President trump met with the russian president, vladimir putin. This was in helsinki, finland. And as i m sure you remember, it did not go well. He said putin did not really attack our election, in 2016. He said the u. S. Showed stupidity for investigating it, in the first place. Trump made international headlines for how poorly he represented american democracy when he shared a stage with a notorious dictator. The one in german is my favorite. It says [ speaking foreign language ] that means summit of the autocrats. It was bad. So bad, that the new york times was throwing around the word treason on the front page. There were stories about how this was the final straw for republicans, who had reluctantly backed trump. That was the otherlead story on the front page of the times that day. About how trump s largelyunshakeable base had been rattled by his behavior with putin. It was a real, open question, whether a mistake this bad could have electoral implications for the president when h
it s the top of the hour, so glad you re with us. i m poppy harlow, thank you for joining me on newsroom. we re going to hear from the white house. the white house covid task force is going to give a live update on the surge we re seeing in the united states right now. this comes hours after the approval of a potential game changing first in the pandemic, a pill to treat covid. the fda just today giving emergency authorization to pfizer s antiviral pixilvid, as the united states is seeing a 4% rise in hospitalizations from just a week ago, and now detecting omicron in 26 states 22 days after the first reported case in the country. a top researcher in south africa says the country is beyond its peak of omicron, saying south africa is seeing a serious decline in cases in the area where it was first detected. that is potentially good news for the word, the first pill to treat covid, how well does it work? it works quite well, and it s something you can take home. the doctor ca
remaining disagreementing over president biden s social spending and climate package. democratic sources saying she wants a framework on that plan by the end of the week and hopes they can then approve the $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan by the end of the month. this renewed sense of urgency on capitol hill follows president biden informing democrats that to get moderates on board in the senate, there will need to be major cuts to both the spending bill s price tag and programs. more on that in a moment. major horse trading under way. also this morning, the white house releasing plans to roll out covid-19 vaccine for children age 5 to 11 years old. that s as soon as those shots get emergency use authorization from the fda. it relies a lot on doctors. let s get cnn chief congressional correspondent manu raju on capitol hill. they re happening as we speak, manu. you, i, america have been here many times before. do you get the sense things are coming together now among democ
breach of the building. you can see people rushing through a door, then marauding down a hallway. then, you ll see an angle a new angle of the confrontation with officer eugene goodman. you can also hear this. he s got a gun. don t do it. don t do it. they want to know where the lawmakers are who are, quote, counting the votes, unquote. their intentions, clearly, not good. and not peaceful and anyone who tells you differently is lying. this new video comes during a week that s seen folks on opposing sides of the attack swear off and looking at this new video, it remains remarkable and frankly pretty sickening that there are actually oh he posing sides on what happened that day. on one side, you have those who worked for the former president reportedly either avoiding getting served with a subpoena or using delaying tactics to appear. and so far, at least one, steve bannon, has defied a subpoena deadline. on the other side, you have the house select committee investi
good evening. this has been a big week in the pursuit of justice for the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. there is new video just released by the justice department of the attack on the capitol. this first video shows what is one of the first breaches of the capitol. video shows more than a dozen climbing through that window. the second video also captures a breach of the building. you see people rushing through a door and marauding down a hallway. then a new angle of the confrontation with officer eugene goodman. you can also hear this. hey, where the [ bleep ]! they want to know where the lawmakers are who are counting the votes. their intentions, clearly, not good. and not peaceful and anyone who tells you differently is lying. this new video comes during a week that s seen folks on opposing sides of the attack swear off and looking at this new video, it remains remarkable and frankly pretty sickening that there are actually oh he posing sides on what happened t