Daily briefing this hour. Chuck schumer announces the senate has finally, nearly a month after the Georgia Senate results has finally reached an agreement to give democrats the gavels in this 50 50 chamber. Public Health Officials at the White House Strike a cautiously optimistic tone at this mornings Covid Briefings as cases and hospitalizations decline but warning about what lies ahead remain dire. Well speak with one of the white house top covid advisers about the road ahead, coming up. Well, welcome to wednesday. Its meet the press daily. Im chuck todd. Wednesdays have been pretty consequential. The sources confirmed that House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy that they will take her off of one committee if they put a resolution not to strip her of all assignments. A moment ago the the democratic Majority Leader rejected the offer saying the house will vote tomorrow on the resolution about stripping her of all of her Committee Assignments even though it will set a dangerous precede
good evening. in the white house president biden getting ready to face a newly divided congress and the american people at a pivotal moment in his presidency. we will soon leave from the u.s. capitol to report on the state of the union and make an argument for a run for his second term. and i m jake tapper. we are counting down to president biden s big speech about an hour from now and his entrance into the house chamber where republicans are now in charge for the first time since biden took office. new house speaker kevin mccarthy will be seated behind the president, a visible reminder of the political pressures on president biden as the gop led house challenges his agenda and launches a slew of investigations. president biden is expected to try to use his biggest national tv audience of the year to test the waters for his 2024 campaign message. new excerpts of the speech reveal that he will make a direct appeal to americans in economic pain as he tries to make the case th
the coalition government of israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been plunged into chaos after mass overnight protests in the country. the protests were sparked after he sacked his defence minister who spoke out against plans to reform the system of appointing judges. but the coalition has survived a vote of no confidence in the parliament on monday morning. and mr netanyahu has appealed to the protestors for calm. so why have these reforms proved so contentious? these are the 11th week of protests over prime minister netanyahu s plans to overhaul the justice system. his reforms would give the government decisive control over the committee which appoints judges. it would also make it harder for courts to remove a leader deemed unfit for office. mr netanyahu says that the reforms would in fact stop the courts over reaching their powers. but others say it s a threat to democracy which serves only to benefit the prime minister who s facing an ongoing corruption tri
through really traumatic circumstances. they are going through a difficult time in their lives and we are finding that their cases are not being dealt with quickly enough. we really need to see proper investment in the justice system so we need morejudges, more courts, more police officers, more lawyers and there is not enough funding in the system at the moment. i was going to say, what is happening is that victims are now getting to a stage where cases are being adjourned a number of times before they get to conclusions, some trials are taking 2 3 years before they are concluding and victims are just getting to a stage where they have had enough. it s hanging over them and they get to a point where they just can t support action them and they get to a point where theyjust can t support action any further. ., , , . further. from my experience, certainly. further. from my experience, certainly. as further. from my experience, certainly, as a further. from my experience,
that the midwest remits. alexi mccammond, thank you very much for joining us early, and thank you for getting up way too early with us on this wednesday morning. morning joe startis right now. we need to take this grief and turn it into action. i am a person of faith, i was raisin raised in the church if you are a person of faith and you want to give us your thoughts and prayers, we want them and we need them. our community is hurting, but we need policies in place that will keep this from happening again so that thoughts and prayers do not have to be offered to yet another community ripped apart by the savage violence coming from guns. that s democratic congressman morgan mcgarvy making a plea for action on gun violence after monday s mass shooting in louisville we re getting a look at the deadly confrontation between police and the gun nan we ll have that and the latest in the investigation ahead. trump on fox news making outlandish claims about his arraignment