from both sides of the white house. she's not being used, right? that seems to be what the folks in her corner are saying. and then the folks from the west wing in your story seem to be saying her people aren't focused. there's no follow through. what do you think? about what their gripes are here. >> a lot of times when you see the vice president, you see her acting as a dutiful number two. it is something that sources told us from the beginning of her administration. even the transition that she was modeling her vice presidency after then vice president biden's relationship with obama. being the number two. we saw her often at the side of the president at these meetings and at these speeches really standing behind after introducing him. that playbook has changed. we have seen her shrink from the public eye. and i think that is one of the problems that a lot of folks in her camp are having. she is not being visible after having a couple different stumbles. she is not being supported by the would you say. on the other side, we have the west wing. >

so i think that's what the white house knows. that even though this vote is going to happen today, they know that there is still a very long road ahead to actually getting this part, this second part of the president's economic agenda passed. >> what you're seeing on your screen there is the ranking member of the house ways and means committee kevin brady. you saw richey neal from massachusetts, they're the ones dealing with procedural matters now on this vote. we do expect to see house speaker nancy pelosi deliver what will be the final speech in support of the build back better agenda and who knows what else she might say in regards to kevin mccarthy and what else we saw last night. stand by for that. in the meantime, also some news on the president getting his annual physical shortly, just a day before his birthday. >> reporter: yes, this is pretty routine for the president, of course, to get a physical, but he will be going to walter reed today, the white house has been talking about this for months saying he would get this d

what can the white house do to fight inflation? cnn's chief business correspondent christine romans. >> you come to me with a diss of adele? >> no, all her songs are about splits. >>> presidential approval numbers are falling and prices for just about everything else rising the white house is now on inflation watch. >> inflation is high right now and it is affecting consumers in their pocketbook and also in their outlook for the economy but those concerns underscore why it's so important that we move forward on the build back better legislation, this legislation that the house is going to consider this week. this will go at the cost americans face. >> the idea there investments in working families would lower their housing, child care and health care bills insulating americans from inflation. the fed is the official inflation fighter but the white house does have a few other tools, too. they could cut tariffs on chinese imports imposed by the trump administration, they could cut more steel and aluminum tariffs and tap the strategic

. >> i think the white house has to be very careful. on the one hand, this is a pretty good economy. good jobs numbers, unemployment numbers. gdp is back where it was prepandemic. stock market is doing well. there is a temptation to do a victory lap of course. if you look at consumer sentiment numbers, they're quite low right now. americans are worried about the loss of living standards because of inflation. the administration has to be careful of touting these numbers too much. they have to acknowledge americans and present a plan for getting to the other side. . >> what a political challenge, ron. i can't think of a precedent here. but you have a jobs market. you have gdp. these numbers are good. just really, really good. but you have a white house that doesn't seem to be gaining any political capital from it. >> look, inflation, you know, eclipses the sun, right? it is something that people feel every day. sometimes many times a day. the hope for the white house has to be if the economists are right and this is fund mentally temporar

he was talking about going to the white house correspondence dinner. you write about this conversation. the former president says, jonathan is very cool, he told zeke miller. he is like my son. trump then proceeded to reenact a conversation with his son. "do you love your dad?" "uh, i don't know." "he does, but it is too cool." he was comparing me to his teenage son, and comparing my lack of excitement at his appearance at the dinner with his son's reluctance to say out loud that he loved him. >> many surreal moments, so i don't know if it was the moment, but it was certainly in the top five. i got summoned, along with my fellow leaders of the white house correspondence association, to the oval office the day after super tuesday. this is the beginning of march. it's a week before the world shuts down, united states shut down because of the pandemic. trump is -- i was told the subject was the white house correspondence dinner. just a wild scene. first of all, they bring us into the oval office, then leave to go get trump to bring him in. we're standing

is the white house considering that? >> that is certainly not something i have any sort of a readout on at this point. the tool that we're talking about today is 50 million barrel release from the strategic reserve, it is already showing up and dampening oil prices. >> jared, i hear you on that. a ban on oil exports, do you have a concern that it would, you know, back fire, it could make oil cost more? is that a concern that you and the president have? >> i think when it comes to oil, you're generally really talking about a global market. so one country's actions like that may not affect the global price. i think when you get this many countries tapping their reserves, then you will see as i mentioned i think a bridge price coming down until the global market price normalizes and the supply demand mismatch eventually fades. >> all right, let's talk about inflation as you see it as the white house sees it, what is the role of corporate america in inflation as the president's currently seeing it? >> well, one of the things

