the top dog is at mar-a-lago to patch up his relationship with the president. we hear from the current president next hour. he will open an insurance exchange for a new special enrollment period. president biden will also start a ban on tax dollars going to organizations that provide abortion services. the top economic challenge and the focus of the biden legislative push. a new number this morning makes that effort quite clear. the united states economy shrank 3.5% last year. that s the worst since 1946. the president is open to narrowing his ask and wants a package that can garner 60 votes in the senate. but the white house press secretary says any talk that the president is open to splitting that package into smaller pieces is just not accurate. and democratic leaders on capitol hill signaling today that they believe it s time to get moving. just last hour, the house speaker nancy pelosi said she is prepared last week to pass coronavirus relief legislation with only democr
speaker pelosi saying she s referring to members of congress who want to bring guns on to the house floor and who have threatened violence against their colleagues. cnn reported this week that republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene of georgia liked a social media comment in 2019 about shooting, shooting, speaker pelosi. this afternoon, a prime example of the fears many are feeling, police arrested a west virginia man near the u.s. capitol yesterday armed with a handgun and 20 rounds of ammo. list also say the man, dennis westover, had stop the steal paperwork with him, stop the steal a reference to the big lie that joe biden didn t actually win the election. he also had a list of senators and representatives along with their contact information, police say. social media posts indicate that westover attended the rally in washington on january 6th. it is unclear if he was part of the attack on the capitol. in light of that attack that killed five people, injuring
with the objection to the exercise of governmental authority and the presidential transition, as well as other perceived grievances fueled by false narratives. the washington post puts the seriousness of this warning in context like this dhs periodically issued such advisories, but the warnings have typically been generated by elevated concerns about attacked by foreign government, not domestic extremists. though the bulletin stresses that dhs doesn t have specific information about a specific plot, it warnings the same drivers to violence will remained through early 2021, and some extremists may be emboldened by the january beach of the attack on the capitol. that, of course, is the january riot that donald trump incited with his big lie about the election results, on top of the divisions he stoke throughout his four years in president while he fueled conspiracy theories and chipped away at the institutions in place to keep all americans safe. all of it being green lit i
i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. starting late monday, if you want to use any form of public transportation in the united states, you have to wear a mask. that is according to a cdc order issued a few hours ago. masks must be made of at least two layers of fabric and cover both the nose and mouth and until further notice, they will be required on every form of transit from airplanes to rideshare vehicles. the u.s. has now administered nearly 28 million doses of the two vaccines that have been approved, that is out of 49 million doses delivered, and there is a potential new vaccine on the horizon. johnson & johnson says that its candidate is safe and 85% effective. johnson & johnson will apply for emergency use authorization next week and if granted, it will be third vaccine cleared in the u.s. athena jones has more. the results really are encouraging. reporter: another covid-19 could soon be available in the united states. and while data show it won t provide as
complicit their years, they have another one. marjorie taylor green, a history of homephobic comments. we want no more part of amplifying this person. you need to hear it for yourself. just buckle up and take a listen to this. q is a patriot. we know that for sure. there is an islamic inversion into our government offices right now. they are you saw after midterm elections, we saw so many muslims elected. there were quite a few. the generations of black and hispanic men. you want to know what holds them down? gangs. being in gangs and dealing drugs is what holds them down. the gangs are holding them back. it s not white people. how do you get avid gun owners and people who support the second amendment to give up their guns and go with the constitution? maybe you perform a mass shooting into a crowd that is very likely to be conservative. is that what happened in las vegas? okay. okay. now, keep in mind, that this person is not just some lady selling qanon tracks on the