>> well, jake, it's certainly unfortunate timing for the white house. that's precisely the argument the president is trying to make here today. he was apologizing for steps that president trump took at the time he was in office when it came to withdrawing the u.s. from the paris climate accords and he was trying to make the argument the sus back at the table. they are going to lead when it comes to climate change. now they've gotten this statement from senator manchin saying, he's not ready yet to fully support president biden's agenda here. and the white house responded pretty quickly with jen psaki putting out a statement saying that senator manchin says he's prepared to support a plan that combats inflation, is fiscally responsible and will create jobs. 17 nobel prize-winning economists say this plan will reduce inflation and, jake, they say as a result we remain confident the plan will gain senator manchin's support. of course, the key phrase there is will gain. that means the white house realizes senator manchin has not yet expressed his support be

meanwhile, the white house, the current white house, president biden's white house said today that mark meadows does not have a legitimate claim to privilege and he should go ahead. so look, i think if you see bannon charged i think you will probably see meadows charged. i wouldn't assume that silence from the doj means nothing is happening. but i think again, until that happens you're going to see people doing things like this. >> jeff, what do you make of the silence from the department of justice on bannon? >> i find it baffling and it looks like dithering to me, frankly. this is a reasonable legally complicated question about whether this should be a criminal contempt case. but it's been almost a month now. it's been more than a month that it's been clear that this issue was coming down the line. they have a lot of smart lawyers at the justice department. the idea that it takes them this long is really pretty shocking to me and it is having a real material impact, as maggie points out. all of these witnesses are yanking the chain of the judiciary -- of the january 6th committee beca

we're following that breaking news from the white house. president biden addressing the nation this hour after a second meeting with his covid response team in just two days. highlighting the urgency the administration is feeling to learn everything they can about the concerning new coronavirus variant omicron with confirmed cases already at our northern aborter in ontario, canada. there are still a number of things we don't know about this variant with the white house releasing a statement sunday saying dr. fauci believes it will take up to two weeks to get answers on omicron's transmissibility, severity and other characteristics. the big question for nearly 200 million fully vaccinated americans, will their vaccine hold up against this new strain. fauci this morning urging eligible americans to not let fears over omicron's impact stop them from getting their booster shots. >> i would strongly suggest you get boosted now and not wait for the next iteration of it, which we might not even need, we're preparing -- the pharmaceutical companies

phil, one of the arguments that you just heard from paula reid, the white house, the biden white house argument is an argument based on planet earth where this january 6th insurrection was an extraordinary, horrific thing. but as we know, there are a number of republicans in the house of representatives who do not currently reside on planet earth. they live on this trump world where the insurrection was on election day and there was all this election fraud. all these things that are not true. so the biden people can say, well, this is just extraordinary circumstances and future congresses, future majorities in congress will respect that. i don't know what world they think those people live on, though. >> yeah, well, obviously it's a world in which the full weight of the government, you know, levying criminal charges against someone is seen as preferable to donald trump as we're seeing in the case of steve bannon. trump's gig all along has been deny, deny d, deny, don't compl. that was from day one, that was the approach he took here. and that's what he's clearly demanding of people who

as white house press secretary, you made multiple public statements from the white house in elsewhere in reported fraud in the november 2020 election, the individuals that attacked the capitol echoed on january, six you are with trump -- and popped in and out to join mr. trump as he watched the attack on the u.s. capitol later that afternoon. the chairman of the january six committee, that just issued those subpoenas, benny thompson in mississippi, joins me now. congressman. says a large group of folks just in the last few, days it seems to represent, an investigation that is both moving quite quickly and expanding. to sort of take down the totality on the run up to january six. how would you characterize where you are in your investigation? >> first of all, thanks for having me chris, what i would tell you is we are in the midst of following the facts and circumstances, that got us to january six. the 16 individuals we have subpoenaed, this week, have knowledge as to what occurred before january six, as well as what occurred on january six. a lot of it is in the public domain. some o

you see in the white house do that this week a little bit. you see them talk about the immediacy and the urgency for their agenda getting past. if it passes, and 2022 you'll see childcare costs come down by eczema and prescription drug prices coming down for seniors by x amount. at least that starts to bring the conversation to the kitchen table that doug was just talking about. that's what this president does very well and he needs to get back to doing after couple of months where washington was just talking about a big pile of money. chris: i'm not sure that i agree because it seems whether the spending a huge amount of money or immigration or crime or what goes on in schools that there is an increase in perception out there and we certainly saw it play out in virginia and new jersey that democrats and president biden have moved to the left. first of all do you think that's legitimate and they feel that and secondly, do you take that advice and take them back to the center. >> i think this is a huge link space ahead of joe biden, questions

