the rule which means 51 votes 50 democrats are kamala harris as the vice president breaking the tie, is the only way it can pass the senate. manchin says he has serious concerns about the way forward. he says given the state of the economic recovery, it s simply irresponsible to continue spending at levels more sulted to respond to a great depression or great recession, not an economy that is on the verge of overheating. this $3.5 trillion plan is part of the larger, more than $4 trillion worth of joe biden s agenda. the other piece, that $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan that passed the senate with 69 votes yet. that still is awaiting action in the house. nancy pelosi has made clear she will not move on that bipartisan plan until the senate moves the larger democratic plan. you can see the challenge the democrats have both from the progressives, pushing the larger plan, moderates like joe manchin raising concerns about the price tag. it s a complicated dance tha
sites shutdown tens of thousands cancelled as the u.s. suffers its deadliest day yet. growing concerns of those highly contagious covid variants. one strain that may infect people twice can the vaccine stop them? the chopper crash and the moving per session for victims. our tour inside the newly revamped oval office and the american heroes president biden chose to surround himself with my conversation with voters across america with their priorities for r the new administration my interview of the youngest inaugural poet whose words are inspiring america. this is nbc nightly news will lester holt. good evening, joe biden as aress of what he calls a wartime under taking, affecting schools and travel and workplace, warning americans things will get worse before they get better deaths reaching 500,000 next months dr. fauci acknowledging a greater degree of freedom to speak truth to power we ll be looking at president biden s first day in office. i will talk to americans who di
certainty about when the deliveries will arrive. these two steps are going to help increase our prospects of hitting or exceeding, god willing, the ambitious goal of 100 million shots in 100 days. the president is also ordering 200 million doses with the goal of vaccinating the entire population by the summer. but people don t believe that. you know why? right now there s way too much demand and just not enough supply. americans having trouble with the basics like just trying to get an appointment online or anyone to answer the phone. more answers could be coming later this morning when dr. anthony fauci and biden s covid team will brief the public for the first time since biden took office. but right now we are dealing with a split-screen reality all over the country. for example, we ve got the cdc saying it is safe to open schools, but only if gyms, bars and indoor dining are all shut down. and while the focus for so many americans is on getting the vaccine, 3,000 peopl
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there is no need for him to have the intelligence briefings. they are a privilege, not a right bestowed to former presidents. biden s reasoning, because of his erratic behavior related to the insurrection. we want to start with the insurrection at the capitol. tomorrow one month will have passed since one of the most shocking incidents this country ever witnessed. the trauma will be measured in years and not decades, particularly for the friends and family of the people that died from the violence that day, including one capitol police officer laid to rest this week. we have learned exactly who we are right now. it is not a comforting lesson. it is a painful one. members of our democracy have chosen to memory hold why the violence occurred in the first place. one man used lies, fears, violent rhetoric to provoke his supporters and they were put in a position to rally near his opponents where they could do something about the election results. that was the nation s first att