good morning, kristen. that defiance was made easier because lawmakers were determined to secure the massive defense bill, a version of which has been passed every year for six decades. but there's something bigger here too and that is a new willingness to ignore demands from a president about to leave office. a first in the trump years. congress rejected the president's veto with an overwhelming show of bipartisan force. senators protected the popular $741 billion defense bill friday. >> it's a serious responsibility. >> while house speaker nancy pelosi celebrated the override as a resounding rebuke to president trump's reckless assault on america's military. his reaction came by tweet, labeling our republican senate pathetic. in rare agreement with democrats, the president also demanded covid relief checks be increased. >> this is the last chance to deliver $2,000 before a new congress is sworn in. >> but republicans refused. >> all this is money we have to borrow. >> the president called that not fair or

not -- some names do >> seth: so what's "kristen" in london >> kristen it's just kristen. >> seth: what's ray? >> there's no -- if you went over there, and said your name was ray, they wouldn't know what you were talking about >> seth: this is so helpful. >> i mean, now you can go. >> seth: yeah. >> yeah. oh, and there's one final one that you have to be really careful you don't say. >> seth: oh, great >> it's the word fanny >> seth: fanny >> yes >> seth: gotcha. because it means - >> no. >> seth: what does it mean >> it's -- [ whispering ] >> seth: so when i hear british people say fanny, that's what they've been talking about oh, my god that was so -- >> you can go now. >> seth: i can go now. >> now you'll feel -- because i lived there, seth, so i know >> seth: and you learned all that in nine months? >> just that [ laughter ] >> seth: oh, my god, kristen, thank you so much for being here i cannot wait for saturday night. >> thanks for having me. i miss you >> seth: check out "snl" this weekend with kristen wiig. "wonder woman 1984" is in select theaters, and imax december 25th and is a

kristen welker, nbc news, the white house. career, joe biden on the cusp of being sworn in as america's 46th president. his last trip from wilmington to washington before becoming commander in chief. >> i know these are dark times, but there's always light. that's what makes this state so special. that's what it taught me. >> reporter: biden today emotional speaking at the armed forces reserve center named for his late son, beau. >> i only have one regret, he's not here because we should be introducing him as president. >> reporter: tomorrow during this unprecedented moment of crisis, biden's advisers tell nbc news his inaugural address will focus on the theme of unity. biden set to take the oath in front of a socially distanced capitol and an empty national mall now transformed into a field of flags. the confirmation process for some of biden's cabinet members now under way. >> without further action, we risk a longer, more painful, recession now. >> reporter: and late tonight, a powerful moment of mourning at the lincoln mem

our kristen welker asking president biden doese support to delay the trial and the president's signing new executive orders to deliver more covid relief to americans who are desperately hanging on and facing questions of his goal of administering 100 million vaccine doses in his first 100 days can he deliver is his proposal not ambitious enough the new warning highly contagious u.k. variant, new evidence may be more deadly. the race to vaccinate the outrage in texas one county is planning to prioritize high-risk community of color until the state threatened to slash its doses. cvs and walgreens gearing up to offer in-store vaccinations. what you need to know about that >> celebrating hank aaron, will the tokyo games go on and what olympic officials are saying now? tonight's mega million jackpot soaring $1 billion, do you have your ticket? this is nbc "nightly news" with lestor holt. good evening everyone, as president biden forges a new direction, the shadow of all too recent history and the deed of his predecessor looms tonight as a potential distraction. the article of impeachment of

peter, kristen >> jo ling kent. jo, thank you very much. >>> also this morning, momentum is building for what would be an unprecedented move by congress, a possible second impeachment of president trump. house speaker nancy pelosi saying if the president does not resign, the house will take action toward removing him from office as the outgoing senate majority leader mitch mcconnell sent senate republicans a memo outlining the timing of a potential impeachment trial. white house correspondent kelly o'donnell is tracking all of this this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, kristen. pressure is growing to bring about an early end to the trump presidency, with democrats preparing a streamlined hurry-up impeachment process that could begin within a few days. already impeached one year ago president trump could become the first president ever to be impeached twice with just days left in his term facing a new measure of infamy, a possible second impeachment, speaker pelosi instructed house democrats t

