procedure combat teams use as they prepare to breach a building and it s instantly recognizable to any soldier or marine who has served. looking at that level of coordination, it s frightening to see just how close we came to a coup and a year later, our democracy remains at risk. today, that risk isn t from a group of men making their way up the capitol steps but from a coordinated, nation-wide attack on voting rights in this country. tomorrow, the u.s. marks martin luther king jr. day, every year we celebrate the life, work and legacy of the civil rights giant, but tonight, on the heels of another federal voting rights failure, i want to play these words from king in 1963. i think the tragedy is that we have a congress with a senate that has a minority of misguided senators who will use the filibuster to keep the majority of people from even voting. they won t let the majority vote and certainly don t want the majority of people to vote because they know they do not repre
to a coup in a year later. our democracy remains at risk. today, that risk isn t from a group of men making their way up the capitol steps but from an coordinated nationwide attack. tomorrow, the u.s. will mark martin luther king junior day. every year, we celebrate the life, work, and legacy of the civil rights giant. but tonight, on the heels of yet another voting right failure, i want to play these words from king in 1963. i think the tragedy is that we have a congress with a senate that has a minority of missed guided senators that will use the filibuster to keep the majority of people from even voting. they want the majority senate for. and sooner they would want the majority of people to vote because they know they do not represent the majority of the american people. now that tragedy king spoke about almost six decades ago is still playing our country today almost down to a word. this weekend, kings family rallied in arizona, pushed for voting rights, home state of
how effective the existing vaccines are going to be against them. according to the president, the unknowns are exactly why it is too early to overreact calling for time to let the data and emerge and the science to led. today there are three messages about varnt i want to family to hear. first, this variant is a cause for concern new york of the a cause for panic. we have the best vaccine in the world, the best medicines, the best scientists, and we are learning more every single day. and we will fight this variant with scientific and knowledgeable actions and speed. not chaos and confusion. we have more tools today to fight the variant than we have ever had before. from vaccines to boosters, to vaccines for children, 5 years and older, and much more. while we have that travel restrictions can slow the speed of omicron, it cannot prevent it. but here s what it does. it gives us time, time to take more actions, to move quicker, and to make sure people understand you have to
of failure. trump s rapid rise in politics it s a reminder and a warning about the corruption of power. trump and his 18 codefendants and fulton county sweeping criminal racketeering case have all now turned themselves into their local police. their reputations haven t been tarnished by their association with trump s desperate temps to cling to power. they are very liberty. now, in peril. that includes people who have reached great heights in their careers, like trite so anti suite of joe, mike meadows, the former justice department official, jeffrey clark, rudy giuliani, once name time magazine s person of the year, widely admired as america s mayor. lawyers like john eastman, kenneth chesebro, sydney powell, jenna ellis, that could ve led prosperous lives. but their livelihoods are now into jeopardy for taking part in trump s scheme. meanwhile, it s all of this unfolded in atlanta this week, in another, state where trump tried to overturn the results of the election, the di
he is one of five who want their cases moved to federal court, he will plead his case in front of a federal jury, rather judge, on monday. and another critical hearing, set for monday in washington d.c., judge tanya chutkan, will decide the start date for trump s federal election trial. meanwhile, i trump to not suffer for skipping the first republican primary debate. trump maintaining a 44 point lead over ron desantis, and the morning consult survey. with 58% support, that is unchanged from before that debate. as trump s gop rivals struggle to find momentum, one republican candidate was confronted by a voter for not taking on trump more. you don t stand up to trump. how are you gonna stand up to the president of russia and china? i think the truth is that we re not standing up for trump. you are standing up for his past. you don t have you don t want to lose all his votes. i get you. when you go to russia, when you go to china, how honest and up and say, hey, how a