1 million nearly hired last month. the infrastructure bill is a critical next step. what is indisputable now is this, the biden plan is working, boo biden plan produces results and moving the country forward. brand new reporting on how the big lie is stoking security concerns for lawmakers heading home. we begin the hour, though, with the biden white house and its kitchen sink you might call it covid scramble. today s jobs numbers are proof the economy is ready to soar, yet the new covid numbers raise the clear threat of another pandemic cliff. team biden now urgently looking for new tools to boost vaccinations and today, word it is now considering what you might call a hardball approach to federal funding. if you want your check, do more to get shots in arms. let s check in with our white house correspondent jeremy diamond at the white house on this important day. jeremy? yeah. john, we heard president biden take a victory lap as he was talking about this record jobs n
investigation of the attorney general concluded that the allegations were correct that back in march that i would recommend he resigned, that s what i m doing today. biden is just one of many democratic politicians in federal state and local positions who now say cuomo can no longer remain in office. state attorney general letitia james issued a report following a five month long civil investigation, the 165-page document paints a damning portrait of an welcomed and inappropriate behavior. governor cuomo sexually harassed current and former state employees in violation of both federal and state laws. the independent investigation found that governor cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, many of whom were young women by engaging in unwanted groping, kisses, hugging and by making inappropriate comments. the governor and his senior team took actions to retaliate against at least one former employee for coming forward with her story, her truth. governor cuomo s administrati
consequence. tomorrow he caps the first international trip with a staredown. vladimir putin may choose not to listen but the list of complaints is very long from let s get straight to geneva, our moscow correspondent matthew chance. set the stage for us, this very important meeting. reporter: it is a very important meeting indeed, it s the first time that president biden will be meeting in his presidency with president trump, it s their first summit, and of course there s a list as long as your arm, john, of outstanding fraught issues that the two leaders need to discuss, whether it s arms control, whether it s returning ambassadors to each other s countries, neither have an ambassador in each other s countries at the moment. ransomware attacks, continued malign cyberactivity carried out by russia against the united states or whether it s alexei navalny, and the broader crackdown by the russian state on the opposition in that country. joe biden, u.s. president, saying he
millions about to endure another night of near freezing temperatures, many with no power, no heat and no water. again, a picture speaks a thousand words. this family burning a child s building blocks to stay warm. houston s mayor warning power outages remain a, quote, major, major concern, as 13 million texans are now being told to boil water for fear of mass contamination, or have no water at all. this is the scene at a park in houston. let me remind you again that this is houston, texas. people are getting in line, a long line just to fill up buckets of water from a spigot. in the united states, houston, the fourth biggest city in this nation. this is what we are seeing. this is a failure at every level. across texas there is now a dangerous shortage of food. people freezing as they wait hours just to get into a store and once inside, this is what it s like. wherever you are, austin, mckinney, fort worth, houston. look at this. shelves bare and amidst all of it, a marie ant
vaccine demand and the building pressure to get schools back open. coming up, our exclusive reporting out this morning looking at what researchers found on the serious and stressful difference between students who are virtual only versus back in the classroom. then you ve got the former president, donald trump, hinting he s trying to get back into the political spotlight with the battle lines now drawn over the future of the gop and whether it should include him at all. but just look at what s happening at home today for some of those seven republicans who voted to convict, we will bring you the backlash and why mitch mcconnell is saying i ve got your back. good morning, i m hallie jackson in washington on this monday along with my nbc news colleagues kara lee outside the white house, garrett haake on capitol hill, gabe gutierrez is joining us live from new york at a mass vaccination site. kara, let me start with you because president biden once we get through the holiday