Appreciate you spending it with us. Lets begin here, democrats are expected to try stimulus checks to 2,000 but republicans arent likely to play ball, some pork is stripped from the bill. Reporter doug luzader joins us with the latest. We dont think this is going to get very far today, democrats trying to put republicans in something of an awkward spot but nancy pelosi is going to put forward Donald Trumps ind he outlined in a twitter address earlier this week to bump up covid19 relief payments to 2,000 as he real against this covid19 package that passed congress. It really is a disgrace. It is called the covid19 relief bill but it has almost nothing to do with covid19. I asked congress to amend this bill and increase the ridiculously low 600 to 2,000 or 4,000 per couple. Todd nancy pelosi said great. House democrats will increase the measure to bump checks to 2,000 each for most americans and in the letters of our House Democrats pelosi rights if the president truly wants to join us h
Itself for years to come. Weve got the georgia runoffs tomorrow which decide control of the senate and then on wednesday it is President Trumps last stand as electoral votes are counted on capitol hill. All of this is happening as the coronavirus pandemic keeps raging. 352,000 americans are dead. More than 20 million infected. And a Record Number are waking up today in hospitals. But we know that is not where President Trumps head is at. He is still trying to figure out some sort of way to turn his election loss into a win. He failed with the american voters. He failed in court. So now hes resorting to the kind of tactics you might read about in third world countries. Putting pressure on the people in charge to somehow find just enough votes to make thing goes his way. Nbc has learned President Trump tried to reach georgia secretary of state 18 times in the last two months. When the two finally spoke on saturday, here is the message President Trump wanted to send. So look, all i want t
Hello, good afternoon. The Prime Minister borisjohnson has warned that coronavirus restrictions in england are, probably about to get tougher in order to bring the virus under control. But borisjohnson also insisted Primary Schools should open as planned this week except in london and some areas of the south east, where the new variant of coronavirus is rising rapidly. Mrjohnson said there is no doubt in his mind that schools are safe. Heres our political correspondent, jonathan blake. Arriving in a hurry to deliver a difficult message. The Prime Minister gave his first interview of the year this morning and warned that life with coronavirus in england is likely to get worse before it gets better. He said the government may soon impose tighter restrictions in more areas. It may be that we need to do things in the next few weeks that will be tougher in many parts of the country. I dont. I mean, im fully, fully reconciled to that and i bet the people of this country are fully reconciled
Uk police say they wont waste time reasoning with people who endanger others, but will fine them instead. Hello and welcome whether youre watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. As congress meets this hour and democrats plan a vote aimed at forcing the president from office, liz cheney, a member of the House Republican leadership, says she will vote to impeach mrtrump. This comes as moves to hold the rioters accountable are accelerating. The Usjustice Department and the fbi have opened criminal investigations into more than 160 individuals after the siege of the us capitol. A range of criminalisty unmatched in the history of american Law Enforcement is how a top us official has characterised the actions of those who took part. Michael sherwin says the charges that follow could include sedition and conspiracy, among many, many others. The range of criminal conduct is really, i think, again, unmatched in an
The former president being asked about systemic racism and saying no, there isnt, but no one said anything. And thats the problem, dont you think . Didnt hear, didnt hear it. Look at the time. Am i wrong . No, you are right. But they were wrong. And you have to speak out. I know its scary when somebody is powerful. I know you want the job. I know theres a lot of shine on it. Its not worth it if at the end of the day you wind up becoming a stain on society. Its not just a job, chris. Its in friendship, its in the workplace, its in maybe someones not your friend. Its in the line at the bank, its at the supermarket, its wherever you are, if someone says something thats racist or sexist or misoj nistic or antisemitic, its up to all of us to say hey, stop, dont do that. And not to coddle people and say why would you do that and i dont understand. No. You know what coddling people and not confronting them you know what that got snus that got us an authoritarian figure elected as figure. Do y