people who worked with bannon in the white house and outside of the white house told me after all this went down that he couldn't be happier. all he wants is attention. they call him a gadfly. so yeah, if attention -- if he gets attention going to jail, that's fine with him. >> yeah. it's probably true. look, i mean, trump called him sloppy steve and within six months he's back trying to do trump's bidding. by the way, that is something that i don't understand about any of this dynamic. how he can unleash on people and yet, they still kind of come crawling back. but with steve bannon yeah, he wants the attention. it's the death of shame. there's no shame in it. he doesn't care if he has a criminal record. he cares if people listen to his podcast. that's what matters to him. podcasts and do i get followers on whatever he is using. so look, but it sent a very serious message, i think, to anybody else that is jeffrey clark, et cetera, thinking of denying the january 6th committee's legitimate ability to get to the bottom of what the american people deserve to know. and i think regardless,

the state has not along's tree of flipping against the party that controls the white house in congress. in comment, president george w. bush, won virginia by eight points, only for democrats tim kaine to win the gubernatorial race by five points. what was seen in the national committee comey to, -- and the disastrous handling of hurricane christina. the most visceral backlash came into thousand, i'd that's after democrats claim thousand 2008 elections including barack obama winning virginia by six points. which stunned a whole lot of observers. and then just a year later, following, year bob mcdonald went on to become governor of virginia defeating his opponent by a whopping 17 points. that's a 23 point swinging points in just one year. and to put it mildly, this was seen as very bad news for democrats. just listen to how nbc opened its nightly news broadcast the day after the election. >> good evening, a year ago, we were talking about a sea change in american politics. tonight we are reporting a small change which could also be anonymous development for the year old obama administrat

two weeks ago, the pentagon, the white house, d.h.s., and the director of national intelligence all echoed this concern that “the climate crisis is reshaping our world”... and that these migrations could trigger “... political instability and conflict.” providing aid to these vulnerable nations will be another main topic in glasgow. the world's major polluters have failed to fully deliver a promised $100 billion yearly fund to help these countries adapt and survive in a warming world. >> build back better. blah, blah, blah. green economy. blah blah blah. net zero by 2050. blah, blah, blah. >> brangham: in the lead-up to glasgow, the global climate movement has continued to press for action, including swedish teenager greta thunberg, who's been excoriating world leaders for unkept promises. >> this is all we hear from our so-called leaders: words. words that sound great but so far have led to no action. >> we have to get strong commitments to reduce emissions by 2030. >> brangham: as negotiators in glasgow hope to forge the safest possible future, those on the front lines continue t

we begin with white house correspondent jacqui heinrich. good evening, jacqui. >> good evening to you, mike. >> president biden touted the hard infrastructure bill as a coming solution to the supply chain crisis. he says he will sign it into law in a bipartisan ceremony on monday. but new data from the labor department is challenging his timeline and suggesting sticker shock won't be going away any time soon. >> i came here to talk about one of the most pressing economic concerns of the american people and it's real. and that is getting prices down, number one. number two, making sure our stores are fully stocked, and, number three, getting a lot of people back to work. >> president biden projecting confidence he can supply chain crisis under control. touting investments in his hard infrastructure bill congress passed last week and agreement to get ports moving. >> announcing steps to improve ports in the east coast to provide support for the port of savanna, fourth largest container port in the country to help reduce congestion. >> new inf

house -- one to the white house lawn, the south lawn. along with the electric ford 150 and the electric jeep wagoneer. masterpieces of modern manufacturing. built by union workers and proof -- and proof that america has what it takes to win the competition in the 21st century. i want to thank lieutenant governor gilchrist who has become a friend as well as i want to thank representative -- where is representative talib? i want to thank her for the passport into the city and your district. thank you. i appreciate very much. i want to thank my secretary of labor marty walsh for joining me here today as well. let me tell you, the infrastructure law i signed on monday would not be possible without the michigan congressional delegation. that's not hyperbole. debbie stabenow, once again, debbie delivered for michigan auto workers. she was the driving force to make sure this all included a national network of electric vehicle charging stations. gary peters, senator peters, instrumental in secure a mere $65 billion for high-speed internet in thi

no longer at the white house. bill, thoughts about her answer and where she is kind of positioned. >> yeah, look. i don't think the vice president has a lot she can point to what she has done she seems to be terrified going to the border. we saw the real border czar the president of mexico not the vice president. i will say for kamala harris. the kamala harris problem is not a kamala harris problem. it's a joe biden problem. they are looking at this, you know, the things that joe biden can count as an achievement, passing his infrastructure bill or the covid -- those are washington achievements. people want to see improvements in their own lives. and i think what they see is not just the president going in the wrong direction, but looking incredibly incompetent. certainly that's what we saw in afghanistan first they dismissed inflation. everybody in the administration telling us not something they should be worried about. they didn't predict it would be here at this level today. i think it's very hard to come up w

