Antony blinken visits qatar. The latest on the still growing Death Toll from last Weeks Hurricane Ida as President Biden will visit New York and new Jersey Today. And expanded Unemployment Benefits have expired for Millions Of Americans. What does it mean for the economic recovery . Well look into that, but we begin this morning with a consequential week for democrats as congress returns to washington this week. Democrats will begin the process of the most significant expansion of this countrys social Safety Net in over half a century. The New York times reports this morning that congressional committees are set to meet this week to devise legislation that would touch virtually every americans life from conception to age to imfirmty. The proposed legislation, a cradle to grave waving of a social Safety Net frayed by decades of expanding income inequality, stagnating wealth and depleted governmental resources capped by the worst public Health Crisis in a century. The pandemic loosened t
Afghanistans second largest city, kandahar. The militants consolidating their territory in the south, the north and the west. Where they seize the historic city and its famed military commander. In this taliban video, he fought the taliban in 2001 said he hopes the militants will bring peace, security and stability. The Lightning Fast Taliban Take Over has shocked the world. The militant group took its first capitol one week ago today. Now, their territory looks like this. Closing in on kabul, now, they are sending troops to the kabul airport, a temporary mission to get Embassy Staff out safely. The deteriorating conditions are a factor, a big factor in why the president has approved this mission. Reporter as the u. S. Embassy is ordering staff to destroy sensitive documents and computers. According to a memo obtained by npr. Nbc news has confirmed that half of the capitols are controlled by the taliban tonight and theres reports of heavy fighting on kabuls doorstep, ryan in logar prov
good morning. happy new year. welcome to a special new year s day edition of morning joe. we re on tape this morning with some of our top, recent conversations. we begin with a discussion about donald trump s increasing use of authoritarian language in his speeches and social media posts. in recent months, trump has repeated fascist rhetoric, including saying immigrants are, quote, poisoning the blood of our country, and referring to his political enemies as vermin. we pledge to you that we will root out the communists, marxists, fascists, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country. the threat from outside forces is sinister, dangerous, and grave, more than the threat from within. donald trump echoing the words of 20th century authoritarians at a rally earlier this month. joining us now, national affairs analyst john heilemann. special correspondent at vanity fair and host of the fast politics podcast, molly jong-fast. and co
hello, everyone. i m katy tur. good to be with you. we re going to department of justice where attorney general merrick garland is addressing bad actor, foreign meddling in this country. in china, alleged fugitives fled to foreign countries, including the united states. the prc has a history of targeting political dissidents and critics of the government who have sought relief and refer , refuge in other countries. the indictment alleges that the defendants working at the direction of the government of the prc engaged in a campaign of harassment, threats, surveillance, and intimidation, aimed at coercing the victim to return to china. we also allege that the defendants threatened and harassed the victim s family members, both in the u.s. and in china. the prc government forced the victim s nephew to travel from china to the united states to convey the prc s threats to the victim s son. the defendants threatened the victim, saying that quote, coming back and turning theirsel
[inaudible conversations] let me try to call this full house to order, if i may. welcome to brookings. my name is bill galston, senior fellow here in governance stud ies. thanks so much for coming and welcome also to the people who are watching this event live on c-span. today s topic is the past and the publication of ira shapiro s second book on the senate, this one entitled broken, can the senate save itself and the country. those of you who read his first book on the senate will know how passionately he reveres the senate as an an answers institution and will not know howdy how distress as decline this topic could not be more timely. we are just days from the expiration of yet another short-term continuing budget re solution and perhaps even more pertinently from a promised open senate debate on u.s. immigration policy. will the promise be kept and if it is will today s senate be up to the job of an open deliberation on the most burning domestic question which is mo