but with vaccination rates rising, the white house today reopened u.s. borders to nationals from 33 countries. >> but to travel to the u.s., most adult travelers must provide proof to the airlines that they are fully vaccinated. and provide a negative covid test, take it within three days of departure. starting earlier this morning, heavy traffic at both the canadian and mexican border,'s vaccine requires, but no tests. overseas today, airlines reported mostly full flights to the u.s.. >> we have seen searches reach 340%, which is absolutely massive. >> hopper.com reports the most in demand u.s. destinations for foreigners, new york, miami, and los angeles. domestic airline ticket prices are expected to move higher in the weeks, and months ahead. at jfk airport, this afternoon, mark and jill chambers finally reunited with their american families. >> i just kept crying on the plane because i knew i was going to see my sister. and it has been absolutely overwhelming. a world win for a week. and they're here now -- >> -- i love you so much >> happiness repl

to give them the house, the senate and the white house. in 2020. this is what they have to deliver on. honestly failure at this point isn't an option. especially when your only barrier is other democrats. there's no way to turn that around to voters in district or states going into the midterm. they absolutely must deliver. voters are looking at democrats like, you promised us this for years and years. you promised that you'll protect democracy. promise that you'll protect voting rights and protect reproductive rights. create a path way to citizen ship for immigrants as well as help us prepare and help us take care of our families, ore elders and children. what gives? these are the same voters that democrats are going to be relying onto turn out heavily in 2022. the heat is on right now. they absolutely have to deliver. we know any type of in fighting the polls showman chin and cinema is bringing the entire democratic party down. especially with biden's approval numbers. voters are over it. they want democrats to deliver on the agenda they have bee

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

this time there's no pardon from a president that ejected bannon from the white house. it's very important to understand exactly why bannon is in this criminal hot water right now. you may have seen headlines he's doing trump's bidding, but let's look at the actual new indictment that shows trump was only, quote, requesting bannon not disclose privileged information, while bannon's later lawyer said bannon would not be producing documents or testifying at all. let me explain what that means in play english. even steve bannon's lawyers admit they are doing more defiance than donald trump is asking for right now. that is a terrible legal strategy, because, and adam schiff and others have talked about this -- where there might be some debatable thing about a privilege issue or a scope issue, how much is congress asking for? lawyers can meet and talk about it. it can take a long time. you don't get indicted in the middle of that negotiation. right now bannon went further than trump, and said he won't cooperate at all, which is what the doj now says is the crime. add to that

this is obviously a former white house chief of staff. what do you make of the legal advice he apparently is getting? >> i'm sure that his legal advice is very sound, but it's also the legal advice that he's asking for. because it's clear that meadows doesn't want to testify, wants to find a way to avoid testifying and perhaps jon's book provides the key to that, because it may well be that mark meadows has testimony he would have to give if he were truthful that he simply cannot afford to give because it portrays him in just too negative of a light in a central figure in putting forward the insurrection. if not, the plot to try to avoid certifying the biden election. meadows has a choice to make here. he may well decide he's so protected by the white house that he's ready to run the risk of noncompliance with the congressional subpoena. the problem that he has,s and coverage covers him, even though the conduct he's decided on is a campaign of serious privilege may not cloak him. trump is a former president, he's not the current president

i worked in the white house. i know what these positions are. nicholas luna served as the former president's personal assistance, was in the office on the morning of january 6 when the president was on the phone with vice president pence. the personal assistant sits in this real tight space right outside the oval office. if the door is ajar, they can hear everything that happens. molly michael served as special assistant to the president. now, i don't know anything about who sat where, but that person has a lot of physical proximity. it seems the committee is looking for eyewitnesses to what the president said as you're pointing out with your parallel, when he said it and who on this list may not maybe already be a pardoned felon willing to roll the dice with contempt of congress. >> that's one of the big issues here. will anybody be interested in taking on the john dean role? sorry for the watergate metaphors today. we have not seen someone from trump's inner circle who is willing to publicly come forward and tell the truth. look, we were on th