>> get those members of the white house out there. there are so many different messengers in that white house. i mean so many smart communicators. they are so many people in that white house who should be out there. put mayor pete on fox news. get them out there. explain what they are doing. show the legislating they're doing. >> thanks to both of you, it is a pleasure to have you both on tonight. molly john fast and eugene robinson. thanks to both of you. that's tonight's last word, don't forget to watch my show velshi saturday and sunday from eight to 10 am eastern. the 11th hour, with brian williams starts now. williams starts now. well good evening once again day 314 of the biden administration, as our country braces for yet another new variant in the nearly two year old pandemic. now the stutter for disease control is strengthening its recommendations for boosters, now saying, all adults. they should get a booster shot, period. more on that just ahead. more on -- also this evening, this week that will bring us to december, will b

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

phil mattingly at the white house, thanks so much. biden's headache is a downright migraine for millions of americans especially in the heartland where heating bills could double this year. cnn's in des moines, iowa. what are iowans telling you about how the rising prices have impacted their daily lives? >> reporter: the number one issue we are hearing from iowans is this rising energy crisis they are facing to heat their homes. one gentleman told us instead of turning the furnace on these last couple nights as it has been chillier here he's actually decided to just light the fireplace, put more blankets on and more clothes during the day. and rising food costs. we ran into a gentleman at the supermarket who said he was there to just simply peruse the aisles but when he realized the cost of bacon was up 20% in the last year he grabbed it in bulk and is putting it in the freezer to save it couple and save a couple cents on the dollar. here is how he described the rising costs across the board. >> we're all hard working, middle class fo

steve bannon did not work in the white house. yet he is claiming privilege. these people will certainly try and claim that which is why they are sort of waiting on what merrick garland decides to do at doj. . >> in that clip we saw kayleigh mcenany lying to the american people. it's not a crime to lie to the american people. if it were she would have been charged on the first day as press secretary. what do you think the committee is looking for here. what do they want to know? it's not just did the president tell you to go out there and lie to the american people because, of course he did. >> well, they are looking to see what steps were taken within government that led to the january 6th insurrection. of course over 500 of the insurrectionists have been paying the price one way or the other. the criminal justice system, but no one has been charged with who funded it. how well organized was it and who was in on it. these could lead to charges of conspiracy, rico charges, obstruction of congress and also questions on whether donald trump incited an insurrecti

. , >> hydrogen will be joined by white house chief of staff in a moment. we're also be joined later in the hour by pramila jayapal. and we now know that when congresswoman jayapal appears on the rachel maddow show, joe biden watches. he watches, and he calls her. and tells her how great she was, talking to rachel. that has now been reported, that's one of the phone calls she has gotten from president biden. >> that's very unsettling. i mean, i don't, that makes me feel self conscious. >> yeah, he's watching. >> yeah, i have to bleach my brain and forget this ever happened. and never think of this. again >> president, of the united states, is watching. he stopped watching now because it's 10 pm, but he was no way tonight, he's busy with the china summit tonight. so don't be offended if he misses some of your show tonight. >> you are trying to undo me lawrence o'donnell. you know how to do it. you have figured it out and now you are putting it into action. >> whatever you do rachel, don't think about it. okay. just don't. when chris say is says, good evening

white house chief of staff ron klain will join us. first, right to kaitlan collins who is live in baltimore with president biden. as much as the president is trying to sell his infrastructure bill, he's also urging congress to pass his social safety net bill, the build back better act. how is he threading this needle amid news that americans are seeing the worst inflation in 30 years? >> a big question facing the white house is whether or not these new inflation numbers that came out today are going to complicate the president's path to getting that larger bill passed. key democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia talking about this saying this is a problem and d.c. needs to focus on for the american people. and president biden came out and one of the first things he talked about were those high numbers that came out. showing that over the last 12 months, consumer prices have jumped by 6%. in the last month alone, 0.9%. of course, that's affecting things for americans from everything to buying gas to buying eggs and bacon at the

