starting to level off. some say that the viruses running a seasonal course but whatever the case, building out the progress states like north dakota, iowa and ventana are dropping their mass mandates. rather than applauding the progress, the biden administration is sounding the alarm arguing t the pandemic is far from over pointing to new variants like the south african one that just popped up for the first time tonight in massachusetts. we are nowhere out of the woods. as you know, to relax the mitigation strategies with increasingly transmissible variants, we could be in a much more difficult spot. what i would say is now is the time to not let up our guard. now is the time to double down. shannon: the president might warning we might not be able to return to normal until maybe christmas. progressives are pushing hard for nearly a $2 trillion package that covid relief bill, one nonpartisan group says more than a trillion dollars from prior stimulus packages still hasn t
they just interrupt transmission are working at least for now. will this complicate the huge covid-19 relief effort being pushed by president biden? about that 12%, at least one vaccine dose, new cases starting to level off, some say it is running a seasonal course but whatever the case building up the apparent progress, states like north dakota, iowa and montana are dropping their mask mandates, rather than applauding the progress the biden administration is selling the alarm arguing the pandemic is far from over pointing to new variants like the south african one that just cropped up for the first time tonight in massachusetts. and we are nowhere out of the woods and is you know, the judges relating mitigation strategies with transmissible variance which we could be in a more difficult spot. what i would say is now is the time to not let off our god, now is the time to double down. the president warning we might not be able to return to normal until maybe christmas whic
thank you for joining us. we ll begin in washington where congress returns to capitol hill this week after a holiday break with several pressing issues to address. lawmakers are facing a series of deadlines to avoid a government shutdown. funding for several agencies is due to expire on january 19th, and then in february. there s also that second funding deadline they ll have to contend with. the issue of military aid for israel, ukraine and taiwan, and broader concerns about security at the u.s. southern border. leadership in both parties have been in talks about overall funding. some republicans have shown they re willing to force a shutdown soefr border security messages. joining us, anchor of inside politics sunday , manu raju. manu, the latest on these negotiations, what do you know about them? this is going to be a huge test for the u new speaker, mike johnson. he essentially set up the situation that we re headed into at the moment, which is a government shutdo
and harlan crow and harlan crow refusing to as he is politely requested, everything, all of the money that harlan crow has spent on clarence thomas will get the senator s latest attempt to get that information. he has been leading to charge on that, it way that was so critical given the utter silence honors so i m eager there s a tweet i want to redo, this is from feisty granny, which is a handle that i think will probably be available to you 40 years from now when you might want to use it. she says i never have doubts that this was not his first time dealing with negotiations. he knows what he s doing, i ignored all of the breathless reporting, knowing that it would be okay. she is, of course, talking about president biden s handling of the debt ceiling negotiations. feisty granny is just much cooler than i am about this, i was worried for months and weeks but it turns out the guesswork thing that i offered to the audience last week turned out to be pretty much what
requested, everything, all of the money that harlan crow spent on clarence thomas. we ll get the senator s latest attempt to get that information, when he joins us tonight. lawrence, he has been leading the charge on that in a way that i think is so critical, given the other silence from his colleagues on the other side of the aisle. i am eager to hear what he says. he has really stepped up. alex, there is a tweet that i want to read to you. this is from feisty granny, which is a handout that i think will probably available to you for years from now, she says, i never had doubts. this was not his first time dealing with the negotiations. he knows what he is doing. i ignored all the breathless reporting knowing that it would be okay. she is of course talking about president biden s handling at the debt ceiling negotiations. feisty granny is just much cooler than i am about this. i was worried for months and weeks. but it turns out that the guesswork thing that i offered