let's talk about the white house responding to this variant. amid kind of catcalls from republicans especially on social media that biden failed to stop the pandemic. some of, them the same people calling the pandemic a host in earlier time. so amid all the noise and destruction, the biden administration has to do what they see fit. >> that is right, and president biden essentially said today that his administration is focused on this variant, doesn't want people to panic. but he is also making contingency plans if the new vaccine or more treatments are needed. the president also took of course the step that is being criticize which is to ban travel from south africa as well as a number of south african countries. now of course, the backlash of the husband that those southern african countries, including the president of south africa, and a number of african scientists have said that the biden administration and wealthy nations like europe, in the united states, are punishing african countries for finding this variant, and for developing the si

stepping up the vaccination campaign as the white house has done. this is in an indirect but powerful way going to have a relationship to inflation. another thing is the extension of those child tax credits, making sure families have more wiggle room in their budgets as they are facing some of those price pressures on things like gas and other items that have gone up. >> i want to ask you about the political struggle that democrats are in. some people you may dispute the premise, but you look at the new washington post poll, for example, that just came out after this bill was passed. the president's handling of the economy under water. 39% approved. 55% approved. on accomplishments, 35% of the country think he's accomplished a great deal. 63% say little to nothing. how do you go out and tell this story where voters don't think you guys are getting stuff done? i was there when the rescue package got passed. i was there when the infrastructure bill got passed. you'll be there when it's signed. there's clearly a disconnect with the american people who

even silencing a call from the white house. as he officially signed and certified arizona's vote for biden. >> governor ducey was horrible. >> reporter: now lake is looking to replace him. but it's georgia, michigan, nevada nevada, pennsylvania, wisconsin. all of these states in 2020 signed off on their results. but in 2024 -- >> many of those people will be gone in 2024. >> reporter: in georgia last year, trump called on the state's republican governor, brian kemp, to resign. after he, like ducey, made georgia's biden win official. then, on the morning of january 6th -- >> donald trump has just begun. i'm a part of his team. and we're going to take back this country. >> reporter: that man, vernon jones, is now running for governor. >> he's great guy. he's smart, he's tough. vernon jones. >> i stand for free, fair, and transparent elections. >> reporter: why should one trust that you would certify the election results in 2024 if joe biden or another democrat won re-election? >> that's your narrative. that's what you want to pus

she was even arrested protesting outside the white house. i spoke to her earlier this week about her politics, this moment in american history and her new book "sorry, not sorry." alyssa milano so good to have you on the show. welcome. >> thank you so much for having me. >> the other week you were outside the white house protesting for voting rights. you got arrested. what happened there and were you there because you don't believe joe biden has done enough to protect voting rights? >> exactly. you know, states have introduced 425 bills making it harder for people to vote. 13 republican led states have passed 33 laws aimed specifically at making it more difficult for people to vote. of course that burden lies on the communities of color, people of color. so i went with people for the american way and we marched right up to the white house with the purpose of demanding that president biden use his power and influence in the senate with the senate to pass the freedom to vote act. i also think we need d.c. statehood as soon as possible and we n

what dot the white house -- i know the white house doesn't have a lot of patience for engaging publicly around any of this. i also know they do watch these symptoms, the president's effort to heal the soul of the country is not making inroads on the right. >> it sure isn't. and not only is it not making inroads. but, if anything, one of the political super powers that president biden had when he came to office was even people, republicans who maybe didn't support him etiologically, he was sort of this unoffensive guy, your unoffensive uncle or grandfather. and now he has lost that, at least among that trump base that you are talking about not making inroads in. and i would point to -- i can't say on air the origin of it, but the let's go brandon chants that started in stadiums and bars and are now being shouted in churches, being sold on shirts, signs, they are sort of in every aspect of civic life. that's a reflection of the fervent anger and animosity that a lot of this country feels towards president biden, which makes what he promised during the campaign, that he could restore bipar

yesterday the white house outlined some of the actions that they're taking. the list includes expanding access to gender affirming care and fighting for the passage of the equality act and in a separate statement, president biden summed up the work that remains quote transgender people are some of the bravest americans i know but no person should have to be brave just to live in safety and dignity. today we remember, tomorrow and every day we must continue to act. the house of representatives also honored the lives of the dozens of transgender and non-binary people killed this year. ayanna pressley read their names on the floor. thank you for waiting to talk about this. what will it take to rid transphobia from society? the more acceptance there is, the more push back there is, as well. >> well, first, i just want to acknowledge that the cruelty is a threat that we have to confront and root out wherever it exists and i think congressional intent matters and so i was proud to be a co-sponsor of a congressional resolution commemorating november 20th as trans da

