When the u. S. Quits the country all together. Just anecdotally, alex, as you know i work in iran a lot, it shares a very porous border with afghanistan, so you see a lot of afghans pouring to iran. They have a terrible life there but it is still preferential to staying in afghanistan for them. I have to tell you, it is a heck of a story. Allie arouzi, let me thank you for covering two big stories for us, from climate change to how to extricate our afghan partners. Thank you, ali. And a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. Welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. Here is what is happening just a bit past 2:00 p. M. Eastern,. We begin with the president hitting the campaign trail for the first time since his candidacy. He touted his vaccination push and efforts to pass an infrastructure deal and even calling out his predecessor by name. This is a big deal. Terry and i share a lot in common. I ran against donald trump and so is terry. Look, this is
holding a trial with a president out of office, and then the trial could continue until early next week. former president trump has been reaching out to allies and divorce, telling them he will be acquitted, because he does not believe there will be enough republicans to vote to convict at the trial. just a day away from the start of his second impeachment trial, former president trump is facing severe consequences, as he could be barred from ever again serving in the oval office. senate democrats say they have a deal for a trial that could last for more than one week. only the fourth trial of a president or former president in american history, and the first trial of any public officials that s been impeached twice. the. reporter: trump s defense team is arguing the former president is totally blameless for the bloody siege at the capitol. his lawyers are blasting the proceeding as a selfish attempt by democratic leadership in the house to prey upon the feelings of horro
his solemn message this evening at the lincoln memorial honoring the victims of covid and the emotional sendoff in his home state of delaware biden blinking away tears as he evoked the memory of his late son, beau. tonight the first tests he ll face in office. and the u.s. crossing a once unthinkable milestone. 400,000 deaths from covid. new warnings about the variants spreading in the u.s also where are the vaccine doses and why are some mass vaccination sites shutting down? this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. washington, d.c., a city surrounded in sharp contrast tonight, welcoming the arrival of the next president, honoring those who have died from covid, and rattled by unsettling discoveries within the ranks of those securing tomorrow s inauguration the pentagon removing from duty a dozen national guard members after their vetting by the fbi. at least two could have been right-wing extremist sympathies worthies about a possible insider attack b
brick in the wall confirming that the big lie is indeed baseless. from washington post, quote, u.s. postal service investigators found no evidence to support a pennsylvania postal worker s claim that his supervisors had tampered with mail in ballots according to an inspector general s report. allegations cited by top republicans to press baseless clams of fraud in the presidential election. richard hopkins alleged he heard the local postmaster general. he revised the initial claims eventually stated he had not heard a conversation about ballots at all. rather he saw the postmaster and supervisor having a discussion and assumed it was about fraudulent ballot back dating. the new report states. even though the dubious claim was recanted the damage was done. it became a case study in what trump and trumpism can do with a lie. trump referred to hop conditions as a quote brave patriot. senator graham cited the false claim from hopkins in a letter to the jd demanding a federal in
like we re in a national emergency. and we re also following other breaking pandemic news tonight. the u.s. coronavirus death toll here in the united states tops 412,000 people with almost 25 million, million confirmed cases. that comes as the cdc has just reported the biggest one-day increase in vaccinations. let s get straight to the white house to start our coverage this hour, chief correspondent at the white house, kaitlan collins, is joining us now. they say it s an imperative to end the suffering brought on by this pandemic. he compared what we re living in to a national emergency, saying the crisis is only getting worse every day. he s trying to address the economic part of that today with more of the executive orders that have deck at a timed his first few days in office. wolf, what s looming in the background is his predecessor, that impeachment trial and how it will affect the agenda he is try trying to put in place. white house aides said that joe biden did not h