and amanda carpenter. good to see you, john. president biden announcing new vaccine mandates that could affect 100 million americans. what are you hearing from the white house? reporter: in terms of why they didn t go further is the biggest proposal i ve heard from people like our colleague jonathan rainer who you have on your show a lot, the doctor has said he should have mandated air travelers be vaccinated. the white house says they didn t do that because they think it would jam up airports and impede the economic recovery without doing all that much to improve vaccinations because a high proportion of air travelers are already vaccinated and all that much much covid is not spread because of good air filtration systems on plaeps. in terms of how it works is what joe biden is counting on here is the threat of fines on businesses applied through occupational safety and health administration to impose vaccine mandates on large businesses affecting tens of millions of worker
of race can be called into question. this is all the result of decades of work, even longer. even the united daughters of the confederacy bullied school boards to teach white supremacist propaganda as u.s. history. the latest strategy according to the propublica pieces to seize control of the gop from the bottom up. galvanized by none other than steve bannon. you know that saying, good artist copy, and great artist steel, bannon is activating his army of trump worship-ing conspiracy theorist to swarmed the precincts. let s be clear, the precinct strategy is in bannon s brain child, this is simply as propublica notes something that he plucked out of obscurity. wait a minute, this strategy, maybe not so obscure, republicans have been flooding the election boards, school boards and local city county ranks for a long time. let s not forget there pinch off for purging the courts. it s just out in the open now. its use of intimidation has been truly unleashed. at this point, they a
tomorrow night. now it s time for the last word, where the great ali velshi s influence tonight. good evening rachel, i just want to say to you, you ve been back for a few days. so i just want to tell you that you are our north star. you are revered and respected, and i am not alone in saying that i speak for my colleagues when i say, i appreciate you. a simple as that. you re going to make me cry without explaining why? that s it. that s. it just wanted to tell you that we appreciate you. i know that your viewers do because when you are absent from that chair for a few weeks, they wanted me to make sure you knew that. and i wanted to tell you on my behalf that i share that view. you are very, very kind. i have to go now. thank. you will see tomorrow my friend. thank. sally how does this all? and the republican party is on the precipice. folder indulge walk off a cliff into oblivion, or pull back and find a way to be a functioning political party once again. how
studies reveals two thirds of people recently infected with omicron say they have had the virus before. pcr tests of about 100,000 volunteers in the react study also showed that1 in 23 people had covid in the first three weeks of january. the uk and us threaten sanctions against russia, if president putin decides to invade ukraine. and in northern ireland, proof of covid 19 status to enter bars, restaurants and cinemas will be scrapped later today as restrictions begin to ease. and also coming up this hour.. the siblings who have been separated while in the care system calls for a new law to keep them together. i m ben brown live in downing street. the official inquiry into gatherings at downing street and in whitehall during lockdown is believed to be complete and could be submitted to number 10 within hours. it s understood the senior civil servant, sue gray, has evidence including photographs and whatsapp messages, and wants the report to be published in full. borisjoh
reporting about the missing russia binder, plus congresswoman jasmine crockett of texas on the senate republicans pushing for a border deal. we re also gonna ask her about ted cruz in the abortion question he refuses to answer. plus, hayes brown on what he calls the fact free biden impeachment inquiry. . we as i bet you all very good day from msnbc world headquarters here in new york, welcome everyone to alex witt reports. when it comes to breaking news. dhs secretary mayorkas and the bipartisan group of senators or holding meetings today. they re hoping to reach a deal to unlock funds for ukraine and israel. republican leaders say a deal must include border security measures, where the surge of illegal crossings has reached record levels. nbc s julie tsirkin is following all of those negotiations on capitol hill for us. welcome again, julie. i know you spoke to the key negotiators just moments ago, tell us what they re saying? alex, i told you last hour, the plan must ha