Published February 8, 2021 •
Updated on February 8, 2021 at 4:53 pm
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The United States topped 27 million confirmed coronavirus cases over the weekend despite new cases and deaths dropping over the past several weeks, according to a tally by NBC News. The U.S. has seen more than 466,000 virus-related deaths since the start of the pandemic.
On Friday, the White House said President Joe Biden will use the Defense Production Act to help bolster vaccine production, at-home coronavirus testing kits and surgical gloves. The Biden administration is also considering sending face masks to every American in an effort to slow the spread of the virus.
kristin: why isn t that something that the senate minority leader, chuck schumer, should have to hash out? why doesn t that belong to schumer? why does speaker pelosi, who s in the house, get to have a say in this? i think it belongs to both schumer and mcconnell that they could not reach an agreement last week and, hopefully, when they get back in january they will set those parameters, negotiate what they are. and then the speaker can decide who the house managers are. and i think you ll see the articles get sent over. kristin: another thing that speaker pelosi did yesterday, surprised some people, she sent an invitation to president trump inviting him to deliver his state of the uniing onaddress. typically, this is pretty normal stuff here in washington, but the fact this this happened just days after she led this effort to impeach the president, it was pretty senate especially when you think about significant especially when you think about what happened last year when she resc
begin on the july 25th phone call. it started long before that when they tried to oust her so the testimony is all the more important, that foundation. also remember, while there is an olc opinion that says this president, a sitting president could not be indicted for a crime, everybody who follows suit with this president who tries to either confirm or market or promote that tweet, that ideology about trying to in some way intimidate a witness, they are all fair game and should take notice that there s no olc opinion that says nobody that everybody is going to immune to you. there are supporters of the president who would say, look, why isn t okay for the president to express his frustration or express himself for what he s seeing on television? he s allowed to express his views. the problem is you have to look at his intent. when is he doing it, in the middle of her testimony and are the attacks substantive or are they personally directed at her, so it all comes down to the int
narrative. not one thing. how can he say that when so clearly the text messages seem to corroborate many aspects of the whistle-blower complaint we re joined by republican congressman charlie dent and cnn political commentator paul bugallap even when you have what seems to be black and white evidence i won t call it proof, just evidence wsh to exactly what the whistle-blower said in their complaint, you know, these signs of a quid pro quo, pressure, leverage on the ukrainian government to do what the president wanted here, why isn t that changing the narrative, convincing really any republicans to come out and call it like it is? well, jim, injury the reason why they are not calling him out is because elements of the base have not turned on the president yet. but we have to be very clear. what the president has done here and he has used resources the
other excpi officials working for that network, as well? ordered in pursuant to the investigation itself that found pervasive, intentional and this is state tv. this is living proof that it systematic misconduct by the actually exists. prosecutors. this is stevens on steroids. do you believe the cia and then making a public statement in a jeanine: jim comey, based upon what he s been saying, he thinks he would have gotten away situation where they almost with it.why does this guy even a never make public statements in debunking a media story? law office. why isn t this guy being charged with the same kinds of things that he is charging other people with? lying and leaking? sidney: why isn t lying to the president ofak the united states violation of code sean: joe comcha, thank you. 18-1,001? sean: judge emmett sullivan has set this day for the we have not done with rachel 18th of december for the sentencing. you made very clear that you maddow and the fdead wrong, wro. consider