Boat that capsized just off the coast of San Diego. Officials say it looks like smuggling. And Last Night we asked you for your photos of things that helped raise your perspective in these troubled times. I call it the observatory effect. And you did not disappoint. We will share some of our favorites throughout the hour. From nbc News World Headquarters in new york, im joshua johnson. Welcome to The Week. Well, President Biden had a good week. He marked his 100 days in office delivering his first president ial speech to a joint session of congress. A new poll out today shows that nearly twothirds of americans expressed optimism about the direction of the country. The last time we came close to that level of optimism was in december of 2006. I often think about a quote from abraham lincoln. Public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail. Against it, nothing can succeed. Perhaps its clear why many americans are upbeat. 100 Million of us are fully vaccinated just in time for s
burner as the biden administration and senate democrats push forward on a cody relief bill that some lawmakers and even left-leaning economists say could actually hurt the economy in the long run. president biden saying today it s an easy choice, pointing to the latest jobs numbers as proof there is no time to waste. this as he met with 10 republican senators earlier this week who proposed a counter offer to his nearly $2 trillion plan. white house correspondent kristin fisher has been following it all. she joins us live from the north lawn from the white house with the latest. good evening, kristin. good evening, bret. the week started with president biden meeting with republican senators and hoping to cut a deal. but it is ending with the president giving his strongest signal yet that he intends to move forward with his relief plan without republican support. i m going to act. i m going to act fast. in his most fiery defense of his 1.9 trillion-dollar relief plan, pre
omicron variant. then the one test that could derail olympic dreams. athletes take us there you the intense covid protection process that one doctor calls a public health extreme. welcome to the lead. we start with the world lead. president joe biden saying he would consider leveling personal sanctions on russian president vladimir putin if putin gives the order for russia to invade ukraine. sanctions directly on putin himself, he means. this as the kremlin maintains some 100,000 russian troops strategically positioned near its border with ukraine. the white house says a russian invasion appears imminent. in the meantime, russia is accusing the u.s. of escalating tensions by putting 8,500 u.s. service members on heightened alert. they re on stand by. not ordered to deploy. though the biden administration says two factors could quickly change that. one, if nato decides those u.s. service members are need in the eastern europe, and two, the actions, of course, of vladimir p
office? look, i didn t overpromise. what i have probably outperformed what anybody thought would happen. do you need to be more realistic and scale down these priorities now that a legislation appears to be hopelessly stalled? can you now lay out your strategy to protect voting rights? i spoke to a number of black voters who fought to get you elected, and now they feel as though you re not fighting hard enough for them. why are you trying so hard in your first year to pull the country so far to the left? if. howard: there were plenty of neutral issue questions and some softer ones. cnned asked whether biden had done enough to restore faith in the confidence of government. can you imagine such wording for president trump? and there was none of the personal hostility that marked the trump years. but for the most part, white house reporters stepped up and did their job. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz . howard: now we ve come to expect an ideological divide am
we ll hear from the vice president first and the president. i m curious what you believe their message is going to be today and also then i want to ask you about all the questions that we still don t have answers to about what actually happened on january 6th. good morning. good morning, trace. you are looking live at statuary hall on capitol hill. a big moment speech for first the vice president and then the president and they will reflect back on january 6 one year ago. what happened inside the walls of the capitol. i think they are going to cast it in a way that s pretty stark at least the statements that they put out about these speeches ahead of time going right towards a threat to democracy. and then trying to pitch voting rights. democrats working on passing that voting rights bill at the same time as the president walks into the capitol. listen. we can all look back one year ago to a very dark day for america but also for the capitol specifically. dana, i was on wit