will: more comfortable than what we are wearing in studio. rachel: i know. will: we are glad to have you with us, rachel. we have a lot of news to get to. what a day for this country. pete: some days you wake up and say what are we going to talk about today is one of those days. a lot of great guests as well. we start this morning with a fox news alert. the fda approves pfizer s covid-19 vaccine for emergency use in the u.s. officially. paving the way for widespread distribution. lucas tomlinson is live outside the fda in maryland as the first dose is set to be administered in less than 24 hours. lucas, good morning. good morning, guys. normally it takes years to make a vaccine let alone get it approved. this one done in record time. president trump touted the achievement last night from the oval office. our nation has achieved a medical miracle. we have delivered a safe and effective vaccine in just nine months. this is one of the greatest scientific accomplishments in h
we start tonight with the central question now before the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection. did former president trump orchestrate a criminal conspiracy to steal back the white house? and if so, who knew of the plot, and who helped him try to carry it out? the committee is hoping to get closer to the truth this week with plans to ask former vice president pence to voluntarily meet with them. i would assume that he will cooperate because he understands it s everybody s legal duty to do so, and it s really a civic obligation to do so. so the vast majority of people we ve approached have been participating and cooperating voluntarily, and i think and i trust he will fall into that category. house speaker pelosi also sounding optimistic that pence will cooperate. do you think it s important for the january 6th select committee to hear from the former vice president? i think that they ve gotten good cooperation from the vice president from
intentions of 74 million americans who believed we could be strong again and prosperous again and supported our administration in 2016 and 2020. pence wants people to know, at least the fox audience, that it is all good now between him and trump. ignoring that stuff about branding pence a coward for defying trump s wishes to overturn the election. pence says, basically, they re over it. you can t spend almost five years in a political fox hole with somebody without developing a strong relationship. you know, january 6th was a tragic day in the history of our capitol building, but thanks to the efforts of capitol hill police, federal officials, the capitol was secured. we finished our work, and the president and i sat down a few days later and talked through all of it. i can tell you that we parted m a amicably. joining us now, author of what i saw in the white house, stephanie grisham. communications director under president trump. communications director to first lad
unicef. come over here. this is the line of people who are here in order to receive this aid. they re taking it and they go off, but this is the last major food distribution of this program by the world food program. after this, this won t exist any longer, and they ll be on their own. so, when you talk about what s happening when people get back? this is what s happening. certainly in the rural communities, and then when you get to the city, port-au-prince, you ve got gang violence on the streets, crime, and some of the same issues with regard to access to clean food, clean water here in haiti. back to you. okay, thanks, jacob, for that. and a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. here s what s happening, a bit past 2:00 p.m. eastern. some breaking news of women s marches against abortion restrictions that are happening right now in cities across this country. thousands of women already gathered in
who will then release the migrants in the u.s. governor greg abbott taking matters in his own hands, a seventh bus carrying migrants is heading to our nation s capital. and we are watching it. national border patrol council president will join us with reaction to all of that, and hear from charles payne, lieutenant governor keith kellogg and if you cannot catch it live, set your d.v.r. and watch it back later today. return the mask mandate. my company is [inaudible] if you choose to, you may remove your mask. quite a moment, reaction to mask mandates from jeers to cheers, happening all over the country as a pilot announces face coverings are no longer required to fly the friendly skies. still required in some airports, however, including laguardia, j.f.k. and others. sandra smith in new york. great to be with you. trace:. i m in for john roberts. a federal judge in florida vacated the rule for travelers using public transportation. and frees airports and other ma