kristen, i hope you'll stick around. we'll talk politics in a few moments. first we have the global head of research and development for the janssen pharmaceutical companies of johnson & johnson. a big day for your company. critical new vaccine data. tell us about the competitive posture, the numbers of johnson & johnson. we've been talking about this as you were coming on about the 85% efficacy and protecting against severe disease versus the overall 72% figure. >> it's a really exciting day for us. thank you for having me on and adding color to what you're saying. we are 85% protective against severe disease. what we mean by severe disease are those that either remain at home and don't seek medical intervention but feel pretty sick, like they're in bed and feeling pretty sick, or more severe than that, where they go in and seek medical attention. it's protected 100% against those that need to go to the hospital or those that unfortunately go to icu or even die. every single person that's needed to go to the hospital after vaccination or died have been on p

juan, i think your have one more question before we lose kristen. i want to make sure you get that in. juan: i wanted to ask about this issue of the rally of the pro-trump folks in front of congress. i don't think i recall a rally of calling for a protests in washington. i heard a president speaking sometimes or addressing a ral but they support it, but especially in the context of the fact these 10 former secretaries, of the living former secretaries of defense issued this amazing letter this week calling for no intervention of the military on the issue of the election. you have some concern about possible violence, not only by the right wing, but possibly by agent provocateurs who may pose as leftists or progressives trying to confront these right-wing folks to devolve into possible violence that one is looking for? >> and admin respects, what we saw in december 12 was that chaos and violence that infused when you combine toxic election disinformation with racial violence, threat that is been growing the country. i do anticipe there is some potent

but you picked a an >> thanks, kristen. see you soon. >>> thank for joining us on this interactive show "getting answers." today we got answers on covid >>> tonight, the coronavirus and the new variant. this time, from south africa. now detected here in the u.s. this is the variant dr.au hasa a it? ces of that var discovered in south carolina. neither patient had traveled nor do they have any connection to each other. dr. fauci and dr. jha, we hear from them both tonight. what you need to know. and on thehots going unused? the cdc tonight now reporting 13 states have used less than half of the >>> amid the pandemic, president biden signing a new executive action today, reopening the enrollment period for obamacare, to help struggling

this is civil rights, according to kristen clarke. if you have the wrong skin color, you don't get into college. she will end the doj's lawsuit over its openly racist admissions practices if you are asian or white, south asian, too. your civil rights are not as important to the head of the doj's new civil right division. that sounds a little backwards to you, you should know kristen clarke is not stopping there. she also think identification cards are racist, but only in certain situations. if you buy a gun, of course you have to show a i.d., that is not racist. but if you want to vote, you shouldn't be allowed. be forced to show i.d., because that is racist. in september of 2017, she cleaned her reasoning behind this on this show. >> are there and millions of people -- you know the answer is no, they aren't. >> there are 600,000 people who don't have conceal and carry permit -- >> passport, or else they can't -- >> tucker -- >> is it racist to require a photo i.d. to get a job or stay in a hotel or buy a gun or fly a plane? >> no. >>

>>> hi there, i'm kristen and he, welcome to our daily program called getting answers. we're asking experts your question every day at 3:00 to get answers for you in realtime. today we'll talk with california assembly member ee ran le byovns today.taurant owner who wants answers by why san francisco is still asking him to pay for permits. but first, let'ou some cliff notes from the governor's announcement today. niece are the state's new four-week icu capacity projections, this comes after the bay area suddenly jumped above 15% over the weekend. you can see everyone is expected to be above that threshold all the regions, with the lowest number being the greater sacramento jair, which already had its orders lifted. now this means we move back into the tier-based system. the majority of the state, including all bay area counties are in purple tier. this means outdoor dining can reopen. nail and hair salons can open indoors with modifications and capacity limits. certain youth sports witho can resume. state says tiers will be reassessed tomorrow. tuesday's. but the county