for democrats and the biden white house. democratic leaders are projecting confidence going into today, saying there will be a vote, both on the social spending bill, and the infrastructure bill. but certainly they will be sweating out each and every minute of what likely will be a very long day up here on capitol hill. now, overnight there was a series of late last minute negotiations, closed door meetings that ultimately pushed a plan vote for last night into today. there was some negotiations around a big sticking point, which had been state and local tax deductions, that will now be capped at $80,000 a year. also going in today, big questions coming from moderate, very vocal in saying they only want to move to a vote today on the social spending plan if they have a score from the nonpartisan cbo congressional budget office. they said they need that to go into a vote today. here's what one moderate told us late last night. >> i think until we get some of that information, it would be irresponsible until we get the final t

i was out in front of the white house. i think the mistake president biden's team made is they came in, remember all those things president trump passed with unanimous consent on capitol hill, so despite the fact that everybody had bad feelings, impeachments coming and things, they had 98 votes in the senate for stimulus bills. biden comes in and instead of following that playbook, just passes this really massive stimulus that they designed at a time when there are 250,000 covid cases a day, and before the delta variant, that dropped down to 50,000 by the time they passed the bill. they ended up with a bill that was way too large. that's the main cause of inflation, the reason it took off. >> it is also, kevin -- gdp -- >> it leveled off. all the stimulus was right sized. all the stimulus was about right sized right before president biden came in, in the sense that after the biggest decline in gdp since the great depression, gdp was about flat in 2020, and so you could have for sure had a little bit more stimulus, but they

that's something the white house backtracked on. is it on the table, using the national guard. >> you know, i think everything is on the table. we are literally going through our entire toolbox to decide what steps would be helpful. you know, i don't think it's something that we are seriously evaluating right now. but, listen, we are in touch with governors every day asking them how can we help you. and, you know, the national guard is a tool that we would consider if we thought it would be helpful. >> so gas prices not exactly in your purview. but you are the former governor of rhode island, so home heating prices certainly are. in the northeast, they are expecting very high prices this winter. again, what can be done? what power does the government have to step in and try to help here? >> yeah. as you say, this is not in my area. the secretary of energy is working this issue and monitoring it constantly. and, again, as you say, this is in the private sector. but i will say we will take similar actions as necessary in terms of part

tackling rising gas prices is issue number one for the white house. it costs 15 bucks more than last year to fill up. the typical family is paying 200 bucks more for the basics. the white house is under intense pressure to do something about it. >> the american consumer never likes to pay more at the pump, but we are focused on doing everything we can to be sure american consumers are not bearing the short end of the stick during these periods. also make sure that when the price of oil comes down, that americans consumers see that benefit at the price at the pump. that's not what has been happening the past several weeks, and that's a concern we have here. >> the white house hoping to coordinate with key allies to release oil from their memergeny supplies. the hope is that could keep a lid on fuel prices heading into the holiday travel season. key here, the president would need help from other nations to really make a difference. they're asking help from china, india, japan, and south korea. the president under pressure from those inside his own party

with the white house directly. did the white house at any point tell you it is time? it is time. >> the white house has been clear that they want both bills passed. and they would have loved to see whatever we could get passed passed as quickly as possible. my job is to represent 96 members of the progressive caucus. i made it clear to the white house that once we got both bills together, and ready to pass, and passed both bills, that our members would vote for the bipartisan infrastructure bill, which, by the way, nobody has covered this, that's kind of a huge thing, there are a lot of people who did not like the bipartisan infrastructure bill, but what we are saying is we're part of the democratic party, we will vote for the bipartisan infrastructure bill, and we expect that our colleagues across the democratic caucus will vote for and pass the build back better act. >> the reason i was asking about the white house relationship is one of the things i saw over the weekend was your colleague and member of the progressive caucus ro khanna went out and did the sunday sh

it's a big day for this white house. what about the senate, this being the first tay of the rest of the white house's life? how are they going the handle this going forward? . >> it is a big day, but not the biggest day for the white house. they know they have a long road once it's in the hands of the senate. with the exception of kevin mccarthy speaking for 8 and a half hours, pretty simple road to get this passed right now. it had not always been so before. the senate is where the real challenges remain. or there still a lot of issues with this. one, just getting this bill off the ground. you have seen senator joe manchin. he is not hiding what he is thinking here. he is making clear he is not completely convinced that he is ready to take up this bill once it makes it to the senate right away. democratic leaders would like to get all of this wrapped up by christmas. that timeline seems very iffy if you were talking to democrats and people inside the white house. of course we shall see what happens there. you it's not j

