From nbc News World Headquarters in New York, im joshua johnson. Welcome one last time to the week. Lets begin with a bit of optimism among democrats in their push for Voting Rights legislation. Senate democrats are close to an agreement for a new version of the for the people act. One that all 50 democrats would support. Thats according to three democratic aides familiar with the negotiations. West virginia democratic senator Joe Manchin has been part of the negotiations. He made the rounds on the sunday shows today. Lisa murkowski has been working with me. We have been talking to quite a few different republicans who are interested in doing something that makes sense. Remember, the democrats would need the support of ten republicans to override a possible filibuster. If republicans do block the bill, its unclear whether Senator Manchin would change his opposition to Filibuster Reform. Meanwhile, the democrats 3. 5 trillion Infrastructure Plan remains stuck in a standoff. It faces a d
insurrection day, january 6. we think it is important that you have a chance to see it in its entirety. here it is. we will stop the steal. today i will lay out just some of the evidence proving that we won this election and we won it by a landslide. this was not a close election. and after this, we re going to walk down, and i ll be there with you. we re going to walk down we re going to walk down to the capitol. yeah! take the capitol! take the capitol! take the capitol! we are going to the capitol where our problems are. it s that direction. everybody in. this way, this way! hundreds of thousands of votes, they came in in duffel bags. where the hell did they come from? usa! usa! usa! madam speaker, the vice president and the united states senate. [ applause ] off the sidewalk. we outnumber you a million to one out here, dude. join us. that s enough! there s much more coming. usa! the constitution says you have to protect our country, a
vice president kamala harris of asserts the theory behind new education standards in florida. specifically about teaching that some enslaved people actually benefited from their bondage. she says that replacing black history with lies. we will unpack the settling unsettling response from desantis. i am symone sanders-townsend, i know you missed me! and i have something to say. history moves fast, just 109 days, ago a u.s. president current or former had never been indicted. now, we may see it happen for a third time to the same person. former president donald trump. and that has unprecedented implications for the 2024 presidential election. on sunday, the former president received a matter from national jacks mitt. informing trump that he is the target of the federal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. nbc news reports that the letter mentioned three statutes related to the defamation of rights. conspiracy to defraud the united states, and tamperin
right now on ana cabrera reports, new heat in the race for the presidency this morning. president biden heading to michigan today for his first visit of 2024. the high stakes for him in that critical battleground. plus, fresh polling out of south carolina bringing new warning signs for nikki haley as she and donald trump wage war for campaign cash. also ahead, breaking news from the pentagon this morning, defense secretary lloyd austin set to have his first news conference since the controversy over his resent hospitalization. millions under flood watches bracing for the pineapple express. the atmospheric river that could dump up to 10 inches of rain on california. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with a flurry of new headlines in the race for the presidency. president biden making his visit, the first one of the year to the key battleground state of michigan. he ll meet with the united autoworkers union following their recent e
the bigger picture of jack smith s case? we re going to get into all of that coming up? also this hour, belarus, russia, where exactly is yevgeny prigozhin? the mystery surrounding the fate of russia s wagner group deepened after the president of belarus in a rare news conference said he was still in his hometown of st. petersburg more than a week after the rebellion that shocked moscow and the world as wechlt. and long-time gop megadonors launching ads to try to prevent the former republican leader are from retaking the white house in 2024. we begin this hour with the former president and walt nauta, his aide, in court. after two delays, trump s co-defendant in the classified documents case finally arraigned in court a few hours ago, pleading not guilty nearly a month after his boss. he faces charges of obstructs the investigation into the retention of classified documents. it s been a whirlwind 24 hours. on wednesday authorities unsealing new portions of the warrant t