Different as republican senators voted to acquit last time. Ben sass is squarely placing the blame on trump for the deadly capitol riot. As republicans like sass and Marjorie Taylor greene struggle for the partys identity after trump. Politics isnt about the weird worship of one dude. The party is his. It doesnt belong to anybody else. Were going to first begin our coverage with msnbc news correspondent kristen welker. Thank you for joining us. Lets talk about that jobs report not necessarily looking good the first month of january here. How is the president going to use this when it comes to his major Stimulus Bill . Hi, great to see you. Well, what we heard from President Biden today was essentially his strongest push yet for the passage of his covid19 relief bill. We saw him say in some of the strongest terms that he is prepared to go it alone without republicans signing on to his bill. Of course, he has always said yes, he wants bipartisan support but it seems increasingly likely t
he s also asking the georgia supreme court to shut down district tierney fani willis s investigation into whether trump and its allies tried to overturn the 2020 election. in a filing yesterday in that case trump s legal team writes that allowing the georgia investigation to continue with cause, quote, reputational harm to the petitioner as he seeks his party s nomination for the presidency of the united states via a flagrant disregard for in violation of, his fundamental constitutional rights. and i spoke last night with congressman, jamie raskin, and about these increasingly desperate looking moose on the part of the trump team. listen to what he told me. you can t prosecute him when he is president, because he s president. you can t prosecute him after he sees president, because he is running for president. you can t impeach and convict him, they argued. you can t use the impeachment process because, really, he should be tried, they say. use the criminal statutes. but you
reporter: thank you very much the special. thank you for all you do for show, both of. you nbc s troy in the in north carolina, and south carolina. and charles coleman junior, supervise attorney at msnbc legal analyst, their host of the bring to msnbc special, black man in america, go in 2020. it airs tonight at msnbc s peacock. straight head, he of bob pennsylvania joins us the middle east in the significance of the upcoming reelection bid for joe biden, and how his state, pennsylvania, might hold the key to the future of american democracy. another hour of velshi begins, right now. good morning, sunday, february the 4th. i m ali velshi. in case you hadn t heard, with all the missiles flying around, there was an election yesterday, the democratic party held its first official primary of this election cycle in south carolina. and the result was on surprising. as an incumbent who wasn t facing any credible challenge, joe biden won the contest in a landslide. yesterday s ra
what donald trump rather see the border crisis fixed or campaign on it? take a guess. the lead starts now bipartisan senate border deal at risk of death with donald trump urging senate republicans to kill it so he can use the board as central campaign issue against joe biden . all the latest from capitol hill coming up to cnn on the ground in the streets of ecuador where gang violence plagues the country. this month gunman took over a tv station, see what our crew captured as police try to crackdown damaging auto leak, what israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said on a hot mic that could ruin negotiations to free hostages held by hamas. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper you we begin with the 2024 lead, the immigration deal reported on the show for months which republicans insist on being part of a package to aid in ukraine in israel that whole deal might go up in smoke why? partly because senator mitch mcconnell, one of the powerful replicants other than form
getting started. dana: let s get to alexis mcadams live at newark airport in new jersey. how is it going? not so bad right now. a lot better than it has been since saturday and sunday where some of the people i ve been talking to have been sleeping at the floor at airports across the east coast trying to get home. we checked with airlines to see how they are doing. things aren t back to 100% and entering the busy time for the july 4th holiday weekend. as we mentioned people have not had anywhere to go except sleep on the floor. six hours, not even a bottle of water. frustrating. the line doesn t move. i know they don t have nothing to offer for us. that s kind of pretty hopeless. this is the scene at airports across the country as more than 28,000 flights and counting have been delayed and 7200 canceled since sunday. not a lot of good news. to say people are fed up is an understatement. hundreds of passengers left waiting on the tarmac for hours thinking they will l