flew new i'm john king in washington. you're watching sad, solemn, sobering images there, officer brian sicknick on his way to his final resting place at arlington national cemetery after lying in honor in the capitol rotunda. it is another wednesday of re-election here in the united states of america lying in the rotunda of the building where officer sicknick was killed four weeks ago today defending the building, defending his government against an insurrection by a trump-inspired mob that attacked the united states capitol building. officer brian sicknick will be buried at a private ceremony at arlington national cemetery. his colleagues also part of this

ceremony. you see the hearse leaving the capitol grounds. the fencing still there added after the insurrection at the united states capitol building again four weeks ago today on january 6th. it's a short drive across the potomac river to arlington national cemetery where officer sicknick will be buried as he deserves as an american hero. it was a decision by the congressional leadership to have him lie in honor. and congressional leaders were outside there to watch the hearse drive away, also paying tribute to him, both the president and vice president during those ceremonies. brian sicknick killed four weeks ago today at the united states capitol now on the way to arlington national cemetery for a private burial. we're going to take a quick break. we'll be right back.

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day in the biden reset. the president of the united states in the oval office with key democratic senators. the president saying full speed ahead when it comes to a big, and he wants a very big covid relief package. let's listen. >> great. i said welcome all home. this is your new home for a while anyway. and it was a little bit of luck, the grace of god and the good will of the neighbors that it's going to be longer than just four years. i think we'll get some republicans. >> thank you, guys. thank you. >> come back in a moment, a little joke or not joke. the president made at the top of the conversation we'll come back to that. but the meeting there with

senate democrats coming after a couple hours after the president called a meeting with house democrats. again the message was the same, full speed ahead when it comes to a big covid relief package. our chief congressional correspondent manu raju has information on that. >> i have the audio of joe biden speaking to house democrats. he made clear that they are going to go big on this push. he said he did not want to sacrifice what he has been promising the american public during the campaign. he said he would not turn back on his plan to pass a major covid relief package. he implored democrats to stay united. but he also, john, indicated he's willing to pair back the stimulus checks that are at $1,400 under the plan in order to more target those to people who need it the most, while making clear he wants the democrats to be on his side. take a listen. >> this package gets money into the pockets. we can't walk away from an additional $1,400 in direct

checks we proposed because people need it. frankly, they've been promised it. maybe we can -- i think we can better target the number. i'm okay with that. but we're going to start -- i'm not going to start my administration by breaking my promise to the american people. i don't think the problem is that we're going to go too big to deal with this crisis. the problem is we're going to go too small. >> yeah. and that last point, that point that he made about better targeting the stimulus checks could be important in the united states senate where some centhist democrats, mainly joe manchin of west virginia has raised concerns that people who make perhaps $300,000 a year or families that they could get those checks, perhaps they can narrow those stimulus checks in the proposal and win over the support of critical senators like joe manchin. and also, john, he went on to say that democrats have narrow majorities in the house and the senate. he said let's stick together.

he also said that each one of us, we've seen these tough midterm losses that happened in the first midterm of the president. but he said we are going to succeed or fail together. so pretty stark language there from the president to his party. john? >> pretty smart language in the sense that democratic discipline will be absolutely critical to the biden agenda going forward. stay with us if you can, manu. i want to bring in dana bash and the bureau chief of "the daily beast." president biden thought it was important to do this meeting. but today first you call house democrats, let's stick together, yours. then you bring the new senate majority leader chuck schumer and key democratic chairwoman to the oval office. we will do this with all democratic votes and if republicans come along in the end, great, but let's not wait. >> that's exactly right. look, he made a downpayment in the relationship that he promised he would have with