a signing sayre hone at the white house soon. president biden was talking about it over the weekend. and he was also talking about the ongoing supply chain issues. i want to play some of what he said. let's listen. >> by the way, you all write for a living. i haven't seen any one of you explain supply chain very well. no, no. i'm not being critical. i sincerely mean it. this is a confusing time. >> why is the supply chain the media's fault? >> i think he's pointing out how complicated and difficult it is to explain. i like to think i'm good at explaining things, and i find it incredibly difficult to explain all the things that are affecting our supply chains. this is a private sector system running on public infrastructure. federal, state and local rules. every mode of transportation at once. sometimes you see ships at anchor off a port. the issue might have very little to do with the ships and everything to do with the availability of truckers 1,000 miles inland. it hasn't stopped us from taking the issues head-on. even as we wo

however, we know he was not an employee of the white house at the time. we also know that he was having conversations with other people who were outside the white house. so in theory, those communications at a minimum should not be protected by executive privilege because the president wasn't involved in those. this is a two-count indictment around his failure to appear for testimony. as you mentioned, he's expected to appear here today. this is the first of what will very likely be a long list of court appearances, a lengthy court battle here. but, again, john and brianna, the point here is that this is the real deal. people who blow off the house select committee will very likely have to appear in federal court and be facing criminal contempt charges. back to you. . >> this message being heard loud and clear by many people. brittany, thank you for the report. >>> donald trump's chief of staff mark meadows failing to appear for a deposition on friday. and here is what congressman adam schiff, who serves on the committee, said. >> reporter: we have been m

that is chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins and we're so grateful you're here. nice to see you. >> this morning, the nation is reflecting on the verdicts of the family of the ahmaud arbery once feared might never come. three white men convicted of murder. >> we the jury find the defendant travis mcmichael guilty. >> the judge read the word guilty 23 times, all three defendants guilty of murdering an unarmed black jogger. their self-defense claim dismantled by prosecutors. they now face the possibility of life in prison. >>> and you heard someone become emotional there in the courtroom. after the judge read the first guilty verdict. that was ahmaud arbery's father, and the judge had him removed as he read the rest of the verdict. arbery's mother was also in the courtroom and in tears as the verdicts came down. she later thanked supporters outside the courthouse. >> i thank each and every one of you who fought this fight with us. it has been a long fight. it has been a hard fight. but god is good. for those who marched, those who prayed and mostly the ones who pra

we talked to the white house about this. they were saying this build back better agenda is very broad, expansive. it is 1.75 trillion, much less than what biden proposed but still big. when we were talking about this, the white house is saying this is something he's been running on since he was a candidate. he is not running on a surprise. it is pared back from some of the things he ran on, free community college, raising the corporate tax rate, which is not in there right now, and several other provisions. they say we tonight understand the criticism from democrats because the president has been clear this is what he has wanted to run on. the counterpart is we're in a different climate right now. people are worried about inflation, supply chain and supply shortages, what kevin was talking about there. and whether or not what happened tuesday night strengthened manchin's hand. kevin is right. this will continue to be a fight tooth and nail over this fight because house democrats are putting four weeks of paid leave in this b

, cnn's kate bennett live at the white house. kate, what is it? >> the theme is gifts from the heart, john, and this year, jill biden wanted to reflect unity, the things that bring us together, lots of the trees had nods to first responders, front line workers, families, basically giving thanks for the things that she feels the pandemic has taken away, things people need to remember. jill biden is going to thank the volunteers, the hundred or so volunteers who came to decorate the white house later this afternoon in person. basically felt like more subdued white house holiday decoration than in years past. of course we are coming out of this pandemic, we hope and the bidens wanted to reflect that thankfulness they're feeling, the gratitude. there will be no controversial red trees, let's put it that way. there's nothing in the decorations that's going to really cause a massive amount of conversation, but jill biden was very much involved. she picked the theme, she picked some of the ornaments. she decided she wanted to hang stock

what is the white house saying? i know the president has been tested almost on a daily basis to make sure he's not positive. >> the president was just tested yesterday to enter the united kingdom, that's a requirement even for the president of the united states to get a coronavirus test. he has gotten his booster shot so doesn't seem to be a big concern for the white house but we learned late last night jen psaki, the press secretary who did not come on this trip, the day before she said she was not coming on the trip and they sent her deputy in her place remained home because members of her household tested positive for krch and she took a test every day and yesterday tested positive for coronavirus. she was revealing it out of an abundance of transparency but not been around senior white house staff since wednesday, not seen the president in person since last tuesday. when they did they were outside and wearing a mask. we heard from several physicians who said it's unlikely she could have infected president biden.

