the president will visit a small local business that s benefited from the paycheck protection program loans as millions of americans eagerly await another round of direct payments to ease the financial burden of a year battling covid. joining me now to kick things off, my fellow chief white house correspondent and weekend today co-host, peter alexander, who s live at the white house. associated press white house reporter, jonathan la mir, and erin haynes, editor at large at the 91. peter, i have to start with you and this messaging strategy that we are seeing from president biden. talk about it, what is the goal here and what can americans expect from this bill? because that s the big question on everyone s minds. yeah, first of all, kristen, you look nice at that desk here this morning. let s walk you through what s going on. we expect president biden to leave here shortly to head to that local business that s benefiting from ppp, that loan like so many other businesses ac
Rachel Maddow takes a look at the days top political news stories. So that was the answer. Thats the tension on the intelligence. Then there is a separate tension about how do you investigate, indict and punish the people identified by that very intelligence for Attacking American Democracy . We all know, there is a busy Special Counsel that trump has denigrated and at sometimes lied about. So a question on that was posed to the fbi director who of course, lets not forget has this job because his predecessor was fired because of the same russia probe and that firing is now part of the obstruction inquiry. I have a question for director wray. Thank you. The special Counsel Robert Mueller has indicted more than 20 russian officials based on work by the fbi for med ding in the 2016 election. The president has tweeted that that investigation by the Special Counsel is a hoax and should be shut down. I know youve said you dont believe it is a hoax. Why would the American People
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reporter: during that traffic stop, wright struggled with officers who were attempting to apprehend him after discovering an outstanding warrant for his arrest. potter pulling out a firearm. taser! taser! reporter: realizing she had shot wright as the car drove off. i just shot him. reporter: the defense today placed the blame on wright, saying all he had to do was stop and he d still be here. the prosecution arguing, as a veteran of the police officer force, potter should have known the difference between her taser and gun. potter is expected to take the stand in her own defense next week. david? all right, stephanie ramos from minneapolis. thank you, stephanie. we turn next tonight to a story that horrified the nation. scott peterson was back in court today and so was the family of lacy peterson, watching it all again. it was a resentencing hearing after the murder case nearly 20 years ago. scott peterson, you ll remember, convicted in the killing of his pregnant wife l
gates will take the stand we learned today. they have every intention of doing it. to be clear, the testimony could reverberate well beyond this trial. for all the talk of people flipping and the intrigue about what mike anybody or george papadopoulos may have told mueller, when gates speaks under oath in public in this trial, it will it be the first time we actually hear a trump campaign aide legally turn on another trump campaign aide. and the other development might be a little more melodramatic. it is one that a lot of people are talking about. we return, of course, to the ostrich jacket. mueller s team file agovernight motion challenging the judge s decision to keep from the jury photos of manafort s sartorial tastes the fancy suits and $15,000 ostrich jacket. prosecution arguing evidence that through wire transfers, that he controlled to u.s.