to pass the bill this week. i promised we would bring the bill to the floor. but you know i ll never bring a bill to the floor that doesn t have the votes. you have to go when you have the votes in a reasonable time. and we will. meanwhile cdc director rochelle walensky is defending her decision to split from her advisers and offer vaccines to those in high risk environments. earlier today we made clear who would qualify. it s really for people who are working all the time with many different people, unvaccinated and at high risk, the vulnerable occupations like our health care workers, our teachers, our public transportation. and donald trump returns to georgia, rehashing grievances from the election during a rally. but as speculation swirls over a possible 2024 presidential run, trump giving a glimpse into the future. make america great again again. again again. we made it great. now we got to make it great again. that begins with an earth shattering win in november
so far we have seen two of the 19 defendants turn themselves in. first was scott hall, a georgia bail bondsman charged in the coffee county election database. second, the grand architect of the coup donald trump s former law john eastman, a key figure in the attempt to overturn the 2020 election. a potential criminal conviction seemingly not deterring eastman from continuing to repeat the lies about the election that led to him being indicted in the first place. outside after he was processed our colleague asked if he believes the election was stolen. he said, yes, absolutely, no question, no question in my mind. eastman surrendered proving that the warning from a white house lawyer was all to press yent. i only want to hear two words out of your mouth from now on, orderly transition. eventually he said, orderly transition. now i said, good, john. now i will give you the best free legal advice you are getting in your life, get a great criminal defense lawyer, you are going
as the nation observes and extended independence day weekend, i find myself reflecting on how our country has been radically transformed by decisions handed down last week by the ultraconservative supreme court super majority. in their new america, higher education is further out of reach for people of color and those struggling financially to keep pace with skyrocketing tuitions and the skills of justice are tipped in favor of business owners who wish to discriminate on the basis of sexual preference and gender. against the rights of americans who simply want the freedom to if their lives openly, as they please. the biden administration has already mobilized the response to the sweeping rules and sweeping rulings, looking for work around s to restore and protect policies popular with the american people. i am hopeful some of these fixes will work, but i know it will take a larger movement to push back against a deeply ideological minority that has plotted for decades to take
video of him leaving rostov-on-don, where he had taken control of a key russian military facility. the kremlin says, he is now heading to neighboring belarus, wagner soldiers would not be prosecuted. again, all of this is from the kremlin and unverified by nbc news. new reporting from the washington post reads, quote, while putin seemed to avert his greatest prices crisis in more than 23 years as russia s supreme political leader, grief armed rebellion, presented the starkest evidence yet that his brutal invasion of ukraine could backfire. leading to instability at home and exposing his growing isolation from reality and weakness as a leader. joining us now from kyiv, nbc news correspondent kelly cobiella, nbc news white house correspondent and on capitol hill, and pc news correspondent julie adjuster. kelly, let s start with you. how is the kremlin trying to explain what s unfolded over the past 24 hours? well alicia, it s interesting. they re not trying to explain, it t
castro in for alicia menendez. as we get to the our immigration talks come to the wire as homeland security chief, alejandro mayorkas meets with bipartisan senators, the clock is ticking on a deal. and progress is slow. while we are not denying crucial aid for our allies, gop lawmakers spend their time on bogus impeachment schemes. california congressman, robert garcia, and what happens next. also tonight, paying the price, how this week, multimillion dollar ruling against rudy giuliani could have ramifications beyond his bank account. and how might home states attorney general is doubling down on extremism after surviving a recent impeachment. this is american voices. we are just over one week from christmas. most lawmakers have already gone home for the holidays. earlier today, a few, along with homeland security chief, alejandro mayorkas, had a rare weekend session to try to hammer out some kind of deal on immigration before the end of the year. while they have not r