eugene, i'm going to start with you. when you listen to committee members raskin and chairman thompson talk about pence, very careful with their words. they aren't overtly threatening subpoenas. they seem to be almost appealing to his patriotism, to his sense of identity as an institutionalist. does the committee really think that he's going to cooperate? >> i think so, and i think just based on exactly what you said, how they are kind of coaxing him into it. like remember, mike, we are patriots. you love this country. don't forget they threatened to hang you on january 6th. all of those things are ways to hopefully tone down the temperature for him and make it not as tough. i will say, you know, whether he goes voluntarily or not, he is almost as key to this conversation as anyone else, right, other than donald trump. there's no other big kahuna than mike pence. he received the most pressure, all of the anger from both donald trump and his allies throughout this process, before, during, and after january 6th. so he has

eugene, your reaction is open in your paper? >> yeah that is exactly right that he ran this campaign about local schools on his first day he sees this control of the schools from localities. he bans the teaching of critical race theory which is not being taught in virginia schools. so that is irrelevant. except we also bans the teaching of divisive -- you can't teach american history and race without raising divisive concepts. that is pretty divisive. and then of course he invalidates mask mandates that have been imposed by a local school boards that are supported by parents in the school districts. and, now, there is a big question as to whether -- he has been taken to court by a number of school districts. i suspect he might lose. but -- you know it's all about the culture wars first couple weeks at least an office are all about culture wars and not about the kind of technocratic get it done optimistic government that he promised. >> and, mike, eugene summed it up there. invalidating of mask mandates, banning of divisive conce

. >> joining me now, msnbc political contributor eugene daniels. he's a white house reporter for politico and co-author of "playbook." and the renee graham, associate editor for "the boston globe." renee, when you look at that polling, what does that tell you that the one thing, the one thing americans can agree on is that the country is headed in the wrong direction and that we're too divided. >> well, you know, interestingly, back in 2014, there was a piece for "the daily beast" looking at the history of that question. where is the country? are you happy with the direction of the country? overwhelmingly, decade after decade, americans have not been happy with the direction of their country. the one time that the numbers were very high that they were happy with the direction of their country was just after 9/11, and that dropped off to about -- it was about 72% after 9/11, and that dropped off to 40%. so there was always a level of dissatisfaction in this country, and that was without dealing with the pandemic that's reaching its second year. you

joining us exclusively is eugene chiang, chairman at ubs securities -- eugene qian. thank you for joining us. i am actually curious i know about ubs, you haven't really wanted to increase your stake in the securities business. we know goldman and j.p. morgan have already secured ownership. does that give you everything of your position? eugene: 51%. we were the first to apply for majority control in november of 2018. we are very happy with where we are. however, as you said, we are closing monetary policy. we want to increase our stake 67% already and we are waiting for the final regulatory approval. beyond that, we will continue to monitor the situation. we are celebrating the 50th anniversary this month for the opening of the ubs securities in china. shery: what is the upside of that partnership, that you are not going 100% in for full ownership, just seeking a 67% stake? eugene: in china, you take things step step, and so far, we are working on our partnership with the chinese government. a good partnership where both sides are bringing good things to the joint ve

still with us to discuss, eugene robinson and mike murphy. eugene, before trump dumped the call, he was, again, relitigating the 2020 election. listen. >> how come biden couldn't direct 20 people for a press? how come when he went to speak in different locations, nobody came to watch? but all of a sudden, he got 80 million votes? nobody believes? that >> if you forgive me, maybe because the election wasn't about you. >> to steve's point, at the end, 2020 was absolutely a referendum on trump. and voters rejected him. if he insist on making 2022 about him and his grievances, won't that hurt republicans? the big winning moment for republicans was glenn youngkin in virginia. and he didn't go anywhere near trump. >> yeah. and so, donald trump makes 2022 about him. that is a net positive for democrats. look, democrats got their majority in the senate because donald trump gave them to senate seats in georgia. they are not frankly anticipating winning. it may be in the back. but donald trump gave it to them. he already said that democrats, stacey abr