>> kristen, i'm proud of oakland to be a sponsor of ab-71. we just made this historic announcement as this bill just got revised and is heading to its first committee vote. ab-71 is the most comprehensive at-scale, sustained effort to end homelessness in california that i have seen as an elected official. because it focuses on prevention, on getting our most vulnerable jobs, on building and creating an adequate supply of affordable housing as well as making sure that we have interim housing and shelter to get people off the streets immediately. and so this historic effort is moving forward. it would close some corporate tax loopholes, return higher corporate taxes to previous levels from 1980. that is a great investment. we know that ending homelessness is not just a moral imperative, it actually makes sense for california's economy. >> mayor, we only have about 30 seconds left, but i wanted to give you the time to talk about this, because i know it's near and dear to your heart in terms of supporting small business owners and non-profits tha

my apologieapologies, it's me, kristen. trump incited mob storms u.s. capitol. the new york times trump incites mob. ram pain page in capitol forces evacuations part of his legacy a republican says and overseas trump's hate mob storms the capitol. all of the headlines in major papers in the country and overseas and that's one of the things we spoke about yesterday as well. it's obviously damaging to the country, but i also hate we are a beacon of hope for a lot of countries who look at our democracy as something to aspire to and i hate to see us dismay that kind of chaos for the world. ama, why don't we start with you on that? it's so damaging in so many ways. >> yeah, i agree with you. you're absolutely right. i do always find it fascinating to see how different papers cover it and the snapshots that you see and it just kind of brings it home it will be a moment down the line we'll look back at the newspaper covers and stop and pause and go wow, can you believe that happened? >> it's interesting. kristen, history judges things differently as time moves on but i

kristen clark is a former prosecutor for the justice department division and kristen is also the president and director of the lawyers committee for civil rights under law. thanks to both of you this morning. 2020 was a year of loss and isolation but also a year of much needed racial reckoning. movements sparked by police violence and black lives, from those who still deserve toing on this worth today. coming up a pivotal look at racial justice. a pivotal look a racial justice for some of us, our daily journey is a short one when you drive less, you pay less with pay per mile insurance from allstate you've never been in better hands allstate click or call for a quote today >>> this last year has been dominated by coronavirus, a pivotal election and the eruption of a vast racial justice movement that transformed the way many americans understand the concept of race and policing. it forced many to reexamine how we see and interact with one another. t tremaine lootakes a look back a the reckon being that took place in 2020. >> reporter: in 2020, america was on fire. from milwaukee to miami, l

peter, kristen? >> all right, dasha burns. dasha, thanks so much. >> now let's bring in nbc news medical contributor dr. kavita patel, a care physician and policy adviser for the obama administration during the h1n1 flu crisis. dr. patel, great to see you. let's dive into this news. you just heard dasha talking about the fact that vaccine distribution has hit a bottleneck, and now we have this information about the j&j vaccine that could get emergency use authorization, but we're learning that it's not as effective as the other two vaccines. so, talk to people this morning. why should they take the j&j vaccine, if it's offered to them, instead of waiting for moderna or pfizer? >> yeah, kristen, good morning. and simply put, there is absolutely no reason to wait. you should take the vaccine that's offered. and i think that it's erroneous to compare 95%, 96%, to the efficacy from the moderna and pfizer trials with the j&j efficacy, which is overall, as you reported, 66%, but in severe cases, 85% reduction of risk of severe covid

we told you earlier this week about a top joe biden appointee called kristen clarke. a very soon she could be running the civil rights division of the justice department, one of the most powerful law enforcement entities in the united states and the world, really. kristen clarke believes that melanin makes people who possess it superior to those who don't. if there's an effort to silence that story. it's so over-the-top, no one will talk about it. what they don't want to dom maggio to see, straight ahead. ♪ ♪ do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy, even a term policy, for an immediate cash payment. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized that we needed a way to supplement our income. if you have one hundred thousand dollars or more of life insurance you may qualify to sell your policy. don't cancel or let your policy lapse without finding out what it's worth. visit conventrydirect.com to find out if you policy qualifies. or call the number on your screen. coventry direct, redefin

and he's already getting to work here's kristen welker. >> tonight, president biden in the oval office already at work. >> these are just all starting points >> reversing the policies of president trump, including ending the travel ban from some muslim majority countries, imposing a mask mandate on federal property, and killing the permit for the keystone pipeline >> we're going to step up, all of us? it's time for boldness, for there's so much to do. >> then there's his plan for a $1.9 trillion covid relief package, including $1400 in direct payments to americans. biden also points to send his controversial plan to overhaul the immigration system to capitol hill, including a pathway to citizenship for the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the u.s the president also set to end construction of the border wall. jacob soboroff is on the border tonight. >> construction on the border wall continues in fact, you can see construction vehicles right there. a local official on the ground here told me they're just waiting on word from washington, d.c. >> but in the midst of

