unable to identify anyone on the defense team at all. it s not clear what s behind this exodus. maybe the former failed president is so certain there are enough republicans who will vote in his favor that he doesn t think he needs lawyers. or perhaps he simply decided to stop paying them. he does have a bit of a history of refusing to pay people who work for him. starting tuesday night the body of capitol hill police officer brian sicknick will lie in rest at the rotunda. so far no one has been directly charged in officer sicknick s death. authorities are also searching for the people who placed two pipe bombs blocks away from the capitol. this video by the washington post appears to show the suspect planting one of the bombs, reportedly done the night before the insurrection. authorities have arrested the woman who posted a selfie video of herself walking out of the capitol after the siege while saying, quote, we broke into the capitol. we got inside. we did our part.
injuries he sustained when he was hit in the head by members of the right-wing maga mob during the capitol insurrection last month. just four other private citizens have laid in honor in the rotunda, including two other capitol police officers killed in the line of duty, rosa parks and reverend billy graham. today house impeachment managers laid out a searing argument for why the disgraced former occupant of the white house should be convicted by the senate for his role in inciting the riot that led to the death of officer sicknick and four others. with an impassioned trial brief saying simply his responsibility for the events of january 6th is unmistakable. arguing the senate can try the former president because his conduct endangered the life of every single member of congress, jeopardized the peaceful transition of power and line of succession and compromised our national security. adding that instead of accepting the will of the american people, the man whose name we woul
approach. i think there is widespread understanding that what we have done for the last six months has failed, from a policy point of view, it has failed politically. we need to change course. we need to have the courage to take on the republicans and let manchin and sinema decide which side they are on. meantime, a glimmer of hope on the pandemic front. dr. fauci saying he s confident omicron s peak is in sight. but if the pattern follows the trend that we re seeing in other places such as the northeast, i believe that you will start to see a turnaround throughout the entire country. we don t want to get overconfident, but they look like they re going in the right direction right now. and as tensions between russia and ukraine intensify, the united kingdom is accusing vladimir putin of plotting to install a pro moscow leader in ukraine. joining us right now, nbc s josh lederman at the white house. raf sanchez joins us from london. guys, welcome to you both. josh, whe
a very good day to all of you. from msnbc news headquarters in new york, welcome to alex witt reports. new polling from nbc news shows overwhelming majorities believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, and there s a real threat to democracy. senator bernie sanders responding to the low marks democrats are receiving, saying the party needs to start taking a different, more aggressive approach. i think there s widespread understanding that what we ve done in the last mix months has failed. we need to change course, and find the courage to take on the republicans, and let manchin and sinema decide what side they re on. today, bennie thompson says the january 6th panel has already spoken with william barr. do you intend to go to the attorney general, bill barr, to follow up on this? yes, we do, we have had conversations with the former attorney general already. we ve talked to department of defense individuals. meantime, tensions between russia and ukraine ar
would have directed the defense secretary to seize voting machines and appoint a special counsel to probe the 2020 election. we will note that trump ultimately did not sign it. this is just one of hundreds of white house documents now obtained by the committee from the national archives after the supreme court rejected trump s bid to shield them from investigators. president biden is hoping for a reset as he kicks off his second year in office. that includes reviving build back better. the president hoping to pass pieces of his massive social spending bill. some progressives are critical of that approach. one bug comprehensive bill that would pass the reconciliation process. it s mind boggling to me once again, the bipartisan infrastructure framework passed. it adds 256 billion to the deficit, so it makes it worse. and as covid hospitalizations are on the rise in several parts of the country, new reports from the cdc show vaccine boosters provide strong protection again