jeremy bash, eugene daniels and jacquieline alemany, thank you for your time. coming up, another day, another chance to see exactly what today's republican party is all about. two seasoned political observers will be joining me to talk about the persistence influence of the former guy. and fact-checks and dangerously misleading covid arguments coming in hard from the far right. more of the "the 11th hour" coming up next. yep, it's go time with wireless on the most reliable network. ok, that jump was crazy! but what's crazier? you get unlimited for just 30 bucks. nice! but mine has 5g included. wait! 5g included? yup, even these guys get it. nice ride, by the way. and the icing on the cake? saving up to 400 bucks? exactly. wait, shouldn't you be navigating? xfinity mobile. it's wireless that does it all and saves a lot. like a lot, a lot. there was a time, believe it or not, when "hillbilly elegy" author j. d. vance wasn't a fan of donald trump. from "politico", quote, "vance has come under fire for deleting tweets from 2016, including one in which he said he wa

still with us is eugene robinson and bill crystal. bill, the minority leader has talked about perhaps and men didn't the 1887 electoral vote count act. the electoral count act. which many people didn't know existed. but it's something that happened that governs whatever happens on january six. you tweeted today that maybe he will, maybe he won't. but that is not where our attention should be focused. >> i am strongly for reforming it. i personally vibe with the judge that will introduce that bill as well as the other two bills. and move the balls. which would be the easiest way to explain it to people. -- and to happen in terms of the state legislators on january six itself. -- having said that, that bill has not been -- yet. there are two other bills, which are good. bills if the republicans want some strike part to it they should not be debated on the floor. but i'd suggest that it may will be imposed to take out the parts that they like the most. they can refuse to let them even be debated. in that situation we now face the child l

the 1860s was eugenic of bias. this applies to think tax on both sides based on a false science based solely on competitions. and in truth it's cooperation bring. >> help me with your question michael what is your question? >> yes, sir. >> what is your question? >> the question is can he simply answer that is a fact in pursuing a policy kids with smallpox blankets can spread disease for any politician to say that is horrible. let me in that the doctor jump in. >> first of all i have been one of those saying herd immunity does not exist with this virus. once you have enough people of immunity through vaccination or through natural infection the virus were no longer spread. one of things we are recognizing as i may be immune today but over time is waning immunity i may get reinfected tomorrow. so at that point herd immunity goes out the windowsp right there because at best it's a temporary state of being immune. this is why we need to look carefully at multiple doses of the vaccine.ma and as you know piercing a numbe

jeremy bash, eugene daniels and jacquieline alemany, thank you for your time. coming up, another day, another chance to see exactly what today's republican party is all about. two seasoned political observers will be joining me to talk about the persistence influence of the former guy. and fact-checks and dangerously misleading covid arguments coming in hard from the right. more, the 11th hour, coming up next. our, coming up next big boi waterfall shower! big boi crawl space. big boi sold sign, big boi logo. realtor.com to each their home. you could wait... all night... for an email response from steve, who will sign back in at 9 am tomorrow morning. orrrr... you could find the answer right now in slack. and give steve a break. slack. where the future works. do you struggle to fall asleep and stay asleep? qunol sleep formula combines 5 key nutrients and give steve a break. that can help you fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and wake up refreshed. the brand i trust is qunol. >> woman: what's my safelite story? >> vo: my car is more than four wheels. it's m

still with us now is eugene robinson is mark mckinnon. good evening again to you. welcome back to both of you. eugene, how do you think the president did in that press conference, and to that very specific point of we've actually done well but there's more to do, do you think he conveyed that well? >> i actually think he did. we all know repetition is key to getting a message through, and so i think president biden today did something he probably should have done a while ago and that he should do more -- do a lot more often in the future, and that is he stood up for two hours and talked and took questions from reporters and talked directly to the american people. he set the agenda. he wrote to -- and i think that's what he needs to do to take the initiative as he tries to get, you know, what he can of build back better through congress as he confronts potential international crises like russia and ukraine, as he deals with covid, as he tries to fight inflation. he does have a lot on his plate. but i think the first step is to take the initiative and to go out there

