by, trump was reportedly just not interested in doing more to stop it. and trump learned that his own vice president had to be rushed to a secure location, trump reportedly responded, so what? so what? trump accepted the violence that they. he liked the threat to democracy than, they re whipping of violence on his behalf, the anger. and he still does. and that s quickly emerging as the core argument in president biden s reelection campaign. in a speech on friday, biden called democracy the most urgent question of our time, saying trump is willing to sacrifice it. and just this afternoon, speaking at mother emanuel church, he compared the perpetuation of the big lie to those who denied the outcome of the civil war. biden isn t imploring americans to save democracy from the man who by his own account wants to destroy it. but as president biden leans into this contrast with trump, this particular line of attack, something to think is just kind of old dunes, it s in the past. rep
ide with jen psaki starts no w. well, if the first week of the new year has shown us anything, it s that joe biden and donald trump are basically living on different planets when it comes to their approach to american democracy. tonight, i m gonna talk to house speaker emeritus nancy pelosi about all of that. plus, president obama has appointed david plouffe as a senior strategist who might be useful to the biden campaign. of course he would be. david is gonna join me tonight as well. but we do want to start tonight with some new reporting from abc news that is shedding greater light on what trump was doing, and more importantly not doing on january 6th. as a mob pushed its way into the capital, becoming more and more violent as the minutes tic by, trump was reportedly just not interested in doing more to stop it. and trump learned that his own vice president had to be rushed to a secure location, trump reportedly responded, so what? so what? trump accepted t
announcer: this is new day with alisyn camerota and john berman. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is new day. and this morning, there are positive signs for how the united states can navigating the pandemic. for the first time, more americans have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus than have been infected by it. it was exactly one year ago today that dr. sanjay gupta told us right here on new day that the u.s. was entering a new and very dangerous phase. cnn is now calling the outbreak a global pandemic. our senior medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta joins us to explain why. what makes it a pandemic, sanjay? there are criteria that are somewhat defined to call something a pandemic. let me preface by saying this terminology we re going to start using now isn t so much to cause panic but rather to really cause a focus on preparedness. can you believe how close we were sitting to each other. that was a s
congress, she was exactly that. as one former aide to gop leadership put it, she was every democrat s favorite republican. and that independent streak continued to the trump era. in 2015, she criticize trump s call for a muslim ban saying, quote, this is not who we are as a country. and in 2017, she voted against trump s signature tax cuts. so, what happened? why did the waive right republican for democrats suddenly choose to go ultra maga? well, it s called ambition. former president trump and his interview with me said, quote, he likes the concept of picking a woman as his vice president. if called upon, would you serve as his vice president? i will of course be honored to serve in any capacity in the trump administration. i m proud to be the first member of congress to endorse his reelection. i am proud to be a strong supporter of president trump and he s going to win it this november. as striking as elise stefanik has been, it s not really that complicated. it s about ambitio
leadership put it, she was every democrat s favorite republican. and that independent streak continued to the trump era. in 2015, she criticized trump s call for a muslim ban saying, quote, this is not who we are as a country. and in 2017, she voted against trump s signature tax cuts. so, what happened? why did the most liked republican for democrats suddenly choose to go ultra maga? well, it s called ambition. former president trump in his interview with me said, quote, he likes the concept of picking a woman as his vice president. if called upon, would you serve as his vice president? i will of course be honored