republicans in that monday evening meeting. he didn't go in there saying i'm going to somehow kind a compromise between 1.9 trillion and 600 billion. that was never on the table. but what we're seeing today is real negotiation. and it's real negotiation among and within the democratic party. that's how he needs to get this done. because the margins are so narrow in the house but especially the senate, manu mentioned joe manchin. he's talking about making some changes like targeting the stimulus checks really focusing on those who need them. and, you know, that might be a republican idea, but it's also a necessity if he wants to get some moderate democrats like joe manchin. so right now that is the name of the game, making sure that they have all of the democrats on board because there is literally not room to lose even one senator. >> and night and day, jackie. number one, it's important to listen to the new president say i'm not going to break a

promise. he promised during the election. and after biden promised big and won the election then they won both georgia senate races, republicans saying don't give joe biden a blank check. so he believes he has the american people on his side. but it's striking he has now called into the senate luncheon, called into house democrats, brought republicans to the white house, and brought democrats to the white house. we only saw congressional leaders meeting with president trump when it was a crisis, when the train was about to go off the tracks and they had to have a meeting. this is a very different president. the republicans during the trump years often said it's better if the president stays out of the negotiations because he only messes them up. this is a new day. >> that was a different president because you couldn't tell what trump was going to do the next day. he might say one thing to one group of people and then end up tweeting something else. so it is, as you said, completely night and day. and while joe biden is meeting with all of these groups, he has really tried to assure democrats that he's not going to give away the store in the recording that

manu was talking about, he said specifically that the republican bill is not in the cards. because, remember, during the campaign, during the presidential campaign, particularly during the primary, there was concern that biden would perhaps work with republicans in a way that would be detrimental to democratic priorities. and so by this first push, by this first giant piece of legislation that he's helping to bring everyone together and shepherd through, it appears that he's trying to show them, no, we're going to do it with or without republicans. they can join if they want. but if not, we're going to plow ahead no matter what. >> and, manu, what does this do to the timetable? there had been this question of if you're going to get into long negotiations with republicans would take over, the president making clear democrats go full speed ahead. if republicans come along in the end maybe we will make some changes, great, but move ahead. plus, chuck schumer now is clearly the majority leader and the democrats now that they have this organizing agreement in the

senate get the committee after this sort of two-week only in washington delay after the inauguration. so how much does that affect the timetable? >> well, the the end of the month or early march. so there's no harm for joe biden to have negotiations talk with republicans, see if it goes anywhere. because it's going to take time for the process to play out in the house and the senate because they're planning on using the budget process that essentially allows them to pass legislation without republican support in the senate. and there is a two-step process, the first step is happening this week. they're trying to pass a nonbinding budget blueprint. that will trigger their efforts to pass the legislation without republican support. so that process takes a few weeks. in the meantime, biden's going to have these conversations if they go anywhere near what he's talking about $1.9 trillion perhaps they'll think about something different. but at the moment they're going forward without republican support. it's going to probably get done by the end of this month or

early next month. and then the question will be can they keep the party united particularly in the senate where they're going to need all 50 democrats if no republicans join them. >> will be fascinating to watch it play out. stay with us. when we come back it's a big day for republicans too, especially house republicans. two family feuds inside the house gop, a big leadership test for kevin mccarthy.

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house republicans meet today and, put simply, they are a mess. one topic for discussion is liz cheney's job. she voted to impeach donald trump, and many of the former president's supporters among house republicans want cheney punished. the second big family feud is very much related to the first. congresswoman marjorie taylor green is among the most vocal trump supporters in the house. she is also a conspiracy theorist with a history of anti-semitism, racism, and supporting violence against political opponents. democrats say taylor green has no place in the congress, and they vow to strip her of committee assignments if republicans don't clean up their own mess. but, congresswoman green says she will not voluntarily stand down from her committees, and the republican leader, kevin mccarthy, so far unwilling to take a stand on his own. so a house republican committee that helped settle committee slots is now handling this question that house republicans are under the spell of donald

