Trillion covid relief package. Jasmine wright is at the white house. Lay it out. What do the next few days look like for the president . Reporter President Biden wakes up today, his first president s day, as he looks to turn the page and push forward on his agenda. First up, we expect him to push hard on that 1. 9 Trillion Covid relief bill now that the senate is free to fully focus on it. Now as impeachment went on last week, the house made substantial effort and progress on that house bill having it go through markup in various committees. Now on friday President Biden did his own part hosting bipartisan governors and mayors who sat and talked about it including republican governor of maryland, larry hogan, who talked about the advice he gave to President Biden on with jake tapper yesterday on cnn. Take a listen. We had an hour and a half meeting in the oval office and i said to him, just because you can do something doesnt mean you should. I said that i thought it was good for, you
Going to hear from says on a scale of 1 to 10, the former president s level of concern should be a 10. His financial dealings in new york under scrutiny, a criminal investigation for his attempt to overturn the election in georgia. Senate leader Mitch Mcconnell suggests his Dereliction Of Duty during the insurrection was potentially criminal. Now lawmakers in both parties are calling for a commission to investigate the Capitol Attack modeled on the September 11th panel. With the Impeachment Trial over, President Biden looking to turn the page with a focus on getting his massive 1. 9 trillion Coronavirus Relief package through congress. And researchers have now identified seven strains of the virus here in the United States, many of them showing the same mutation as the variants first identified in the uk and south africa. We are also following Breaking News on the weather front. A powerful winter storm gripping much of the country. Frigid tempertemperatures, Scar Conditions on the road
House. New coronavirus mutations have been identified in the u. S. And they appear to make the virus more trans missibletransm now is not the time to let up our guard. Now is the time to double down. This is new day with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is a special Holiday Edition of new day. Monday, February 15th. 6 00 here in new york. Its special because erica hill is here with me. Thanks, john berman. I thought it was the whole president s day thing. You make everything special. President s day in your honor. Mattress sales everywhere. Exactly. Right. This morning the senate trial is over but the legal problems for the former president just beginning. One of our legal analysts suggest that on a scale of one to ten his number should be 10. Senate republican leader Mitch Mcconnell suggests his Dereliction Of Duty during the capital insurrection was potentially criminal. Now lawmakers calling for a commission
Laura coats, and this is cnn tonight. Weve got two huge stories tonight that were following, of course right here in the nations capital, our continuing coverage of the state of the Union Address. Meanwhile, another sided country in los angeles, we have breaking news on another major story, in the world of sports. Entertainment, and frankly american culture. Lebron james tonight breaking the record to become the nbas alltime leading scorer. Passing a fellow laker, Kareem Abduljabbar. Once he broke this record the game was actually stopped for the celebration that was certainly do lebron joined on his court by his family, by the man he also passed, Kareem Abduljabbar. And even the nba commissioner, adam silver. In other words, everyone was watching to see whether tonight would be the night that he actually did it. I came into the game, and watch what happened in this really important, powerful moment. Lebron, for the record, hes got it. Hes done it. Lebron james is now the alltime leadi
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