Recognize his own party. Where does the gop go from here . Former House Speaker John Boehner joins me to discuss. Hello, im Dana Bash in washington, where the state of our union is battling two epidemics. One Gun Violence. There have been at least 47 Mass Shootings in the u. S. Since the Atlanta Spa shootings march 16th, including two more in ohio and wisconsin and a massacre in indiana, more people planning funerals for Loved Ones in what is like lay preventible and at least the very least treatable epidemic if washington might ever move to act. Much more on that and new bipartisan efforts to pass Police Reform coming up. The other health crisis, of course, is the pandemic. And the race against time with variants causing a surge in hot spots across the country and the u. S. Prepares to open vaccinations to all americans over the age of 16 tomorrow. Joining me now, President Bidens chief medical adviser, dr. Fauci. Dr. Fauci, thank you so much for joining me. The united states is now r
We speak to dr. Anthony fauci and Congresswoman Karen Bass ahead and the biden doctrine. As the president declares The End to the longest war, it has two other global hot spots, it faces mounting questions about keeping america safe. White house national Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will join me. Plus, chaos caucus, the nations former top republican says these days, he doesnt recognize his own party. It was the establishment that put up with these characters nonstop. Where does the gop go from here . Former House Speaker John Boehner joins me to discuss. Hello, im Dana Bash in washington, where the state of our union is battling two epidemics. One the plague of Gun Violence. There have been at least 47 mags shootings in the u. S. Since the Atlanta Spa shootings on march 16th, including two more overnight in ohio and wisconsin, and a massacre thursday in indiana. More people planning funerals for Loved Ones in what is like lay preventible and at least the very least treatable epidemic
Meaning they cant say he didnt get up and defend himself, so equate your silence with guilt. Do you understand that . Yes. Have you ahead a Decision Today whether you intend to testify or whether you intend to invoke your fifth Amendment Privilege . I will invoke my fifth Amendment Privilege today. Is this your decision not to testify . It is, your honor. That was Derek Chauvin on trial for the murder of George Floyd telling the court he would not be testifying. A short time later a controversy over new evidence that led the judge to warn the prosecution of a potential mistrial. Were going to break that down, all those key elements, and a preview of mondays Closing Arguments in just a moment. But as that trial nears a Clon Collusion legal proceedings for the nearby Police Killing of Daunte Wright are just beginning. Kim potter was arrested yesterday and charged with Serkd Degree Manslaughter for fatally shooting wright during a Traffic Stop. In the next hour she will make her first Cou
the suspect did start lunging toward u.s. capitol police officers and at which time u.s. capitol police officers fired about the suspect. the suspect has been pronounced deceased. the response from law enforcement agencies and the national guard was immediate. and the capitol was locked down, the two officers rushed to the hospital. william evans, an 18-year veteran of the capitol police force and a member of the first responders unit, died of his injuries. the department of course has been reeling since the january 6th riot and the death of officer brian sicknick. the acting chief noted the stress that her officers have been under. please keep the united states capitol police family in your thoughts and prayers at this time. it has been an extremely difficult and challenging year for us but we will get through this and we do appreciate the community support. late today, a capitol police motorcade escorted evan s body. president biden ordered the flags flown at half-sta
we ll look at also what president vladimir putin does after his high-stakes call with president biden. and we ll be talking with russian chess legend and pro-democracy activist, garry kasparov. and turning now to that breaking news on the pandemic, the ceo of pfizer says the company s covid booster shot is effective in neutralizing the omicron variant for those who get the third shot. three doses against omicron are almost equivalent to the two doses effectiveness we had against the original variant. this is very good news. joining me now is nbc news correspondent, sam brock, as well as dr. nahid bhadelia, she is an infectious diseases physician and the medical director of the special pathogens unit at boston medical center. also an msnbc medical contributor. sam, what else are we learning out of pfizer this morning? reporter: jose, good morning. it does get a little bit confusing, but here is the essence of it. what scientists are measuring right now is antibody prod