trump and the qanon conspiracy. back with us cnn's manu raju. this is a republican mess, the house democratic majority leader though stanny hoyer is involved in the conversation because he says if democrats don't clean it up, republicans are ready to act tomorrow. >> a statement that just came out from house majority leader steny hoyer says that the democrats are planning to move forward to strip marjorie taylor green from her committee assignments both in the house education committee and house budget committee. this after hoyer and kevin mccarthy had a conversation this morning. it did not turn out that they reached any sort of an agreement. i'm told heading into that meeting kevin mccarthy wanted to see if he could head off this floor vote and see if they could come to, to some sort of resolution. they had discussed a variety of options about whether they can punish her in other way, maybe just take her off the education

committee, given the conspiracy theories that she said before she was a member of congress about the parklandmass kaer in 2018 being a false flag, obviously that is 100% not true, and that has caused alarm on all corners here on capitol hill. but republicans are grappling with how to deal with that, contending that it's not necessarily appropriate to move ahead and punish a member for things they said before they were a member of congress. that's how they were thinking about it and debating what to do behind the scenes last night. they took it to steny hoyer this morning. he said, no, she needs to be punished the same way that steve king the former iowa congressman was punished after his racist comments came to light in the last congress. at that time, john, remember, he was stripped from his committee soimts. hoyer and the democrats want green to be stripped from her committee assignments. and the if the republicans don't ultimately make a decision today, then they will tomorrow to strip her from those spots.

one in which democrats say they have no choice but republicans are warning about the precedent it would set, john. >> a warning about the precedent, dana and jackie, but at the same time this is a mess of their own making. again, you can get the idea that nobody's perfect, maybe she said one or two things before she came to congress if she were contrite, if she would say i've learned a lesson, that's one thing. she says she will not apologize. she has backed off a little bit on the school shootings under pressure. but she questioned if the plane crashed into the pentagon on 9/11. she implied the clintons were somehow involved in jfk jr.'s death. she's indicated supporter for democratic lawmakers. she's harassed the parkland shooting survivor. she's promoted qanon conspiracy theories. the republicans knew this, she was an issue, and they put her on the committees. there wouldn't be a debate about taking her off if they didn't give her those committee assignments. did kevin mccarthy just think we can somehow sneak the conspiracy

congresswoman through? >> who knows, possibly. or was just lack of foresight or the fact that -- >> lack of leadership? >> yeah. the fact that, as you said, they didn't think anybody was really going to notice, which is kind of hard to believe. one of the things that manu mentioned, one of the things that steve king and so far marjorie taylor green have in common is lack of contrition. and i am told that one of the big points of discussion within the steering committee, which, as you said, decides such things, who's on specific committees in the republican party, but also with kevin mccarthy, is you have to go out there and apologize. you have to show contrition. and so far she is defiant. she is absolutely defiant. and so the question is whether or not she is going to come around. and, more importantly, whether that's going to matter and whether anybody is going to take that seriously given where she has been over the past, you

know, never mind before she got to congress but over the past few weeks when she was actually sworn in. one of the things i know manu talked about a lot of options about that republicans are talking about short of totally taking her off all committees. i was told by a source who's familiar with conversations that they are also thinking about maybe taking her off of the education committee, the budget committees, which are big committees, and obviously very pertinent to the conspiracy theories that she's been pushing and putting her on other committees. but this seems to be a huge jump ball. >> and it's a huge jump ball because she has the leverage here because she had a phone call with president trump as this was playing out apparently she says she's planning on meeting with the former president. he has called her a rising star in the party. she makes clear that she believes she has his total support. the "wall street journal" conservative editorial board puts it this way. if bowing before all things trump is the litmus test for

being a loyal republican, mr. mccarthy should be defending his colleague's vote as a matter of principle, that is in liz cheney's case, rather than living in fear of the wrath of mar-a-lago. are you willing to say to the former president, go away, we're going to try to take the party in a different direction. >> well, the answer is no if you're kevin mccarthy let's not forget just last week he was down at mar-a-lago kissing the ring. dana mentioned that something they have in common, one of the things that they don't have in common is steve king was kind of out there on his own racist island and was easily dispatched by republican leadership after, you know, ten years of doing the same thing that he had been doing that he eventually lost his committee seats for. marjorie taylor green has the backing of the president. she has the backing of certain aspects of the republican party. and they risk elevating her by punishing her here. and whether or not that happens,