. >> and kristen welker, how's the white house spunning the outlook now? they have a tough challenge in the senate but noticed congresswoman jayapal with rachel saying we have pre-conferenced this. only thing that joe manchin did not agree to is family leave and we have hopes for that but congressional people, leadership telling me that whatever they can get they get. this is a deal that the progressives won't not play ball and that they think it is pre-conference and the senate was consulted and with the white house and that this has been precleared. is that too hopeful? >> reporter: look. you have top senators who are telling me as you point out this was all but agreed to and part of why progressives agreed to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill. because there was that agreement essentially to move forward on build back better including in the senate once the cbo score came out and you have joe manchin not responding yesterday directly when asked what his spet is on the cbo numbers and whether that hinder his ability to support this bill. so we'll ha

the white house says vaccine requirements are working. helping bring the number of those unvaccinated who are eligible in the u.s. down to about 60 million. following covid's spread and giving the economy a boost. >> vaccinated workers are going back to work. vaccinated shoppers are going back to stores. >> and they believe they are on firm legal footing. >> we're pretty confident. the administration clearly has the authority to protect workers and actions announced by the president are designed to save lives. and stop spread of covid. >> when it comes to enforcing this rule for a large private business, an official telling cnn the agency making sure businesses comply will have planned inspections of some workplaces and will also rely on complaints from workers to enforce the rule. >> athena jones, thank you. >>> coming up next, the cnn exclusive. why was there so much confusion among capitol police on january 6th. what cnn is learning happened to the intelligence unit just before the insurrection. stay with us. new patients, get started

where the white house wants him to be. despite months of painstaking negotiations to court him behind this bill. now, that is uncertain. what happens to larger bill is uncertain. separately, the infrastructure bill seems more and more likely to become law and potentially within days. that's because the progressives in the house have now indicated that they will not hold that bill hostage and demand that manchin and kyrsten sinema both say that they will support the larger plan. they are saying let joe biden deal with manchin and sinema. and instead, once the negotiations are done over the larger bill, as long as voting -- voted on at the same time as the infrastructure bill, that will be enough for us to say, okay, and green light it. essentially, making -- ensuring that that bill -- $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill -- could become law. at the same time, manchin is getting criticized including from senator bernie sanders of vermont who said to us earlier today, joe manchin's concern about the debt. why not look at the inf

we're ginreat sha.pe >>ep rorter: uiknle the trp um white house, the biden team releinasg a detaedil health mmary. the presenidt's doct or pronouinncg him a alhethy, vigoro 7us8-year-o fldit to successflyul exetecu the duts ie of t pheresidency. biden dearcling it aoo gd day in more ws aythan one. >> ie 'vhad a grt eaphysical and a greahot use of rreepsentatives vote. reporte tr:his morng,in the house fillnay passinhig s sweeping1. $75 trilln iodomestic agenda, clinuding unerivsal pre-k d ana histor iicnvestment ftoight glol bawarming. the build bk acbetter bl ilis sspaed. [ chrsee and appuslae ] >>ep rorter: cerhes in the hous be,ut still l aong way to go. e bill n howeads to e thsenate where paagsse is anyinthg but certain. david, earlier at walrte re,ed presidt enbiden also underwent a lonoscopy. wheas under anthesesia, so far 85in mutes vicpre esidentam kala harrisss aumed predesintial wers, becinomg the first woman in americanis htory to do so. dad?vi stephanie ramos at the white use. thank u.yo > we'reoi gng to turn now to the diane syeawr clexusive, the ory that grippedhi ts c

house documents secret while trump appeals a ruling that -- the ruling, so far, is that these documents are not covered by executive privilege, right? so he is trying to say, well, until this gets all the way through the appeals process, you shouldn't be allowed to have it. now, if the judge does not grant in his favor -- rule in his favor here, you are going to start getting these documents possibly i know as soon as friday, right? so you are going to start getting a lot of information. he succeeds, i don't know how long it could be. it could be a while. it could be months. you got to go through an appeals process. where does this stand? >> it's very favorable the ruling by the judge to say that, you know, in this case, executive privilege does not apply. um, to the former president. um, and it's a case where both -- you know, congress and executive branch agree in the legislative purpose, the intent of this investigation, and the need for these documents. and that is moving forward. but, you know, president trump -- former-president trump, i would say, is, you know, trying to do every

as the former president himself tries to shield his white house records so they won't be handed over to the investigation into the january 6th attack, today we got word there is a heavy hitting new addition to the legal team representing the committee that's carrying out that investigation. mary mccord is the former chief of the national security division at the u.s. justice department. as trump mounts this fight with the investigation to try to stop his white house records from being handed over to them, mary mccord has just joined the legal team for the investigation, for the january 6th investigating committee. and i don't know how the former president feels about that but i would not want to be on the other side of her in a case like this. they're still going for it, though. today in wisconsin, a pro-trump sheriff called for the arrest and for criminal charges to be filed against the whole state election board in wisconsin because they passed rules to help people vote in nursing homes during the pandemic. that's become the new fantasy in wisconsin of how the election must have be