trump sued to keep the white house records secret, but at least by this judge he was denied. this is a chairman of the committee investigating the insurrection. >> it is a big deal. if you take your issue to court, and lose, then you need to man up and deal with it. and not be a spoiled brat. >> the national archives plans to turn over records to the committee by this friday. trump's lawyers, though, did immediately say that they were going to appeal. so that could have an effect here. this is a massive legal blow and it is coming as the january 6th committee issues ten new subpoenas that target former trump administration officials including senior adviser steven miller and press secretary kayleigh mcenany. now all eyes are on attorney general merrick garland, because if the department of justice doesn't enforce the subpoenas, then why would trump's allies even consider complying here? let's talk about this now with cnn law enforcement correspondent whitney wild. a lot going on here between the subpoenas and this very important ruling. how are you seeing the state of things.

anthony fauci and the white house covid team releasing this photo saying this. dr. fauci informed the president while it will take two more weeks to have more definitive information on the transmissibility, severity and other characteristics of the variant, he continues to believe existing vaccines are likely to provide a degree of infection against severe cases of covid-19. president biden will provide an update on the variant later this morning. but it does feel very much like the planet is hitting the pause button. we are tapping into the global sources of cnn from around the globe. >> reporter: south african president has voiced his disappointment at the travel bans that have been implemented saying it is skrtkreupl that to. it was applied during the hiv/aids epidemic. now they have a target point despite the fact that omicron has been identified in various part of the world. >> reporter: i'm hadas gold in jerusalem. with two confirmed case of the omicron variant, israel is closing its borders for two weeks. and no matter where you are coming from, you will need

mike flynn was in this meeting on december 18th at the white house, accompanied by sydney powell, who was working in some capacity president trump campaign as a lawyer at that point, of the apparatuses seizing the voting machines and rerunning the election. you're deal winning a broad group of people. it's not tied to one event. there were many different prongs. this wasn't just a meeting the night before january 6th. they'd hit a benchmark, and a deadline would pass. they'd move to another thing. trump had various irons and fires and one of the people who knew what was going on. >> one thing they have in common is none of them worked for the government at the time. legally, as i understand it, none of them have a remote claim to refuse to testify under executive privilege. but they can delay things in court if they want to tie things up. that's what this goal seems to be here. and you have the simultaneous situation of the justice department dithering on steve bannon. you know, steve bannon, the house voted for him in contempt on october 21st. the justice department has done nothing.

i thought that the white house promised that it would be paid for. >> well, yes, the white house promised that, we promised that, we don't know what the cbo will determine. we have determined that it will be paid for. we have determined that no taxes will be raised on anybody under $400,000. we determined we will raise taxes on more wealthy people to pay for it. now, if cbo comes back and some other determination, that's something we'll have to deal with at the time. but they're the experts. we'll be guided by what they say. but that's not what we think. >> what does that mean? is there a difference between guided by what they say and what they say. >> there is always a difference in what those of us who are not experts in this sort of thing, we may project something and that's what we're projecting. even the president is not an expert in cbo scoring standards. and we any what happens with cbo. they take what may be happening over at point a and how it will affect point z. and everything in between. and we don't do that kind of analysis every time. what we try to do is use our best knowle

joining us now is cnn chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins. politically, kaitlan, what is this going to mean or hopefully as the white house sees it for the president? >> i think there is no denying that this is politically driven because the white house wants to look like they are taking efforts to really combat this issue given people are hitting the road today, hitt ting the rd tomorrow, people are doing something they haven't been able to do last year and the year before. the white house wants to look like they understand the financial pain that these people are feeling at the pump, but i think the question about what the president decided yesterday to release these 50 million barrels of oil from the strategic reserves is a question of when does this actually go into effect and when will people see this actually affect the prices that they are paying at the pump. i think two things, one it is only going to be a modest change, based on what we heard from these energy experts. and the white house themselves are saying that it could be a few