a white house memo lays out the plan. president biden will lead followed by key cabinet members including pete buttigieg and energy secretary jennifer granholm. the president's schedule shows he'll hold a cabinet meeting on friday to explain best how the plan will work for the american people. principal press secretary responded. >> now it's passed. so why is he waiting to sign it and when will he sign it? >> he talked about this on saturday and he basically said he wants to make sure the congressional members who worked very, very hard on this when they come back, then we'll figure out a time to sign it. but you're right. it's urgent, but we twoont make sure they're all in on delivering on this promise are here for the signing as well. >> joining us now, white house correspondent mime memoli. good to see you. let's talk about where we need to go. the president and his team faced a lot of criticism earlier this year, that they didn't do enough to sell the bill. first the covid relief billback in the spring, they didn't pu

this is the white house trying to go on a tour. he will be in detroit tomorrow trying to convince americans, look at what we did for you. i think we're going to see more tweets like that. >> and coming right off your point, peter, a question that doesn't call for a judgment on your part but rather the democrats you're talking to by way of your daily reporting, is there still a messaging deficit? if you live in kingsburg, new jersey or iowa, are you any closer to knowing what you are going to get? i guess we know that new hampshire is getting a bridge and ohio is getting a bridge. but is there still that deficit? >> well, they're not going to accomplish this just in one or two days after the bill signing, right? this is going to, for them, have to be a sustained effort to sell this program to the public. now, they start off with an advantage, which is the public is generally for it. the last abc washington post poll showed that 63% of americans supported it. they want new bridges and they want their ports and airports and broadband.

jonathan lemire, veteran white house reporter and politico white house bureau chief and hosts "way too early" in his spare time 5:00 a.m. weekdays on this network. ali vitali and dr.er win redlinger. he advises us on public health and professor of pediatrics at albert einstein college of medicine in his spare time, but, ali, nation turns its lonely eyes to you. remember please your host is a bit slow so without any acronyms or use of the word reconciliation, i'm begging you to explain what we're witnessing go on in the house tonight, what it will result in and what it will give to americans. >> well, brian, i'll leave our beloved biff tag line on the hill. it is the bipartisan infrastructure bill that passed the senate now working its way through the house after many hours and much frustration in anticipation of this moment. what we've seen in the last half hour really is the coalescing of moderate and progressive factions that had previously been at odds over how this evening was going to go and saw a lot of stopping and starting on the part of house leadership because they were tryin

today the white house is facing a critical question. how do you convince everyday americans the economy is strong and the country moving in the right direction when most of them just aren't feeling it? right now everything from gas to groceries is cost more, a lot more. the u.s. is experiencing the sharpest level of inflation in 30 years. the president acknowledging it and vowing to tackle it. >> many people remain unsettled about the economy. and we all know why. they see higher prices. they go to the store online or they go to the store or go online, and they can't always find what they want and when they want it. we're tracking these issues and trying to figure out how to tackle them head on. >> but there are top ceos wondering if the president really does get it and whether his administration has the frame of reference to get it. one anonymous ceo told politico's ben white, i don't think the administration is on top of it at all. that person went on to say, how many people inside this white house really know what inflation is or how

but obviously the white house is paying attention. and as we know, they've kavd v waived executive privilege for at least the initial set of documents because they understand this needs to be probed. >> phil, indeed, to yamiche's point, they are paying attention. remind us if you you would the short version of roger stone's relationship with the now former president, how it has changed if at all, and his relationship with groups like these would-be army men, the proud boys. >> yeah, brian. so roger stone is a figure who has operated in the dark corners of american politics for decades now. when donald trump was just a real estate mogul and reality television star, it was roger stone in trump's ear teaching him about politics, trying to get him involved with the hard right, trying to shape his ideological agenda. and of course when trump decided to run for president ultimately in 2015 roger stone was front and center as a key adviser. he ended up not working through most of that 2016 campaign. he was more of an outside figure then. but

