Meeting with russian president Vladimir Putin in a decade, with two leaders meeting. Talking about Cyber Attacks, ukraine and americans being held inside russia. No concrete solutions announced, but the two sides agreed to begin talks on The Groundwork For Future Arms Control and Risk Reduction measures. Now after the summit concluded, putin held a News Conference in which he said the talks were very constructive. Translator i believe there has been no hostility. On the contrary, our meeting took place in a constructive spirit. Indeed, we have assessment on a number of issues, but both sides expressed the intention to understand each other and to seek common ground. Talks were quite constructive. For his part President Biden shared the same sentiment during his News Conference, but he did get a little testy, as he was leaving when a reporter asked him if he was confident that putin would change his behavior. When did i say i was confident . I said what i said was lets get it straight.
Authorization for Emergency Use. That means options when it comes to vaccinations. Thats good. At the same time, republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene is holding her own News Conference one day after she was kicked off her Committee Assignments for supporting over years violent rhetoric, dangerous disinformation. We begin with the economic news. Christine romans, 49,000 or so new jobs. Yesterday we had nearly 800,000 new unemployment claims. Do the math for us there. Where does it stand in terms of all these lost jobs . Theres no historical precedent for this. You had 14. 8 Million People who told the government this month that they didnt have a job to go back to. The business they worked for was closed or was barely open but not allowed to give them hours. And a quarter of the people working say theyre working from home. The virus has completely changed what is usually a dynamic labor force. This 49,000 jobs created was mostly in professional business services, going back to
Actually lead to increased mortality. And the jury is still out how these vaccines are going to work against these variants. Reporter this is new day, with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. Its thursday, february 4 tth, 6 00 here in new york. A moment of revelation for the Republican Party overnight. Days ago, it was mitt romney who said, our big tent is not large enough to accommodate conservatives and kooks. Days ago, it was Mitch Mcconnell who said, loony lies and Conspiracy Theories are a cancer for the Republican Party. But last night, it was Kevin Mccarthy, the House Republican leader who said, essentially, hold my beer. No action against Marjorie Taylor greene, the qanonsupporting House Republican who endorsed the execution of democratic leaders, harassed School Shooting victims, called Mass Shootings a hoax, reportedly trafficked in antisemitic propaganda about jewish space lasers. No action.
Daily briefing this hour. Chuck schumer announces the senate has finally, nearly a month after the Georgia Senate results has finally reached an agreement to give democrats the gavels in this 50 50 chamber. Public Health Officials at the White House Strike a cautiously optimistic tone at this mornings Covid Briefings as cases and hospitalizations decline but warning about what lies ahead remain dire. Well speak with one of the white house top covid advisers about the road ahead, coming up. Well, welcome to wednesday. Its meet the press daily. Im chuck todd. Wednesdays have been pretty consequential. The sources confirmed that House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy that they will take her off of one committee if they put a resolution not to strip her of all assignments. A moment ago the the democratic Majority Leader rejected the offer saying the house will vote tomorrow on the resolution about stripping her of all of her Committee Assignments even though it will set a dangerous precede
Lives or were injured. He said by and large the vast majority of the Men And Women are decent honorable people. What did he mean by that . That is exactly what he meant. How can he take steps to unify the country while the Impeachment Trial is going on . Well he can focus his efforts, which is exactly what he is doing, on delivering necessary relief to the American Public and using his forum to talk about how he is going to reopen schools. How he is going to get shots in the arms of americans. How he will ensure that the one in seven American Families who are. What is his message to republicans that say that the trial is undercuts any efforts. He invites republicans to help bring relief to the American Public. Talk about his agenda, President Biden has been signing executive orders, speaking to the american people, focusing on the senate next week. How concerned is he that the senate trial will undercut his momentum . I think he has been clear that there is an urgency to delivering rel