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While millions of americans were stocking up on food and toilet paper and hunkering down at home, republican senator rand paul of kentucky was carrying on as usual. he worked out at senate gym, went to the pool and met fellow lawmakers for lunch. he was doing all that after he learned that two people he attended a fund raising with had tested positive for covid-19 and while he was waiting for the results of his own test, he announced he had tested positive. the first senator to do so. but that p...

2020, the first weeks of the pandemic in this country. well millions of americans were stocking up on food and toilet paper, and hunkering down at home, republican senator rand paul of kentucky was carrying on as usual. he worked out at the senate jim went swimming in the pool, and met fellow lawmakers for lunch. and it turned out he was doing all of that, after he learned that two people at a fund-raiser he attended back home in kentucky, had tested positive for covid-19. while he was waiting f...

Lives in new york that can afford it doesnt send their kids to a public school? doesnt that tell you something? tells me that they want better for their kids. this is a national crisis and a disgrace. all of these politicians talk about, throw more money at the schools. lets hold people accountable for results. in business we do that every day. every single day. neil, im not opposed to paying -- ill pay more taxes. please make sure that you dont blow it. ill give you a good start. i run -- >> ne...

Unclear and thats part of the reason why everybodys hunkering down because we dont know what do we expect from this new reality and whats doning on the country. >> the acting prime minister has declared a state of siege in haiti. are you clear on what that actually means? >> well, anderson, a lot of people have been asking actually what that actually means. its unprecedented in our recent history that such a measure has been taken, but for i guess the american public, the way i could explain it,...

Year at this time. last year we were talking about hunkering down with your family unit and we didnt know what was coming ahead of us, we just knew that it was going to be really grim and it was. and now were at a totally different place where were actually telling people if youre fully vaccinated, go out and see your friends and family, go travel, do the things that youve been missing the last 16 months. so its a totally different place. but it is a totally different place for those who are ful...

Hunkering down with your family unit and we didnt know what was coming ahead of us, we just knew that it was going to be really grim and it was. and now were at a totally different place where were actually telling people if youre fully vaccinated, go out and see your friends and family, go travel, do the things that youve been missing the last 16 months. so its a totally different place. but it is a totally different place for those who are fully vaccinated. those individuals are very well prot...

The ukraine scandal. >> the president in his own words asked ukraine to investigate his political opponent. were going to boo b prepared. >> we have learned president trump will be keeping a close eye on the hearings that are expected to stretch throughout the day. the white house communications team will also be hunkering down and watching this. theyll be providing messaging and clips in real time, and we could also hear if from the president and his reaction. hes expected to hold a news confer...

They did not. >> neil: what did you make of it? >> some people are saying they have done so much to stimulate the economy. the argument we have here that they are running out of arrows in their quiver kind of stuff and maybe it puts more of an onus on resolving it rather than hunkering down for the long haul. its what theyve been doing. all the different programs, like you mentioned, forcing banks to make high-risk loans, those kind of things. maybe theyre going to change tack a little bit, chan...

Government power and prestige for political gain. >> florida representative francis rooney went on to say that he would not rule out voting to impeach the president. meanwhile, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell reportedly now believes an impeachment trial is, quote, inevitable. >> now, acting chief of staff mick mulvaney is hunkering down with gop lawmakers at camp david this weekend. of course this will come up. were covering this from all angles today. kristen holmes is at the white house...

Like this, then that puts the pressure on the senate. but to the point that noah made about republicans, theyve already shown that they have no interest in pursuing this. they have no interest in the truth, justice, and the american way concept here. this is hunkering down around trump and protecting him. so to that extent, it doesnt matter what case the democrats make because republicans arent going to give credibility or viability to it period. and so thats where these polls become important. ...