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he's still got to get that other element, but the house leadership and white house are both confident they're going to get that through the house this week and the senate sometime before the end of the year. so if you get on a little bit of a roll, and you're able to stop the story line of incompetent democrats bickering with one another, and democrats would then like to turn to going after the republicans for the 2022 midterms. >> they need to sell this product, right? they need to sell it. the president is going out to do that. there's always lag time, of course, with infrastructure projects and the like, but he needs to make it clear to people what is going to be delivered, even as they wait for it to be delivered. >> that's right. he is going to try to make that case. now, it is a difficult environment for him to break through in a significant way. even a successful sales job is not going to make his poll numbers go from where they are now in the low 40s up to the low 50s where they were before, in part because the programs rollout over time, and, in part, the dominant economic st

trump had sued to keep the white house records secret. but at least by this judge was denied. here's the chairman of the compete investigating insur insurrection. >> here's the teal. if you take your issue to court and lose, then you need to man up and deal with it and not be a spoiled brat. >> turning over records by this friday, trump's lawyers immediately said they would appeal this decision. this massive legal blow coming as the january 6th committee issued 10 new subpoenas targeting former trump administration officials, including senior adviser stephen miller and kayleigh mcenany. all eyes are all attorney general merrick garland. >> joining me now, cnn senior legal analyst, elie honig. this federal judge gave a sweeping decision on trump's claim of executive privilege. >> this is really a big deal. this is a monumental, constitutional decision. and the judge gave a big win, at least for now, to the january 6th committee, a big setback to donald trump. the judge systematically took apart donald trump's arguments. first of all, executive privilege. the judge put it very b

there is reason for the white house to say, look, this is the strongest bet we have even if the midterm goes bad >> who needs to hear this message, do you think? >> well, look, democratic donors and democratic activists are broadly speaking unnerved. they have unified power. given what's happening in the red states on so many issues, particularly on the right to vote, there is a sense that it is republicans on the march. i think it has given a lot of democrats a sense of drift, even though they are passing major legislation. and biden is trying to reassure the hole activist base. stkphrp one democrat involved in the campaign said they couldn't think of a single person they had spoken to in the last month who considers biden running again to be a real one. i have to say, that's not the impression that i get from democrats. >> biden is at 42%. people are unhappy with inflation, covid. they are worried about the supply chain. all of those kinds of things. at that moment, sure. if the inflation is down, jobs are up, his approval is back in the 50% range. we have a lot of precedent for exact

arlette, i wonder how the white house, how the president are responding to this very loud message from voters? >> reporter: well, brianna, president biden speaking to reporters yesterday refrained from accepting some responsibility for democrats's loss in virginia on tuesday night and instead diagnosed the american electorate as being upset and uncertain about a host of issues, from the pandemic to the economy. but certainly right now the president and democrats are facing an incredibly different political landscape. and the finger pointing has been swift with some in the party blaming president biden. and others congress for not passing the president's agenda. take a listen to how president biden assessed the mood of the electorate and what he believes the remedy is. >> people are upset and uncertain about a lot of things. from covid to school, to a whole range of things, the cost of a gallon of gasoline. so if i'm able to pass and sign into law my build back better initiative, i will see a lot of things ameliorated quickly and swiftly. >> reporter: now, when you talk to white house o

we've been engaged with the white house over the weekend. we feel encouraged by the president's comments yesterday and reinforced this morning, that we expect not to see any more travel restrictions. i think what we really see with this current one is it is a slippery slope. we have really robust protocols in place. you know, air travel is safe. you have to have a vaccine and a negative pcr test to come into the u.s. we think that that is the appropriate way to assess an individual's risk and not preventing a wholesale country from coming to the u.s. >> what dr. fauci and the u.s. says is this temporary ban on the south african nations is to buy some time. why aren't you persuaded by that? >> absolutely understand the concern there. but as we've seen, as we just heard from the doctor, if you are vaccinated, the symptoms are very, you know, insignificant, really. you're feeling that malaise. quite frankly, we think, again, it should be the individual risk assessment. if you're vaccinated, which is required to come into the u.s., and you're ta

and this has prompted the white house consider sending military advisers and weapons there. now kiev is pressing forward with upgrades to its navy. cnn's fred pleitgen joins us now from kiev. fred, tell us what you saw. >> reporter: hi there, brianna. we just got back from the southeast of ukraine down by the sea, which is a very contested waterway and certainly one where we see a lot of presence that the russians have down there. the ukrainians are very concerned about the situation. they say they are in any case going stand their ground. they are had he modernizing their navy and in general their military, but building a lot of infrastructure as well. here's what we saw. on patrol in some of the most contested waters in the world. ukraine's navy took us on an artillery boat in the sea of azov. our main goal is to defend and keep the sovereignty of ukraine from the sea. warning allies, a large-scale invasion could happen soon. the ukrainians believe if russia decides to launch an attack it could be one of the main battle grounds. ukrainians are modernizing their fleet but a