trump white house records. u.s. judge tanya chuck is denying trump's request to block access to those documents. judge decided an earlier court ruling on subpoenas writing that the president is not king and added, the plaintiff's not president. national archives, as you know, is set to turn over the first batch of trump's records to this house select committee investigating the insurrection, riding at the capitol. they are expected to do that by this friday. they are almost by definition, all things that trump doesn't want the committee to see. trump has filed an appeal tonight to the d.c. circuit court, that didn't take long. this case is likely to end up at the supreme court. today, the house committee issued even more subpoenas to trump allies. this latest round of requests for documents and testimonies comes just a day after they targeted six other trump allies. today subpoenas went up to ten former trump administration officials including some of the most prominent members of his inner circle. former press secr

sam stein, white house editor for politico. kimberly atkins store of wur and the boston herald a member of the editorial board of "the boston globe." on this veterans day barry mccaffrey, veteran of vietnam and of the persian gulf. good evening and welcome to you all. kimberly, i would like to begin with you. the documents have been slowed down to a crawl. perhaps mark meadows' cooperation is slowing down to a crawl. where does this leave democrats who want to see consequences? >> yeah. it leaves the democrats as well as the committee which does include two republicans in a waiting game and i think it's something that was expected. yes. this means that these documents that were required to be produced by tomorrow will take a couple weeks before they see the light of day. it actually in the legal world is a pretty quick schedule to schedule arguments and briefings within a number of weeks, particularly if there's a holiday in the middle so this is fast tracked but this is a stalling mechanism by trump world and expected. they us

so how is the white house watching all of this? >> well, it also undercuts in many ways president biden's, one of his key campaign arguments and promises that if he was just to simply get elected, he, joe biden, a deal maker, a creature of the senate, bipartisanship would return to the body. and that he could prove that congress could work, washington could work, and could govern. in some ways, he has. he just signed into law his $1.2 trillion infrastructure package on monday. but when you look at a congress like that. it wasn't just the censure vote, and of course the video that prompted it, but the speeches were so politicized, so partisan, you really just see there's very little room for joe biden to work with a congress like that. one final thing worth noting. all of the republican reluctance to censure or even just criticize congressman gosar for the video, they're very willing and eager to try to have a debate about punishing the 13 republicans who voted for joe biden's bipartisan infrastructure bill, when former president do

but yamiche alcindor, white house correspondent for pbs news. our moderator of washington week also on pbs. we philip rucker, pulitzer prize-winning senior washington post correspondent, notably coauthor with carol lending of the new york times bestseller i alone can fix it + a very stable genius.. and former u.s. attorney joyce alene, who spent 25 years as a federal prosecutor, she host the podcast sisters in law along with our friends with kimberly acts guns, and barbara mcquade. good evening and welcome to you all. and counselor, indeed, i need to begin with you given the news at the top of our broadcast tonight. these two notable names are big names. they come out seemingly late in the game on the subpoena list. though we don't get to know how long the game is planned for. what is your read on this latest round of subpoenas it looks? like congress is doing what prosecutors typically do their following the money. they are trying to figure out who funded the events on january six which will be very telling in helping them place accountability.

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white house covid-19 coordinator jeff zients gets tonight's last word. he is not going to get it because we had a piece of video for him that we do not have time for because you know it is time now for "the 11th hour with brian williams." that starts right now. ♪♪ >>> well, good evening once again. day 295 of the biden administration and the breaking news on our watch tonight is that a federal judge has denied this latest request from trump to keep those documents and records of january 6th away from the committee investigating january 6th. those records that trump doesn't want seen are with the national archives, but they could be just days away from being turned over to the committee. >> we hope that these can start to be transmitted on friday. the national archives has indicated that they have the material ready, ready to transmit, and they are following the president's request to turn those over to the january 6th committee. president biden is the president that gets to decide what is privileged, and so he has indicated that the national archives

when clinton first took the white house democrats lost both races. when bush 43 came in, republicans lost both races. obama was first elected there with a very promising new coalition, but again, democrats lost both races the next year and many, many things where are different about trump, but not this. he followed the same path throughout history of all those other presidents. the party in power then republicans, losing both those races the year after the election. this almost always happens. it's a trend that's just much larger than anything else. it happens in the year after the presidential election. so the parties of course have time to decide what they want to do and their plans of how much to react, but when pundits in the press treat this very routine, regular shift as a larger referendum on the specifics, they might be missing history's lessons in plain sight. it's not just the overcaffeinated people on twitter. it's respected people in the media. a solid journalist last night -- an entire party's emerging platform. >> how much of this is a

