around the world. i m kim brunhuber, this is cnn newsroom. u.s. senate republicans have kept their word. blocking a crucial bill, that would have established a commission to investigate the january-6th insurrection on capitol hill. only-six republicans sided with democrats in friday s vote. with just a few short months ago, many republicans were adamant that a 9/11-style commission into the capitol security was needed. their opposition, now, shows just how much of a grip former-president donald trump, still, has on much of his party. it s something the senate-democratic leader made sure to point out after the failed vote. out of fear, or fealty, to donald trump, the republican minority just prevented the american people from getting the full truth about january 6th. this vote has made it official. donald trump s big lie has now, fully, enveloped the republican party. house democrats are now considering launching a probe of their own, into the violent insurrection. cnn
and new trouble for old doctor turned congressman. how does a guy who eats mcdonald s and fries and all those diet cokes and never exercises is in as good a shape as he s in. it s called genetics. i don t know. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. with the house passing president biden s $1.9 trillion covid relief bill last week it s in the hands of the senate. we re expecting a vote at the end of this week hopefully. we re seeing some developments today. it s not really developing in a great way today. today president biden agreed to narrow who was eligible for the next round of $1,400 stimulus payments after pressure from moderate democrats like west virginia s joe manshin and new hampshire s jean shaheen. fewer people will get stimulus checks because of the intervention of these two democratic senators. this is joe biden s approval rating right now. he is 15 points above water, pretty good. 53% approval. donald trump not got close
virginia s joe manchin, and new hampshire s jean shaheen. fewer people will get stimulus checks because of the intervention of democratic senators. now, the absurd asymmetries of american politics is in stark relief at the moment. this is joe biden s approval rating. 53% approval. donald trump never got close to that. in fact, he never broke 50% approval. a new morning consult poll the rescue bill is still unbelievably popular. 77% of all voters and 59% of republicans said they supported the measure. in fact, when provided the partisan framing for the details of the proposal, 71% of voters including 53% of republicans still supported it. people like this bill. they love it. and they don t care who is responsible for it. one study shows biden s rescue package might be the most popular presidential action since 2017. there it is all by itself all the way over there on the right side of that chart. a big part of the reason joe biden was elected, of course, was to finally crush c
practice. and the master minds behind the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election got their reps in and they are chipping away at the institutions that held to ensure former president trump would take his rightful place as an ex-president and president biden would enter the white house and get his chance to deliver on promises to the voters who elected him. what every president is entitled to. what voters are entitled to. this series isn t alarmist. it is a frank examination of an illness in our country that we can t afford to ignore. what will 20 #it 2 bring and 2024? what if trump runs again or other republicans run using his playbook? will our institutions hold? and will social media algorithms undermine them, continuing to amplify conspiracy theories, peddling them to the masses, eager to consume them? according to a recent poll, 73% of republicans still believe the election was stolen from trump despite trump administration officials making clear there was no w
we are taking a closer look at the state of our country. the threats to our political system and possible solutions for reversing the divisiveness that is tearing america apart. maybe look around our country right now and you don t like what you see. maybe it seems so bad at times that you re even tempted to look away. no one would blame you. but there are efforts under way right now to undermine american democracy and we can t just bury our heads in the stand. you know what a failed coup is. practice. and the masterminds behind the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election got their reps in and they are chipping away at the institutions that held to ensure former president trump would take his rightful place as an ex-president and president biden would enter the white house and get his chance to deliver on promises to the voters who elected him. what every president is entitled to. what voters are entitled to. this series isn t alarmist. it is a frank examination of