the frantic efforts his office took to protect congress on that day. three members of the team raced to the roof to reverse the air flow within the building to clear the air of chemical irritants such as bear spray repellant and pepper spray. while other team members rushed bottles of water to police officers in need of assistance. eric swalwell is standing by to talk with us. but first over at the white house, president biden is meeting with a bipartisan group of lawmakers as a key nomination is delayed and his administration appears to be getting off to a slower start than expected. joining us now to talk about all of this is kara lee covering the white house and garrett haag on the hill. a vote about tan den s vote was pushed back. she needed two votes and both of those got canceled today or at least delayed. it is pretty clear that democrats don t know where the 50th vote for neera tanden is going to come from. democrats need one republican to crossover and a lot of t
release details tomorrow on their proposed $600 billion coronavirus package, far short of the biden administration $9.1 trillion relief package. the question now, how far is the house willing to negotiate. one week before the second impeachment trial of president donald trump, his entire legal team walk out. according to a source, trump wanted them to make his lie of a fraud election central to his defense. arlette saenz and sun lin are fooling this. what do we know about the package and are ten on board? it s essentially trying to get the talks to move more toward the middle, and these senators sending a letter to president biden saying, the question, our letter states many of your priorities, and we believe this could be passed quickly by congress and with bipartisan support. here s what the senators are proposing. they re proposing a new round of what they are emphasizing is more targeted direct payments. they are trying to reach families they say need it the most. it
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even after the white house told us they re being sent back home. press secretary jen psaki trying to dodge the disaster in texas. instead lashing out at the border patrol agents on horseback. this has been an incredibly heart wrenching issue. we ve watched the photos of haitians gathering under bridges and the horrific video of the officers on horses using brutal measures against people. they were placed on administrative leave and will not be interacting with any migrants. meanwhile, nobody in the administration seems to know the exact number of people coming across our border. you re telling us that the dhs chief has the most recent numbers about how many of these people under the bridge have been sent back and how many have been released into the u.s. the dhs chief is telling us that he doesn t know. so who else can we ask? you can certainly ask the department of homeland security. i m confident, peter, that you want the most up to date numbers and we ll get you th
kind in the united states. leaders from around the world have been paying tribute to desmond tutu, one of the heroes of the anti apartheid movement, who s died at the age of 90. president biden praised the courage and moral clarity of the former archbishop of cape town. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, called him an inspiration to generations. our africa correspondent andrew harding looks back at his life. raise our hands and we say we will be free! desmond tutu was an exuberant figure, an outspoken anglican priest who became one of the world s great moral voices. it was during south africa s long and violent struggle against white minority rule that he rose to prominence, condemning the apartheid government, comparing them to the nazis. the system of this country, apartheid, is immoral. the system of this country is evil. with nelson mandela hidden away in prison, tutu soon became the face of south africa s struggle for freedom and forjustice. he leaves behind a l