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and eugene thompson -- and eugene robinson is for the washington post, an msnbc political analyst. give us your reaction to the totality of what we have learned today about this request for a grand jury. and if you will address that issue that i was addressing with jeff, what about a federal investigation, what used to be your judge job in georgia, a federal investigation of the same situation? >> well, i am glad to be with you, thank you for having me back. i was not surprised to see the district attorney asked for the special grand jury. i think she was a little bit late in doing so. really this is the belt and suspenders for her on whether she has enough to prove the case. but they deal about this before, is so much evidence in the case tape that is out there right now. and there is a plethora of public statements made by these potential witnesses in the public record. as you said, there was a new story attached to the letter here. i think she is trying to get some people under oath. i don't think she needs that. it tells me that she may be looking at a broader investigation, is

i'm halley jackson, along with pete williams, kelly o'donnell, garrett hake, eugene robinson, melissa murray, and a former clerk to justice sandra day o'connor. i'm glad to be with all of you. i want to set up how this is going to go. there is a process that will need to unfold as it relates to the retirement of justice breyer. the justice needs to announce the retirement officially. then president biden will lay out who he would like to choose to replace the justice. then, the ball goes to capitol hill with back and forth on the senate. we know there will be a bunch of meetings with senators, there will be a hearing with the judicial committee, then they vote to send the nominee to the full senate. that only needs a simple majority. if it's tied, it can be sent to the full senate. then a final confirmation vote with 100 senators, then it only takes 50 plus 1 vote. what is a typical timeline? on average it takes two months from a justice announcing the retirement to the final senate vote. justice barrett only waited 27 days, right before the election. it took clarence thomas 100 days

joining us, eugene samuels and jonathan lemire. and deborah edwards of maryland running for her former house seat. jonathan, the president said that the climate could be signed, but look behind chair number two, it's joe manchin tasked with that, writing that part. what are the chances of that working out? >> certainly, senator manchin has been a thorn in his side in this white house in the past year. he has signaled support, first on climate measures so we'll see if a deal can be struck. but certainly, there's frustration among white house aides it's come to this. the president, we heard in that news conference wednesday saying, quote, chunks of his agenda could still get through here, perhaps taking it individually, although speaker pelosi cast a little doubt on that. at the very least, it seems the package is going to have to get slimmed down. there's a chance for it to become reality. aides have signaled this, including white house chief of staff ron klain in an interview saying the white house is going to try to use the presid

joining us now is eugene and mark. welcome back. how do you think the president did in that press conference? and to that very specific point that we've done well, do you think he conveyed that well? >> i think he did. we all know repetition is key to getting a message through. i think president biden today did something he did shouldn't have done a little -- he should do a lot more often in the future. he stood up for two hours and took questions from reporters, and talk directly to the american people. he set the agenda. he wrote tomorrow's headlines. a bunch of them actually. i think that's what he needs to do, to take the initiative as he tries to get what he can of build back better through congress. as he prevents potential international crises like russia and ukraine, as he deals with covid, as he tries to fight inflation. he does have a lot of support. but i think the first step is to take the initiative and go out there and talk to people directly a lot more. >> mark, let's play a little bit of what the president said later

get it passed and then begin that all-important midterm campaign. >> and eugene, when you talk about blaming manchin and sinema and letting the frustration boil over, you're pointing out that many hill democrats are upset with schumer's strategy. so, have they burned the bridges or can they bring them back in the fold? >> it seems like they're going to definitely try to bring them back to the fold. there's frustration that there was the press to get -- rally around manchin and sinema, telling people to go to call their offices, telling people to isolate them and protest them. that was never going to work. and i talked to a lot of white house aids early on in this process in the build back better saga. that said that. especially for joe manchin, running around and saying -- calling him a racist, which happened quite a bit when it came to voting rights; telling him he was a bad person, that was not going to work. so, now the party both senate leadership and the white house are trying to refigure how they're going to restart this relationship. we've already seen how the president himsel