that'll be a huge win for the white house. on the build back better act, it will face a tougher battle. we hear from manchin about his concerns. walk us through in terms of what could happen there and what changes may occur. >> oh, there is going to be a lot of changes in the senate. this is going to be amended. you have to wait to get the score and analysis and on congressional of what it costs and go to the senate, senators are going to amend not only joe manchin but sinema had a bunch of concern and others, there are concerns over immigration and robert mendez of new jersey had concerns. there is concerns of do this go far enough on medicare or medicaid. we'll see bernie sanders have a lot to say about this. the senate will change this legislation and they do this really crazy process called a voter-rama where they stay out all night. republicans get a chance to change the legislation. the procedure is going to be pretty complex in the senate and some point after thanksgiving, it's going to come back to the house. there is

, senate, white house. so if if there are a couple things at the end that are different, we will deal with those. but this is, again, transformative, historic, and, again, this is a giant -- two giant steps forward today. >>. [ indiscernible ] >> no, none. watch the vote when it comes up, okay. >> some voters think -- >> okay. >> a bit of a step forward for the democrats here who as garrett haake confirmed for us at the top of the hour are sort of having a groundhog day. it feels like a breakthrough, though, garrett, take me through what you heard? >> the plan is to try to move a vote forward today on the rule, the procedural step to move forward on the bigger build back better bill that the president wants to see ultimately passed and have a final vote and send to the president's desk the bipartisan infrastructure bill which of course has already passed the senate. pelosi has been in a jam all day long. she's had a group of about half a dozen moderates who have been unwilling to move forward on the builder

a former white house doctor, now a u.s. congressman, says this new variant is a hoax made up by democrats. claire previewed that for you. we will tell you more. plus the january 6th committee could be ready to move on another contempt charge as the d.o.j. calls out steve bannon for attempting to try his case in the media. >>> trump and his allies trying to dismantle the guardrails that stopped him from overturning prebl's win last time around. all those stories and more when "deadline: white house" continues after a quick break. don't go anywhere. n't go anywhe. okay, we're not gonna ask for discounts on floor models, demos or displays. shopping malls can be a big trigger for young homeowners turning into their parents. you ever think about the storage operation a place like this must rely on? -no. they just sell candles, and they're making overhead? you know what kind of fish those are? -no. -eh, don't be coy. [ laughs ] [ sniffs, clears throat ] koi fish. it can be overwhelming. think a second. have we seen this shirt bef

i just read part of what came out of that meeting at the white house today. do we know anything, you know, for certain about the transmissibility and severity of this new variant based on the details coming out of south africa so far? >> yeah, ayman, it's important to stress the details are all kind of fast and furious and somewhat anecdotal. we do know it's more transmissible, possibly more transmissible than delta. remember, delta was more transmissible than the strains and variants we had before it, like beta and alpha. that does not mean it's more severe. that's what we're waiting to see, because we need to dissect who are the people that got three infections, were they breakthrough infections in vaccinated people, it seems like it was, who could have had other chronic conditions. we're all kind of waiting for that data that dr. fauci mentioned would be available worldwide, by the way, not just from the united states, but from south africa and other countries, in a matter of weeks. in the meantime, what we can do as individuals is get boosted. i can talk

mark meadows served as donald trump's final white house chief of staff before that he was a congressman from north carolina. and like steve bannon, he's refusing to comply with the subpoena for records and testimony. one six committee met today, there said to be taking a hard look at criminal contempt referral, just like they did with bannon. the ap reporting committee, betty thompson, says meadows still has time to answer his subpoena but he warms he won't likely won't wait indefinitely. -- one committee member made it clear, discussions about won mark meadows are at a serious stage. >> we are had a very good discussion, making sure that all of the elements that would be necessary to support a prosecution are present. we met with the committee lawyers, and i would say this discussion is very much ongoing. we are going to pursue every piece of evidence, so when we are through will be able to tell the american public and our colleagues here in the congress, everything there is to know. so that we can take appropriate action, whether it's a revised in the electoral count it, revisiting th