>> hi, kristen. new at 5:00, word tonight that ghost ship defendant derick almena is expected to take a plea deal. >>> plus, the muslim prayer app reportedly tracking its users. was the data of millions of people sold to a company linked to isis? >>> and the mystery over how the pandemic began. bay area researchers tonight on the world's biggest scientific puzzle and the new mission to find some answers. those stories and a lot more when ama and i see you for abc7 news at 5:00. ♪ ♪ we have the power to harness california's abundant solar and wind energy, but it's not available all day long. use less energy from 4 to 9 pm for a cleaner california. where can a healthier heart lead you? for people with heart failure taking entresto, it may lead to a world of possibilities. entresto helped people stay alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an

larry and kristen? >> excellent weather. to taste wine that was in outer space. of course it's always good weather to taste wine from anywhere, right? >>> quite a sight off the coast of dana point in orange county. check this out. a whale watching company released video of a baby gray whale migrating south along with its mother. most grays give birth in the warm waters of the protected lagoons in baja california, but sometimes the moms give birth along the way. the company beliefs that was the case here, and they appear to be doing quite well. >>> a local celebrity is back in action after an injury. up next, the kite man of martinez is flying once again, and he is thanking his community for it. >>> and dan is here with what's coming up on abc7 news at 5:00. >> hi, kristen. new at five, the call to speed up doses to those 65 and older, and how it will affect the bay area county with the most seniors anywhere in the state. >>> plus, how the abc7 news i uiam prompting the state to tingccine. >>> what car rodgers autng gennw i felt gross. it was kind of a shock after

we told you earlier this week about a top joe biden appointee called kristen clarke. a very soon she could be running the civil rights division of the justice department, one of the most powerful law enforcement entities in the united states and the world, really. kristen clarke believes that melanin makes people who possess it superior to those who don't. there's an effort to silence that story. it's so over-the-top, no one will talk about it. what they don't want you to see, straight ahead. ♪ ♪ over-the-top, no one will talk about it. what they don't wanttttt ♪ if i could be you and you could be me ♪ ♪ for just one hour ♪ ♪ if we could find a way to get inside each other's mind ♪ ♪ walk a mile in my shoes ♪ ♪ walk a mile in my shoes ♪ ♪ well before you abuse, criticize and accuse ♪ ♪ walk a mile in my shoes ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tucker: earlier this week we brought you exclusive reporting on a woman called kristen clarke. she's about to become a significant figure in this country, she is joe biden's pick to head the civil rights division. clar

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joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief white house correspondent kristen welker, rich lowry, editor of "national review," and former democratic senator from missouri, claire mccaskill. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history.

kristen, let me start with you. this is where many of the developments this morning are coming from after it was the other end of pennsylvania avenue that was the focus for many of the last 18 hours. tell me what you're hearing from your sources. it's my understanding there are informal talks about potentially invoking the 25th amendment though we don't know if it's reached the cabinet level or not. and then this whole dynamic with vice president mike pence and tension that seemed to be building with the president. >> that's rirkght, hallie. those 2e7tensions on display yesterday when the vice president made it clear at the start of the day that he was not going to follow president trump's directive that he in some way try to block the vote count on capitol hill. and then, very strong words. a condemnation once they were allowed back into the halls of congress of those mob -- the mob that stormed the capitol and no mention of president trump. so it really underscored the fact that we're seeing a break between the vi

kaman, kristen. he had been dead _ going to work? a dead pope? kaman, kristen. he had been dead seven - kristen. he had been dead seven months. will— kristen. he had been dead seven months. will not _ kristen. he had been dead seven months. will not talking - kristen. he had been dead seven months. will not talking ninth i months. will not talking ninth century rome. _ months. will not talking ninth century rome, were - months. will not talking ninth century rome, were talking . century rome, were talking 21st—century america. pretty much similar. don't get me started. i've gone through the constitution several times in the past couple of days looking at the impeachment proceedings and i can find anything in there that has potential value, that has a groundwork that says you can remove a private citizen who was the former president from office. you can remove a former federal judge but i think the republicans were standing up to this might be onto something it will be interesting to see their take on the constitutionality. it interesting to see their take on

