party? maybe this could be a signal. house minority leader kevin mccarthy is meet with trump in florida today. he, of course, said the president bore responsibility in the days afterwards and then backtracked. we re covering all the headlines this morning. jeremy diamond following all the latest on the covid relief package. we re hearing the president may be willing to pare down the size of the overall package to gain bipartisan support. i m curious how, and is he confident that he could get republican support if he does so? look, president biden and his aides are clear eyed about the facts this $1.9 trillion price tag is going to have to come down if they are going to get bipartisan support in congress. but at the same time, i spoke with a senior administration official this morning who made very clear that while the ultimate number is going to have to probably come down, if there is going to be a bipartisan deal, that they still consider all of the components of this deal
good to see you, too, rachel. you were talking about robert scott palmer, who got the longest sentence of the huinsurrectionshes so far. we re going to be talking about him but also the role you played for him in prison. i think you know about that. yeah, i do know about it. whenever your name turns up in a courtroom, it s unsettling even when it s nothing bad. in this case it was weird. yeah. we actually got the transcript from the sentencing hearing, and i looked at it and i m preferring not to think about it. okay, you don t have to think about it. i ll talk about it. if i don t see you again, happy holidays to you and susan. you, too. thank you so much, jonathan. take care. thank you, rachel. a violent attempt to stop the peaceful transfer or transition of power. that s a judge described insurrection at the capitol on january 6th. the longest sentence so far for any defendant in the capitol investigation. on january 6th palmer hurled a fire extinguisher, a
of being together. all right, that is going to do it for us tonight on this fine friday evening. i ll see you again on monday, but now it s time for the last word which tonight is hosted by the great and glorious jonathan capehart filling in for lawrence tonight. good to see you, jonathan. good to see you, too, rachel. you were talking about robert scott palmer, who got the longest sentence of the insaw sir insurrectionists so far. we re going to be talking about him but also the role you played for him in prison. i think you know about that. yeah, i do know about it. whenever your name turns up in a courtroom, it s unsettling even when it s nothing bad. in this case it was weird. yeah. we actually got the transcript from the sentencing hearing, and i looked at it and i m preferring not to think about it. okay, you don t have to think about it. i ll talk about it. if i don t see you again, happy holidays to you and susan. you, too. thank you so much, jonathan.
they re also still studying the impact omicron could have in vaccines but they still maintain vaccines are effective in preventing death. after south africa discovered themicron variant, president biden has a travel ban against 18 countries including canada and health officials say it s probably here. governor kathy hochul declaring a state of emergency. today president biden made it clear that while we should be prepared, we shouldn t panic. this variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic. we have the best vaccine in the world, the best medicines, the best scientists and we re learning more every single day. sooner or later we ll see cases of this variant here in the united states. we ll have to face this new threat just how we faced those that have come before it. the best protection against this new variant or any of the variants out there, the ones we ve been dealing with already is getting fully vaccinated and getting a booster shot. biden said that he d b
thompson said in a statement, quote, the select committee needs to understand all the details about efforts inside the previous administration to delay the certification of the 2020 election and amplify misinformation about the election results. we need to understand mr. clark s role in these efforts at the justice department and learn who was involved across the administration. now, clark has until the 29th of october to hand over relevant documents and sit for a deposition. the deadlines have come and gone for the four ex-administration officials who were hit with the panel s first wave of subpoenas. the panel says former allies of the twice impeached ex-president, like mark meadows and kash patel, are cooperating somewhat. former aide steve bannon is openly defying the subpoena orders. in response, the committee is expected to vote next week on tuesday whether to refer steve bannon to the justice department for potential criminal prosecution. president biden expressed his