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television which is what you re watching. if you ve never watched the podcast and you watch the show this is a taste. we re going to share two conversations i ve had with two people who have been on if the forefront of what i think in some ways the most important story of 2021 which is american democracy on the knife s edge. of course the year 2021 begins with the first ever insurrection. the second time in american history we had sustained violence around the transfer of power, the first being fort sumpter, the second being january 6th. the aftermath of the insurrection, the attempts by the republican party to put into place means of stopping future peaceful transfers of power and democratic accountability and the onrush towards a future and one of the parties has become essentially anti-democratic in a profound way. that s the big story of 2021. so in this episode tonight two people who have been really at the forefront of identifying, warning and then fighting agains ....
good evening, everyone. i m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. out front tonight we have break news. a former minnesota police officer, kim potter, is behind bars. found guilty of first and second-degree manslaughter in the death of daunte wright. the jury determining that she committed a reckless and criminal act when she mistook her gun for her taser while trying to take wright into custody in april. they came to that decision after more than 27 hours of deliberation over four days, an excruciating wait for the family of daunte wright. every single emotion that you could imagine just running through your body at that moment. i kind of let out a yelp because it was built up in the anticipation of what was to come while we were waiting for the last few days. and now we ve been able to process it. that is daunte wright s mother, and she s joining us in a moment. but first, adrienne broadus is out front for us in minneapolis. what has the scene been outside the courtho ....
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are benjamin butterworth, late editor & senior reporter at the i paper, and harriet line, chief political correspondent for the daily mail. thank you both bear trying to look so festive while working. it s really appreciated. thank you for that. let me bring you up to date at home at the front pages of the newspaper so far. i hope you are festively attired as he watch this tonight. the financial times leads on new data from the health security agency, which estimates that people with the new omicron variant of coronavirus are between 50 to 70% less likely to be admitted to hospital than people with other strains. the new findings mean that new year s eve restrictions are increasingly unlikely, government sources have told the telegraph. although doctors are still warning people to keep their christmases small, as a large wave of infections may still overwhelm the nhs, accord ....
i am yasmin vossoughian coming to you live from msnbc world headquarters. wow, wow, wow, what a day. bombshell from senator joe manchin, announcing hours ago he s an n-o. a no on the build back better. we all knew senator manchin couldn t be trusted, you know, the excuses he just made i think are complete [ bleep ]. let me be clear, there are six of us who had been saying this all along, representative ocasio-cortez, and representative talib and representative bowman and omar and myself, we have been saying this for weeks that this would happen. i hope we will bring a strong bill to the floor of the senate as soon as we can, and let mr. manchin explain to the people of west virginia why he doesn t have the guts to stand up to powerful special interests. put the bill up and let him stand before the american people and tell them that he does not support childcare, and climate change and housing systems for those who need safe and secure housing. all i want for c ....
free. what role did the u.s. play in this. it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that s keeping a close eye on the fast-moving developments involving covid. please, everyone, stay safe this weekend. i m jonathan lemire on this friday, december 17th. we ll start with the news. president biden says it could take weeks to approve his plan. according to a statement from the president, talks between the white house and senator joe manchin will continue next week. the statement reads in part this. we will, we must get build back better passed, even in the face of republican opposition. at the same time, we must also press forward on voting rights legislation and make progress on this as quickly as possible. democrats also lost their fight to have work permits for undocumented immigrants included in the bill. this is the third time the provision was rejected. senator dick durbin said the senate parliamentarian offered the same ....