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Brief so a lot more to come on that front. Also on capitol hill, democrats are moving ready to move ahead with the 1. 9 Trillion Covid Relief Package with or without republicans. President biden sat down with a group of republican senators last night for two hours to break the ice it appears on a potential bipartisan agreement. You see video from the Photo Opportunity in the oval office right there. But both sides level the room saying there wasnt a deal and no clear path really to what happens ...

President biden will actually sign three Executive Orders to undo President Trumps harsh Immigration Policies including those separated from their families at the border. Well talk to a Biden Administration official about that. And House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy just finished speaking in texas. He didnt get any questions about what he will do with congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene and her inflammatory statements as Pressure Mounts for Mitch Mcconnell. Well get reaction. We have a lot ...

Reporter you were talking about tests up at the top. I can tell you theres one other test right now for the courts, that is to find a fair and impartial jury. 65 Perspective Jurors were ushered into the court on the ninth floor of the courthouse in virginia. The judge first describing the charges against Paul Manafort to them, including bank fraud, conspiracy and failure to report offshore bank accounts. Of course, thats where theyre going to fight this case out over the next two or three weeks....

Among the youngest federal judges in the country. The questions from the judges to both sides of the lawyers were at times very tough. Here is a sampling, beginning first with the judges questioning a lawyer for the Trump Administration. Has the government pointed to any evidence connecting these countries with terrorism . These proceedings have been moving very fast. And the strongest point on that is that in 2015 and 2016 both congress and the Administration Made determinations that these seve...

Court proceedings nationally vi televised in the form of a crosscountry call. Three judges for the ninth u. S. Circuit court of appeals heard arguments from both the department of justice and the state of washington, representing the other side. The three judges who heard todays oral arguments were randomly assigned to the case. Thats important. Senior circuit judge william c. Canby, still serving senior level at 85 years of age. He was appointed nearly 40 years ago by president jimmy carter. Ha...

Election. The clarification President Trump offered yesterday, two letters and an apostrophe. The said the word would instead of wouldnt. The sentence should have been, i dont see any reason why i wouldnt, or why it wouldnt be russia. But two letters and an apostrophe dont explain the president s immediate ad lib in those very same remarks like this. Could be other people, also. Theres a lot of people out there. Two letters and an apostrophe. Also, dont correct this from helsinki. But i have i h...

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A panel of FDA advisors is endorsing Pfizer’s vaccine for younger kids. It’s a smaller dose for children five to 11.

The government is at fault for losing several hundred parents in the process. thats where we go now. here is the latest that we know. the government says it reunited more than 1,400 families with kids age 5 and older. 711 children taken from their parents are still in government custody. 431 of those are children whose parents have already been deported. the government acknowledges that. joining me to discuss is lee geller. he is with the aclu leading the lawsuit over the separations at the bord...

Separation policy at the border, lee geller, deputy director of the aclus immigrants rights project. >> thanks for having me. >> it was just last week that you and i spoke. my big take-away, i think everybodys was, you didnt have a lot of information from the government. there was still a breakdown of communication on where things stand. so the government -- a week ago the government still had not told you how many reunifications had occurred. do you know now? >> no. we still dont. we know 58 ha...