lester. >> all right, kristen, thank you. >> kamala harris making history today, shattering barriers on race and gender, as she became vice president. here is rehema ellis. >> kamala harris making history, as the first woman of color to be vice president. >> so help me god. >> she's a woman of many firsts. the first black woman elected attorney general of california. the first black and indian american woman elected from the golden state as a united states senator. and the first black woman on a major political ticket for vice president. >> regardless of your gender, our country has sent you a clear message. dream with ambition. >> she's the daughter of immigrant parents. her father from jamaica. her mother from india, who raised harris and her sister mostly as a single parent. >> when she came here from india at the age of 19, she maybe didn't quite imagine this moment. >> across the country, people were watching. >> i have never seenha before. it gives me a lot of hope. >> i have four girls, and for my kids, this is a chance to see the future. >> what does it mean to you personally

i'm kristen sze. welcome to our daily program called "getting answers." we ask questions every day at tlour to get answers in realtime. today we're asking a san jose state business proveser to explain the sudden surge in the stock prices of gamestop, tootsie roll and bed bath and beyond. should you get involved in but first we're devoting two segments today to the latest and covid-19, vaccines, variants, masks, tiers, equity. whatever you have questions on, just post them on the facebook live stream top joining us now to answer questions and mine is ucsf infection out disease specialist is dr. chin honk. >> thanks for having me on kristen. >> absolutely so much to talk about. let's talk about vaccine news. biden administration announced 200 million more doses from pfizer and moderna. how big of a deal is this? does that mean every american will be vaccinated by, you know, summer? what's the time line? what's the effect? >> i'm thinking early summer now as the time when most americans would have the opportunity to get vaccinated. whether or not everyone ta

they can run anywhere, kristen, from $700 up to $6,000. this one behind me, what you see, what's left of it, was one. more expensive ones. it's real unclear, according to many restaurant owners, if insurance will help pay the cost, but at this point it's an expense that really nobody can afford up here. >> that is just a shame and devastating. the cornell, thank you. >>> now to pg&e's effort to restore the power that was knocked out by the storm. as you can see here on the utilities website, there's still some gust hers without electricity, and this is across the bay area. each of the green dots represents fewer than 50 customers, so the numbers are down significantly for more than 35,000 overnight without power. folks living on keith circle off of oak park boulevard and pleasant hill, they were without power for several hours after this line snapped around midnight. really a rough wake-up call for some in this neighborhood. >> i have a c-pac device with no battery backup so i stopped breathing. i also have an adjustable bed that is still

kristen, good morning. >> hi, savannah. good morning to you. that's right this morning as republicans try to adapt to the biden administration and a democratic president, they are also grappling with ongoing divisions in their own party, and the message from party leadership today, focus on fighting democrats, not each other. >> reporter: with the republican party fractured, house minority leader kevin mccarthy is calling for unity. today visiting former president trump in florida the meeting likely an attempt to mend ties after mccarthy said this about the former president who told his supporters to march to the capitol, urging them to, quote, fight like hell >> the president bears responsibility for wednesday's attack on congress by mob rioters. >> reporter: still, mccarthy along with most republicans voted against impeaching the former president and said he did not believe the president provoked the riot. it comes as mccarthy has unleashed a blunt warnin issued during a call wednesday, urging republicans to stop attacking their own. cut that

i'm still looking for an irishman all kidding aside the daughter of jamaican immigrants kristen is also one of the most distinguishable rights tourney's in america a proud native of brooklyn new york she began her career her legal career in the very same office she's now nominated to lead. her previous tenure with the just apartments our take on some of the most complex civil rights cases from voting rights to redistricting challenges to prosecuting hate crimes and human trafficking . she's earned accolades throughout her career including as the head of the civil rights bureau for her home state of new york where she's led the charge and the school to prison pipeline and root out discrimination in housing and law enforcement she currently is one of the nation's top civil rights organizations where she promotes greater equity in voting rights and our education system and our housing system and our justice system and so much more now she'll return full circle to pursue the vital work her career began the civil rights division represents the moral center of the department of justice and th

kristen. >> that's a good point. thanks, michael. >>> after reopening the oscar grant case this past october, the alameda county d.a.'s office announced today it will not be filing any new charges. former officer anthony peroni came under scrutiny for his role in the deadly skent at the fruitvale bart station on new year's day in 2009. grant's family argues peroni escalated the situation by pinning down grant with a knee to his neck. the d.a.'s office provided abc 7 news with a video statement but did not take any questions from the media. >> although peroni's conduct was aggressive, utterly unprofessional, and disgraceful, it did not rise to the mental state required for murder. >> former officer johannes mehserle was charged with grant's murder. he was eventually convicted of involuntary manslaughter. >>> turning now to the weather, monster waves caused flooding in parts of the bay area. take a look at pacifica this morning. king tides crashing into the coastline. crews were busy cleaning up sand that watched onto