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

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house and the white house promptly called you and said sick the fbi on parents at school board hearings. >> i did not speak with anyone from the white house while i worked on this memorandum. this memorandum reflects my views that we need to protect public officials violence and threats of violence while at the same time protecting parents' ability to object to. >> i get that i have heard your testimony. >> i decided on this memorandum on my own. >> bret: as more time goes on, kimberley, we are getting more and more bits of information that not only the school board association but the white house and the doj, some interaction there in email exchanges and other things. >> yeah. well, it sounds as though, too the white house is acknowledging that it did give a heads up to the doj even though it didn't tell them what to do. i mean, you can take that for what you will. usually when you get a call from the white house people's ears perk up and they feel they need to move. there is a lot more to come out from this, but it certainly looks bad as though there was a lot of coordination and that

the white house right now, we know we talk to the white house aides, the president is in the residence on the phone all day, he was supposed to head to roe v. wade his home in delaware today, it's not clear whether he'll travel there tomorrow or not. he and the vice president are both lobbying members to try to get this across the finish line, as ali noted, it looked like with some help from the republicans still get there. the white house has long said that, the longer we go on the reconciliation part of it, it is going to change quite a bit in the senate, i don't think anyone is taking joe manchin support for granted. the white house but does believe that when they cross the finish line, here, that the messy sauces making process of this will have been worth it. this will be something that will transform governments relationship with its citizens and really help americans with their everyday lives. and, politically, give too late for terry mcauliffe, and give them something for next, year for those midterms. really bolster the presidents legacy, and to give democrats something to sho

don't align with what the white house's projection is. the white house says that actually added enforcement by the irs would raise enough to fully pay for the package and that is the argument that democrats have been making, the white house and democratic leaders have been making behind the scenes for weeks. in a closed-door meeting right now, broke up with two top white house officials, met with moderate democrats, showed the white house's projections and their argument that it's paid for. the question now, erin, is will there be more than three moderate democrats that might break ranks. if there are more than three, that is enough to scuttle the entire effort. the democratic leadership believes they can stave off those defections and push it through the house after months of intensive negotiations. that is just the first step, erin, because in the senate joe manchin has made clear to me and others for months that he wants significant changes. he's not on the same time frame and they'll have to pare back the bill significantly and push i

. >> he's a great gentleman, of course he'd be back in the white house. while president trump was running for reelection last year, he talked more than once about how in a hypothetical second trump administration, he would gladly welcome back his grace graced national security adviser mike flynn. who of course pled guilty twice two felony charges. trump ultimately pardon flynn on his way out the door. he didn't get that second trump term, at least not yet. if there ever is one, mike flynn will be back in their. because he is such a great gentleman. in the meantime, while we all await those happy days, what has retire general mike flynn, potential official in a future trump administration, what has he been up to? >> somebody sent me a thing this morning where they're talking about putting the vaccine into sala dressing. have you seen this? >> yes. >> i'm thinking to myself, this is a bizarre world. this is definitely a bizarre world. >> have you seen? this have you seen this? the solid dressing thing. oh yes, who hasn't seen that. but the government forcin

judy: the two of you are obviously for, the white house very much for it. mayor whaley, we know most members of the republican ohio allegaon voted against this. i am coding republican davison, he says it is pork laden and not narrowly tailored, it is reckless spending. how do you answer? mayor whaley: senator portman, an ohio republican, spoke today, and he went through how this happened. i think what makes it so difficult in washington, d.c. is things get mired in partisanship. 63% of americans support this info structure bill. that is a huge number. it does have bipartisan support across the country. what i think is frustrating for us as mayors trying to get stuff done is a lot of times when it comes to this town, everybody gets in their corners. i was happy to see on this bill, we saw bipartisan support, the first time in a long time. we saw senator portman or congressman gonzalez an ohio vote yes. judy: mayor holt, your party, republican party, much more opposition. polls showing bipartisan support republican support seems to be sliding. the entire okla

