rising possibility of russian military action at any time. at the same time, president biden is considering moving troops within europe closer to russia s border as well as in the black sea and increasing bomber flights over the region. even as we re building up deterrence, even as we re building up defense for ukraine, we re also engaged in diplomacy and dialogue. that s the preferable path forward for everyone. it s the responsible thing to do, and we ll pursue it as long as we can. at the same time we ll continue to build up the defense and deterrence that is necessary. the optimism, the fight against the omicron variant is growing in the u.s. across the country as the national 7-day average of confirmed cases finally begins to shift downward after a record setting surge. there is still pressure on hospital workers in some western is southern states where omicron cases are at their peak, and vaccination rates are low. our nbc news poll contains bad news for democrats w
they want information as a witness. the daughter of the former president also famously a senior adviser and apparently heard trump and pence talk on that morning of january 6. it s a request for voluntarily cooperation to learn key details of how pence responded to help trump and try to stay in power. investigators noted that his white house lawyers may have concluded the plot to abuse executive power is criminal or illegal. congress knows the attempted coup would fail even had pence joined in. the administration cannot override the election and they do not support that illegal ploy. in fact if you want to do the thought experiment if it came to it the evidence suggests that the u.s. government and the military would back a court s rulings that the transfer of power to then president-elect biden was the lawful outcome. no chicanery from the vice president to change that. there were people in the white house serious about this very plot. trump aide navarro said with plan was t
require a weakening of senate filibuster rules to pass. the president will say, quote, the next few days when these bills come to a vote will mark a turning point in this nation. will we choose democracy over autocracy, light over shadow, justice over injustice? i know where i stand, the president will say, i will not yield. i will not flinch. i will defend your right to vote in our democracy against all enemies foreign and domestic. the president s speech will be notable for who will not be attending as well. stacey abrams, who has been at the forefront of voting rights fight, says she has a scheduling conflict. and that s something that a lot of people have raised an eyebrow at. and a coalition of voting rights groups plans to boycott the event. here s what the founder of black voters matter told us here on new day just moments ago. we would have loved that the president used the presidency as a bully pulpit for the last seven, eight months while we have been fighting