. >> and we also heard the white house press secretary say that south africa's turned down additional vaccine doses from the u.s. what's your reaction to that? >> well, like all countries, south africa continues to vaccinate its population. our people are queueing up for vaccination. and we do not see this as significant hesitancy. that some people are talking about. but what we see is progress with our vaccination program. now, again, like in all countries, it is possible that you know you will have some -- a small minority of people who are hesitant against vaccines. we see that in all countries for that matter. but -- >> you say there's -- you're saying that there's not hesitancy, but we see the vaxx rate is pretty low. and the u.s. has a long way to go, ambassador, i acknowledge that. but do you need more hesitancy? >> certainly -- we do need more vaccines for sure. that's not a question. we need more vaccines in south africa and in the rest of the african continent. for that matter, we have already started collaborating with johnson & johnson and with pfizer so that we can finish

joe biden ordered merrick garland to prosecute me from the white house when he got off marine one. we're going to go on the offense. we're tired of playing defense. we're going to go on the offense on this and stand by. >> this is just the first of several court appearances we are going to see. this is going to be a lengthy court battle. certainly a case to watch. there is an added nuance. the judge overseeing this case, a judge named carl nichols, trump appointee has deposit appearance as he did during an official, defending executive privilege claims. however, brianna, i would certainly caution against making any kind of assumption about where his sympathies may lie or how he may rule. it is important to provide viewers an understanding that he has a deep foundation here. so he understands the nuances which is important. this case simply doesn't have a ton of definitive case law. a lot of arguments to be made. you are the attorney earlier this week. you did the brilliant interview with him. we have some idea what the defense will be. today, well, really the second of many more ca

he was previously a white house ethics czar as well. this is former president trump defending these calls to hang former vice president mike pence. what do you make of this? >> he says it's common sense to chant, hang the vice president of the united states? it's more disturbing evidence of former president trump's state of mind that brought about the insurrection on january 6th. and it goes to why the litigation and the effort to subpoena individuals and the mark meadows case that is percolating up in the january 6th committee is so important. not only did we have the terrible events and the run-up of those events on january 6th, he's still doing it. the big lie continues. as you heard, he's totally unr unrepentant. that's why we have to get at the truth of what happened that terrible day. >> he makes it clear that he was getting updates about the vice president. so he was getting updates about what was happening on the hill in realtime. is that problematic for him? >> well, it's part of the reason. you know, we said in watergate, what

mark meadows, donald trump's former white house chief of staff, has four hours to show up before congress or face contempt charges. the committee investigating the insurrection has demanded to see him and says it's done waiting. meadows' attorney issued a statement saying he would not cooperate until courts ruled on the former president's claim of executive privilege. >>> in the meantime, that decision is now being delayed after a federal appeals court agreed to halt delivery of the requested presidential records thursday, handing former president trump his first win in the matter after a series of losses at a lower court. now a three-judge panel from the d.c. circuit court of appeals all appointed by democrats set oral arguments for november 30th. let's go now to cnn's kiera scannell live for us at the d.c. circuit court with more. cara? >> reporter: good morning, brianna. the pressure is really intensifying against trump's former chief of staff mark meadows. the house select committee giving him a deadline today at 10:00 a.m. to show up with the documents and be prepared to testify as p

now, both the white house and democratic leaders are betting that this was mostly theatrics, and he is going to end up supporting the bill. he says, "i want greater clarity. i want to know what it costs." everybody is waiting for the cbo score, so that was going to happen anyway. the bill isn't passing the senate until around thanksgiving or maybe later. joe manchin seemed to decide that his own needs of showing his independence were more important than those of the rest of the party and the president. >> if he's sticking it to joe biden, he might have to get in line. because the progressives did that last week. the progressives wouldn't get on board for a vote before biden left for europe. but now, now, five days later, jayapal, the chair of the house democratic progressive caucus, is saying, "we support both bills. we'll be a yes on both bills." she's saying that after joe manchin sort of kicked them all in the teeth. i'm trying to figure out what's going on here, michael. help me understand why they were a no last week before joe manchin got nasty, but now they're a yes. >> what's u

. >> no, not from the white house or the president. i got calls from a lot of members wondering where we're at. i'm part of democratic house leadership. by the way, brianna, i'll thank john to refrain from referring to the united states house of representatives as a hamster wheel. . >> but in fairness. >> but in fairness, there's been a lot of process going on. you know, everybody is interested in what happened today and what did this one say and what did that one say. in the end -- and, yes, we have a slim majority in the house. on some level, that he wants a really good thing. because you know what that means? everyone's voice is heard. people don't get run over. three people could stop the bill. so they have to be listened to. . >> it is not that no one gets run over. it is that everyone gets run over. but, look, this appears to be a big tay. you believe there is going to be the votes to pass this today. >> right. let me tell you, we're on the cusp of doing something amazing and transformative for america with these bills. we have t

