they were debating on president biden s $1.9 trillion stimulus bill. the package is expected to pass handing the legislature its most legislative win. it is broadly popular with the american people. look at these new numbers from our latest poll. 61% of americans support this. president biden will begin touting the win during his prime time address, his first one to the nation. that s tomorrow night. this as the white house prepares to purchase an additional 100 million doses of the johnson & johnson covid vaccine. chief congressional correspondent manu raju is on capitol hill. manu, yet one more republican delay here now, another one of these votes to adjourn. is that the last one? when is the actual vote going to happen? yeah, there could be more. we expected this vote to take place around noon eastern, but it s now being delayed because of marjorie taylor greene, the freshman republican from georgia, who has made a motion to adjourn the chamber. this is actually the fo
Let me acknowledge our partnership with the National History center and the american historical association. We are cosponsoring and coorganizing this seminar with. Let me acknowledgment our donors, the society of historians of American Foreign relations, the George Washington University History department as well as a number , of individuals giving support for this series. We want to acknowledge roger lewis, the cochairman of the seminar. Hes here all the way from texas. I want to welcome all of you and say thank you especially to pete and amanda perry who do the heavy lifting in terms of getting us here and organized. We are very grateful to you. [applause] thank you. Will turn i think i it over to eric to introduce our speaker. Thank you. One last technical announcement, if you have one of these devices, and i suspect everyone in the room does. If you could just turn it to vibrate or silence, that will prevent embarrassment and interruption in the next hour and a half. With that, it
Captions paid for by Nbcuniversal Television still feels weird saying 2013. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill. Nice to have you back. I was gone last weekend, youve been here every day. Im making up for you since you have three jobs. Nice to be here. I wrote 2013, first check of the year, did you mess it up . No, i didnt. I wrote it. Happy new year. Theres a blockbuster new report were talking about in the New York Times that claims that Lance Armstrong is thinking about admitting publicly that he used performance enhancing drugs and blood transfusions during his cycling career. As you know, hes been dogged by allegations for years, but hes always denied them even as he was stripped of his title. Well hear more including what his lawyer says. A lot of people talking about that. Plus, hes in hawaii now, but president obama is leaving paradise today, headed back to another paradise known as washington where some big fights are coming. Ahead, well lo
Vice President Biden helps up a gun task force. He says he plan toss give his recommendations to president obama by tuesday. Today mr. Biden heard from the National Rifle association which is also expressing opposition to the ideas. Steve handlesman has more on what they are talking about today. Steve . The nra didnt like the way it went, but a big question is how powerful and influential is the nra here on capitol hill . And the answer might be still plenty powerful, despite the massacre in connecticut and todays shotgun shooting in california which left a student wounded. Another s. W. A. T. Team at a school. Another shooting incident. The images from near bakersfield, california hit networks as vice President Biden said hell send to president obama on tuesday a proposal to change u. S. Gun laws. Diminish the probability that what weve seen will okur and diminish the probability that our children are at risk in their schools. Reporter biden who met with hunting groups today and the n
44. 3 apiece. Look at that. Look at that. And with polling like that, you Better Believe the messaging is getting harsh. Watch. As we pointed out during our four great days of our convention, you heard something very different from the republicans, didnt you . I watched last night. I watched Hillary Clinton. What a sad what a sad situation. Donald trump painted a picture, a negative, dark, divisive picture of a country in decline. Im taking the gloves off. Just remember this. Trump is going to be no more mr. Nice guy. Oh, boy. We begin tonight with our chief Political Correspondent Campaign Carl cameron reporting from a trump rally in denver. Carl. Hi, megyn. It will get started in just a few minutes. Trumps not quite here yet, but hes been on a tear all day. Earlier today in colorado springs, he was both passive and aggressive both on defense and on offense. He started out his address by saying that he was half expecting Hillary Clinton to praise him and congratulate him for having wo