this morning we re hearing from daunte wright s angry and heartbroken family. the anger is over the killing of 20-year-old daunte wright who was shot by a police officer during a traffic stop. police say the officer identified as kim porter, they say she fired her gun instead of a taser. they say it was an accident. she has been placed on administrative leave. there was unrest overnight. police used tear gas and stun guns to disperse protesters who police say launched bottles, fireworks and bricks at officers in brooklyn center. all of this is happening just miles from downtown minneapolis where prosecutors will wrap up their case today in the derek chauvin murder trial. the brother of george floyd, who you will remember died under the knee of a minneapolis police officer less than a year ago described his brother floyd as a big mama s boy who was devastated by her death in 2018. and you ll also remember floyd called out for his mother as he was dying. the defense will begi
extremely narrow, and many republicans who oppose it are determined to draw out the process forcing the 628-page bill to be read aloud on the senate floor. this isn t a pandemic rescue package. it s a parade of left-wing pet projects that are ramming through they are ramming through during the pandemic. also today, political pressure is rising for new york governor andrew cuomo and the new york times and the wall street journal are reporting that many so of his top advisers changed a health department report to hide the higher number of covid-19 deaths in nursing homes. plus, the investigation into the january 6th attack on the capitol. the feds are now examining communications between members of congress and some of the rioters who stormed the building. we ll look into when some of these calls and texts took place. but, first, let get back to what s happening in the senate. cnn chief congressional correspondent manu raju is live on capitol hill. manu, i know one
hydroxycholoroquine. i can tell you i take no pleasure at all being in a situation of contradicting the president. so it was really something that you didn t feel that you could actually say something and there wouldn t be any repercussions about it. the idea that you can felt up here skpr talk about what you know, what the evidence, what the science is, and know that s it. let the science speak. it is somewhat of a liberating feeling. a liberated dr. anthony fauci at the white house briefing yesterday. good morning. welcome to morning joe . it is friday, january 22nd. along with joe, willie and me, we have washington anchor for bbc world news america katty kay joins us. and sam stein joins us this morning. president biden laid out a comprehensive strategy against coronavirus yesterday. biden has immediately signed an executive order for masks to be worn during interstate travel, airplanes, traipse, buses and at airports, and requiring travelers coming into the country to
to visit the country. new zealand s prime minister says an underwater volcanic eruption in the southern pacific caused significant damage to the island nation of tonga and some coastal areas are still cut off. no injuries or deaths have been reported. time for a sports update, we can get the latest from holly. novak djokovic says he s disappointed with the ruling that will see him deported from australia but says he ll respect the decision. the world number one will be unable to defend his title in melbourne where he s a nine time champion. his name has been officially removed from the order of play. in a statement djokovic says he s uncomfortable that the focus has been on him over the past few weeks and will take some time to rest recuperate. earlier, i spoke to our tennis correspondent russell fuller who is in melbourne. it has been damaging to the tournament in my opinion. they pushed very, very hard to have novak djokovic in melbourne. he is a nine time champion. when
african countries where this variant emerged. the reason for the travel ban, there s a significant number of cases unlike any other country in the world. we needed time to give people an opportunity to say get the vaccination now before it heads it will move around the world. martha: so joe biden had a different take on that when president trump did a similar thing. we ll talk about this with karl rove who is starting by on that part of the story. but for, a senior scholar from the hopkins university. he s focused on preparedness and infectious disease. great to have you back with us today. thanks for making time for us what is your take on omicron at this point? well, we don t know a lot about omicron at this point. we know it has a lot of mutations, some have which have been associated with vaccine evasion. we know it s spreading in south africa but we don t know answers. it s something to take seriously to track and understand but it s not a cause for panic. we hav