larry, you've heard janet yellen, the white house all say that they're still not convinced they have an inflation problem, it's temporary. how do you respond? >> look, they forecasted inflation would be 2% this year in the president's budget. it's three times that. they said in the summertime after they had been initially wrong that inflation would be back to normal by the end of the year. then they said early in the fall that inflation would subside early next year. now they're saying that it's going to subside in the second half of next year. sooner or later i'm sure it will subside, but my judgment is given the inflation momentum that has built up, that it's going to take some significant policy adjustment or some unfortunate accident that slows the economy before inflation gets back to the 2% range. >> what do you mean when you say a kind of dramatic, significant policy action? are you thinking of something sort of like what paul volcker had to do to break the back of inflation in the early 1980s? >> we're not talking about the kind of interest rates that paul volcker engineered,

they want to lose more house in the house and senate and more in the and perhaps the white house in 2024. we have to work together. big programs have already gone to the wayside. one of which senator sanders will not let go of you have 15 democrats very vulnerable in the promised lower drug prices and something manchin doesn't like and sanders requires and he definitely heads the progressive caucus. >> bret: mark, the president is facing pretty bad poll numbers in recent days. you look at nbc poll his approval stands at 42% approval. disapprove 54%. on the eternals of that poll all kinds of questions where republicans are really up. if the marist poll election confidence better chance of winning 2024, biden at 36%. someone someone else at 44%. here's the president talking about polls this weekend. >> polls have going to up and up and down. look at overrer president. same thing happened. >> that's why i ran. i didn't run to determine how well i'm going to do in the polls. i said that i would make sure that we were in a position where we dealt with climate change, where we moved in a direc

the white house has put out a fact sheet showing the benefits to your state of wyoming. i want to show it to our audience right now. they say $1.8 billion for highways, $225 million for bridge replacement and repairs. $100 million for broadband. $335 million for water infrastructure, and $72 million for airports. why did you vote against a bill that provides so many benefits to your state? >> well, you know, i was one of the original negotiators at the white house with president biden, and ultimately i voted against it because they did use a lot of budget gimmicks and they are adding $256 billion to the debt, and some of the issues in there in terms of energy i think is going to make energy even more expensive, and i think it's going to make the grid less reliable. then of course, the big thing is they handcuffed this infrastructure bill to this big, massive tax and spending bill which every republican is united in our efforts to drive a stake through the heart of this effort which the democrats are pushing because they are so addicted to taxing and spending. >> finally,

the white house has repeatedly made clear they would like to. they think he is not the man for the job. but the way it's structured, it's not the president who appoints that person. it's the post office board of governors who hires and fires. the president puts people on the board of governors but he can't directly do what they do. today, on top of everything else that happened today in the news, today in a surprise move, president biden made the changes to the postal board that apparently are finally going to clear the way to getting rid of that guy. "the washington post" broke the news this afternoon, explaining it in i think the clearest terms. they said, quote, president biden on friday, today, announced plans to nominate two new officials to the u.s. postal service's governing board replacing key allies of louis dejoy. the move was a surprise to postal officials and even to members of congress according to three people with knowledge of the matter. the move casts doubt on louis dejoy's future at the postal service and potentially gives the

for the former trump campaign manager and white house strategist was indicted today by a grand jury in washington d.c.. if you're having a moment of dÉjÀ vu, is not your magic nation, this is actually the second time that steve bannon has been indicted in the last 15 months. the first indictment was a doozy, you may recall steve bannon was arrested at sea by none other than an armed unit of u.s. postal inspectors. who knew the post office had a navy? they gave us such headlines. former trump advisor steve bannon was cruising the connecticut coast on a mega yacht when federal agents charged him thursday morning with embezzling border wall money. if you need a moment to digest that, it's okay. also there is this one. but 152 foot long yacht steve bannon was arrested on is for sale for $28 million. as far as we can, tell the yacht is still for sale, if you have 28 million lying in the couch cushion and you don't mind doing business with people like that, this may be your moment. steve bannon was indicted last year for raising money from unsuspecting trump supporters, ostensibly to fund

peter doocy is at the white house with what the biden team is saying about that today versus what the president said yesterday. but we begin with congressional correspondent chad pergram on capitol hill with where things stand at this minute with the spending legislation. good evening, chad. >> good evening, bret. democrats are stuck one senior democratic leadership aide described this as a, quote, blank show and that's not the term they used. this could mean the house doesn't vote any time soon. house speaker nancy pelosi does not go to the floor and lose. if she had the votes, the speaker would have called the vote. >> do you expect the vote tonight and is it possible that you might just vote on the infrastructure bill considering everybody seems to be bought in and saying it's ready for a vote? >> no. >> what are the big hurdles you have to overcome. >> i will let you know as soon as i wish to. >> the hurdles are the math. pelosi only has a 3 vote margin in the house. moderate democrats demand a final cbo score on how much the bill would actually cost and more time to read it one h

