mcconnell by the way. ducey has been a terrible, terrible representative of your state. inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. welcome to inside politics 1u7d. i m abby phillip. thank you for being here sunday. president joe biden will mark one week in office this week and his domestic agenda hit a brick wall. in just the past days, the supreme court struck down his vaccine mandate on big businesses and criticized for being off the road on covid and inflation hits a 40-year high and as the country celebrates martin luther king day, biden s bill is on the cusp of defeat. the law not who can vote who gets to count the vote, count the vote, count the vote. i don t know if we can get it done, but i know one thing, as long as i have a breath in me, as long as i m in the white house, as long as i m engaged at all, i m going to fight the way these senate legislate bills are moving. joining us now with their reporting and insight toluse ol
this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone we re following several major stories tonight including for the first time charges of seditious in the u.s. capitol the leader of a far right group facing serious charges. we ll get to that in a moment but first a big blow to the white house covid strategy the u.s. supreme court today blocking enforcement of the president s vaccine and testing mandates for large employers ruling the requirements go too far. it is a decision impacting more than 80 million workers. but the court also leaving intact a separate vaccine mandate for most of the nation s health care workers the ruling is announced as the number of fully vaccinated americans reaches more than 208 million, close to 63% of the population. let s get late details now from gabe gutierrez. reporter: three days after the biden administration s covid vaccine or test mandate for private companies with more than 100 workers started to take effect, today th
court justice sonya sotomayor and her decision involving vaccine mandates for teachers and staff in new york city schools. justice kavanaugh testing positive for covid, a breakthrough case. the school shooting in houston. this time a school employee shot in the back. the alleged gunman, a former student, shooting his way into the school. newly released police body camera video tonight involving gabby petito. the part of the video not shown before. officers noticing bruises, asking if she had been hit in the face. her exchange with police. the major news tonight involving the national women s soccer league now postponing games after two prominent coaches were fired amid allegations of misconduct and abusive behavior. several players coming forward. already some high-profile support. the deadly midair collision. e idg with a helicopter. a frantic mother s harrowing 911 call after a toddler falls down that open manhole at a playground. my son fell in an open manhole.
questions answered. and just in tonight, justice society mtomayor and her decisi involving vaccine mandates for teachers in new york city schools. justice kavanaugh testing positive for covid, a breakthrough case. a shooting at a school in houston. an employee shot in the back. the alleged gunman, a former student, at shooing his way into the school. newly released body camera video tonight involving gabby petito. the part of the video not shown before. officers seeing bruises, ask if she was hit in the face. her exchange with police. the news involving the national women s soccer league postponing games after two coaches were fired amid allegations of misconduct and abusei behavior. several players coming forward. already some high profile support. the deadly midair collision. a frantic mother s harrowing 911 call after a toddler fall down an open manhole at a playground. seconds later, jumping down to rescue her boy herself. and what happened 50 years ago today?
Roadblock on capitol hill tonight after an all-out push for democrats voting legislation. the president unable thus far to unite his party to pass it peter alexander is at the white house. reporter: president biden on the hill to deliver a sales pitch. instead tonight signaling surrender for now on his push for democratic voting rights legislation i don t know that we get it done but i know one thing, as long as i have a breath in me, as long as i am in the white house, as long as i am engaged at all, i m going to be fighting. reporter: the president once again unable to get his own party to pass a key priority before he went to the democrats at the capitol today kyrsten sinema took to kyrsten sinema took to the senate floor, reiterated her opposition to changing senate rules that would have allowed rights bills on their own, arguing the filibuster promotes bipartisan ship. while i continue to vote these bills, i will not support separate actions that worsen the underlying dis