well, kristen welker at the white house getting us started, kristen, thanks very much. >> thank you, chuck. >> let's cut out the middle people here, let's go to antonia hilton in arizona. antonia, kristen can tell us what they think the biden administration is going to deliver but you've been talking to folks in the community there in maricopa county. what are they expecting and how soon do they expect it when it comes to covid and some of these promises that they've been hearing? >> hey, chuck, so here in arizona there is a lot of anxiety, in a community that's particularly anxious to see biden make good on his promises and take this pandemic more seriously is the latino community. here in maricopa county there are about 40% of the covid cases right now and that's because these are frontline essential workers who are putting food on other people's tables out in public every day, and they're getting the virus. they tell me they want to see the vaccination process move much more quickly, and they want information about the vaccine to come out in english and in spanish. they are also e

kristen welker, kasie hunt, and "washington post" senior washington correspondent phil rocker and chuck rosenberg, former senior fbi official and u.s. attorney. a busy day, kristen, on the senate, the cabinet, racial equity policies to be unveiled and briefed shortly by susan rice and jen psaki. >> reporter: absolutely right, andrea. as you pointed out at the top of the show, this does fit into one of president biden's key campaign promises to take action on racial equity, so he is going to sign a series of executive actions today that will deal with a range of different topics, everything from education to health care, housing. it will mandate that the department of housing and urban development seeks to have equitable and fair housing and it's also going to call for essentially a disavowal of xenophobia and racism, particularly for asian-americans in the wake of the covid-19 crisis. some of the language that was used by the former administration. so of course the question is what if any teeth does this have, andrea. that will be at the forefront. back to you because we see the swearin

go ahead, kristen. >> hi, jen. if i could just follow up on that, there was some reporting there was going to be a meeting this weekend with the bipartisan group of lawmakers. can you give us any indication, is that going to happen with president biden? or with his economic team? is that your expectation? >> well, i think the reporting was around a meeting with nec director brian deese. i spoke with him earlier today. he is definitely going to be engaging with a range of members and a range of different groups of members from capitol hill in the coming days. think we were still working to confirm specific meetings before i came out here and i hope to have more for all of you on that by tomorrow. >> okay. more broadly speaking, jen, president biden has proposed this $1.9 trillion package. you already have some republicans who say, we just passed a stimulus plan. they're not going to get on board with this. mitt romney among them who says you just passed a program with over $900 billion. some people say the price tag

kristen, they had a lot of problems with the live stream, the quality of that. i'm hoping you were able to hear the big headlines out of this briefing today and the big changes from what we saw before. i think big changes include restoring scientific integrity across the federal government. what tone does that set? >> reporter: well, i think that the administration and the president aiming to set a tone of transparency, andrea, and there you had those officials leveling with the american people about the fact that this is going to get worse before it gets better, that there are some significant supply shortages, and that they cannot just film a switch and have this problem get turned around overnight. at the same time, you heard one top official there, when i asked my question about the concerns that have been voiced by some governors across the country who have said, look, yes, we are encouraged by the fact that you're moving to get more supplies and more vaccines out to the american people and in states across the country, at the same time it's still not enoug

joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief white house correspondent kristen welker, rich lowry, editor of "national review," and former democratic senator from missouri, claire mccaskill. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history. this is "meet the press with chuck todd." >>> good sunday morning. donald trump leaves office this week with the distinction of having lost the popular vote twice and now having been impeached twice. at the same time, washington, d.c., looks like an armed camp with some 25,000 national guard troops coming to protect joe biden's inauguration and state capitols from coast to coast, they're bracing for antigovernment violence from right-wing terror groups as early as today. still, president trump, who has inspired much of this extremism, continues to hold an iron grip on his party. yes, ten house republicans voted to impeach him, but 197 voted no. and those yes votes accounted for less than 5% of the house republican caucus. and our new nbc news poll of regist

