We all saw that Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump at a rally outside last week. Now, he, along with his Running Mate, j. D. Vance will be holding their first joint rally as the public ticket at a michigan arena, theyre doing this one inside. What safety officials are taking today, with alexis mcadams. Hi, jackie, we went around in the last 20 minutes and talking to people who were standing outside of the rally in grand rapids, michigan. Theyre looking forward to hearing from the former president and his Running Mate j. D. Vance in this battle ground state, but there will be a lot of questions surrounding what happened at that rally in butler, pennsylvania surrounding security concerns. They feel safe going into the rally, but they hope to hear about what he had to say about the bullet whizzing around his ear. I know the man will be on his shoulder, corey comperatore, and nobody in the United States should be afraid to attend a peaceful political rally and lose their life. Take a lo
half the state is under a boil water advisory. all morning we ve seen thousands of people waiting in long lines, trying to get their hands on bottled water. several democratic congresswomen are surveying the damage left by the winter storm which knocked out power to millions of texans. when disaster strikes, this is not just an issue for texans. this is an issue for our entire country. and our whole country needs to come and rally together behind the needs of texans all across the state. the storms have also created a backlog of coronavirus vaccines. the white house saying 6 million doses have been unable to be distributed because of the weather. let s focus on the critical situation happening in texas. cnn s ow omar jimenez takes a l at how people there are handling what has been a brutal week. reporter: so you never even used your fireplace before this? oh, no. reporter: jen studebaker in austin, texas were burning chairs and pieces of bookshelves, scavenging fo
because it puts money in pockets, it puts people in jobs, vaccines in arms, and makes sure that our kids get back into school. we re going to stay at our desks until some time over the weekend. we send this bill back to the house for a quick vote so president biden can get it next week. we are also following new developments in the january 6th capitol hill riot. disturbing, new details two months later about the chaos that ensued and the danger still facing officers. and back to normal? not so fast. cdc now delaying the release of new guidelines for those who have been vaccinated as dr. anthony fauci warns of another possible spike in the weeks ahead. a lot to get to this morning as we say good morning. it s saturday, march 6th. i m lindsey reiser. and i m kendis gibson. we re just getting started here at msnbc world headquarters in new york. our team of correspondents bright and early here standing by with latest for us. msnbc s amanda golden is following those dev
hopes and dreams of children are following these stories and many more all coming in and right here to cnn news central major news this afternoon. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is ending his history making tenure in the senate. announcing today that he is stepping down from his leadership position we spoke briefly on the floor about the discussion father time remains undefeated. no longer the young man sitting in the back hoping colleagues would remember my name. it s tom. the next generation of leadership and just a short time ago, president biden reacted to this decision. let s listen and with that, a high-stakes race for his successor begins. let s take you now live to capitol hill with cnn s lauren fox. lauren, what are you hearing from mcconnell s colleagues about this? yeah, a lot of republican colleagues keeping their powder dry right now, they want to hear from whoever may want to fill mcconnell s shoes. of course, all eyes are on those three republ