ashley, eugene, jeremy, thank you so much. thank you for the important reminder that protecting and preserving our right to vote is everything. >>> when we come back, why one of our next guests calls the past five years an effective democracy stress test for the country. and why his prognosis is not good. and later, the stress of omicron on hospitals, on parents, and on society. dr. gupta will join us. "the 11th hour" just getting underway on in busy monday night. getting underway on in busy monday ght.shback! hello, kevin hart! earn big time with chase freedom unlimited with no annual fee. how do you cashback? chase. make more of what's yours. do you take aspirin? plain aspirin could be hurting your stomach. new vazalore is the first liquid-filled aspirin capsule clinically shown to cause fewer ulcers than plain aspirin. vazalore is designed to help protect... releasing aspirin after it leaves your stomach... where it is absorbed to give you the benefits of life saving aspirin... to help prevent another heart attack or stroke

eugene daniels, white house correspondent for politico. and former united states attorney, joyce alene vance, who spent 25 years as a federal prosecutor. she hosts the podcasts sisters in law. along with kimberly atkins, jill wine-banks, and barbara queen. good evening to you. all let start with the text which some of the january six committee has. some of which that they are asking for between sean hannity, donald trump, mark meadows and others in trump world. i would say, from reading sean hannity side of the texas it looks like he might have been the adult in the room trying to call this thing off and indicating to everybody around that this is what he thought was going to happen on january six and did not look like the right pam. >> these text messages and emails certainly illustrate the proposition that as a prosecutor, as an investigator, if you don't go looking for evidence you are certainly not going to find it. and sometimes when you go looking the five things that do surprise you. because the tenor of these communications really

i only have one e-mail i don't have three or four, is just one, eugene . d . sperling and eugene . d . sperling and who eop .gov and we want to talk to you, write and send carrier pigeon notes. [laughter] and of course there wide areas of worthy the market rescue plan investments that we celebrate in compliment you on and of course we do not mean that we want you to less on affordable housing on broadband or small businesses assistance in all of these are crucial and transformative in the coming back from the americans, from the unprecedented challenges we have faced with covid-19. but if you will forgive me, for now, changing my paraphrasing from spider-man to john f. kennedy. please ask yourself, when it comes to spending our supply of criticalng workers, what more cn you do for your country with american rescue plan funds and thank you very much. [applause] [applause] ♪ ♪♪ >> think eugene for your work to help implement this historic american rescue plan and your strong belief in the power of mayors and were now extremely fortunate today to have our keynote speaker for dis

eugene, how do you break professor rosen's recommendations for the coverage of january 6th? >> well, first of all, lawrence, happy new year to you, and happy new year to mr. rosen who -- prescription for covering freak show and -- we -- no big buildup and if there is genuine news main then you can boil that down and say this or that or the other. not necessarily broadcast clips of his rantings and -- if indeed they are the rantings that we have heard before. he is a former president. on the other side of what happened on a split screen, we have the government of the united states marking this tragic anniversary and as democratic leadership speaker of the house joe biden's president, kamala harris, this country marking a awful day in the life of our country. that is what we cover. donald trump -- like the -- sideshow he is. >> professor rosen, for -- previous to donald trump, the notion was that pretty much everything your president says's news, or is newsworthy. if it isn't something you that haven't heard before, it might still new been ooze worthy. how would you define the

eugene sticks around. when we come back, the unheralded officials at the state and local level who stood up to the disgraced ex-president's efforts to overturn an election he clearly lost. the authors of the new book "the steal" will be our next guests. >>> plus the supreme court's conservative justices showing signs of skepticism about the biden administration's vaccine mandates to fight coronavirus, which is surging everywhere. we'll look at what today's arguments tell us about which way the court might rule. >>> and we are nearing the point at which we learn to live with covid rather than eradicate, right? that's what a number of former biden medical advisor are now advising him to do. our medical expert weighs in later in the hour. >>> and right now, in louisville, colorado, president biden and first lady jill biden are surveying the devastation from those wildfires from last week. "deadline white house" continues after a quick break. eadline whis after a quick break. see blood when you brush or floss