with vanita gupta and kristen clark. >> eric swalwell said in the last hour that what he wanted to get to the bottom of and any investigation of what happened yesterday on the capitol was whether or not there was help from the inside. and i don't know exactly what he meant, members or perhaps the police. what are your concerns in that area and do you share his wanting to get to the bottom of that? >> well, i absolutely believe that we have to get to the bottom of it. i had told my family that i was very worried about being out on the street in d.c. yesterday and the day before. but that i was going to be in the capitol and that was the safest place in the country. needless to say, i would have never imagined in a million years that the capitol police would have been overrun like that. it is just inexcusable. it is my understanding that the force is over 2,000 people and there were 500 on duty. so what is the explanation? that is why i thought it was so important to publicize the pictures. they acted with complete impugnity as you mentioned a few minutes ago. so do think that we have to

>> kristen, just to follow up briefly, his megaphone and social media shut down. what is his thinking about that? >> reporter: what we're hearing is that he wants to in some way try to salvage his legacy, which will undoubtedly be overshadowed by this distinction now, that he will be the first president in u.s. history to be impeached twice. and so he is trying to determine what specifically he wants to highlight. we know that some of his top advisers have started to work on potential speeches for him. and yesterday he gave us a very good indication, andrea, of i think what we can expect to see, a president who is defiant and defending his legacy. he's going the talk about some of those other key moments that he thinks he would like to be defined by, not just this moment of being impeached twice. the president yesterday was asked about all of this. he referred to impeachment as a witch-hunt. that's of course one of his most familiar talking points from the first impeachment and from the russia investigation and all of those political scandals that loomed so large

pelosi still did not say when she will send the article over to the senate. >> kristen welker, thank you >>> the effort to get out the vaccine faster can't come fast enough more on that, here is gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: tonight new york city is running out of the coronavirus vaccines >> we are senior citizens, you are scared >> reporter: the city has been forced to close 15 other vaccination sites and now first responders including hard hit ems workers are having to suspend their first doses. >> reporter: how frustrating had this process been? >> frustrating and painful >> reporter: how soon will new york city run out of vaccinations >> this week >> reporter: mayor de blasio says at least 20,000 appointments have been >> the vaccine supply should increase every single week we found that we hit a wall quickly. >> reporter: at least a dozen states are reporting vaccine supply shortages and some rolling back eligibility requirements this hospital in florida is suspending first doses starting sunday governors are begging for federal help >> our biggest problem is simple lack of vacci

. >> let's go to our cnn correspondent elizabeth cohen and kristen holmes. good morning, ladies, kristen, genetic sequencing is the key to find new variants, new cases of this. where are we? what is needed in terms of completely getting a handle on this as we were to get more americans vaccinated? >> poppy, are you right. it is the key to the hunt for new virus mutations. it's so important we get ahold of these mutations as soon as we possibly can. the u.s. has not been doing a great job at this compared to some other countries. let's take a look at why it's important to do this genetic sequencing and then share it around the world so that the hunt can be well international. the way it works is you take a sample of virus from someone's nose, from someone who has covid-19 and you map out the genetic sequence and post it on a database to share internationally so mutant variants can be identified. here's what itself not going well in the u.s.. the sequences post reasonable doubt about 85 days old. that is old. we want to know what's happening now or as close to

>> i don't have any calls between them to read out, kristen. obviously they're in regular touch. i can say from a previous question you asked brian that he's been in touch with both parties about his agenda, even since he was inaugurated. so a range of topics come up in those discussions, but i don't have anything to read out for you. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell said he's going to push for a february team imeline. i know you don't want to comment on the timeline, but how would a february trial assist in getting covid relief passed? >> the president believes in the senate and their ability to multi-task and get the business of the american people done at the same time while they're proceeding on an impeachment trial, on whatever timeline it begins and ends on. >> reporter: is mitch mcconnell fast enough for them? >> he's going to leave it up to them. again, there is precedent for this. they are going to continue to move forward with getting relief to the american people, because that can't be delayed until march, april or may. we can't afford that. >> reporter: if i could follow

