states senate today, senate majority leader chuck schumer is going to join us. and rachel, this new information tonight, the new tape of donald trump making a call to georgia to an election official, this one before christmas. so earlier than the one that we already heard is just such stunning additional information about what was clearly an ongoing campaign to try to change the result of that election. and as you point out, he seems to cross the legal line repeatedly in these phone calls. and it also fills in some of the pieces about who was involved in this campaign and what the pattern of corrupting events were. and this may be a racketeering investigation in georgia based on actions and statements from that district attorney s office. but the white house chief of staff really did turn up bodily in person surprised at the audit in georgia when they were auditing the absentee ballots in cobb county. he showed up in person and then the next day he apparently told the presi
day 50 of the biden administration and exactly halfway through his first 100 days in office the president is marking two big accomplishments. today he secured a landmark bill for federal aid, and he announced that over 100 million more covid vaccines will soon be in the pipeline and then in arms across our country. this afternoon congress cleared biden s signature domestic packages, $1.9 trillion national relief package. this bill represents a historic, historic victory for the american people. the bill won final passage in the house of representatives on a straight party line vote, 220-211 with biden looking on from the executive mansion. there we go. [ applause ] the white house says the president plans to sign the legislation on friday. americans should know this aid they re about to get is from the democrats. that is not a political statement at all. only democrats voted for it. not a single republican in the house or the senate. this is the most consequential l
and as you point out, he seems to cross the legal line repeatedly in these phone calls. and it also fills in some of the pieces about who was involved in this campaign and what the pattern of corrupting events were. again, this may be a racketeering investigation in georgia based on actions and statements from the district attorney s office. but the white house chief of staff really did turn up bodily in person, surprise, at the audit in georgia when they were auditing the absentee ballots in cobb county. he showed up in person. then the next day he apparently told the president to call the investigator leading that audit while he told her what answer he wanted and how much she d be praised when she produced that correct answer, which was that he mysteriously won the election. i mean, that s just it s starting to read like an elmore leonard book. and you hear on the phone call something you d otherwise never hear in a phone call with the president of the united states.
president biden is warning that without additional money, the progress against the pandemic could be in jeopardy. congress has to provide the funding america needs to continue to fight covid-19. if we fail on this, we leave ourselves vulnerable if another wave of the virus hits. okay, let s bring in kaitlan collins, lauren fox and our cnn medical analyst. lauren, where is congress on this funding? how much are they willing to give? right now, they re talking about $15.6 billion. the hang up has been how exactly you off set the cost of that huge sum of money. so one of the discussions they are having in majority leader schumer s office with two top republicans, romney as well as richard burr who s the top
director pointing to encouraging data showing people infected with the original omicron strain have some protection against the new subvariant. the president today urging congress to pass covid funding, warning the country could run out of critical tools like monoclonal antibody treatments by may. without funding, we re not going tobe able to sustain the testing capacity beyond the month of june. and if we fail to invest, we leave ourselves vulnerable if another wave of the virus hits. reporter: by fall, the white house warns there would be no money for vaccines. whit, back to those second booster shots. again, the cdc is allowing anyone over the age of 50 to get them, but within that group, they are specifically recommending the shots to those with underlying health conditions and anyone over 65. whit? stephanie, thank you. there are new details tonight about that shocking slap at the oscars. academy officials say will smith was asked to leave, but he refused to go. and tonigh