white house physician dr. kevin o'connor, who has been biden's primary care physician for 13 years, noting that biden's quote ambulatory gait is perceptibly stiffer and less fluid than it was a year or so ago. you can see video here of biden walking out to marine one. this week. dr. o'connor also saying he is looking into the president's quote increasing frequency and severity of throat clearing and coughing while he speaks. outfront now, dr. jonathan reiner, who advised the white house medical team under president george w. bush. so, dr. reiner, just to note here, president biden turns 79 tomorrow. he is the oldest person elect today a first term in u.s. presidential history and this is the most extensive detailing of his health that we have gotten in nearly two years. um, what stands out to you? i mean, i'm mentioning, you know, talking about a perceptibly stiffer gait just in the past year. something the doctor seems to notice a pretty sudden change. also, throat clearing. what stands out to you? >> what st

i am sure the speaker of the house is frustrated as people at the white house. jonathan lemire, you have actually people saying oh manchin has not agreed to this or that. he and biden shook hands, he won 1.5. biden says i need two. they shook hands. manchin told cnn, he agreed on the 1.75. he agrees generally with the 1.5. i have said along they have been patient. they get something done and they pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill that's been there to be passed for a long time. they're debating the details now. what's the delay? do democrats just want to lose for the next 20 years? what's the delay? why can't they take yes for an answer? >> we are underscoring the levels of distrusts. we have heard from senator manchin, one of the reframes we heard is that we heard from some progressives in the house who says we need an explicit endorsement from sinema and manchin that they'll back the reconciliation package and in order for us to do an official vote on the infrastructure bill. now we are hearing and white house age is growing confidence. we heard from congre

at the white house another weeks bringing a lot of bad news for joe biden. a new cbs news poll shows joe again under water. 56% disapproval rate. they disapprove of the way biden is handling every issue in this country. last week quinnipiac had joe biden at a meager 36% approval. biden didn't know or care. according to jen psaki biden intends to run for reelection this 2024. doesn't look strong enough to make it through the next 3 years. joe biden is everything we have been telling you he is since the election. since before the election. a weak, frail, cognitive mess whose incompetence and radicalism are destroying the country. here is former arkansas governor mike huckabee and former white press secretary. ari fleischer. the white house wants to blame kamala harris more than joe. they are both awful. their policies are awful. unless they change and adopt trump's policies i don't see them fixing any of the problems they are causeing. >> no, they are not going to change. they are dead set on running down an aggressive agenda. in biden governed as a moderate j

and the gobbler named peanut butter and jelly were pardoned by president biden at that time white house today. they'll live out their days at a farm in purdue university in indiana. still to come on "the newshour," how today to get boosters for everyone 18 years and older as covid cases continue to rise in the u.s. and the challenges that wrongly convicted people struggle with. and we weigh in on the house passing the build back better bill. plus, much more. announcer: this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and from the walter cronkite school of journalism. judy: as we reported, house democrats are heading into the holiday with a victory after passing the build back better bill. lisa desjardins in what's in the sweeping legislation. >> on this vote, the yays are 220. the nays are 213 the build back better bill is passed. >> for house democrats loud cheers at the end of a long road as this morn morning they passed president bind's build back better act. it covers a host of issues, combating climate change, providing universe al pre-school, expanding government healthcar

fox news radio and jeff mason washington correspondent for reuters at the white house. guy, let me start with you, by the way you are in studio here which is a new element. >> very exciting. i forgot what this felt like. >> bret: welcome back. baby steps. we are going to get one panelist at a time. >> i'm delighted to be here. what a treat. >> bret: when you look at the poll numbers and see where the president is, what do you take from 30,000 feet? >> the president is extremely unpopular. i mean, to be in the 30's with 21 points under water at this stage in your presidency, that's not a great place to be. and that final number that you flashed up on the screen about sort of enthusiasm about another biden term or another biden run is obviously not great news for him, but let's just say a lot of the these people say nothing we are not into round two of joe biden a lot of them are actually democrats who are not terribly excited about the prospect of nominating him for a second time. so then you start to wonder okay, who would be waiting in the wings potentially who is the

the white house has said this is a transitory problem, but is it more fundamental? is this going to stick around? >> well, martha, from your excellent reporting, we saw with those families, it's everything. it's food, it's gasoline, this 30-year high, so for them, it feels fundamental. it feels basic because it is. in speaking with an economist, he does say that in the next 12 months, that pricing pressures should begin to come down. the logic being that some of these supply chain issues, some that we have been hit so hard with, that is going to mitigate, and that is going to take down some of the pricing pressure, and in the near-term for the next six months, let's face it. we are all going to pay more for everything. rent, food, gasoline, the next six months is belt-tightening and it's a difficult time of year for a lot of people who would like to enjoy the holidays with their families. >> and diane, i know that the pandemic takes a lot of the blame here, but how did it really get so bad? supply chain obviously, but how did it get to this point where that package

i worked in that white house for four years. we never even heard of such a thing, there wasn't a supply chain crisis, there was no inflation. at this point in trump's presidency, sarah how band i were working on a jobs cut -- a tax cut and jobs act, working on deregulation, working on energy independence, president trump was figuring out a way to stimulate the economy and lift up the job creators, job holders, and job seekers. now they are all in dire straits. >> sean: i will take low energy prices, secure borders, and not abandoning americans and if you mean tweets that would send the media mob into a tizzy over the incompetence and stupidity and absolute abject failure of this administration right now because americans really are suffering. governor, thank you, kelly young, thank you. we turn to get another crisis again caused by joe biden. let's look a little more deeply into the energy crisis. last january when joe took office, gas prices were out of -- record lows. america was a net exporter of oil and gas. in other words,

