i had the exact sam
former president, one of the key pieces of evidence in that inquiry, trump s not infamous phone call to georgia secretary of state, republican brad raffensperger a year ago. begging him to find the 11,780 votes to overcome joe biden s win in that state. the judges order says the grandeur will begin hearing evidence on made the second and, quote, may make recommendations concerning criminal prosecution. according to the atlanta journal-constitution, the investigation goes beyond trump s phone call and will include, quote, the abrupt resignation of the former atlanta-based u.s. attorney, be jake park, and november 2020 call with senator lindsey. and false claims made by trump attorney, rudy giuliani, during a hearing before the georgia senate judiciary committee. the report says that funny willis will previously argue that appointing a special grand jury was necessary because a significant number of witnesses and perspective witnesses have refused to cooperate. as that investig
usually listen to republicans. he canceled that an hour after sean hannity s text to mark meadows were made public. his base may dismiss this speech, but this was a very powerful attack on trump by biden. yeah. what president biden said is we have to now determine, and i m anxious to get your thoughts, what kind of nation are we going to be. the big lie was formed by the former president and it s still out there. jim sciutto is watching all of this together with all of us as well. we re seeing the motorcade getting ready to leave capitol hill and head back to the white house with the president. i m anxious, jim, for your thoughts. as i keep saying, people in the united states are watching president biden, but people all around the world are watching what the president of the united states had to say about the peril to american democracy right now, and they re probably scratching their heads and wondering what s happening in the greatest democracy in the world. what s stri