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Justice in america . At the pentagon, the president picks a new top gun to deal with global threats. If confirmed in this job, i pledge to use my most candid, strategic advice. Gwen it looks like the white house may need it. Because on capitol hill, republicans are spoiling for a fight. The president s unilateral actions to bypass congress undermine the constitution and threaten our democracy. Gwen we examine the role all three branches of government are playing at a critical time. With Pete Williams of nbc news. Nancy youssef of mcclatchy newspapers. And Ashley Parker of the new york times. Awardwinning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens. From our nations capital, this is Washington Week with gwen ifill. Corporate funding for Washington Week is ....
Fearful, millions of them dont have jobs. The percentage of americans who believe our country is heading the right direction has dropped off a cliff since the spring. Not incidentally, thats when a strange new virus from china began to spread among our population. The rise of covid19 in theis United States tracks almost precisely the decline of Donald Trumpsed approval numbes in the political lesson from this is clear. The more damage the wuhan coronavirus does to america, the harder it is for the president to get reelected. Thats not speculation. It is the most certain fact in american politics. Every democratic officeholder understands that. If the population remains terrified, democrats will have more power in january. The Democratic Party has every incentive to keep americans afraid and offbalance. For the next 97 da ....
Cnns Boris Sanchez joins us now from the white house. Boris, were starting to see some pushback from some rank and file republicans who do not support these efforts by their gop colleagues. What else can you tell us . Reporter thats right, we are at a fork in the road for the Republican Party moving forward with these dozen senators going against the wishes of the republican leadership. For weeks, Mitch Mcconnell lobbied senators, republican senators, to avoid getting into this scenario. These dozen republicans not opting for that, largely for their own political expediency. I very quickly wanted to point out, the president tweeted. After seeing the facts, plenty more to come. Our country will love them to objecting to the Electoral College. The president final ....
Want to wish you a very good morning on this sunday, january 3rd. It is 2021. Im christi paul. And im john avalon in today for victor blackwell. Good to see you. Good to have you back with us, john. The u. S. Is under an awful lot of pressure both from partisan politics and the pandemic. We have more than 350,000 people that have died as of today in this country because of the coronavirus. For the 32nd day in a row, more than 100,000 people are battling covid19 in a hospital. Now vaccines are on the way. Getting people vaccinated, its taking much longer than had been anticipated. There are 13 million doses that have been distributed thus far, but only 4. 2 Million People have received their first shot. And president elect joe biden will inherit this crisis in just 17 days. Before the inauguration on january 20th, a series of consequential steps begins today. In just hours, nancy pelosi faces reelection as speaker of the house. Wit ....
But that gives you a general idea of what to expect. Im david bernard, cbs news, miami. Well, the storm will impact an area called home for millions and many started preparing for a weekend full of snow. Tetiana anderson is in new york with more. Good morning, tetiana. Reporter annemarie, good morning. It hasnt even started snowing here in the big apple, but were already feeling the effects. Some 3,000 Flights Canceled all across the northeast including airports like bostons logan and the three major airports that Service New York city. And for those people who arent traveling, well, there are just a few hours left to get supplies before this potentially historic snowfall starts. A familiar scene playing out across new england, people grabbing supplies and food ahead of the storm. The only thing more popular than snow shovels and rock salt seem to be milk and bread. Crazi ....