>> get those members the white house out there. there are so many gifted messengers in the white house. i mean so many smart communicators. there are so many people in the white house who should be out there. they should be put mayor pete on fox news. get them out there. explain what they're doing. show the legislating they're doing. >> thanks to both of you. a pleasure to have you both on tonight. thanks. that's tonight's last word. don't fert to watch my show saturday and sunday from 8 to 10:00 a.m. eastern. the "the 11th hour" with brian williams begins right now. >>> good evening once again. day 314 of the biden administration. the country braces for another new variant. in the nearly two year-old pandemic now. the centers for disease control is strengthening its recommendation for boosters. now saying all adults should get a booster shot, period. more on that just ahead. in tonight's broadcast. also this evening, this week that will bring us december brings us on the verge of the next confrontation. between that house committe

so the white house says they want to try to use this time wisely. the time they believe the travel restrictions for instance that they put in place are buying them. and we should also note just in, wolf, there are new developments in the u.s. about what's going on in the fight against covid-19 overall. not just related to the omicron variant. advisers to the fda have voted 13-10 to get an emergency authorization of that new anti-covid pill that's being made by merck. of course, this is something that still has to go to the fda and if they make a decision based on this recommendation from these advisers. this is something not just concerning to the scientists working on this but also look at stocks today. you saw them tumbling. the dow was down several points -- several hundred points because there are concerns about what this variant means for the united states in addition to those comments from the fed chair earlier today saying they can no longer really call inflation transitory. >> the dow down another 650 points just today. thank you very much.

and this was a formal briefing in the white house. three days later, the russian investigation was launched. and then in september, you have this meeting with the indicted clinton lawyer, sussmann, and jake sullivan and others. and then it was shortly after that in october that sullivan released this public statement that there was this covert serving trying trump to moscow something completely fallacious, but he put it all over the media. when he was asked later by congress sort of what's going on here, i mean, did you know the basis of this? the source of this? he said no. he even denied that sussmann, the roles of sussmann and clinton general counsel mark he will i can't say in creating these allegations. now, keep in mind, also, that sussmann was indicted for denying the role, his connection to the clinton campaign. mark he willous was accused by others of also denying the connection between the clinton campaign and dossier. it wasn't until after the election that they admitted that they did indeed fund the dossier. >> bret: that'

saying listen to us at the white house. don't listen to judges in whichever circuit are hearing these challenges, so, once the president lands back here in washington, and they start having briefing's again tomorrow and he has some events about the supply chain i would suspect if they continue talking like they have been to hear more of that just do what we have said with these vaccine requirements we think it's really important regardless of what a judge says, bret. >> bret: law factors in there. peter doocy live on the north lawn, thanks. stocks plummeted today. the dow sank 652. >> the s&p 500 lost 88, the nasdaq fell 245. major drug makers are testing to see if their covid-19 vaccines are being effective against the omicron variant. correspondent jonathan serrie tells us where things stand tonight from atlanta. >> it could take two weeks for laboratory tests in real world surveillance to determine whether the omicron variant is more resistant to current antibody treatments and vaccines. but researchers are concerned abo

and by the way, we're doing the same thing at the white house. we're making sure that we try to start factoring in the impact of climate change in our economic forecasting and our budgeting, because this is not just a-this is an issue the president stresses can come to $100 billion a years in terms of cost to the economy. so that is not something that we can ignore, that the fed can ignore. >> jared bernstein, thank you very much for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >> thank you. >>> and coming up, donald trump endorsed a republican candidate for united states senate in pennsylvania who was accused of physical and verbal abuse of his wife. donald trump, of course, was accused of the same thing by the first mrs. trump, and that didn't stop him from running for president. that's next. at's next. ♪♪♪ ♪♪it's a most unusual day♪♪ ♪♪feel like throwing my worries away♪♪ ♪♪as an old native-born californian would say♪♪ ♪♪it's a most unusual day♪♪ ♪♪it's a most unusual sky♪♪ ♪♪not a

but over 99% of the bill was built, house, senate, white house. so if there are a couple of things at the end that are different, we'll deal with those. but this is, again, transformative, historic and, again, this is a giant -- two giant steps forward today. >> but some are saying the government -- the democrats oar. >> no, no. watch the vote when it comes up. >> but some voters think -- >> thank you. thank you. >> that was house speaker nancy pelosi and democratic leaders jim clyburn and steny hoyer updating reporters amid a contentious and seemingly endless negotiation over the president's legislative agenda. pelosi has said that a vote will indeed happen on the infrastructure bill as well as the start of a procedural step on the build back better act. that is not what progressives wanted. this is what moderates requested. let's bring in jessica dean on capitol hill. so the day started. let's bring everybody up to speed. we thought there was going to be a vote both on the bipartisan infrastructure package, which the moderates want -- >> uh-huh.

