he still faces trial in the senate with which mitch mcconnell says will not begin until after president-elect joe biden takes office. joining us for more on washington is emily wilkins. at this point we are not going to see the senate start a trial until around the time biden is inaugurated. that is happening on january 20. after that it is a bit of a question exactly how they will do this. the senate has a lot on its plate. it has to confirm biden s cabinet nominees. they could do something like we saw last time where in the morning the senate does its legislative business, and in the afternoon switches to trial mode. alix: thanks a lot. emily wilkins. the other thing markets are paying attention to is that stimulus, president joe biden unveiling his agenda later on. he is set to talk about covid-19, as well as an economic program. joining us is jordan fabian. what can we expect? joe biden is going to roll out a package much larger than what the senate passed at the end
tea party republicans do not like it but because the president is supporting it and mitch mcconnell said the president is anxious to sign it, it will pass. david: hard to find a deficit hawk in washington. we are watching as they go through the process of enacting the legislation. let s go to emma chandra in london. we ve heard from the bank of england, from the governor, he does not know what to plan for. emma: that is absolutely right. we heard the governor and his analyst deciding to send back when it comes to interest rates. what was interesting was his update of economic forecast, mark carney saying the u.k. could follow a wide range of paths in the coming years. one of the paths not included was the u.k. leaving the eu without a deal. it seems mark carney and his team at the bank of england unwilling to comment or prepare for a change in government policy until the u.k. government has made the change to that policy. mark carney quoted boris johnson saying earlier this w
biden s desk with just days to spare before the default deadline. and breaking this morning, the latest monthly jobs report is out and the news is beating expectations. we ll break this down with senior biden adviser jean sperling. new video of the moment an apartment building partially collapsed in iowa. engineers warned the building could crumble days before it actually fell. and the death of an 8-year-old girl in border patrol custody now being called unacceptable by the acting cvp commissioner, an internal review showing multiple failures leading up to the child s death. and we begin with breaking news. the justice department has closed its investigation into classified documents found at the home of former vice president mike pence, according to a letter obtained by nbc news. this comes days before the former vice president is expected to announce his run for president. with us now to talk more about this, nbc news senior legal correspondent laura jarrett and msn
the news comes after a string of attacks or threats of violence against lawmakers and federal workers. just yesterday a man waving a bat assaulted staffers at the office of democratic congressman gerry connolly. his father says the suspect s father says he was suffering from skins fren ya. in march, one of republican republican rand paul staffers was stabbed in washington. in february, democratic congresswoman angie craig was assaulted in the elevator of her apartment building. and the most severe attack so far occurred in october, a man demanding to see then speaker of the house nancy pelosi broke into her home and attacked her husband with a hammer. joining me now, cnn congressional correspondent jessica dean along with l.a. times columnist l.z. granderson and former trump campaign adviser. thank you all for being here. jessica, i want to start with you. how did this happen? the secret service didn t notice this when it was going on? that s the big question, right? he g
declined since the days they were bashing trump 24/seven. much of the news is negative. investigating his role in a capital riot. a georgia criminal probe. blistering remarks on stop the ride as police officers were being attacked. produced to a sidebar story. glad he quickly got rid of his covid systems although we tested positive again. trump is always picking fights with someone, especially the media. we all know he is running. what most people have never quite gotten is that negative coverage helps trump by riling up his base and making the new cycle revolve around him. this is media buzz. the press building dueling speeches. donald trump returning for the first time since leaving the white house. mike pence tried to distance himself from his former boss. i don t know that the president and i differ on issues , but we may differ on focus. i ran for president and i won never forget everything this corrupt establishment is doing to me is all about preserving the powe