he would come to the white house trying to get goodies. he didn't do too well. >> sean: you have my first pick to the supreme court neal. one thing that defined your presidency you never got credit for. you said you would pick from a list of people and you would end regulation and you did. you said you would cut tax us and you did. you said you would build the wall and you found a way. the stay in mexico policy and stopped catch and release which was brought back. you got fair trade dealsine with china and get us out of long conflicts. there are not many politicians who mean what they say and follow-through on campaign promises. >> i got a lot of credit -- we ended up with 3 great new supreme court justices and 300 federal judges. that's a changing of the whole system. close to the 30% of the federal judges in the country. changed. you look at what we did with mexico and canada the trade deals. the great trade deal for the farmers with china and manufacturers. that's when i said it's too expensive to deal with them after the covid or the c

the white house, i have reached out. i have not heard back for what they're going to say about that moment caught on camera, but that's one of those things that will certainly be captured, criticized by some and noticed by others, it is one of those things whenever you're in public those moments are seen and scrutinized. regardless of all of the circumstances and the reasoning behind it, the president has certainly -- he flew this morning from italy to scotland and has a busy schedule. so we're following the substance of what's happening here as well. the president urging leaders to get on board with action, especially those countries that have not taken official steps. the president also hoping that his domestic agenda back home, which has more than a half trillion dollars of climate related spending will be codified soon by congress as he urges leaders to step up as well. >> and kelly o., just want to note i remember back in the day when ronald reagan with the cameras rolling and a very, very busy schedule going from c

okay, so then the white house puts out a readout about the meeting and it says this. on taiwan president biden underscored that the president remains committed to the one china policy. united states strongly opposes unilateral efforts to change the status quo or undermine peace and security across the taiwan strait. that's definitely what he said. china's readout on this question bearing on enchina's sovereignty and territorial integrity there is no room for compromise president biden admitted committed ited to the one china president and does not support taiwan independence. they have had a clean up on aisle 4 on u.s. policy on taiwan. what do we make of it. >> well, i don't know who to make of it except that the president talks all over himself at times. what was actually said we'll have to actually find out. i think a lot of people are concerned that they talked for three and a half hours and beyond that didn't really seem to say much. i mean, americans are concerned about human rights, about intellectual property, about the hypersonic missile and most especially a

. >> alfonsi: ...a far cry from the revolutionary president carter invited to the white house in 1979. ortega's sandanista guerillas were credited with bringing down the somoza family dictatorship in nicaragua. later, they fought off the u.s.-sponsored contras. >> ortega: la revolucion nicaraguuÜense. >> alfonsi: ...sat down with our mike wallace. >> ortega: muy generoso. >> alfonsi: ortega was voted out of office in 1990, but returned to power in 2006, promising to fight corruption. instead, he tightened his grip on the country-- first, changing the constitution so he could serve more terms, then making his wife, rosario murillo, an eccentric, new-age poet, his vice president. their children also hold key positions in nicaragua. eight of the couple's nine children were made presidential advisors. they oversee a lucrative oil distribution business, and most of the country's tv channels. but even as the ortega family's wealth has exploded, nicaragua remains the second-poorest country in the western hemisphere. ( horns blowing ) in 2018, nicaraguans revolted. thousands took to the stre

there are obvious tensions between vp and the biden white house. many people have reported that. tensions on both sides. does the backlash suggest to you that any criticism of kamala harris is vulnerable to being dismissed as mere racism or sexism? >> no. let's be very clear, i do think sex and race play here. to super's point, she's the first woman, black woman in this role. but with that being said, there are fair criticisms to point at the vice president. for me, as somebody from jamaican descent, i have a problem with how this white house has handled haiti. a lot of that is on her watch. i do think there are some tactical errors being made by her team. i'm not sure i'm going to put her on good morning america as her first interview. maybe it would have been better to have her in person with the reporter. but i do think that there are some mistakes, and i think the vice president's office realizes that. we saw this week that they have dismissed their communications director. there seems to be more shaking and rumbling in the office because they understand they do have a storyt

chevrolet. >>> white house adviser steve bannon appeared in court. he pled not guilty today, judge accepted his plea. trial date is yet to be set. the january 6th investigation continues to be the focus of so much of what's going on in terms of congress and its oversight responsibilities, but the other big select committee investigating a massive thing in american public policy is the committee that's looking at the trump administration's disastrous response to covid which potentially cost hundreds of thousands of american lives. the committee today subpoenaed top trump white house adviser peter navarro. the subpoena came after the committee had requested documents and information from him in september. they accompanied that request by releasing e-mails showing how integral navarro was in the early trump white house response to the pandemic including taking advice from a fringe outside adviser. they also released emails showing navarro inexplicably pushing the use of hydroxychloroquine. he publicly denounced anthony fauci as evil. he wrote an op-ed i

