and members of congress." among the report's recommendations, new fencing, boosting intelligence teams, more officers, and the ability to instantly call for help for forces like the national guard. but that means more money. that means bipartisan agreement in a sharply divided congress. even though they were all under attack. some republicans are accusing general honore of partisan bias. others complain democrats are going it alone on the security measures. >> the majority didn't consult me before they implemented security measures and they're not consulting me about taking those security measures down. however, they still have not relayed to me what an internal threat is within the capitol. we need bicameraal buy-in to implement the common sense recommendations his team has put forth. but we seem to have a difference of opinion on addressing many important issues. >> the thing that really concerned me is that the report itself just explains in just simple detail how disorganized the command structure was, how no one had clear rules of engagement. i really think it's crying out for a 9/11-style commission that has a longer period of time to look at what really happened. >> we'll discuss that in just a bit. and while that debate indeed is being waged we are at the start of what may be a defining week in the fight to end the uncontrolled pandemic. just tonight we reached something that feels like a rubicon of sorts. as of this evening there are now more fully vaccinated americans than the number of americans with confirmed cases of coronavirus since the start of this outbreak. and the cdc now says fully vaccinated people can indeed gather indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing. that's a big change. we have much more ahead on this new guidance. tomorrow the nearly $2 trillion relief billion that was passed by the senate this past weekend, heads back to the house for a final vote, expected within the next day or two. that would put it on track to reach biden's desk at the white house before march 14. that's when unemployment benefits expire, giving the president a major legislative victory after just seven weeks in office. >> mr. president, are you going to sign the bill? >> as soon as i get it. >> not one republican has voted for the relief measure, despite polls showing a majority of americans are behind it. today the administration was asked about efforts to get it through this last house vote. >> our focus right now is on getting this bill across the finish line, getting relief out to the american people, which we expect will happen by the end of the month. >> what are the president and other white house officials doing today to ensure that there are no democratic defections in the vote? >> they are picking up the phone, checking in with offices, making sure they have their questions answered. >> the president plans to address the nation in a primetime address thursday evening. he'll be marking one year since the adoption of sweeping measures to try to control the virus and one year since the world health organization declared it a global pandemic. it will also be exactly one year to the night that former president trump delivered his problem and fact-plagued speech about the virus from the oval office. the new white house, also focusing on reversing trump's immigration policies but is face an increasingly difficult challenge along the u.s. southern border. nbc news confirming tonight's "new york times" reporting that the number of detained unaccompanied migrant children has indeed tripled in these last two weeks to over 3,200. the "times" says the white house is struggling to place the children in shelters that are appropriate, so they're being held in facilities designed for adults and similar to adult jails. we are also also keeping an eye on the investigation into the sexual harassment allegations against the governor of new york, andrew cuomo. five women have now come forward accusing cuomo of harassment or inappropriate behavior. today new york's attorney general letitia james appointed two attorneys to head up the investigation and gop members of new york's assembly have just introduced a resolution to impeach cuomo, who remains defiant. >> i'm not going to resign because of allegations. there is no way i resign. let's do the attorney general investigation. let's get the findings. and then we'll go from there. >> and with that, let's bring in our lead-off guests on this monday night. phil rucker, senior washington correspondent for the "washington post." bill bratten, former commissioner of the nypd, a veteran of the boston police department. former chief of police in los angeles as well. and julie pace, washington bureau chief for the associated press. good evening and welcome to you all. and julie, i'd like to begin with you. this debate over security on the hill, general honore's report, his subsequent briefing to members, does this bode well or poorly or at all on the chances of us seeing what's called a 9/11-type commission? >> i think you are going to start to hear more calls from lawmakers for that kind of commission. this report does just start to scratch the surface of a lot of the deep systemic problems that are coming to light involving the capitol police force, that they were clearly unprepared, not just for that moment, what i think is so striking about this report is it appears the capitol police are just not prepared for this moment we are in as a country right now where threats have changed, where threats have evolved over time and threats to lawmakers directly have really been escalating. and so i do think you're going to see a call to start to get more detail about this police force and about -- more detail about the timeline of exactly what unfolded in the lead-up to january 6th. because even after many hearings there are still a lot of questions that remain unanswered. >> commissioner bratton, indeed, the report indicates for lack of a better phrase, this is not our father's u.s. capitol building, this is not the era we grew up in. so, based on your reading of the report and the situation, how do you toe that fine line between what is a national treasure, the centerpiece in that beautiful city, and making it a fortress? >> great difficulty. the report which is basically an outline. at 13 pages it is certainly not comprehensive or exhaustive. but it provides a blueprint, if you will, of a way forward, looking at the failures of the past. it is going to be very controversial. we're already having republicans speaking out against it. the price tag is going to be enormous. if the recommendations in the outline report would be followed, it's going to run in the hundreds of billions of dollars. the idea of basically having an almost 700, 800 additional capitol police officers, having rapid response forces. the training that's going to be necessary. in some respects, brian, this reminds me of where nypd was after 9/11 in new york city. commissioner kelly had to literally take an intelligence unit that was largely responsible for dignitary protection and create eventually what was a 1,000-person counterterrorism intelligence robust unit to protect new york city. similarly, i was doing the same thing in l.a., and they had a very significant deficiency in dealing with intelligence. and quite clearly the capitol police are not up to the speed in terms of how to use intelligence, what to do with it. this is going to be an enormous undertaking in the midst of the political infighting that goes on every day at the capitol. >> i think, phil rucker, we thought the motivation would be there for change, given the fact that members of congress were by definition targets and witnesses of the insurrection. but given the current atmosphere and all things partisan, how much of this do you expect to see go into practice? >> you