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these rules will keep workers safe and that will help keep businesses open. people are vaccinated or tested, they are less likely to get sick and less likely to spread it to others. customers are more likely to come in and shop because they know it is a safe environment. i know vaccination requirements are unpopular. they are not popular for those who get them. my administration is not putting them in place to control your life, but save your lives and lives of otothers. we had 400,000 americans died this calendar year. almost all were unvaccinated. all preventible. the rule is legal and effective and it will save thousands of american lives. must also keep our k-12 schools open. the science is clear. and overwhelming. we know how to keep our kids safe from covid-19 in school. k through 12 schools should be open. and safety is increased if schools require all adults who work in the schools to get vaccinated and take the safety measures that the cdc is recommending, incl ....
the last 24 hours, as you know, the senator buffered his own party and killed the build back better act. manchin said he was at wit s end with negotiations and something specific pushed him over the edge. listen. we know the real reason what happened. they won t tell you and i m not going to. we ll find out more about that, and we ll get to new reporting from our sources saying manchin is a no partly because of concerns that parents might use the child tax credit to buy drugs or use paid family leave time to go hunting. we ll have his office s response to that as we go live to the white house and capitol hill. we ll also hear from the progressive caucus who insists that build back better will be back. i m hallie jackson as we juggle all of this this afternoon. we re also joined by marietta mayor and congressional reporter for the washington post. mike, let me start with you. we thought we were going to see jen psaki about an hour ago. these things happen, i get it ....
we re live on the hill with our team in a minute and live on the ground in kentucky where the governor finished a tour of one of the hardest hit areas in the tornado outbreak. we ll take you there. what abortion providers in texas are asking the supreme court today. the request they re making to the justices and why the state is trying to stop them. i m hallie jackson in washington with a ton to get to with all of it happening or just about to. the contempt vote against former trump chief of staff mark meadows and you can bet you will see fiery floor speeches when the house starts debate around 3:30, with vice chair liz cheney revealing more text messages from republican lawmakers basically begging meadows to have the president do something to stop the violence. the committee planning more depositions, with the guy you see there, former trump adviser stephen miller, supposed to show up today, tbd on whether that happened. we saw the d.c. attorney general announce a ....
president biden at a briefing announcing he will be traveling to kentucky wednesday. this administration has made it clear to every governor whatever they need when they need it, when they need it, make it known to me and we ll get it to them as rapidly, as rapidly as we can. we just learned osha is launching an investigation after a tornado destroyed an amazon warehouse in edwardsville, illinois, killing six people there. i m hallie jackson with you this afternoon in washington along with our nbc news team on the ground covering the aftermath of these storms. wendy wilfolk is in mayfield, kentucky, and wendy, let me start with you. you re in what seems to be the epicenter of these storms, and i know you ve talked with people who are devastated. they lost their homes, they lost people they love. reporter: indeed, hallie, good afternoon to you. i am struck by the people s resilience as they go through what they ve lost, which is their lives and their livelihoods. i ....
state s strict abortion law in place. plus, the new political headlines breaking from georgia. one involves david perdue, and one involves kanye west. what it means for 2022. i m hallie jackson in washington. i m joined by leah caldwell and kyle cheney. as both of you well know, we re getting a new batch of subpoenas in from the january 6th committee. it s about a half dozen names. walk us through the on the significance here. reporter: yeah, hallie, it is six new subpoenas from the committee. the committee says they expect these witnesses to join hundreds of individuals who have already cooperated, but goes on to say that they have had direct communication with the former president regarding the rally directly preceding the attack on the u.s. capitol. some witnesses worked to stage the rallies on january 5th as well, and as far as who the people are, people like bobby peede and max miller who reportedly met with the former president in his private dining room of ....