insurrection. let s go ut out front. good and good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, biden s urgent pitch to save his voting bill. today, president biden traveled to georgia using the power of the presidential bully pulpit to make his case in a speech after exhausting every other option at winning over all of his own party. last year alone, 19 states not proposed but enacted 34 laws attacking voting rights. their endgame? to turn the voters into a mere suggestion. today, we call on congress to get done what history will judge. pass the freedom to vote act. pass it now! which would prevent voter suppression. biden, you know, obviously, wants to do something here. he wants this done, and given the big lie from trump, of course, it is crucial that americans pay attention to what s happening here. the reality of it is, of course, trump s lie has been turned into a political weapon. his push to replace fair election overseers of both parties make this issue an ur
russia as the biden administration warns it will impose severe penalties if russia invades ukraine. we ll tell you how russia is now respond. we could learn soon whether tennis star novak djokovic will be allowed to stay in australia where he s being detained amid a fight over his visa. no red carpet, audience or tv coverage. why the golden globe awards will look very different tonight. sometimes we need a little help here. you re waking up on sunday, jan january 9th. good morning to you. great to be with you, christi. we start with the omicron variant surging rapidly across the united states. cases are rising at an alarming rate, as some of the nation s largest school districts fight to get student back into classrooms this week. in chicago, a standoff after the teachers union voted to teach remotely while the city wants in-person learning. chicago s mayor rejected a new proposal from the teachers union had virtual beginning wednesday and in-person classes starting
crisis. will omicron shut down more schools in the days ahead? i m feeling sad because i can t go to school today. inside politics the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. welcome to inside politics sunday i m phil mattingly. joe biden takes on donald trump. the president was at the capitol on thursday to mark the one-year anniversary of the insurrection when hundreds of trump supporters stormed the building in an effort to keep him in power. biden accused his predecessor of attempting to end democracy itself. his bruised ego matters more to him than our democracy or constitution. he can t accept he lost. he s not just a former president, he s a defeated former president. i will defend this nation. i will allow no one to place a dagger at the throat of democracy. most top republicans ignored thursday s anniversary all together and some mocked democrats in the media for even talking about it at all. you re going to see the d.c. new york media, i
Biden is down bl it s on voting rights or his massive $1.75 trillion so-called build back better bill. and as it stands tonight, biden s hail mary on voting rights could be a lost cause. jeff zeleny was traveling with the president tonight. he is out front live in atlanta. and, jeff, you know, we are talking about that, you know, there were activists who said stay in washington, talk, you know, to manchin. to the arm twisting there. don t come here to give this speech but he did it, anyway. he went all in. knowing that he didn t have the support of those key senatorers. what s the reasoning? the reasoning, erin, is that president biden wants to make this a part of history. e he wants to make the case to the american people this is not simply a one-off political maneuver in washington. this, at least in his words, is something that is steeped into the historical context of this country. that is why he went to what really is considered sacred ground here in atlanta. here in georgia. re
With special offers just for movers at xfinity.com/moving. one year later. we held the line. if you can keep it and we get. president biden calls his predecessor an ongoing threat to his nation. you can t love your dcountry only when you win. the hail mary on voting rights. the american people are not buying this nonsensical talk of jim crow 2.0 or a voting rights