And the vote is set for 11 eastern advancing nomnation for the u. S. Court of International Trade. Live Senate Coverage is here on cspan2. Thpresiding officer the senate will come to orde the chaplain dr. Barry black will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray holy god, continue to be our strength and shield. Extend your powerful hands to aid and deliver us. Lord, inspireur senators to bieve that you continue to work for the good of those who love you. Let your favor shine upon our lawmakers, and sustain them with your unfailing love. Lord, release to them the pleasings you have stored for those who honor you. You are our god, and our future is in yourands. Remind us al to seek first to understand before we stri to be understood. We pray in your sacred name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and
Through loud and clear, if it hasnt already, the extent of the January 6th Riot On Capitol Hill and the former president s role in all of it. An Impeachment Trial Set to start in just three days time, but Donald Trumps lawyer says that he has found the real villains in all of this. The democrats. Theres an awful lot of tape of cities burning and courthouses being attacked and federal agents being assaulted by rioters in the street cheered on by democrats throughout the country, and many of them in washington using, really, the most inflammatory rhetoric its possible to use. When you have the president of the United States give a speech and he says you should peacefully make your thinking known to the people in congress, hes All Of A Sudden a villain. So, while the previous president s preparing to defend the indefensible, the current one is trying to solve the crisis that he left behind. From new efforts to get more vaccines to all americans to the push for covid relief, President Bide
Contact tracing is largely gone. I think and i believe that we should be treating every case as if its a variant during this pandemic right now. The good news according to dr. Anthony fauci is Johnson Johnsons new singledose vaccine could help get more people vaccinated and prevent severe disease and hospitalizations as the virus continues to mutate and replicate. We have now a valueadded additional vaccine candidate. This is a singleshot vaccine in which you start to see efficacy anywhere from 7 to 10 days. It is inexpensive and the company is capable of making doses in the numbers of billions. Joining me now nbc news chief White House Correspondent and Weekend Today cohost Kristen Welker. Dr. Celine gounder, a member of bidens Advisory Board during the transition. And patrice harris, former president of the american medical association. Kristen, how difficult is it proving for the biden team with such a short transition, if any, to get their arms around the shortage of doses and the
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And thisgood friday sunday, millions of christians celebrate easter and the resurrection of jesus christ. Thatis holy time, we pray god will heal the sick and comfort the heartbroken and bless our heroes. As American Families look forward to easter, we are reminded that our story ends not in despair, but in triumph and renewal. It . Appropriate, isnt i would like to provide americans an update on our ongoing efforts in the war against the invisible enemy. Before i do that, i have a couple of notes. The United States in discussions last night with mexico, saudi arabia, russia and dealing with opec nations, we are trying to get mexico, as the expression goes, over the barrel. Doingico is committing to 100,000 fewer barrels and the president and i spoke last night. We have a great relationship and great friendship, they are helping is very much at the border. They have 27,000 mexican soldiers on our borders right now, stopping people from coming into our country as the wall goes up. We ar