it is in my similar 2010 when democrats control the house, the senate and the white house and they continue to push radical proposals even after the 2009 elections. it seems were on a very similar path this time. the agenda is bad for america, but the outcome politically for republicans will be getting 2022. bill: that brings us to the ultimate question. they have essentially doubled down. how much concern is there if at all that too much spending is just too much for voters? >> what you see in recent weeks as we talked about these bills, they try to focus the attention away from the topline cost and what did the bill and how they will pay for it. things like tax credits, prekindergarten and childcare. certainly this debate is not going away. i think we will see that in the coming weeks. moderate democrats are looking for the congressional budget office present a manageable proof he in the senate has expressed concerns about the cost of the social spending plan and what happened to some of these programs at their extended in the long-term. bill: mark, you had a prediction, do you do that 12

>> as to her question, the white house condemned the video. house speaker pelosi said threats of violence against members of congress and the president of the united states must not be tolerated. and kevin mccarthy. guess what he said? nothing. we invited him on the program as well but heard nothing back. congressman gosar, who we also invited on tonight, tweeted out a cartoon response earlier today. the message saying it's a cartoon, relax. then later, he put out a statement which says in part that the anime quote depicts the symbolic nature of a battle between lawful and unlawful policies and in no way intended to be a targeted attack against representative cortez or mr. biden which doesn't even make sense because that is what it is. it's a targeted attack. it's not open to interpretation. yes, it's an anime. perhaps, the richest sentence, though, in this one quoting again a chaotic and lawless wind is blowing across our land. he's not wrong about that one. just listen to a pair of hate-filled voicemails. two of many that michigan republican

they say they agree that he should have-- be in the white house. how do you persuade tens of millions of republicans that former president trump is wrong? >> i think that you lay out the facts. and that is what we do in the book. we lay out the facts and the facts do not support that allegation and that is why over 60 courts have rejected the argument over the course of time, since the election. but here's the bigger issue, judy. is that you know, no political party wins campaigns by talking about yesterday. you have to talk about tomorrow. if donald trump wants to talk about those future issues and critiquing the biden administration and laying out a thoughtful plan for what we do next, he will be a very powerful voice in the debate going forward. but if we continue to look backwards, that is not whawe need to do. >> one question out there, governor, is why is chris christie the right person to be making this argument. because after all you were one of the first people to endorse former president trump. you stuck with him through what, the 2016 ac

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

hadn't been in the white house in years. so there are differences, but ultimately those differences don't affect the fact that there is no immunity to simply say, i ain't showing up. and that's probably the most significant factor when the committee decides what's step is next. >> let me also ask you about a recent wrote revelation about what happened on and leading up to january six, that has been published in abc news reporter jonathan quarrels new book, which has yet to come out, but is apparently a jackpot of news. even before it gets formally published. the latest revelation for mr. carles reporting is that there was yet another memo, i guess we would call it, another legal issue, argument, put to the vice president pence and his staff, essentially directing him to overturn the election results, to keep president trump in power even though he had lost the election. we know about one of those from john eastman, who's been subpoenaed by the committee, we know of another by mr. mcentee, who is working in the white house, w

white house fiber officials. they include well known figures as stephen miller, blast from the past who made numerous false allegation about voter fraud in the 2020 election and encouraged state legislatures to appoint alternate electors. also, kayleigh mcenany, the white house press secretary who said at her very first briefing, i will never lie to you. and so, her lies began. and eight others including some lesser-known people who played key roles in their attempt to overturn a free and fair election. joining us now, robert costa co-author with bob woodward of the best-seller "peril." good to have you on. if you look at the ten latest subpoenas issued today, what do they tell you about -- or do they tell you anything about the direction of the january 6th committee, where they are heading in the investigation? >> number one, anderson, they are casting a wide net. they are -- they are bringing up names that are well known, like stephen miller, general kellogg, but also some lower-level trump white house aides tr

house -- at least from what they are saying -- a disconnect from what the current white house a saying about their understanding of this situation and where they see it headed versus this ser pension that as you said, you have a president literally asking members of his party, do this, i need this. and we are drifting on several hours now. >> david -- >> anderson, here -- here -- here is the thing. anyone who believes -- any democrat who believes that they can somehow separate themselves out from a president of their own party and be successful if he is not viewed as successful, hasn't studied history. if -- if -- you know, one of the problems on tuesday was that joe biden's approval rating was down there at 42, 43%. and that's a significant headwind for candidates of his own party. if that is the case a year from now, and it may not be. the economy could improve. we could be through the virus. things can change. but -- but certainly, passing these bills would be part of making that change. if -- if -- if we're -- we are in a year where we were on tuesday, a lot of these members are no

