Aisle and the question is how far hes willing to go to do that. And nearly one month since the rioters stormed the capitol this morning we ared learning new details about the big money that fueled thosemo attacks and what prevented National Guard troops from carrying weapons they needed and t arrests that shoul have happened. Meanwhile, days before former President Trump will be put on trial for inciting that insurrection, over the weekend the president lost, at least threee of his lawyers after he asked them to make his baseless voter fraud claims a big part of their defense strategy. R i want to start with the latest on covid relief, nbcs Geoff Bennett at the white house. Also joining our conversation, founder of Punch Bowl News jake sherman. What are you hearing from j inse The West Wing about y todays meeting . Reporter steph, ill tell you what, there are a couple of lanes of thought here about this counteroffer put forward by this group of ten republican senators with this 600 bil
Of the United States. Its kind of our way, or the highway. Mississippi senator roger wicker on all of that very shortly, In The Meantime, to Mark Meredith on how this is all going down, fueled by not only the president stating that this is the only way to do it, republicans, at a jobs report which might have helped his argument. Mark . Reporter neil, good morning to you right that jobs report is having an impact on the discussions. President biden counting on house and Senate Democrats to pass his 1. 9 trillion Stimulus Package. Republicans want the president to reign in spending but the president made it clear yesterday that hes willing to do this on a Party Line Vote if necessary to fund a few priorit ies like the 1,400 round of stimulus checks that he wants to see go out, more money for Food Assistance programs, as well as extending those enhanced federal Unemployment Benefits. The president making it directly in a speech on friday. Others think that things are Getting Better and we
Elizabeth cohen. She joins us with the breaking details. What do you have, elizabeth . Alisyn, so the bottom line here is that we may soon have a third vaccine in the United States. We already have pfizer, moderna and with these results, its almost certain Johnson Johnson will be applying for Emergency Use Authorization from the fda. The bottom line, this vaccine does not seem to be as effective as pfizer or moderna but has impressive results and is still useful. Lets go over these specific numbers. The Johnson Johnson trial data shows that when you are looking at moderate to severe cases of covid19, it was 66 effective at putting preventing those, whereas moderna and pfizer was 95 . Those two were 95 . Thats a significant difference. If you look at preventing severe cases of covid19, which is the more important one, right . We dont want people in the hospital. We dont want people in the icu or dying. Johnson johnson was 85 effective at preventing severe cases. Moderna and pfizer were
Given access to voting locations. A review of ballots counted while his team were not president. The president saying he would sue to prevent the election from being stolen. The u. S. Has officially left the Paris Climate Accord, even with the full Election Results still unclear. President trump initiating the process a year ago. The exit took effect wednesday. Trump would be likely to spend a second term promoting fossil fuels and rolling back environmental regulations. Joe biden will rejoin the Paris Agreement immediately if he wins. In the u. K. , the house of commons voted in favor for a new lockdown in england. That as reported Coronavirus Infections continue to search. All nonessential businesses, venues, and stores will close until the second of december. The u. K. Has europes highest number of deaths at more than 47,000. Boris johnson warned of a mortality on a previous scale. Thats a look at the first word headlines. No problem, equity markets are on the up. Asia tracking the
Protesters are injured in Eastern Libya while calling for the resignation of one of waterloo fastest Security Officials. Because my only concern was to get my books out so that i can study and sit my examinations. On meet the sudanese students determined to succeed in the face of devastating floods. Were going to start though with the story out of russia this hour millions of people casting their ballots in a series of local elections theyre electing members of Regional Parliaments of municipalities and governors as well on the 3rd and final day of voting held over several days because of the pandemic. Well these elections are being held a year ahead of parliamentary polls and are seen as a referendum on president putins popularity the poisoning of russias main Opposition Leader alexina volleys cast a shadow his supporters have been campaigning for candidates who will challenge the government in the elections. This is the 2nd time russians are voting in a major election during the pand