crimes. the gun violence archive finds that there have been nearly 300 mass shootings, meaning at least four people shot at once, since this year began. cnn chief white house correspondent kaitlin collins is with us now. so give us a look at what we expect to hear from the president. reporter: i think, number one, the fact that we re hearing from president biden taking the entire day at the white house to focus on this publicly shows that the white house is wanting to look like president biden is on top of this, that he is taking steps to address the spike in violent crime that you ve seen happening in several cities across the u.s. so that s why he s sitting down with the attorney general, with those law enforcement agencies and mayors to talk about this. what s important, though, is what we re going to hear from president biden is he is viewing all of this through the lens of gun violence. that is primarily going to be his focus when he comes out a few moments from now
You know, that s really the truth of what s happening here. On wednesday the fbi released new footage from the insurrection. Now stick around and take a look at this video because when they call this a peaceful protest it s tantamount to spitting in the face of the american people and trying to convince us it s rain. Just stop it. [ bleep ]. Now next week the commission bill heads to the senate where it will join other house approved bills like the george floyd justice in policing act and the for the people act, the bill to protect voting rights, but because mitch mcconnell is opposed to the commission it will likely just be the latest in a long list of nonstarters in the legislative graveyard known as the u. S. Senate. Joining me now is joe negose. Very happy to have you with me this morning to break down all the things that are happening on the capitol. I want you first to take a listen to this sound bite from senate minority leader mitch mcconnell and the reverse he does when talkin
took in his grandparents and his family. that was a moment, no question about it. and it was a genuine moment. what senator booker was trying to do was to harness what we saw all summer, the anger, the protests, the demands for changes in the justice system from top to bottom to make it so that the disparaities that he talked about would be changed. now there is a chance, more of a chance than before, to do that. so what booker was doing was trying to get the likely soon-to-be attorney general to make that promise, that he wouldn t just pay lip service to it but make it part of his mission to change the laws that discriminate, intentionally or not, against people of color. laura coates, on that point, part of it is trying to change laws, but a lot of it, judge garland, soon to be general, why change it? where do you put your emphasis? why are people put in jail for marijuana possession? why don t you put our time and resources in violent crime. it shows that elections do ha
it is truly a milestone moment for america. at this very moment the first rounds of shipments of the authorized pfizer/biontech covid-19 vaccine are now on the road to hospitals across the country in a months long process to vaccinate more than 300 million americans. the largest inoculation effort that the world has ever seen. nearly 3 million doses of that vaccine are expected to be distributed this week. and as many as 40 million doses could be distributed by the end of the year. d-day was the beginning of the end and that s where we are today. while this moment is extraordinary in time and i m proud to be here announcing where we are with distribution, we have a lot of work to do. we are not taking a victory lap. we know that the road ahead of us will be tough. we know that situations will occur, but we will figure it out together. this symbol of hope couldn t come soon enough as the united states experienced the deadliest week in this pandemic, averaging 200,000 in
happened a year ago behind us, we still need to reckon with the events of that day, and hold those responsible accountable. attorney general, merrick garland, has vowed to take, quote, as long as it takes and whatever it takes for justice to be done. he s delivering. the department of justice has charged more than 700 members of the trump mob, so far 75 have been sentenced. 36 receive in jail time. that includes a north carolina woman who brought her 14 year old son into the capital on january 6th. today, virginia spencer was sent tons to 90 days in jail and, 36 months probation. during the sentence hearing, the judge stated, she did not believe that spencer understood the significance of her participation, and what it means for our democracy. the january six select committee is beginning to hold those responsible, accountable. the committee is made clear, it s interested in talking to former vice president, mike pence. it has yet to formally request is voluntary cooperation.