. >>> this morning, white house officials say they are had he closely monitoring the situation. president biden has been briefed. we are getting fresh witness accounts of the moments of chaos and tragedy. >> it is truly horrifying and shocking and very saddening and upsetting. parents were running around the area looking for their kids, looking for their families, looking for their friends. people quickly trying to get out of the area, trying to get to safety. >> i saw three people right in front of me get hit. and i saw people on the ground. there was blood. it was really bad. >> this morning police say it is a very fluid investigation. we expect formal updates in the coming hours. cnn's natasha with the latest. >> reporter: john, this morning police are working on investigating why this happened. they still have a lot of the downtown historic court closed off this morning as they investigate. we are over by main street where the parade route was. we are standing about three blocks west of where the red suv initially hit the first group of people. we can see police markings on

., it is near the white house. and he's referring to this war room, this kind of coordination center that we heard steve bannon actually refer to before as well. i do want to talk about michael flynn. you've reported extensively about some of what michael flynn has said that is obviously very interesting to this committee and that has to do with his discussion of invoking martial law. >> yeah, he is the hard-liner in the trump orbit. and would be a key witness in this. now, as we have discussed, the january 6th committee does not have a strong hand because there will be delaying moves and traditionally congressional committees can't get this kind of information and this goes back to the nixon tapes case in 1974. so this is in the hands of the justice department and, again, claire, our assistant, has been saying, look, go back and look at the supreme court decisions. this is a clear case of a violation of what is called 371 section conspiracy to defraud the u.s. if this is not a conspiracy to defraud the u.s., i don

jeff zeleny live at the white house. what's going on here, jeff? >> reporter: the president is keeping a close eye on nicaragua, blasting the presidential elections as a sham and undemocratic. the president daniel ortega is running for a fourth term. for month he has been imprisoning his opponents and skill muching any dissent. opponents people to not vote to legitimate the process. he called it a pantomime election, neither free nor fair and certainly not democratic. the president goes on to say the u.s., in close consultation with other members of the international community, will use all diplomatic and economic traols at our disposal to support the people of nicaragua and hold accountable the or ortega-murillo government and those that facilitate this. certainly in central america. they are worried about the spread of this, as well as the exodus of migrants and others in exile from the country. very strong words from president biden, certainly keepingen eye on nicaragua. >> please keep us posted. thank you very much. "new day" continues right no

and, two, how do you right the ship if you're the biden white house? >> yeah, well, first of all, i think different democrats will interpret it in different ways. you can sort of see it erupting last night on social media. i think there are a lot of moderates within the party who will interpret this as a sign that voters were trying to put the brakes on here. progressives will argue that the ambitions were watered down, there was a failure to communicate what actually was in the bill. i was watching earlier on your air when you were talking about this drug discount and the negotiation with drug companies to bring down medicare drug costs. that's a huge thing. one of the problems with this omnibus reconciliation bill is it is so large that no one knows exactly what's in it. they just know that it is large. that's been a problem. but, yeah, i do think there is going to be a feeling on the part of moderates. one of the challenges i said last night before the white house last night is to keep moderates on board for that reconciliation package as they try a

anthony fauci and other members of the white house covid team and releasing this photo in a statement that reads, dr. fauci informed the president while it will take two more weeks to have more definitive information on the transmissibility, severity, and other characteristics of the variant, he continues to believe that existing vaccines are likely to provide a degree of protection against severe case of covid. want to bring in chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. sanjay, i went home from work thursday, it didn't exist. by thus night, the fears had really taken over the world. so what do we know? >> yeah. there are several things that we do know about this. and this is all very recent. and there are several things we don't know. let me talk about what we already know. we have been tracking this for just a little bit of time now. first of all, it was first described in botswana. and this was back on november 9th. that was the first sample that was collected at the time on november 9th. so, again, just two or three weeks here that we're talking about. it's now been detected in

top health officials said they felt muzzled by the white house. they discussed the decision in august of 2020 to change testing guidance. you may recall the cdc at that point had revised testing guidance to say that people who had been exposed to covid didn't need to get tested if they were asymptomatic. quote, you do not necessarily need a test unless you are a vulnerable individual or your healthcare provider or state or local public health officials recommend that you take one. now, dr. deborah birx told the committee it has been revealed that this document resulted in less testing and less aggressive testing of those without symptoms that she believed she said -- i believed were the primary reason for the early community spread. let's talk about this now with the former assistant secretary for health at the department of health and human services, admiral brett giroir, the testing czar during the trump administration's handling of the pandemic, a pediatric care specialist. thank you for being with us to talk about this report. did you offer te