tonight we begin with kristen welker >> reporter: tonight calling the vaccine roll-out a failure president biden making this pledge >> we'll defeat in pandemic and a nation waiting for action. let me be clearest on this point, help is on the way. >> reporter: the president signing executive orders including requiring masks at planes, trains and airports, increasing covid vaccine sites by creating several vaccination centers and planning to invoke the defense production act to speed vaccine production >> we are still in a dark winter of this pandemic it is going to get worse before it gets better >> reporter: dr. fauci says he sees positive signs. >> when you look at the seven days average of cases, right now it looks like it may be plateauing >> reporter: there are still issues with supply and vaccine distributions. biden's vaccine goal 100 million shots in 100 days. >> is the biden administration starting from scratch with the vaccine distribution effort or are you picking up where the trump administration left off? >> we certainly are not starting from scratch because there is activities

kristen? >> is this information out yet as to what tools public health workers might use when they contact people? >> yeah, they're using several ways. public health workers are doing email blasts, for example. they also have people on the ground trying to do face the face communication when it's possible. the different counties have task forces meeting on a daily basis about getting the messaging out. but keep in mind even for them this is a moving target. i know this sounds empty, but it really is about being patient. >> thank you. >>> sutter health rolled out a new hotline this morning for patients looking to schedule a vaccination appointment. but it's off to a rough start. the entire sutter health.org website has been down all afternoon. the phone lines are completely jammed as well. patients that call the hotline are told to schedule an appointment online which is impossible with the website down. abc7 news has reached out to sutter health for updates on when the system may be back onlin

kristen? >> reporter: well, nicole and brian, just picking off your conversation of contrasts, the contrast that we are going to see. this first event that president-elect joe biden is going to be engaged with is this memorial for covid victims as you have highlighted and it's remarkable, it is the first one this country will have to just pause and remember the lives lost and i think that it speaks to the fact that president-elect biden is going to use these first days and weeks and months in office to really try to draw a sharp contrast with his predecessor. with president trump. that begins right now and i think you're going to see that in his inaugural address tomorrow when he's going to talk about the need for unity and healing and then i think you're going to see that in the executive orders that he's going to pass. among the first ones we are told to reverse president trump's ban on traveling from muslim majority countries. he's going to rejoin the paris climate agreement. he's going to

the panel is with us, nbc news chief white house correspondent kristen welker. rich lowry, editor of "national review" and former democratic senator from missouri, claire mccaskill. i want to show the stark differences we found in our poll between how republicans and democrats feel about where the country is headed. we asked them to put it in their own words. among republicans we heard things like wrong direction, concerns about personal freedoms, headed toward socialism and communism and simply liberal bankruptcy. among the phrases we heard from democrats were things like hopeful, exhilarated and repairing the massive damage. also negative phrases as well including downhill, frightened and headed for the toilet. you know, claire mccaskill, i've got to just show you how polarized we are as a country, i want to show you the ratings for jill biden among republicans and show you the comparisons of what the opposing party thought of first ladies coming into office. the republicans have this incredibly negative view of jill biden, 8-59. she's not been an overly polit

kristen clarke is one of the best. i think she will be great as the civil rights division. , she's on a, look personal shortlist for supreme court. i think she is that kind of serious and important person. so i'm very happy with that team. you talk about the power they have. that will have a lot to do with garland and cell. the fact they were all announced together, which does not always happen, suggests that department will work hand-in-hand, hand in glove is perhaps a better analogy, so i have hopes it will have real power, real authority -- i think you put it right, to restore divisions of the justice department that have atrophied or in some cases willingly been dismantled by bill barr and jeff sessions. take the civil rights division for instance. one of the main ways the federal government has for imposing standards on local police is through the use of something called consent decree. the department investigates you to avoid federal charges, your jurisdiction, or police department enters a consent decree with th

and dan is here with what is coming up at 5:00. >> hi, kristen. the crashing of sutter health's website and kaiser putting people on hold for hours. new at 5:00, the frustration over the vaccine roll-out now reaching new heights. >>> plus, the grassroots protest to save what's left of the high school sports season. coaches and players are now pleading with the governor. >>> and bring on the crab. one chef's culinary celebration of the inauguration. those stories and a lot more new year's resolutions come and go. so give your business more than resolutions... give it solutions, from comcast business. work more efficiently with fast internet and advanced wifi. make your business safer with powerful cybersecurity solutions. and stay productive with 24/7 support. make this year's resolution better solutions. bounce forward with comcast business. get started with a powerful internet and voice solution for just $64.90 a month. plus, for a limited time, ask how to get a $500 prepaid card when you upgrade. switch today. ♪ ♪ ♪ why do you build me up,

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