tonight is the voting on the biden covid relief bill. the other breaking news of the night is that the fbi has singled out a suspect in the killing of capitol police officer brian sicknick in the attack on the capitol on january 6th. the fbi has found someone on video of the attack who appears to be responsible for the death of officer sicknick. we will have more details on this big break in the fbi s investigation of the killing of officer sicknick after we begin with coverage of the breaking news in the house of representatives of tonight. the house rules committee is voting right now on the $1.9 trillion biden covid relief bill that includes an increase in the minimum wage to $15 an hour. house speaker nancy pelosi was disappointed in last night s ruling by the senate parliamentarian, elizabeth macdonough that an increase in the minimum wage could not be included in the biden covid relief bill as part of a budget reconciliation package because of the unique parliament tear
singled out a suspect in the killing of capitol police officer brian sicknick in the attack on the capitol on january 6th. the fbi has found someone on video of the attack who appears to be responsible for the death of officer sicknick. we will have more details on this big break in the fbi s investigation of the killing of officer sicknick after we begin with coverage of the breaking news in the house of representatives tonight. the house rules committee is voting right now on the $1.9 trillion biden covid relief bill that includes an increase in the minimum wage to $15 an hour. house speaker nancy pelosi was disappointed in last night s ruling by the senate parliamentarian, elizabeth macdonough, that an increase in the minimum wage could not be included in the biden covid relief bill as part of a budget reconciliation package because of the unique parliamentary budget rules of the senate, rules that do not apply in the house of representatives. it wasn t the first time in h
725 people arrested in relation to the attack on the capitol. let s go to cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez and cnn senior legal analyst, elie honig. talk about this arrest of stewart rhodes. yeah, victor and alisyn, this is a major, major step in this investigation. and the arrest today of stewart rhodes and another prominent member of the oath keepers, his name is edward vallejo, his arrest happened in arizona and in rhodes s case, he was in texas. they re now charged with seditious conspiracy and this is a case that the justice department has been hinting at in court filings against some of the other members of the oath keepers who are already facing conspiracy charges that they were building this case. and what you hear what you see in the documents that were unsealed today is this allegation that they say that after the november 3, 2020, election that rhodes and these other members of the oath keepers conspired to oppose, by force, the execution of the laws
particular industry. and they won t back down. a top u.s. diplomat warns the drum beat of war is sounding loud from russia. what will vladimir putin do next? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper starting with the politics lead. for the first time in the january 6th investigation, the u.s. justice department is using the rare charge of seditious conspiracy related to the insurrection at the capitol. prosecutors indicted 11 defendants on this charge including the leader of the oathkeepers, the violence prone far right extremist group. prosecutors say that the defendants opposed by force the execution of the laws governing the transfer of presidential power. video from january 6th shows a group in oathkeepers insignia, many wearing helmets, moving in a single file tactical formation through the crowd. and according to the indictment the defendants conspired beginning in november, 2020. they recruited members and affiliates, organized training and paramilitary combat tactics.
senate tradition. more on this on america reports. sandra: to another alert, increasing covid cases, lack of testing and the highest inflation in four decades is sending president biden s poll numbers into a tailspin. hello, welcome, everyone. sandra smith. thursday. john: we like to call it friday eve around here, i m john roberts in washington. sandra, good to be with you again. a brand-new poll showing only 33% of americans approve of the job that biden is doing, and a whopping 53% disapprove of the president s performance so far. sandra: all of this as the poll tracking website, 538.com, shows joe biden underwater on covid the first time since he was elected president. trying to get a handle on the testing debacle, as americans wait on the 500 million free a the home tests. administration promised would go out. now biden says even more tests are on the way. today i m directing my team to procure additional 500 million more tests to distribute for free. that make