eugene, part of your beat is covering specifically vice-president harris. i want to put up on the screen what is in the vice-president's portfolio. immigration, voting rights, filibuster reform, climate change, increased union memberships, supply chain crisis, increased internet actions, france relations, she did a foreign trip to paris and also to singapore in this first year. you know, eugene, one of the things we hear, particularly from people who care about the vice-president, is why is joe biden handing her all these horrible assignments? why is he dumping all this stuff on her, as opposed to thinking, did anybody ever think that she wants to do these things? particularly voting rights, that she has some agency in what she wants to work on? >> really easy issues that you just lined out there, right? the thing that i think you are 100% correct on is that vice-president harris has not wanted to -- and i talked to a lot of people in the administration and her office. she didn't come in wanting to not do really tough stuff, right. the way it's been put to

eugene daniels. and former united states attorney joyce vance who spent 25 years as a federal prosecutor. let's start with you and the texts. some the committee has and others they are asking for. i will say from reading sean hannity's side of the text, looks like he might have been the adult in the room indicating this is what he thought would happen on january 6 did not look like the right plan. >> these text messages and emails illustrate as a prosecutor and investigator if you do not go looking for evidence you are not going to find it and sometimes when you go looking you find things that do surprise you. this shows just how serious they were. there is perhaps a heightened level of awareness that the big lie was just that. the big lie. finding proof to illustrate the point is critical. not just for congress' work and telling the american people the story of what happened. >> on our air the committee member schiff described hannity as more than just a fox host. what do the texts tell you about th

joining us now jonathan lemire, and eugene daniels. getting senator graham on board, if the white house were to pick judge childs, would certainly help in a 50/50 senate because he might bring some other republicans with him, right? >> right, andrea. obviously in a 50/50 senate, there's no margin for error here. look, there's no sign that the biden white house will face any democratic defections. many people watching this show and this network certainly have had moments of probable frustration at senator manchin and senator sinema for not going along with the biden legislative agenda but they have been backing his judges. manchin has said so, and today talking to reporters said, indeed, though he wanted of course a thorough and fair review of all the candidates that he would, you know, his inclination was of course to support who the president would want, assuming she, and we do know that it will be a she, qualified. they would like to get republican support. some of the candidates they have floated have received republican backing pre

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still with us eugene robinson and bill kristol. bill, the minority leader has talked about perhaps amending the 1887 electoral vote count act, the electoral count act which many people didn't know existed but it's the thing that governs what happens on january 6th. you tweeted today maybe he will, maybe he won't, but that's not really where our attention should be focused. >> i'm strongly for reforming it, and personally if i'd been in charge of democrat strategy i would have introduced that bill as well as the other two bills. it's the easiest to complain to people. we had this chaos. having said that, that bill has not been introduced yet. there are two other bills which are good bills. they should be debated on the floor and suggest amendments, and it may well be they'll get some votes to take out the parts they like the most. they've refused to even let them be debated. and that's the situation we now face with the john lewis act. >> eugene robinson, we're interested in hearing what the president and vice president have to say

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joining me for inside analysis are nbc news correspondent carol lee, eugene scott of the "washington post," democratic senator clare mccaskill, and stephen hayes. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: the longest running show in television history. this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> and a good sunday morning. just last week we said president biden was in desperate need of a reset, his polling numbers falling in particular among african-americans and there is a fear that he will be sunk from a lack of enthusiasm by the very voters who put him into office. just like that, mr. biden was thrown a lifeline with the news that justice stephen breyer would retire at the end of his term. president biden would be assigning a black woman on the supreme court, proving that elections have consequence and see they matter. that would give mr. biden a political win after disa appointments over voting rights and build back better. of course, replacing breyer with another liberal won't change the tilt, but president biden has a chance to put real points on the board and at