and his team at the white house. remember, they're more aware of the exact position that senator manchin as well as senator sinema from arizona have on this, these negotiations have largely been playing out in private with president biden and some of the top aides at the white house. you know, i don't think that pelosi would be moving forward in the house and i don't think the white house would be expressing as much public confidence if they didn't think that they were likely to get to the right place with manchin and sinema over on the senate side. that being said, you know, they can't be too confident because, remember, this has been going on for months now, and without a resolution, and i think there was some hope that after the virginia -- the poor election results in virginia a couple weeks ago for democrats, that that would light a fire under some of these democratic senators who've been holding out and that doesn't quite seem to have been the case. but i do think there's some confidence tonight on the part of

do you still hear new accounts as someone who covered the white house, now covering the biden white house, are there still people that come out of the wood work and tell the stories or do you feel you knew a lot of this in real time. >> we knew a lot of this in real time, but i would say i definitely run into sources, make new sources that want to tell their side of the trump administration, their experience, what they went through. i definitely think there are a lot of people out there just now in some ways starting to process what they lived through and witnessed. in some ways, very interesting. also why the work that the house select committee is doing is interesting because there are people, especially i would say on the side of vice president mike pence, former vice president mike pence, who i think are traumatized by the way that january 6th went and are sort of starting to process what happened. >> it is always wonderful to talk to both f you, especially today. thank you for spending time with us. >>> another big victory for keeping our kids healthy and safe at a time when cases of

and i understand this is the first of many events this white house plans. but i wonder if we can be constructive and prescriptive here. what is your advice for strengthening and sharpening this message? >> well, look, i think to some degree they are going to have to do this a bunch of times. and they are going to have to pick individual instances. today the port. again, i don't think that was by coincidence. but picking each individual aspect of this. the challenge with these omnibus pieces of legislation, with big things that have lots of stuff in them is there isn't necessarily one thing you can hone in on, there is a lot of different things. nicole, i think to your point and to charlie's point -- look, if i had a nickel for every time i said this -- i bet you have said this as well. you know, the american people around going to start hearing the message until the messenger is absolutely dead tired saying the message. right? >> yeah. >> so this is the beginning. it's not the end. it's going to have to happen dozens and dozens of times. the cabinet is goin

are you hearing about this from inside the white house? >> well, look, i do think this is an interesting story. and yet we're also only, what, nine, ten months into his, so far, first term. yes, people are concerned about it. that is something i've heard. yes, i've also heard there are some democrats who want him to run again simply because if it does end up being a competition against donald trump, former president donald trump again, they think biden is best-placed to win. i think that the white house may be frustrated that this is even a discussion yet. but it is, because of his age. you have to ask the question as to whether or not he would run for a second term. he also did, as a candidate, call himself a transitional figure. but i also think it's important to remember, he was asked about this at the first press conference that he gave as president at the white house. to the chagrin, i might add, of some of his aides who thought the question was not fair, whether he was going to run again. and he said yes. so that's not a change in me

a short time ago the white house released a readout of that meeting. dr. fauci informing the president it will take, quote, approximately two more weeks to have more definitive information on the variant. fauci stressing he believes existing vaccines are likely to provide a degree of protection against severe cases. the administration promising another update on the u.s. response on monday. also on monday, new travel restrictions for eight southern african countries set to go into effect. joining us, dr. kavita patel, a physician and former obama white house policy director, also an msnbc medical contributor. dr. patel, it's great to see you again. thanks for answering so many of our questions about this. i just read part of what came out of that meeting at the white house today. do we know anything, you know, for certain about the transmissibility and severity of this new variant based on the details coming out of south africa so far? >> yeah, ayman, it's important to stress the details are all kind of fast and furious and somewhat anecdotal. we do know i

next time someone attacks this white house over inflation, and anyone that's worked in the white house knows that presidents have less to do with the success and failure of the economy than presidents claim when the economy's good or that presidents deserve blame for when they're not so good, but the truth doesn't seep into many of our debates so we'll put that aside. but rob portman, who ran the budget office for george w. bush saying this bill is a weapon against inflation, that should be put into an ad. that's the best argument for joe biden. how do democrats make sure to use the republican support to boost biden's approval ratings? >> well, we elected biden because he could speak to republicans. he could speak to moderates. so he's got to do that. from his voice in the communities where we felt we were weak in all of those blue collar communities, inflation is a kitchen table issue. the ability of a family to be able to go out and buy christmas gifts or a thanksgiving turkey is a kitchen table issue. he has to go out and start talking about that. going to congressional districts ac

