- - is lives to make you can see the scene here is fluid first the first responders that roped off the road that leads to the apartment or of the apartment complex as they try to start work that you can imagine that will be a their own investigation we just got an update who tells us they had cleared 100 percent of the apartment complex in emergency crews are working to stabilize the building and as a 15 minutes ago could make their way into three apartments that were just about leveled around 1:30 p.m. at least two people are unaccounted for but it s not clear right now if they were home at the time or lived in those apartments that the crews are most worried about. for have been taken to the hospital that have been described as minor injuries. we spoke to one resident who said he heard and felt the force of the explosion and considers himself lucky to not have been caught in it. we just heard the loud sound. these were the most badly damaged. the atlanta gases on the
of transition, we need to make sure that nothing is lost in the handoff. we ve encountered roadblocks from the political leadership at the department of defense and the office of management and budget. right now we just aren t getting all the information that we need or the ongoing, outgoing from the outgoing administration in key national security areas. it s nothing short in my view of irresponsibility. trump s continuing refusal to acknowledge reality and do what every president has done before him and coordinate the transfer of power is just one of the many ways he s been acting as the chaos agent in chief. just yesterday trump finally backed down and signed the very same covid relief bill he threatened to veto for days. what looks like an attempt to save face, trump said in a statement he ll send a, quote, red line version of the bill back to congress, which is not a thing. and he also said that congress will, quote, focus strongly on his baseless voter fraud claims
cooperating. back to not cooperating. today blowing off a planned deposition, triggering the wrath of some of his one-time house colleagues, including adam schiff, a member of that january 6th committee. he will be here live for a one-on one live in just a minute. the head of instagram playing defense. you are looking at it, on the left side of the screen, facing questions. what one senator is saying it s too little too late. outside d.c., the president expected to speak in just about 30 minutes. you see that shot right there on the new infrastructure law as our team reports on new cracks in the democratic party, including a break with the president from a couple democrats over his covid vaccine mandate. i m halle jackson in washington. we have lots to get to here. we are joined by carol leonnig, national reporter for the washington post and msnbc contributor and a star of the show. one of the things important to talk about as we look ahead to the contempt charges again
comcast business powering possibilities. and a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we re going to begin with breaking news on that newest strain of the covid-19 virus first reported by south africa. today dramatic and sudden developments with the omicron variant. the uk says it now has two new confirmed cases of omicron and both are linked to south africa. this a real reminder that this pandemic is far from over and it is one thing that everyone can be doing right now, is if they re eligible please take your vaccine, whether it s your first shot, your second shot or your booster. and travel bans are spreading sending passengers like these in cape town airport and prompting complaints from african american nations. they say they re being punished for efficiency in identifying and sharing information about the new strain. also new today, new york is under a state of emergency. governor kath
with. it was a young woman named hanna and her friend. my name is hannah and i am here, i m sailed off the world side i m here with my friend diana. and we are stopping this terminal from loading all cold into ships and from all unloading cold into culture in. this is part of the largest cold port, and we are stopping the operations. right now we are which is being used to ship off coal that has come from countries from first nations land all across this continent. and it s being sent to be burned overseas as a part of the moneymaking machine. which is perpetually causing climate crisis which is driving us further from the point of good antisocial collapse. hannah is 21 years old, her friend is 28 years old. and yesterday, these two young women apps ailed, repelled off this giant piece of machinery off the port of newcastle. to protest australia s use of cold and distributing cold all over the world. washington post posted this video of them making their case to the w