know, brian, we are immediately seeing elected officials on capitol hill revert to their partisan corners. you saw that just in the sound you played at the top of the show from the republican and democratic members. and i expect we are going to see that going forward. speaker pelosi has been calling for this 9/11-style commission and that has been beaten down by republicans who worry about whether it would be too heavy-handed for democrats, whether they would have a voice in the ultimate findings of that commission and it feels, unfortunately i think for, you know, progress at the capitol, that this issue of security, which should be a nonpartisan issue, is becoming a partisan football in the words of washington, and we will have on to see how it continues in the weeks ahead, but this report is a significant development and one thing that i know has a lot of lawmakers on the hill uneasy is this idea of an internal review, internal threat. there were deep suspicions by a number of democratic members of congress that some of their republican colleagues on capitol hill may have played some role in aiding some of the insurrectionists, or protesters or at least in guiding them a little bit on capitol hill. and that never got figured out by law enforcement authorities yet. so that's sort of bubbling under the surface here as this partisan fighting is under way. >> indeed the fbi director said they are on the case regarding phone records and communications from that day. >> yeah. >> julie, let me read you this from the "new york times" tonight. "while mr. biden's team has been cautious not to take a victory lap while so many americans are suffering, he needs to take credit for its fast passage to gain the leverage needed for looming fights over other items on his agenda." i know it's not your writing but i may ask you for an explanation. what about getting this passed confers any further power or clout to the president, what about this doesn't simply codify party line votes from here on out? >> well, i think what the white house is going to try to do is try to claim a sense of momentum here. you know, they do have a couple of things on their side right now. one is going to be passage. yes, it will have been a party line vote. but this is really sweeping legislation. and the fact the president will be able to sign this into law is certainly a positive for his agenda. also the measure is popular and biden overall has seen some pretty strong popularity and approval ratings for his job performance thus far. but you're right. the job gets harder from here. everything else he has to do going forward, whether it's infrastructure, whether it's on climate change, whether it's on voting rights, is going to be a tough fight just to keep his own democratic party together. the split between the party, the liberals and the moderates is really going to come into full focus as he tackles these other issues. what he is hoping to do do, though, claim momentum, claim a mandate, claim the mandate from the public, and hope that can keep the party together. but the white house knows that this road gets difficult going forward. >> commissioner bratton, let's say for the sake of conversation this is going to be known as the bratton commission and you get the job of figuring out security on capitol hill and nothing less. i first visited that building with my parents in 1974. it's indelible still. and growing up, becoming an adult, it's one of the great sights in washington, to see school buses full of kids on a field trip, kids with their parents discovering that place, and the white house and the library of congress, all of it, for the first time. question is, how do we keep it that way while also taking all of the steps we have run through to secure the building in the event of another 1/6? >> brian, i wish i had an answer to that. i have been in the capitol quite frequently. i had the distinct pleasure when terry gator was the sergeant at arms of bringing my dad, a world war ii veteran, to have lunch with the sergeant-at-arms in the senate cafeteria. i share the thrill that you just described. going forward, i wish this was a quick fix, a simple fix. but the partisan politics that rule everything in america are going to intd fehr with something that is quite clear cut, in terms of the report. security needs to be vastly improved at that facility, the balancing of public access and public security, and the security of the congress. going forward, i really worry about everything i see and hear about what's going on up in that building. is going to work against the implementation of this well thought out outline of what needs to be done. i wish i could be more optimistic looking at this. but i'm one of those who really do believe this is going to require a 9/11-style commission to ultimately get resolved, and even that seemingly simple solution is tied up in the partisan politics that is ruling the roost down there right now. >> phil rucker, indeed, we must careen back into politics. i'm going to read you a statement the former president put out. because he's off social media, he communicates now through the letterhead of his political action committee. this is what he wrote tonight. "no more money for rinos," republicans in name only. "they do nothing but hurt the republican party and our great voting base. they will never lead us to greatness. send your donation to save america pac at donaldjtrump.com, we will bring it all back stronger than ever before." phil, sadly i guess a lot of folks are going to send their money to that web address. how's this going to go over with republicans? you can fiddle all you want around the margins with their politics, morality, their personal dignity. threaten to take away their fund-raising, you might just get their attention. >> you know what, brian? i think president trump, former president trump is certainly getting their attention with that statement. and he got their attention a few days ago when he actually initiated sort of a legal threat to republicans to stop using his name in their fundraising appeals. remember, so many arms of the republican party these last four years have been able to raise huge sums of money from grassroots activists by linking their causes to donald trump. he is that popular with grassroots donors around the country that they send out text messages, e-mails, all sorts of other digital advertising appeals to raise money on his name. he doesn't want anyone else raising money on his name. he wants to be the one raising the money. that's what the statement there is all about. the irony, of course, is that he's not the one on the ballot in the next election cycle in 2022. it's republicans trying to take back the house and trying to win back their majority in the senate. and they're going to need the money, all the money they can get, in order to do so to fund those campaigns. and they're really running head on here into trump, who's trying to amass his own war chest so he can play kingmaker in the midterm elections and remain a viable threat to possibly run for president again in 2024. >> never boring around here. i'll say that. we're much obliged to our big three for starting off i new week with us. to phil rucker, to bill bratton, to julie pace. our thanks for being here with us tonight. coming up for us, as we mentioned, there are now more fully vaccinated americans than the total number of covid cases detected in our country thus far. it feels like a major event, but what does it really mean? we'll ask one of our top doctors, who's standing by to talk to us. and later, republicans push a clampdown on voting as party leaders openly talk of harnessing the, quote, trump magic. we've got two guests standing by who don't quite see the magic in preventing black americans from voting. 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