and in doing so, he cost us the house, the senate, and the white house. >> joining me to discuss, "washington post" national investigative reporter, carol leonnig, ryan j. reilly, and former u.s. attorney, joyce vance. she's an msnbc contributor and professor at the alabama school of law. joyce, understanding the unpredictable nature of the characters involved here, what can we expect from steve bannon's court appearance tomorrow?alicia, it's entirely unpredictable. here we typically expect that the government may arraign bannon on the charges and there may be some form of hearing over detention. it's not clear yet whether the government will seek to detain bannon. that would be a heavy lift, but they may decide to argue that given his past history, he's something of a flight risk. it seems highly doubtful to me that a judge would detain him on this misdemeanor charge. >> congressman jerry raskin says the january 6th committee may use civil contempt charges to force bannon to testify. how would that work, joyce? >> so it would work about the same way that what we've seen with bannon would wor

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>> 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

what is the white house strategy to tackle the situation? how can the president ensure more people get vaccinated and get their boosters? >> yeah, good morning, john. i mean we spent yesterday on the phone with, you know, all types of medical officials who are looking at this, and the core message really is we simply do not have the data yet, in particular on the big question, which is how these changes, these mutations in this virus will affect vaccination protection. in other words, can they get around the shield of those vaccinated. that's a big one. this is a mutation that has something like 30 changes to it. that's sort of the most number of mutations of any of the variants we've seen so far. it really looks more transmissible. we just don't know yet how more dangerous it is for those who get it. so that is the question right now. so joe biden really can't say anything other than we've got to wait and see. in the meantime, most people including dr. fauci are confident the vaccine will provide some protection against this variant. we jus

>> the solution is for the senate, with the support of the white house, to come with a carve out. i would hope they would get rid of the filibuster period, but the least they can do is a carve out. we cannot end this year without having voter protection bills enacted and legislated. those of us in the civil rights community will fight for that in the streets and in any other medium we can because there's nothing more fundamental than protecting the right to vote. let me say this, alex, it's not only the right thing to do for the white house and for the democrats, it is their only way they will survive the mid term elections. because if people have impediments to vote, how can you turn out if there are impediments there to prevent you from voting. >> i hope democrats are listening. you, rev, are preaching on this sunday. preaching the absolute truth and the gospel regarding voting rights. thank you so much, my friend. we'll see you later on just about three and a half hours on tv. thank you. >> thank you. >>> she entered congress at one of the most consequential times on capitol hi

nbc white house correspondent monica alba, former democratic senator from new jersey, bob, former white house press secretary under president obama, robert gibbs, and former republican new jersey governor and epa administrator christy todd whitman. senator, to you first. big picture. what went wrong for democrats this week? was it a lot of little things that were specific to virginia and new jersey, or is there a bigger problem here? >> well, i think -- >> it was both. >> obviously, it comes down to local politics and you can see that terry mcauliffe made some big mistakes when he said things like parents shouldn't be part of their children's education or shouldn't tell teachers what to teach at a time when that critical race theory, even though it wasn't being taught in virginia or anywhere else that i can figure, that's what people were focused on, so he was a little bit tone deaf. he didn't reach out to his base in the way that he should. here in new jersey, what happened was that jack decided -- jack ciattarelli, the republican candidate, decided that he wanted to hone very close to

again, it deals with the biden white house. even pro-biden forces, loyal democrats have hopped on the criticism of messaging. what good is passing legislation, trying to do good things if you keep it a secret? the baltimore trip i guess is a start, but, lisa, is there any evidence that message on messaging is getting through? >> well, i think it is exactly as you put it in the intro. this is going to be a full-court press by the administration, not just by the president but by cabinet officials, democratic members of congress to really push the benefits of this bipartisan infrastructure bill, to get in these communities and tell voters this road, this bridge, this electrical grid is something that democrats in the biden administration delivered for you. i think there is an open question at a time when republicans have been very eager to run on culture war issues, and we saw them be fairly successful in these off-year elections last week, running on things like schools and, you know, more culture war things like critical race th

