insurrectionists. more than 12 million people in the region could be hit with more flooding tonight. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m jim acosta, and you re in the situation room. and let s get right to the cboe crisis, and cnn national correspondent nick watt. nick, as americans face the dire prospect that the pandemic will drag into a third year there s new cdc data on the pace of vaccinations. reporter: jim, vaccination is clearly the way out of this. so this really is not good news. the cdc says that the number of people initiating vaccines, that s getting their first shot every day is down 26% in just a month. misinformation, fear mongering swirl around break through infections, the vaccinated who still catch covid. the science shows the vaccine will not necessarily protect you. it s not protecting many people. reporter: so not true. here s a fresh fact. those very rare break through cases who suffer severe symptoms tend to
they are urging democrats and congress to step up and pass a federal voting rights bill. a democrat rep speaking to msnbc news on her way to the airport earlier today. the house democrats here in texas decided enough was enough, you know? we came back in good faith once again trying to always be the bigger people. the republicans had their marching orders from the governor. it didn t matter what anyone said, they were going to pass this bill. i can tell you that so long as i m the elected house rep for house district 100, it s going to be a fight till the end. it s going to be a fight till the end. those aren t just words, these are actions taken. they are speaking to the country, saying it s about time to act. it comes just hours before planned remarks by president biden on voting rights tomorrow. republicans blocked a vote and staged a walkout, and received criminal penalties for voting rights access laws. at least 39 bills have been introduced in 48 states. so here we
very hot topic for the house panel that is probing the most pressing threats that face the u.s. today. we should recognize that beijing seeks to divide the euro atlantic alliance. martha: that is a serious question, beijing seeking to divide us from our allies. we are going to talk about that in moments. house republicans also today busy day on the hill, as things get rolling the beginning of this february, there were grilling former twitter executives, this is quite a lineup they have got come on the company s role in suppressing the hunter biden laptop story and how they came to those conclusions. i think you guys got played by the fbi. five days after you guys take down the hunter biden story, 511 former intel official send a letter and say the hunter biden story has all of the classic earmarks of a russian information operation. the information operation was run on you guys. we could talk about civil rights, voting rights, abortion rights, instead we re talkin
now i m pete medina, reagan national airport this morning, a defining moment in donald about a critical phone call how much will it impact the jury? deadly storms in texas for people killed and several states in the south now facing life-threatening flooding and hurricane force winds and supreme court justice samuel alito reportedly flew an upside-down american flag. representing the stop the steal movement at his home. after the january 6 insurrection right, 6:00 a.m. here in washington alive. look at the white house on this friday morning. it has been all week. good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to have you with us. donald trump had a pretty good day in court. the former president s sat back and watched his former fixer struggle on the stand for several flowers on thursday, michael cohen facing an intense cross-examination about his past lives and a more recent possible inconsistency. trump lawyer todd blanche zeroing in on testimony, cohen gave just t
hello, i m samantha simmonds. the international red cross says it s managed to deliver 70 tonnes of relief aid to the disputed enclave nagorno karabakh for the first time since azerbaijan captured the territory in a lightning operation five days ago. tens of thousands of armenians have sought refuge in the main city stepanakert, where food and medicine are running low, and power cuts are frequent. families remain stranded in the local airport, where russian peacekeepers are based. they are sleeping on the ground, cooking food on fire and not having an access to clean water. moscow said there were over 2,000 people, including 1,000 children, sheltering at the peacekeepers base camp. i was joined earlier by our correspondent rayhan demytrie who gave me the latest. the political situation is that karabakh armenians, they surrendered to azerbaijan. they signed this ceasefire agreement on wednesday. and now what s happening is the process of disarmament, because that was part of