you know capitol police officer eugene goodman right there, you've seen the video. the man facing down the mob there on january 6th and you've never heard him describe what the moments were like until just now. he just gave his first interview and we'll talk about the moment he locked eyes with members of that mob and what someone shouted at him during the attack and all that have coming up just ahead, but we're going to start with new development in eastern europe this hour. nbc's matt bradley once again on the ground in the capital it a of kiev and courtney is at the pentagon and kelly o'donnell at the white house and i want to bring in richard stengel, a former undersecretary of state during the obama state, an msnbc political analyst and was a member of the biden transition team. mr. bradley, we'll start with you once again there in ukraine. we've been showing that plane, again, right now on the tarmac, just landed a short time ago. military aid aboard that plane. what do we know, matt, about this aid, where it's going to go, how it's going to be used potentiall

ashley parker, pulitzer prize-winning white house bureau chief with the whales per post, eugene daniels -- and jeremy bash, former chief of staff at the cia and the pentagon. ashley i turn to you first. this january six committee needs witnesses, with firsthand knowledge of what went down on capitol hill. walk us through how critical mike pence's. and let's get real. if mike pence does not cooperate, what are the actual consequences? because thus far, it seems like the consequences to turn on trump or worst. >> it's interesting. mike pence is incredibly critical in the run up to january six. he was the critical person, who the former president and all of his aides, his attorneys, people in trump's orbit, we're putting pressure on, to as we now know, overturn the results of the election. the former vice president was in frequent contact, including on january 5th. with the very tough conversation again on the morning of january 6th. when he again told the president and what we know was a very unpleasant conversation, that he was not going to do. on the actual day after that conversation,

eugene daniels, sahil kapur on capitol hill, thank you so much, boys, gentlemen, i appreciate it. >>> u.s. veterans becoming insurrectionists. how fringe groups used tactics they learned in the military to storm the capitol. and what is happening in the battleground state of arizona and why you should be paying attention. d why you should be pg attention. >> anybody who was involved in that corrupt, shady, shoddy election of 2020, lock them up. p i have friends. [ chuckles ] well, he may have friends, but he rides alone. that's jeremy, right there! we're literally riding together. he gets touchy when you talk about his lack of friends. can you help me out here? no matter why you ride, progressive has you covered with protection starting at $79 a year. well, we're new friends. to be fair. eh, still. ever wonder what everyone's doing on their phones? they're banking, with bank of america. his girlfriend just caught the bouquet, so he's checking in on that ring fund. that photographer? he's looking for something a little more zen, so he's thinking, “i'll open a yoga studio.” and as f

. >> reporter: that's officer eugene goodman, sprinting to respond to the riot. single handedly trying to keep a group of rioters at bay. >> reporter: among them, black men, so often the targets of american savagery, on this day, may have helped save america from its most savage. capitol police officer eugene goodman awarded for his role during the riot. >> officer goodman, thank you. >> reporter: from the capitol to courtrooms across the country, the tension between justice and injustice ran thick. >> derrick chauvin, be convicted on all three counts. leaving the courtroom in handcan you haves. >> there was a wave that rippled over this crowd. >> justice for george perry floyd jr. >> this does give a message to his family, that he was somebody, that his life mattered, that all of our lives matter. >> what do you think is the significance of this trial for social justice in america? >> it means they're finally listening to us. >> today, we are able to breathe again. >> i would not call today's verdict justice, however, because justice implies true restoration. bu

. >> eugene runs his family gravel and roofing supply company. it just so happens his company had a steady inventory of kn-95 masks. >> donatard i believe it was 15,000 to the city of oakland and 10,000 to the oakland unified school district. >> reporter: it's not the first time lee's company has donated masks during the pandemic. back in 2020 lee donated 35,000 kn-95 masks to hospital workers. >> we donated our entire stock as we really didn't have a need for those compared to the frontline medical workers. >> reporter: the district says all 10,000 of the donated masks were handed out to high school students while the district waited on the large ship president of 200,000 kn-95 masks. lee guesses the entire supply of donated masks cost his company at least $35,000. >> it's personal for us now. most of our partners have kids, and with -- with kids at home you want to make sure you take care of the people who take care of our kids and the administrators. it's the teachers and school district. >> reporter: as for the district's long-awaited shipmen

