waking american knows the big national news is that the checks are in the mail, with the huge covid bill delivering immediate results and impact. that s the story. that s the thing that can really impact your life and your family s life and your community s existence over these next few crucial months. it s what president biden is leaning into, directly admitting as well that democrats have sometimes flubbed this next part. joe biden siting his own experience in the obama/biden administration when some thought the economic rebound would speak for itself. well, now biden is saying not this time. biden s aides stressing they are rightfully proud of this giant bill, this progressive policy bill, and they will use the megaphone so americans hear about it around the country. there is a policy piece to that effort so people learn about how they can access the benefits, how they can get vaccinate, what the new rules are as well as the new funding. and the president of course spoke t
don t go anywhere. morning joe starts right now. a group of former presidents took out a psa. it is weirdly kind of fun to see them all together. . this vaccine means hope. it will protect you and those you love from this dangerous and deadly disease. i m really looking forward to going to opening day texas rangers stadium with a full stadium. . st i want to go back to work and i want to be able to move around. as you know, we just came out with a fragrance, success by trump and it s sold at macy s. . get vaccinated. if you put it on, anything you want will come true. finally found a way to unload that hydroxycholoroquine. it s so him. okay. it fits right in. . it is that close to true. 6. it actually is true. he should have done the whole bleaches and everything, willie. that was good. oh, my god. okay. good morning and welcome we talked about george w. about issue with the guns yesterday. sources close to the president says there has been so
[inaudible] amy this comes as a group of democratic and progressive activists have published a new report autopsy the Democratic Party in crisis. Influence Democratic Party loyalists for refusing to examine their own role in their partys defeat. We will speak with coauthor norman solomon. Then more on money of politics as we look at new revelations from the Paradise Papers, a trove of millions of leaked documents in offshore finance that reveal commerce secretary wilbur ross conducting business with russian president Vladimir Putins soninlaw through a shipping venture in russia. Ross says he is to nothing wrong. Made aink the media has lot more out of it than it deserves. The fact that it happens to be called a Russian Company does not mean that there is any evil. Amy we will speak with guardian reporter jon swaine who coauthored three reports from the Paradise Papers on tuesday. Lone all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report.
And by contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. Thank you. Im so pleased to welcome jane mayer back to this program. She spent years cracking the shadowy world of the ultra rich and how they push their agendas. Her latest text is called dark money. Its good to see you. Great to be with you. You were not surprised given the back story with what happened in november. I wish i could say that were so. I didnt see necessarily trump being the choice. I think the power of the right is incredibly great, and hard to get around, but you know the people, i was writing about, the Koch Brothers backed other republicans. There was a swivel in the road. Maybe not trump, but you saw the influence they had, the money they were spending, and what you detail here that they were pushing to have someone of their choice, of their mindset in the oval office . Yes, and what i had been seeing and following through the obama years and through the election was the power of the machine that was push
And by contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. Thank you. Im so pleased to welcome jane mayer back to this program. She spent years cracking the shadowy world of the ultra rich and how they push their agendas. Her latest text is called dark money. Its good to see you. Great to be with you. You were not surprised given the back story with what happened in november. I wish i could say that were so. I didnt see necessarily trump being the choice. I think the power of the right is incredibly great, and hard to get around, but you know the people, i was writing about, the Koch Brothers backed other republicans. There was a swivel in the road. Maybe not trump, but you saw the influence they had, the money they were spending, and what you detail here that they were pushing to have someone of their choice, of their mindset in the oval office . Yes, and what i had been seeing and following through the obama years and through the election was the power of the machine that was push