rising possibility of russian military action at any time. at the same time, president biden is considering moving troops within europe closer to russia s border as well as in the black sea and increasing bomber flights over the region. even as we re building up deterrence, even as we re building up defense for ukraine, we re also engaged in diplomacy and dialogue. that s the preferable path forward for everyone. it s the responsible thing to do, and we ll pursue it as long as we can. at the same time we ll continue to build up the defense and deterrence that is necessary. the optimism, the fight against the omicron variant is growing in the u.s. across the country as the national 7-day average of confirmed cases finally begins to shift downward after a record setting surge. there is still pressure on hospital workers in some western is southern states where omicron cases are at their peak, and vaccination rates are low. our nbc news poll contains bad news for democrats w
insurrection. let s go ut out front. good and good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, biden s urgent pitch to save his voting bill. today, president biden traveled to georgia using the power of the presidential bully pulpit to make his case in a speech after exhausting every other option at winning over all of his own party. last year alone, 19 states not proposed but enacted 34 laws attacking voting rights. their endgame? to turn the voters into a mere suggestion. today, we call on congress to get done what history will judge. pass the freedom to vote act. pass it now! which would prevent voter suppression. biden, you know, obviously, wants to do something here. he wants this done, and given the big lie from trump, of course, it is crucial that americans pay attention to what s happening here. the reality of it is, of course, trump s lie has been turned into a political weapon. his push to replace fair election overseers of both parties make this issue an ur
le less on stopping the virus and more on keeping essential services running. and setting sights on rudy giuliani. the former trump lawyer is an integral part of the investigation. rudy giuliani s camp is firing back. welcome to viewers in the united states and around the world. i am wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin tonight with president biden s new call to action on voting rights as he faces growing pressure from fellow democrats to make election reform a top priority. let s go to our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins. he spoke in georgia and he spoke very strongly. reporter: he did. wolf, this is a symbolic trip for president biden, not only visited with martin luther king jr. s family, laid a wreath, and went onto make a call to change the filibuster to get voting rights legislation passed. what voting rights activists want to know is whether or not calls that the president made today can translate into action on capitol hill. wit
committee. he would likely chair the committee if republicans take the house this fall. think he would have deep respect for committees and the work they do, especially when it comes to oversight and investigation, both of which he vigorously pursued back when republicans ran the house. so why, then, did he just snub a request to meet with the house select committee on january 6th? well, in his letter to the committee, he said he had, quote, no relevant information that would assist the select committee in advancing any legitimate legislative purpose. notice, he doesn t say he has no relevant information that would assist the committee in its investigation. only, quote, any legitimate legislative purpose, which he s already made plain he doesn t believe the committee has. it s a way of being less than honest, without appearing to be, frankly. because if the question is, does he have anything of interest to the committee and its investigation? the answer is clearly, yeah, he d
jordan, the ranking republican and he will likely chair the committee if republicans take the house this fall. as such, you would think he would have deep respect for professional committees and the work they do when it comes to oversight. both of which he vigorously pursued when republicans ran the house. why did he snub a request to meet with the house select committee on january 6th. in his letters he said he had, quote, no relevant information to assist the select committee in advancing any legitimate legislative purpose. he didn t say he would have legislative information that would assist the committee, only a legitimate legislative purpose which he claimed he doesn t believe the committee has. it is a way of being less than honest without appearing to be. if the question is does he have anything of interest to the committee, the answer is clearly, yeah, he does. here s committee member adam schiff talking about text messages to former white house chief of staff mark me