secretary, of a white house lawyer. and i'm reminded of the mueller investigation because during that time, according to mueller, the president said to don mcgahn, why are you taking notes? i hate lawyers who take notes. lawyers don't take notes. my lawyers never took notes. well, in fact, his lawyers did take notes, and those are the things that are going to be really revealing about the president's state of mind, what he was directing people to do at the time. >> he's amazing. someone like michael cohen may say, okay, i didn't take notes but i recorded it. professor tribe, if the judge rules against trump, this could be a pivotal moment. what is the authority of a former president? what is the authority of the house's right to investigate? what is the historic precedence that this ruling could have? >> it could make absolutely clear, as many of us have argued all along, that it is the current president who has to weigh the importance of confidentiality and advice to the president against public need to know. it is als

first white house correspondent kaitlan collins joins me from edinburgh, scotland. this is a pivotal moment for joe biden on the world stage. it doesn't escape the notice of his counterparts that whatever biden is saying, he has still not been able to get democrats on board to actually pass legislation to accomplish his climate goals. >> yeah, jake, and the president seemed to get at that bluntly today in his remarks to the world leaders on the first day of this summit, acknowledging where the united states' standing on this issue has been over the last several years. a cleese reference to the policies of his predecessor. now on day one when he's trying to convince these other world leaders the united states is headed in the right direction we're seeing this key moderate senator, and senator joe manchin who has been at the center of these negotiations, potentially talk about delaying a timeline, of course, for advancing what the president says is a critical part of his agenda. president biden issuing an urgent call for action. >> we meet with the eyes of history upo

, trump's daily schedule, white house visitor log, and call records. trump's lawyer justin clark arguing the requests are overly broad and failure to block them would open up the door for the partisanship of document requests and blowing a hole in executive privilege that should concern everybody. wh whoil the judge asked clark to dial down the rhetoric a bit she challenged lawyers on the house committee on the breadth of documents requested saying some of these requests seem very narrowly tailored but some are alarmingly broad. and there has to be some limit. the national archives says it intends to hand over the trump documents next friday unless the judge blocks them which she did not appear willing to do. this is such an historic case with implications for future presidents it is likely whatever decision the judge makes will be appealed. we also learned today that the committee has interviewed over 150 people so far in its investigation. >> thank you so much. let's talk to somebody who knows a little bit about executive privilege, john dean, white

in part because the white house is really felt the pressure on this. they wanted to not erwin, maybe before the virginia governor's race. we know that is gonna last for democrats. but really there is a continued push, here, and we're going to continue to see this gain pressure from progressives, who can't afford to lose momentum that they have here. they have now lost their leverage, because they voted on the bipartisan infrastructure bill, this is now all about the social spending package. when they were working those two bills together, progressives had a lot of leverage there. now though, it's all about the personalities they've been focused on in washington, joe manchin, kyrsten sinema, we know activists of that continue to follow them. even though they haven't been here on the hill for a day or so. but this pressure is only going to continue. recess week is good for them. but they are probably going to use this time to do, frankly, is go home and sell it to their districts. because the right now the message has been process, processed, process. yo

obviously, it was a tough transition going from being at the white house where they play "hail to the chief" when you walk in the room. so, he has tried to re-create it. >> and the -- the republicans -- the fact that they are all defending gosar. were you surprised that only two would censure him? >> well, i think that dana got -- as she often does -- at exactly what that was about and that's the fact that they were -- they were going to strip the committee assignments. and i would have loved to have seen a vote that didn't strip the committee assignments just to see how many -- how many republicans would refuse to actually simply condemn his words. because this was condemn, but also take away his committee assignments. it is striking that it's just liz cheney and adam kinzinger. just those that were willing to stand against the republican leadership and serve on the january 6th committee. >> but in all the reporting you did for the book, privately, do republicans on the hill -- i mean, do any of them express embarrassment, shame, concern about the future of the party? >> oh, yes. oh,

let's go to john dean, former nixon white house counsel. john, it's really interesting what evan is laying out, right, their -- the argument that the trump lawyers are making about not handing over this information, right, is that congress will increasingly, inevitably, use this new weapon to perpetually harass its new rival. don't do it, because when the shoe is on the other foot, it will happen to you. right? it's the most compelling argument they can make, yet as everyone points out, this is extraordinary. does their argument have any grounds to hold up, do you think? >> evan is correct that they have reframed it by stomping their feet a little bit louder and verbally, if you will,inate brief. but it really is the same old brief they just lost on at the lower court. by a very well-reasoned opinion by a very good judge who had a lot of amicus brief to draw on as well and some very sophisticated lawyers being the friends of the court in this case. so, it is not a new brief and it's really not a new argument. trump's lawyers are just saying

more lies from the biden white house around the spending package. you will not believe what kamala harris said today. we have former congresswoman tulsi gabbard straight ahead. ♪ ♪ the worst genocide in human history also destroyed the lives of thousands of jewish survivors still suffering today. god calls on people who believe in him to act on his word. "comfort ye, comfort my people." especially during this holiday season of hanukkah. when i come here and i sit with lilia i realize what she needs right now is food. these elderly jews are weak and they're sick. they're living on $2 a day this now, is how god's children are living. take this time to send a survival food box to these forgotten jews. the international fellowship of christians and jews urgently need your gift of $25 now to help provide one survival food box with all of the essentials they critically need for their diet for one month. your special holiday gift will provide everything they need to celebrate the miracle of hanukkah. this is the first time in over 70 years that she has

