of the united states. it s kind of our way, or the highway. mississippi senator roger wicker on all of that very shortly, in the meantime, to mark meredith on how this is all going down, fueled by not only the president stating that this is the only way to do it, republicans, at a jobs report which might have helped his argument. mark? reporter: neil, good morning to you right that jobs report is having an impact on the discussions. president biden counting on house and senate democrats to pass his $1.9 trillion stimulus package. republicans want the president to reign in spending but the president made it clear yesterday that he s willing to do this on a party line vote if necessary to fund a few priorit ies like the $1,400 round of stimulus checks that he wants to see go out, more money for food assistance programs, as well as extending those enhanced federal unemployment benefits. the president making it directly in a speech on friday. others think that things are gettin
we are going to get to that and appreciate it. i will see you friday, as you said, not tomorrow. thank you. this is don lemon tonight and that is our breaking news. senate republicans, again, blocking voting rights ledge legislation puts forward by democrats. they are going to vote any minute now on the nuclear option as we look at mitch mcconnell now on the senate floor changing the filibuster to allow the legislation to pass with a simple majority. also, all but certain to fail due to the objections of two democrats. talking about manchin and sinema. and all of that comes in the wake of president biden s nearly two hour long news conference today. did you watch it? it was a long news conference. what i want to do here is really take a clearer look at what we saw today. what we actually saw and heard, and how it comes across. okay? so, let s use common sense to to take a good look at this, and i am going to give it to you straight here. just the facts. no conservative,
for hundreds of records from the trump administration? way too early for this. good morning. and welcome to way too early. i m jonathan lemire on this wednesday, december 29th. we ll start with the news. longtime senate majority leader harry reid has died. his wife of 62 years announced in a statement last night that he passed away peacefully, while surrounded by friends following a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer. reid was elected in the senate in 1987 after serving two terms in the house of representatives. he held the role of senate majority leader from 2007 to 2015 and was a pivotal figure on capitol hill with president bush and barack obama. paying tribute to a dear american and dear friend. in a statement, he wrote, if harry said he would do something, he did it. if he gave you his word, you could bank on it. that s how he got things done for the good of the country for decades. biden cited a number of reid s accomplishments including passing the affordabl
it was a moment to see if the justice system would actually deliver for ahmaud arbery. the attorney who represented the family told the new york times, it s good to see racism lose and you can t overstate how big this is. joining me now is cal perry from brunswick, georgia. insider senior editor katya tubman. and assistant director of the lbj school of public affairs, victoria defrancesco soto. also former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst cynthia alksne. everybody, thank you so much for being here. cal, what an incredible day yesterday, and what a moment to be there in observance of it. what can you tell us about what you saw and what it s like there today? so there was jubilation both inside the court and outside the court. we ve seen that video of ahmaud arbery s father reacting, yelling and being escorted out of the court. the facts of this case were never in doubt. three white men, well-armed, murdered an unarmed black man. but there was still a concern here