no place in the halls of congress. some democratic members of congress say they re actually frightened. this is new day weekend with victor blackwell and christi paul. good morning to you. and d.c., wherever you may be waking up this morning. grateful to have you with us as always. i am sorry to have to say, that the number of people who are infected with coronavirus is nearing 26 million this morning. dr. anthony fauci says that new variant seen in several states should be a wake-up call for us. more than 400 cases of the uk variant were found in the u.s. at least two people tested positive for the new contagious south african strain. and there could be more vaccines as johnson & johnson is applying for emergency authorization next week. in a uk trial, novavax says their vaccine is 79% effective. and one white house add viedzer says seven states have vaccinated at least 10% of their population. let s start with polo sandoval and adviser andy slavitt said it wou
the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i understand the senate has received a message from the house to accompany s. 756. the presiding officer: the senator is correct. mr. mcconnell: i ask that the chair lay before the senate the message to accompany s. 756. the presiding officer: the chair lays before the senate a message from the house. the clerk: resolved, that the bill from the senate s. 756, entitled an act to reauthorize and amend the marine debris act to promote international action to reduce marine debris, and for other purposes, do pass with an amendment. mr. mcconnell: i move to concur in the house amendment with a further amendment. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell, moves to concur in the house amendment to s. 756, with an amendment numbered 4108. mr. mcconnell: i ask the reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask
a price of the spiritual father of the new south africa at the funeral of archbishop desmond tutu in cape town, to to was awarded the nobel peace prize while combating white minority rule. also coming up, bringing out the old and bringing in the new round the world concert lot shows and fireworks kick off the new york welcomes 2022 with the annual ball drop on time square. and unlike previous the previous year, rather thousands of people join in the fun and he said, i hope this year we ll see an end to the pending and remembering one of hollywood best lumped actresses. tv legend bit he won, dies just days before have 100. ah, i m anthony howard book and that the show south africa has said good bye to the last great hero of the struggle against the pot. the funeral of archbishop desmond tutu was held in the same place. he used the pulpit for decades to rail against south africa s brutal white minority regime. in a modest ceremony family, friends, clergy, and politicians gather
capitol. now, there s a lot of focus this morning on people speaking out of both sides of their mouths, entertainers ers at fox. while it is salacious, there are important, legal implications here. what could be a road map to exactly what the white house knew, what the white house did, what the white house didn t do. even what some of the white house may have coordinated or known before, during, and after the attack. it certainly shows an acute, keen awareness that the capitol was under zbsiege. the messages were read by congresswoman and vice chair of the committee liz cheney. multiple fox news hosts knew the president needed to act immediately. they texted mr. meadows. he has turned over those texts. quote, mark, the president needs to tell people in the capitol to go home. this is hurting all of us. he is destroying his legacy, laura ingraham wrote. please, get him on tv. destroying everything you have accomplished, ryan kilmeade texted. quote, can he make a statement?
streets. betting big on michigan, donald trump heading to that critical battleground state while his rivals duke it out at the debate. and the nightmare for anyone dreaming of owning their own home. low inventory colliding with record high interest rates. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we start with senator robert menendez pleading guilty to briby charges, just as we got new reporting that he previously blocked a law that could have ended his alleged scheme years ago. nbc s ken dilanian has more on that story for us. ken, what more can you tell us? chris, back in december of 2020, there was bipartisan movement behind an effort to reform the foreign agent s registration act, which is a 1938 law requiring that anybody who s representing a foreign government trying to influence the american government has to general and disclose their activities. it s a pretty thorough law, but it s not widely enforced and there are some weaknesses in