he was not a white house -- on the white house payroll at the time. it's going to ultimately -- mr. garland has -- has a big say here in terms of how this thing proceeds. >> yeah. some people have communicated through attorneys, haven't necessarily shown up yet and there is some question whether it's a delaying tactic but yes, there is communication. >> at least there is communication. >> right. >> there's, you know, the process -- the wheel, i think, is -- is moving forward. i hope. >> what do you -- the -- i want to ask you something separate but not entirely unrelated. you were one of 13 house republicans who voted for the bipartisan infrastructure bill. in the wake of that vote, you have been receiving, i understand, some disturbing phone calls. um, i want to play one that your office provided to us and i just want to play this for our viewers to give them a sense of what you are getting. >> [ bleep ] traitor. that's what you are. you're a [ bleep ] traitor. i hope you die. i hope everybody in your [ bleep ] family dies. you [ bleep ] piece of [ bleep ] trash mother [ bleep ]. v

. >> wallace-hadrill: these members of the court, it's-- you know, it's like staffers in the white house. it's like all those leaky people in buckingham palace. what are these stories worth? how can you pin them down? ( church bells ) >> cooper: archeology can help pin down the past, but in a city full of amazing ruins, not much directly linked to caligula had been discovered-- that is, until 2006. ( construction ) when a pension fund for italian doctors called enpam started digging an underground parking garage for its new office building in the esquilino neighborhood of rome. in ancient times, this was one of a number of tranquil garden estates located about ten minutes by carriage from the bustling roman forum. these re-creations from rome's superintendent of antiquities give some sense of the sprawling grounds and buildings enjoyed by emperors and their guests about four centuries. it took archeologists nine years to carefully recover more than a million pieces of the past, while an underground parking garage and modern building was built around them. ( excavation ) everything found

look at the statements released from the white house by the rittenhouse verdict. it's difficult to say something meaningful and at the same time not set yourself up for fire from the other side. you know, i mean, it's really open to them. you asked about public safety earlier. let's stop and think here. i would have loved to hear more from her because i think she has a message to deliver that only a prosecutor who is a person of color could deliver. and then it's, folks, let's be reasonable about keeping each other safe. i think she can say, i respect the jury's verdict, but we have a long way to go. i have heard several statements from officials celebrating the loss of life. elected officials should never do that regardless of how they feel about the victim. >> kristen, kamala harris is a favorite of the right to beat up on. i think there are some that think maybe that enthusiasm on the right is what makes her more cautious. what makes her more of a magnet to attack than president biden? is it just race? >> i think -- take a look at the portfolio she's been hande

. >>> and late-breaking tonight, white house press secretary jen psaki testing positive for covid. the details just coming in. >>> the other major developing nightmare at major airports. american airlines grounding more than 1,800 flights since friday. thousands of passengers stranded. what we're learning tonight. >>> also tonight, the challenges facing the vaccine roll-out for children. the new reporting on preparations for those smaller pfizer doses, when the first shots could be administered. phil lipof seeing how this hospital is gettin ready firsthand. >>> plus how the vaccine battle is heating up nationwide. firehouses left short-staffed. what's next in the showdown? >>> the final sprint in the virginia governor's race, a major test for democrats ahead of the midterm elections. the race now neck and neck in a state president biden won by ten points. >>> the deadly shooting on the set of the movie "rust." cinematographer halyna hutchins laid to rest tonight, and alec baldwin speaking out on camera for the first time. >>> and tonight the terrifying attack on a metro train, more

now the chief science officer for the white house's covid-19 response. dr. kessler always an honor to have time with you. particularly tonight on a night when so many americans have basic questions about this new variant. >> fire away, rachel. i'm ready the answer all your questions. >> all right, thank you. let me ask you the first question i canned. we have had it described to us, this new variant, as having a very large number of mutations, a large number of mutations specifically effecting the spike protein, which has been a real target for the development of our vaccines. can you tell us why a large number of mutations is worrying and why that's bad, why the spike protein mutations might be worying or bad? >> we have some experience with some of these mutations because we've seen some of those mutations in other variants, and those mutations can affect transmissibility and they can affect how well our vaccines work. look, there is a lot we still need to learn. we need to learn about transmissibility against delta, the severity, how well the vaccines and

jeff zeleny is outfront live outside the white house. so, jeff, you know, i saw your questioning there of the press secretary, jen psaki. why did the president make this announcement today? does he truly believe that it will work in any meaning wafl? >> erin, the white house has been talk about this as you said really for a few weeks but the announcement was done today we are told because it was that coordination with five other countries trying to make a global announcement. shining a global light on this. and no coincidence, it's also right before the thanksgiving holiday. so the white house is definitely trying to show americans that they are on this problem. now, gas prices are not something that the president alone controls. of course. but they are a president's headache, regardless of which president is in office. and for president biden now, this is a central headache. with inflation certainly worrying this white house more than anything else we have really seen but the timing today was done to get this started. and energy secreta