why, eugene does majority leader schumer say let's take this thing to a vote. we know what they're going to do. >> yeah, exactly, and it's a little odd to have a majority leader put his senators in this position to take a tough vote that he kind of already knows what the answer is on that. and that's another issue that people have is trying to figure out, okay, so biden can't have a plan because he is not in the senate, the plan is the persuasion at this point, and what he can do, but then you have chuck schumer, that's where people are like, well, how -- what is your plan and right now the plan that he has has been outlined and, that where -- that is where they're at. i will say, though, the anger from voting rights a advocates at president biden and chuck schumer, it's not going anywhere. because if there's no actual resolution to this, then they don't care. they also are upset because it's taken so long. the president had a speech last summer about voting rights, and then he kind of went straight to being full-fledged and focused on this. the president is go

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joining me now is eugene daniels. let's talk about stacey abrams and a lot of the other georgia activists. he's going to the king center, going to be with the king family today in john lewis' district bringing down all these black congress members on air force one, and stacey abrams her schedule is too busy or his poll numbers are too low and she's running for office. >> that is what the president said getting on marine one was that basically their schedules didn't match up. but let's be very clear this is as you outlined a huge speech for the president in the state that stacey abrams has been fighting for voting rights, right? so it doesn't look great for this white house she's not going to be there no matter what they say the reason for that is. when you talk to georgia democrats and voting rights advocates in the state they say why are you coming here? we're all onboard with voting rights. we know we need to change the filibuster. we know that voting rights legislation needs to happen now and we're running out of t

. >>> joining me now, my white house colleague and co-author of the "playbook," eugene daniels. good morning. good to see you today. it was nearly two hours with that long-awaited news conference. he and the vice president went on throughout the day to criticize lawmakers for not allowing voting rights legislation to pass. give us your sense of it, people you've been talking to in the last day or so. what impact is this going to have on voting in the upcoming elections and the entire debate on election integrity? >> the first thing is that when you talk to these advocates -- and they've been saying this for months. if the president isn't able to help push the filibuster reform f the senate isn't able to pass voting rights legislation, what do they take back to especially black voters to say this administration has done things for you. this is something in the black community we care and talk a lot about, right? so that is number one. and they still have those exact same concerns, but what's really interesting is they don't see last night as the end of the vote on voting rights l

. >>> the capitol police officer eugene goodman, remember his heroics on january 6th? he's talking about what happened that day. we see goodman there. the officer leading protesters away from the senate. he says that day could have turned much more violent than it was. >> it could have been -- easily been a bloodbath. so kudos to everybody there that showed a measure of restraint with regards to deadly force because it could have been bad. really, really bad. >> president biden caught on a hot mic monday. >> will you take questions on inflation then? >> thank you. >> you think inflation is a political liability ahead of the midterms. >> that's a great answer. more inflation. what a stupid son of a [ bleep ]. >> the president later calling the fox correspondent to apologize. biden was calling to, quote, clear the air. reporters are back to discuss. ayesha, you covered the biden white house. not the first time he's said something critical of a reporter in an open mic. why? >> look, he's having a rough run of it now. but, you know, presidents often, they get mad at the pr

and eugene, every one of those 33 democrats who are still sitting in that room today with the president has changed their minds about day. that's the important thing. they didn't rush to this judgments. they didn't want to reach this judgment. they very reluctantly came to this point, including joe biden, saying we need to change this rule for voting rights. >> you're absolutely right and let's keep in mind it's not just sinema and manchin who are the role block on protecting voting rights. it's those 50 republican senators as well. they clearly, simply, intend to instruct, they don't want voting rights protected. those 33's editors, the ones who are still sitting. did change their minds. they did realize that this is an emergency. the filibuster, if it didn't have a purpose, it is still being used for maligned now. it's not in the constitution, it's still a just the senate rule. they -- the filibuster needs to go. yet, here we are. president biden did speak with senators sinema and manchin privately, after the luncheon, so i have yet to see a read out of that meeting. but i imagine, he

