and cnn s latest poll of polls, it is a low outmatched in modern times only by the former president. the figure reflects his his decisions on covid, shortages, inflation, and more broadly speaking, it speaks to a question president biden was asked this evening when he spoke to reporters in the east room does he now, after a year on the job, think he overpromised on what he could accomplish when taking office? the fact of the matter is that we re in a situation where we have made enormous progress the number of deaths from covid. it was three times that not long ago. it s coming down. everything s changing. it s getting better. i did not anticipate that there would be such a stalwart effort to make sure that the most important thing was that president biden didn t get anything done. think about this. what are republicans for? what are they for? name me one thing they re for. well, the president came back to that theme over and over, again, hitting republicans on what
we have made enormous progress, you mentioned the number of deaths from covid. it was three times that not long ago. it s coming down. everything s changing. it s getting better. i did not anticipate that there would be such a stalwart effort to make sure that the most important thing was that president biden didn t get anything done. think about this. what are republicans for? what are they for? name me one thing they re for. well, the president came back to that theme over and over, again, hitting republicans on what he says is their lack of policy or vision beyond just standing in his way. he did acknowledge that his signature build back better legislation was unlikely to pass, as is. but he was optimistic it seems about getting major pieces of it done this year. as for the package of voting reforms on the line tonight, he expressed hope of salvaging major portions of it as well and expressed confidence in his point person on it. you put vice president harris in charge
and later carl bernstein is here about chasing history and why he decidesed to write it all down. first, a story you will only see on reliable sources, tests for social media sites to dominate our public discourses. we know that facebook contributes to right wing radicalization. this new washington post republicia probe said facebook played a critical role that spread false narratives of foment violence last year. but this is so much about a year or single day in the country, they hyper charged political polarization and cultural divides which populists already exploit. the denialism is now. january 6th was the breaking point for some, including some inside facebook. this week s brand-new the wall street journal headline, facebook s former election boss now questions social media s impact on politics. katie harbath said she left facebook disillusioned you about now the journal says she s pushing for more online guardrails. quoting the story, she s the highest ranking
footnote. really not a lot happened that day if you think about it. the presidential election was not overturned, the capital was not destroyed, the government wasn t toppled no matter what you may have heard. not a single elected official was injured, thank god. police got shoved, unfortunately. punches were thrown, but the only person who wound up dead from violence was an unarmed protester who was shot to death without warning by a cop. none of the so-called insurrectionist had guns. when was the last time you saw an insurrection like that? looking back you probably would call what happened on january 6th a riot. we have called it that. but really only just a riot. maybe just barely. by recent standards it was an embarrassingly tepid effort. no one even bothered to set a fire or spray paint slogans on the walls. the question is why are we still talking about this? why are leaders obsessing over this event? every single one of the last 365 days, the propaganda machine has b
the presidential election was not overturned, the capital was not destroyed, the government wasn t toppled no matter what you may have heard. not a single elected official was injured, thank god. police got shoved, unfortunately. punches were thrown, but the only person who wound up dead from violence was an unarmed protester who was shot to death without warning by a cop. none of the so-called insurrectionist had guns. when was the last time you saw an insurrection like that? looking back you probably would call what happened on january 6th a riot. we have called it that. but really only just a riot. maybe just barely. by recent standards it was an embarrassingly tepid effort. no one even bothered to set a fire or spray paint slogans on the walls.ta the question is why are we still talking about this? why are leaders obsessing over this event? every single one of the last 365 days, the propaganda machine has been at 11, ginning up noise of january 6th to deafening levels.