we'll have to see. and at the same time, if she is not punished and liz cheney is, that sends another message because there are certain parts of the republican party that are very supportive of liz cheney. someone like mitch mcconnell who made that very clear of which side of the debate he's taking. a lot of pressure for kevin mccarthy today, and not a lot of really good answers. >> conservative or conspiracy, seems a pretty easy choice, right or wrong is another way to put it. dana, jackie, manu, appreciate the reporting and the insights. we'll continue to track that story. next, some encouraging new data on the covid-19 spread, but it comes with a new warning from the cdc. from 12 countries, over 10 years. olay's hydration was unbeaten every time. face anything. find out more at olay.com

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the new biden covid team claiming some progress today in accelerating the vaccine rollup, but it also says it needs your help with the super bowl coming. with the new variants out there, it needs people to continue to wear their mask, practice social distancing until you do get a coronavirus vaccine. let's walk through some of the numbers. and if you look at just the cases, new infections, it's been a long time since we can say this is encouraging. and this is encouraging. you see the red line, that's the seven-day moving average. not that long ago we were up in the 250,000 range. so the case direction, new infections reporting is heading in the right direction right now. deaths are a lagging indicator, mr. walensky of the cdc says the rate of deaths does appear to be slowing. still more than 100,000 people just in the month of january and

the first couple of days in february, 100,000 americans dying of covid in just the 33, 34-day period. the cdc now projects the death toll will reach 447,000 right now that it will reach 534,000 by the end of the month. so deaths continue to be a giant problem in the covid chase. this is the key to changing it, which is to get these percentages up higher. these are the percentage of americans state by state here that have the first dose of the vaccine. west virginia's at 11. connecticut's at 10%. new mexico is at 10%. most of the states still in the single digits. many of them now finally approaching 52.6 million vaccines distributed. 33 million if you round that up, shots in arms. the administration again promising to try accelerate this. and they do say and they can claim some progress, about 900,000 vaccines a day on january 20th inauguration day. they're now up to 1.3 million vaccines a day. so that is progress. but if they don't improve that even more, it will still at the

current pace take a year to vaccinate every american, which is why even as they claim some progress, listen, to mr. walensky here the new head of the cdc, saying every day you need to be careful, wear your mask, keep your distance, try to get in line for a vaccine. she's also worried. we see this around holidays and she says super bowl sunday, don't be a problem. >> based on contact tracing of recent variant pieces, not wearing masks and participating in, in-person social gatherings have contributed to the variant spread. this sunday remember whichever team you're rooting for and whichever commercial is your favorite, please watch the super bowl safely. gathering only virtually or with the people you live with. >> let's get some important perspective from an emergency room physician also yahoo news medical contributor. doctor, great to see you again. we're in a race essentially. the variants are developing and

they're beginning to spread in the united states. and if you listen to all the public health experts, the key is the more vaccines, the more shots in arms, but that's going to take a while so continue to have good behavior. how do you describe this race, if you will? >> i would say that we are in the toughest part of this pandemic. we really need both individuals as well as states to follow these preventive measures that we know have worked so well. one of the reasons why we're seeing the decline in cases is because of policies in states like mass mandates and restricting large gatherings. but we also need individuals to make really important decisions, especially this weekend for the super bowl to prevent any further spread. >> and with a limited supply of vaccine doses, even as they try to ramp that up to alleviate the concerns, the question is who should get them, how do you order the line? and obviously people in assisted living, nursing homes were first, first responders, health care professionals who are on the front lines, essential