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the second thing, social darwinism by definition is -- which is a eugenic type of bias. we have this bias based on a false science that is based solely on competition. host: what is your question? what is your question? caller: the question, can we simply answer that is a fact? for any politician to say that is a horrible danger. host: let me allow dr. osterh olm to jump in. guest: i have been saying herd immunity does not exist with this virus. herd immunity with people who have vaccination or through invention, the virus does not spread. number one, sustained -- i may have immunity but i may get infected tomorrow. herd immunity goes out the window right there. it is a temporary state of being immune. what kind of immunity can occur from multiple doses of the vaccine? we are seeing a number of folks who have been fully vaccinated who are becoming quite -- becoming cases of omicron. the good news is they are still at a much lower risk of having serious hospitalizations and deaths. there, the immunity did not protect them from getting infected, which is what herd immunity

eugene, karl rove wrote an op-ed in the "wall street journal" arguing that if the shoe were on the other foot and democrats had been the one trying to overturn donald trump's win republicans would be losing their mind. so the question is do the majority of republicans who are embracing the big lie, do they actually believe it or is this just a political calculation? >> it's hard to know, honestly, because what we know is that they follow donald trump, his whim, how he feels about things. that's what we're seeing. so whether or not they believe it actually in their heart of hearts and their brain of brains almost doesn't matter because all of the actions show us that they do seem to believe t and more importantly, they're operating within this country, changing election laws based on that lie. you have a republican party that has been white washing this as everyone has been saying, but also how they can't untie the big lie, the lie about this election, from the voting rights and the tightening of voting restrictions around the country. i will put an even finer point on it, if these were b

you know, it makes so much sense, eugene. it seems to me if you're worried about the democrats in the swing districts who are going to determine whether kevin mccarthy or nancy pelosi are speaker next time, this is a good strategy. but bbb is not the only problem. obviously, there's going to be a vote tonight on voting rights. how is that going to go? >> well, it is going to fail unless there is a miracle between now and then. and i think everyone knows that. but chuck schumer, the white house, they want folks on the record on this. they want to be able to say that voters, especially black voters, you know, we tried as much as we could to get things done. the question that you hear from advocates, and the demand, is that you can't stop here. this won't be the only thing you do. what are the next steps? the white house and senate have been coy on that. i'm told vice president harris' team has been meeting, thinking through the more coalition and public engagement they can work on. they have a lot of work to do to get voting ri

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joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief washington correspondent andra mitchell, eugene robinson, amna nawaz, and anthony continetti of the american enterprise institute. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. every new administration enters office with an agenda of optimism. for president biden, the plan was that covid would be defeated, the economy would fully recover, and he would be able to deliver a return to normalcy, but plans have a way of going sideways. a year into mr. biden's presidency, unemployment is down, wages are up, but inflation is also up to a 40-year high. build back better is stuck at neutral. most important, though vaccines are available and effective, delta and omicron have dealt a one-two punch to the economy, the supply chain, and that promised return to normalcy. and on thursday the supreme court blocked mr. biden's vaccine or test mandate for large businesses, perhaps taking away the la

>> reporter: officer eugene goodman led the mob away from the senate chamber where pence was located after finding him. lawmakers like senator mitt romney ran from the advancing crowd. others inside the house chamber took cover, the doors barricaded, police officers' guns drawn. the day's first fatality came when insurrectionists tried to break through the speaker's lo lobby. rioter ashli babbitt was shot by an officer and died from her wounds. outside, our cnn team was moving to the north side of the capitol when we were attacked. >> fuck cnn! get out! >> reporter: we tried to get out as quickly as possible. >> who are you with? >> there's more of us than you! there's more of us than you! >> reporter: we were physically unharmed, others not as lucky. when rioters poured into a tunnel blocked by police, they sprayed officers with pepper spray before dragging out a d.c. police officer, tasing him and beating him with a flagpole. >> they were screaming out, "kill him with his own gun." i remember yelling out that itch kids. >> reporter: officer daniel hodges was pinned down from a crus