so there is an inconsistency and i think it reflects an awareness in the white house that there isn't a political appetite in the country to do so this, even though the science might suggest if you're going to have a travel ban that is inconsistent for some countries and not others, you probably scientifically would do more to protect the nation by saying everybody wears a mask indoors, which is just being re-introduced in the uk and you have to have vaccine mandates if you want to go to places where there are other people. that would be following the science. >> i think that's fair and i think that speaks to why this is difficult for almost any government. we could get narrow-minded in america thinking about recent choices, but there are many countries with many different governments across the political spectrum that have seriously struggled with this in many ways. doctor, just to put a clear point on it since folks are coming out of their holiday weekend and catching up on this, is there anything different anyone should actually do right now based o what we know? >> i think if you'

monica alba is at the white house. ali is on the hill just spent some peppering the senator with questions. let's start with what senator manchin told you about paid leave and whether that was going to be a deal breaker. it seemed as if he was hearing it from you for the first time. that it was going back in the bill. >> yeah. he was. because if you remember, craig, yesterday we were talking about paid leave from the perspective to borrow a phrase from the princess bride, as a mostly dead policy in the reconciliation negotiations. advocates who i had been talking to as well as democratic lawmakers who were supportive of it did not think it was going to find a place in this larger social spending package. we heard from speaker pelosi who said that four weeks of family and paid sick medical family leave are in this bill. we broke the news it seemed to manchin who repeated what he's said before. that he has concerns about recreating and bolstering social programs when ones that already exist remain insolvent. specifically

and the results were that all week and both houses of congress and the white house were delivered to democrat, joe manchin was not on the vote in the ballot of 2020. he was not who those people were voted for. but obviously has a position here that he could stand in the way of delivering. that democrats should be reminded of just how popular and we [inaudible] zach was at the beginning of this year. just remember, at the time of this economic relief for americans, when they needed it most in the pandemic, now with inflation and the economy still staggering, they still made that release. businesses are trying to get back on their feet. and i think that that is what voters are expecting, and it would be really a big problem for democrats if they're unable to deliver. i >> said, indeed inflation is growling out there. i am looking at a fox poll that says, inflation is the number one issue people are most concerned about. i am looking at a cbs poll saying that it is the issue biden's handling the worse. i am looking at our own and bc pull that republicans are better suited to tackling in

the white house is deeply aware of this. they are deeply aware of all the challenges the economic challenges, frankly, still the covid challenges that americans are facing. they care about it for two reasons, number, one joe biden very clearly said these are the people he was elected to represent and help and lift up and number two, it's putting him down politically. hurting the poll numbers. one thing that's fascinating, joe biden is not polling particularly well but's policies are doing quite well, and our four more popular. that's why you see this huge push to own the messaging. that's why he was on the crumbling bridge in new hampshire yesterday, that's why he was in detroit today. trying to talk about not just -- but to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill. now he has to sell it and he has to message it and he has to tell those americans how that will improve gas prices. how that will improve the. life how that will improve their bank account. messaging is something they have gotten wrong and they are making a concer

a former obama white house health policy director. always good to see you. let's talk through the five myths. this vaccine was rushed therefore millions of young children are about to become lab experiments. the vaccine is more dangerous than covid-19 itself. if your child had covid-19 they don't need the vaccine. the rate of serious side effects from the vaccine are underreported. the vaccine will change children's dna. again, all of those myths, driven by disinformation. of those five, is there one that alarms you most? >> honestly, all five alarm me. the one that alarms me the most is implying that somehow we are conducting experiments on our children because it doesn't acknowledge the reverence for which we have had to try to understand the safety and truly people have always accused kind of having these vaccines arrive within a year has been quote, unquote, rushed. but they have also not acknowledged the decades of research for messenger rna and how it has been used in other vaccine. it has never come to this level because we have never had a pandemic a

this is the white house trying to make a point with the visuals. that backdrop evolves around the key shipping point the president was speaking. meanwhile, there are ongoing shortages related to the pandemic. the poll nearly two-thirds back this big biden spending plan. a positive impact could be felt soon nationwide. >> this money will help more south carolinians get connected with high-speed internet for the first time. >> help turn this into grand central station of the west. >> this will help a lot. farmers need those roads and bridges to get those products to market. >> improving transportation in lower income and lower density areas of savannah. >> infrastructure is important for travel, again, for having, i guess, the places to make sure you can charge your vehicle. >> everything you just saw was local news coverage, people who, in their own communities, might keep an eye on the local news as they flip around, just like local papers still are a way a lot of people get their news. you notice something there that relates to the coverage we've