relief. listen, it s only about a third of what the president wants, right, but straight ahead we have new details on what exactly republicans are offering. just in in the last hour and why democrats say it s not going to cut it. we will get the inside perspective on what president biden might do next from one of his top economic advisers at the white house, joining us live. all of it as the hill gets ready for something else, that second impeachment trial and the last minute legal team former president trump has now assembled just days before arguments start. coming up, what i m hearing from sources about why other attorneys set to defend donald trump parted ways with him instead, in part over his insistence they push his false election fraud claims. and that nbc news exclusive with andrea mitchell, the first sit-down with secretary of state antony blinken who says that january 6th attack complicates our mission on the world stage. the attack on our own democracy creates a
vaccination clinics to cancel across the northeast and other areas. with 140 americans testing positive every single minute, the republican governor of west virginia visibly frustrated with members of congress saying states need help and they need it now. just move and move forward and move right now. we need to go big. if we waste some money now, we waste some money. joining us to start off our coverage, carol lee is at the white house for us. good to see you with that beautiful back drop of the snowy white house. chris, they say the president is there to listen. he wants to hear these ideas that these ten republican senators have. it is notable that president biden has only been in office a couple of weeks but he hasn t had any nim meetings with lawmakers, although he has been making phone calls. the first is with republican senators, not democratic leaders or progressive democrats on capitol hill with these republicans, what the white house is saying, is that he want
severe storms, even tornadoes. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news this hour. the severe weather outbreak on the east coast. millions of americans are facing dangerous storms, including tornadoes. cnn s gabe cohen is tracking the worsening conditions. gabe, first of all, what do you see? reporter: wolf, we just had an intense burt of rain here, intense wind blowing through the last few minutes. it s gotten darker and darker here in the district, the capitol about two blocks from behind us. you know, one of the things we have heard from officials here in the district and really across the region today has been about the precautions needed to keep people safe as a storm blows through in the next few minutes. government buildings shut down here at 3:00 p.m. today, the federal government telling employees to go home