. >> 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

i'm told by white house sources the president and top white house aides will contestant to engage with lawmakers. they're trying to make the cases in what lawmakers, including senators manchin and sinema, this should a bill they could get behind, it does not add to the deficit. adding back paid family leave, critical to people across the country, especially women of color, and also men as well who are going to be able to take care of a sibling or family member if they're going to be on medical leave. today the president has a message for democrats as relates to the bill, five words, get it on my desk. the president is urging his party to get on the same page. it's anyone's guess whether or not the president will be able to get this together. lisa is saying it could be weeks, maybe days for the house vote. at the white house there is a feeling the president is trying to be the closer in chief. he has not been able to get there, but the white house is watching all this very closely. >> woodruff: the drama continues. yamiche alcindor at the white house, lisa desjardins following it on the

look, white house press secretary jen psaki said everything this white house does with the first female vice president is historic. the hour and 25 minutes, president biden was receiving a colonoscopy was the first time a woman has held those powers, even on a temporary basis. the president went through that colonoscopy as part of his annual physical exam. he called at 11:35, both the vice president and his chief of staff ron klain and made clear he was out okay and feeling well about things. we also, wolf, just got a copy of the summary of the president's physical. which we're still going through, but the bottom line right now in the first read through from kevin o'connor, the physician to the president is president biden remains a healthy, vigorous 78-year-old male fit to successfully execute the office of the presidency to include those at head of state, chief executive and commander in chief. president biden earlier today told reporters he thought it was good and nothing had really changed from his last examine in 2019. the president is 78 right now. he turns 79 tomorrow. >> happy b

there are so many challenging that face any white house, this white house in particular, and you have to be able to do this all at the same time and i think i'm glad to hear about a stepped up schedule. i think as i said before the process of the last several months really informed the substance. it is really an important time to show people the substance that he has been working on. and a quick follow for you bald you tried to do a lot at one time. you were there when health care passed and of course democrats lost the house after president balk was elected. what are the lessons there for president biden, do you think? >> i think the biggest difference is health care was set up to take place a few years later. we had not set up health care exchanges, that was yet to come. and i think that the advantage that this white house has over the one in 2009 and 2010 is immediate benefits, right? like when they get to messaging some of the specifics. they talk about making it more affordable. that is part of it that can help people's bottom line. we know they're worried about rising prices and

that's a pretty big job in any white house. in that position, he would oversee the vetting and hiring of everyone from ambassadors to cabinet members. not everyone thought it was a good idea. one staffer who oversaw the personal office told the president, i have never said no to anything you have asked me to do, but i'm asking you to reconsider this. i don't think it's a good idea. trump took that about as well as you can imagine. reportedly screamed at the staffer, you people never f-ing listen to me. going to f-ing do what i tell you to do. mcentee got the job and embarked on this ideological effort to purge the white house who are insufficiently loyal to donald trump. he hired new staffers, including liaisons. in one example, one of his enforcers noticed a low level staffer at the department of housing and urban development liked a post from the pop star taylor swift on instagram. specifically, this post where she encouraged her fans to vote in one photo and displayed photos decorated with the biden name. it was escalated to

so the white house wants more schools to host vaccine clinics. in a letter to school superintendents, the biden administration notes there's ample funding and resources to help from the american rescue plan that passed earlier this year. the white house also notes information and encouragement directly from schools could help raise vaccination rates. but do you worry that many schools might just not want the headache? >> well, first of all, it's a great idea. so those schools that are willing to do it would certainly be a major contribution. it does remind one of the polio days. you're trying to mass vaccinate children. sometimes the easiest way is through schools. but, obviously, i think the fallback is going to be when pediatricians offices. >> since vaccines for children 5 to 11 became available last week we've seen an overwhelming response in some parts of the country with parents lining up with their kids to get shots but then one father in the d.c. area told us that he waited three-plus hours to get his kids vaccinated. think about that for