kaitlan collins is out front live at the white house tonight. i want to start, though, with manu raju, who is on capitol hill with all these breaks developments and, manu, this story is literally changing by the minute. both bills going to be voted on. then, all the sudden, jayapal is hard no. where do things stand now? >> yeah, after a standoff earlier today with moderates who are hold ug up that larger $1.9 trillion bill, now there is a standoff with the progressives who are holding up that separate $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. but the pressure is on. the president and the speaker are trying to urge the progressives not to hold up that bipartisan infrastructure bill. and vote yes, send it to his desk tonight. now, we are learning that joe biden has called into a meeting with the progressive caucus and put his -- he was on speaker phone. urging them to get behind this. now, i also was told that biden spoke directly with pramila jayapal, the leader of the congressional progressive caucus but she will continue to vote no and at that same me

these guys get in and take control of the house, the senate and the white house and reverse all the things that make sense and today we are a country that is in producing energy domestically but is making all other countries around the world to produce oil even while we don't produce our own. this is crazy. if i described this to anybody two years ago they would say that is never going to happen. the other guys aren't that crazy. yes, they are. >> sean: no, they really are that crazy. i mean, but the sad part is the damage they are doing is also real. senator, one year from now you will be up for reelection and when you look at this senate map, there will be one bellwether state for republicans after another and that is an important race. we will be following and supporting her candidacy down in florida. thank you for being with us. straight ahead following a republican sweep in virginia, lieutenant governor-elect, winsome series is quickly becoming a rising g.o.p. star. she will join us for an exclusive intern dominic interview next. this isn't just freight. these aren't just shipments. t

former white house chief of staff mark meadows for one. earlier today, he defied an ultimatum to appear. later today after bannon's indictment, the committee threatened him with the same. it would be tempting to say this may now be a different ball game, but of course it's not a game at all. as a reminder, there was new audio that came to light today of the former president. he is talking to abc's jonathan karl, defending the capitol mob who chanted "hang mike pence." here is the former president talking about his vice president who, as a reminder, was rushed by the secret service out of the house chamber when the mob attacked. >> were you worried about him during that -- that siege? were you worried about his safety? >> no, i thought he was well protected and i -- i had heard that he was in good shape. no. because i had heard he was in very good shape. but -- but -- >> you heard those chants. that was terrible. i mean, you know, the -- >> he could have -- well, the people were very angry. >> they said hang mike pence. >> because it's comm

>> shannon: peter doocy at the white house. peter. let's bring in george washington university law photographer jonathan turley along with former u.s. attorney and deputy assistant attorney general welcome to the show. gentlemen, good to see you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> shannon: i want to read something that comes from joyce beatty of ohio. she says it is unconscionable our justice swoom allow an armed vigilante go free. the ludicrous claim of self-defense is on par with the abhorrent behavior on display by the prosecution and the judge. it is time for accountability. professor, your reaction? >> you know, this is the type of overheated rhetoric that tends to fuel the rage in our society. i mean, we are a country addicted to rage. i mean, it doesn't matter that this jury spent over three days looking at the evidence. dispassionately and coming to a conclusion that i think is the correct one. you don't have to agree with what kyle rittenhouse did. most of you was do not. but there was reasonable doubt as to the elements und

>> reporter: they are optimistic, and it's not just the white house. we are hearing finally some pretty serious optimism from capitol hill. democrats are looking over this legislation, and the president doesn't have this in hand and ready to sign, but house leaders, and democrats on the hill are signaling they could be looking, george, at a vote potentially as soon as tuesday, but the reality is president biden is here right now on this high stakes european summit without that bill signed. that is not what the white house wanted. >> cecilia vega, thanks very much. let's get more on this now from transportation secretary pete buttigieg. secretary buttigieg, thanks for joining us this morning. let's pick up where cecilia just left off. we know that speaker pelosi is hoping for a vote on tuesday. are you confident you have the votes? >> we're very optimistic. the president put forward this framework because he believes that it will pass the house and the senate, and can get to his desk, and as soon as it does, it's going to make such a difference in the l

what does the white house... >> sean: that chart says it all, doesn't it? hardworking americans, the poor, the middle class, being impacted. going backwards, by the way. they are being impacted the most, and we are going to get chad pergram in just a minute, but look at that chart, because of biden's plans on the economy, wanting higher taxes, his gas policies, energy policies, leaving energy independence behind, open borders, abandoning americans abroad, it's unbelievable. the first three days, by the way, of the liberation as we move on to the verdict in the kyle rittenhouse trial is in the books. the city of kenosha tonight again remains on edge. they have protesters on both sides of the case gathering in front of the county courthouse. sara carter, she is on the ground as she has been every night in kenosha, with the very latest. sara, what is going on tonight? things get a little louder with each passing day. >> yeah, it sure seems that way, sean, and the tensions remain high here in kenosha. we know yesterday we saw the arrest of several people as pro