On delivery. Why you want to give yourself extra time this year. Life through the eyes of Matthew Mcconaughey. Well talk to him about his new book and why, despite many ups and downs, he still feels pretty good. I cant do it like him, but, first all right, all right, all right. But first, heres todays eye opener. No one says it like him. Its your world in 90 seconds. If your family traveled, you have to assume that you were exposed. Its going to get worse over the next several weeks. We may see a surge upon a surge. Doctors bracing for another deadly wave of cases after the thanksgiving holiday. The next surge is expected just as a new vaccine arrives in the United States. The light is at the end of the tunnel but the American People to have to do the right things. President elect biden and Vice President elect harris have announced an allfemale communications team. Wisconsin finishes its recount confirming president elect joe biden as the winner. Trump vowed to challenge the outcome i
Protected civil rights writ large. So this is going to require a longterm bipartisan commitment. But not just from us in washington but folks in the state capitals, city halls, and Police Departments across the country. Because ultimately its the local officials that have the responsibility to hire and fire the police chief, to make sure that bad Police Officers are removed from the force. And thats where the nearterm responsibility needs to lie, because we dont have that capability here. But we do believe, i do believe there are concrete steps we can take right now to address the racial injustices that were exposed once again with the death of mr. Floyd. So i appreciate senator scott and leader mcconnell for responding to this crisis with the urgency that it deserves, and im proud to be part of this effort in the senate. Mr. President , i yield the floor. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call the presiding officer the senator from. The presiding officer the s
Focused on as they try to get to the fatal, on set shooting. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Well start with the politics lead. Airforce one is in the air and so is President Bidens entire domestic agenda Up In The Air. He is enroute for a major foreign trip and leaving behind frankly a mess of democrats Own Making In Washington over his agenda just hours before departing for rome biden portrayed a done deal for the legislation. The build back better act. Social safety net programs. Im pleased to announce that after months of tough and thoughtful negotiations i think we have an historic, i know we have an historic Economic Framework. Without question theres been progress. Democrats seemed to be all in for universal prek, large investments in clean energy, some medicare expansions, but a done deal . That is not what were hearing from capitol hill. Neither are the Senate Democratic moderates who have been the holdout so far joe manchin and Kyrsten Sinema will publicly say they are c
Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early, the show that didnt get a weekend. Well start with the news. The white house formally rejected a request by former President Donald Trump to withhold documents from the select Committee Investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol hill under the assertion of Executive Privilege. Under federal law, the current president has the power to wave Executive Privilege claims by any past president s. In a letter, the white House Counsel writes, quote the white house is now authorizing the National Archives to turn over an initial batch of documents to the committee, covering trumps actions and communications on january 6th, including his rally at the ellipse. In response to this decision, mr. Trump issued a lengthy statement sharply criticizing democrats and the probe. He then formally asserted privilege with the National Archives over the approximately 40 documents being sent to the committee and others in the future. White house officials told
Katty kay is with us this morning. Joe, you got the end of this block to talk about the red sox. Oh. You got up way too late last night so we are starting on time this morning. There were a number of developments since we left you on friday with the investigation into the january 6th attack of the capitol. The Biden White House rejected a request by former President Trump to use Executive Privilege to withhold documents under federal law the current president has the power to wave Executive Privilege claims by past president s. In a letter to the National Archives obtained by nbc news, White House Council writes, President Biden has determined that an assertion of Executive Privilege is not in the best interests of the United States. And therefore its not justified to as to any of the documents, the white house now is authorizing the National Archives to turnover an initial batch of documents covering trumps actions On January 6th including his rally at the ellipse. Mr. Trump issued a