>> we have seen some white house advisers coming in from the capitol, going back to the white house. they have been heavily involved with this and they've been meeting with those moderates trying to make sure that they hammer out these numbers and answer any questions that they might have in order to move forward. >> phil, how concerned is the white house about what comes next in this process in the senate. >> anderson, they're clear-eyed and there are a lot of hurdles left, and one of them in particular, joe manchin has made it very clear he wants significant changes to what the white house is tonight. and isn't with the slimmed down framework president biden makes a good point in what we've seen with white house officials just in the last couple of weeks on the hill and why that has bolstered feeling inside this building and the building behind me over the course of the last several weeks. the effort by the president to some degree, by his economic team to really lay the groundwork to move this forward in the house, the word i was told from a source with how things are going inside

he's been out of the white house for years. but mark meadows was white house chief of staff at the time. so many of these other individuals worked in the white house at the time. joe biden, the president who actually it's up to, in terms of waiving or asserting executive privilege, has said no for meadows, for example. but might courts see it differently? >> yeah, i think the different people have different levels of argument they can make. among the whole crew and it worked out this way for a reason, steve bannon has the least. he wasn't in the employ of the executive branch at the time. he was an outside person. he also was completely blanket refusing to come testify. you'll see that jeffrey clark, a former doj official, basically did what steve bannon did but in a more subtle way. showed up. showed respect to the committee. invoked privilege at various junctures. answered some mundane questions but that's a way of showing respect for the committee and reasonableness in the minds of that person. so someone like mark meadows h

this was right in the white house. this was the white house chief of staff. this was one of his campaign lawyers outlining a very specific plan with dates and times that was all centering on mike pence obeying the orders of donald trump, and it was a plan that if pence had gone along with, would have resulted in a much bigger constitutional crisis than what we saw. and joe, what i found is that's just one example of where this could have gone off the rails and almost did go off the rails even in a more spectacular way than it did. >> yep. well, just one example. jonathan, a shocking example. a guy who was a member of the united states congress goes over to work for the white house, and he's actively working to overthrow the united states government. to overthrow the elected president of the united states. it's absolutely staggering. in your reporting, how widespread was the contempt that donald trump staff members had for the united states constitution, for the peaceful transfer of power, for political and constitutional norms? >> and i'll add one other, for

jonathan lemire, i am curious of the white house a couple days after the election, what the white house is saying about the election, if they are talking about new direction to move in, i want to go back to this new york times editorial. one of the most progressive voices of america. this is as i talk that you might hear on "morning joe" or hear from guy cecil or hear from bill clinton. if you read this, it says for many voters especially those who don't vote regularly, the 2020 election was about removing mr. trump from the white house. it was less about policies or ideology. mr. biden did not win the democratic primary because he promised progressive revolution. there were plenty of other candidates doing that. he captured the nomination and the presidency because he promised an exhausted nation a return to sanity decency and competency. as representative abigail spanberger told the new york times nobody elected him to be fdr, they elected him to be normal or stop the chaos. they did and i am not sure what happened since january 20th. there is no doubt. there is no doubt from that spe

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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

white house physician dr. kevin o'connor said in a letter advising routine surveillance and another colonoscopy in seven to ten years, when biden will be in his late 80s. two areas of observation outlined in the president's physical included keeping an eye on his frequent throat clearing and noticeably different gate compared to last year. while the white house dr. initially deemed him healthy, vigorous and fit to ask to get the dash he is the oldest president in american history and fox news poll showed that half of voters think the president ages interfering with his job, including 49% of voters over 65 and 28% of democrats. and when the president heads back to the white house next week, there will be a renewed emphasis on getting his nominees confirmed, including his pick for the office of management and budget, if confirmed, she will be the first black woman to hold that office. mike buried >> mike: jacqui heinrich live in nantucket. jacqui, many thanks. a new variant has been detected in south africa. sci

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

you had the head of the european commission visiting the white house and saying now the white house is planning new sanctions against belarus, tougher sanctions against alexander lukashenko and that is exactly what the european union is saying as well. they want to expand sanctions and to try to put pressure on him. the other big thing the european union wants to do is threatening the airlines flying and not be able to fly into the european union if you continue to fly people to belarus who are then being brought to the border to be sent over into the european union. so they're trying to show more of a unified response and of course, one of the things you've mentioned is absolutely correct. it doesn't seem as if alexander is budging. he praised putin for flying those bombers over belarus territory then today threatened to cut off gas supplies. we can see that the european union has decided it's going to remain tough and it certainly says it's not going to budge. the polls say they could send a lot more troops to the border. >> thank you so much. also in our world lead, a history making