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one, do you see the usual imbalance in intensity with the party out of the white house, in this case the republicans, their base shows up more than the democratic base. and the other question is one we were just talking about in loudon county. to we see college educated voters who may have moved away from the republican party because they couldn't stand trump drift back even though, as we see in this "washington post" reporting, you know, trump's threat to american democracy is real and ongoing. such a critical issue for not only '22 but '24 is what do these republican-leaning voters, who moved away from the party, do. are they willing to cast votes for republicans who will enable and excuse what trump is doing. and in virginia, the answer seems to be more yes than no. . >> is trump losing potency as a voting issue, sophia? >> i think so. i live in loudon county, northern virginia. i'm one of those republicans, you all know this, moderate that moved away, never trumper. i refuse to have anything to do with anything about him. but someone like me is not going to vote for glenn youngki

chief white house correspondent indicate hand collins is here. happy thanksgiving to you. . >> happy thanksgiving, john. >> the reward for all the hard work you do at the white house is that you get to work. >> of course. >> the family of ahmaud arbery feared it might never come. three white men convicted of murder. >> we, the jury, find the defendant, travis mcmichael, guilty. >> woo! >> you heard that word "guilty" from the judge 23 times. all three guilty of murdering an unarmed black jogger. they face the possibility of life in prison. >> and you heard emotions in the courtroom after the judge read the first guilty verdict. that was ahmaud arbery's father. the judge had him removed as he read the rest of the verdict. his mother was in tears as the verdict was read. she later thanked supporters outside the courthouse. >> i thank each and every one of you who fought this fight with us. it's been a long fight. it's been a hard fight. but god is good. for those who marched, those who prayed -- most of all, the ones who prayed. >> they were confid

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joe biden ordered merrick garland to prosecute me from the white house lawn when he got off marine one. we're going to do -- we're going to go on the offense. if the administrative state wants to take me on, bring it. >> joining us now is the man who you saw standing next to steve bannon there, his attorney david shone, one of former president donald trump's impeachment lawyers. thank you for being with us this morning. i know you say your client has to withhold documents and testimony because privilege has been invoked. but it hasn't. so why are you saying that? >> let me preface my comments by one thing -- >> but it hasn't. >> i don't want to sit before you and beat you up. i don't watch television much but i know you have a accomplished background, professionally and personally. i wanted to compliment you on that. i don't know what you mean. mr. bannon's lawyer received a letter on behalf of former president trump, invoking the privilege, directing him not to appear, directing him not to turn over documents, that's how privilege is invoked. and as a lay person, once privilege is inv

we know they've spoken with at least five former trump white house officials, including alyssa farrah. >> i want to talk about a separate issue with quasi-legal issues here. gosar tweeted out what aos calls a fantasy video of him killing her. an anime video, he superimposed his face and her face, and he kills her. also a similar thing, he apparently brandishes swords at joe biden. first, the legal consequence here. >> first of all, this is unbelievably dangerous. gosar will get a visit from the secret service, no question about that. the u.s. constitution, article one, gives the house of representatives and the senate power to expel its own members by a two-thirds vote. that is very, very rarely done, but you have to ask, if not now when? what person at what company in the united states, public or private, would not get fired for doing something like that? congress has that constitutional power. we'll see whether there's any will to exercise it. >> a lot of that is on the republican leadership, what they choose to do with paul gosar. so far, as ocasio-cortez notes, mccarthy has done n

on the other side of this lawsuit, we have the national archives, bennie thompson, the white house, the president, and the house of representatives, the current house, plus a group of 66 lawmakers, including 22 republicans. trump is on a bit of an island when it comes to this lawsuit. >> does he have any standing here? . >> so, it's a good question. we don't exactly know. the key concept is executive privilege. can a former president invoke executive privilege? we know from a case in 1977, the privilege survives the individual president's tenure, meaning there could be an instance where a former president can invoke executive privilege. but the current president is in best position to assess the need of the executive branch and to invoke the privilege accordingly. if we look at recent history, we have seen examples where the current president is making that decision. in 2001, george w. bush invoked executive privilege from 2013. in 2009, barack obama voted not to invoke executive privilege from george w. bush. it has been the current guy, the current guy. joe biden has been making that