workers. i want to show you though if you look at these new numbers out about the transmission right now, younger adults are causing most of the spread in the united states. 41% of it comes from those age 35 to 49. could you make an argument that even though that age group tends to be more healthy that you should surge vaccines into those age groups, those who are spreading the virus the most to try to shove down transmission? >> no, absolutely not. what we need to do is get the vaccines in the arms of the people who are at highest risk for doing poorly if they're infected and for the younger folks who are being infected, we really need to speak with them, do a lot of advocacy, and explain to them that following those preventive measures are very important, incredibly important to mitigating the spread of this virus. >> i know an issue you care deeply about, we've discussed before is equity, and making sure all health care but especially and including these vaccines now get into communities of color, into

communities that have health services disparities, into rural communities that may be more distant. if you look at the data and we know this data is incomplete because we're not getting the new biden team has been saying we're not getting enough data from the states and from local governments. but so far received at least one vaccine dose from december 14th to january 14th, 60% are white. 11.5% hispanic/latino. only 4.5% black. at a rate below the representation and the population, especially in the black community there. the new biden team talks about this every day. and just today they talked about new vaccination sites in east los angeles and in oakland. are you seeing progress in the equity question especially when it comes to treatment and vaccinations? and what else needs to be done? >> exactly. i'm encouraged by some of the measures that the biden/harris administration is taking. but we have to be more aggressive in "the washington post" op-ed that my twin sister and i wrote recently, we talked about really prioritizing black

communities, given the legacy of systemic racism. it's actually impacted the health of our communities, making community members susceptible to being infected and dying from the virus. and so not only do we need vaccination centers in these neighborhoods, but we need them to be even more accessible, mobile vaccination centers in schools and community centers. we also need outreach. outreach is going to be key, and that must be done by trusted messengers. and as you mentioned a little bit earlier, we need the complete data from the states. we need to hold the states accountable for ensuring they're collecting complete racial and ethnic demographic data. >> dr. blackstock, grateful for your insights today. i appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you. up next for us, a military coup on china's doorstep. a putin power play in russia. u d 1.1 trillion transistors into this chip

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president biden visits the state department tomorrow where he plans to deliver his first major foreign policy speech since assuming office. the new president inherited some steep challenges abroad. and already the list of challenges is growing, a coup in myanmar, a crackdown in russia and iran perhaps on the cusp of

a nuclear weapon. traditional beginning, if you will. the first biden calls to world lea leaders following a familiar script. you call america's most trusted allies in the world to say hello and get things off to the good footing. but we do know from the beginning here first china was going to be an issue anyway. then you have the coup in myanmar in its back door. he has not called president xi jinping. the new president has not called america's most trusted ally in the middle east just yet, the leader of israel. on these questions the white house says stay tuned. >> he's had engagements with his national security team about a range of issues including china. we've been here less than two weeks. and when we have a call to readout, i'll make sure you know. we have a long and abiding relationship with israel. important security relationship. i'm sure they'll discuss that and a range of issues when they do connect. >> so we're still waiting on those ones here. you look at the security challenges.

-- through them issues with china, issues continuing with north korea, issues with iran, issues with russia. the trump administration tough on china. will the new administration be different? well, listen. >> china's undercutting american companies by dumping products, erecting trade barriers and giving illegal subsidies to corporations. >> we are going to stand up for a certain set of principles in the face of aggression and the kind of steps that china is taking. >> interesting to watch that one play out. and with russia, already you knew there would be tension between president biden and president putin. now alexey navalny thrown into prison just yesterday. what's going to happen here? >> reiterate our call for the russian government to immediately, unconditionally release from navalny as well as the hundreds of other russian citizens wrongfully detained in recent weeks for exercising their rights. >> how to handle that russian clamp-down and protest, now an

urgent biden challenge as the administration checks off items on the foreign policy wish list. the united states announcing just this morning it extended the key nuclear arms treaty with russia for a new five-year term. let's bring in the following people to our conversation. michelle, grateful for your time today. you know this from your past experience in government. the world does not hit the pause button. the world does not give the new president a honeymoon. let's start with putin and russia. this was going to be tense anyway, especially after four years of the trump administration. and now navalny thrown back into prison, leaders in the western world essentially saying this is a show trial and a putin power play. what must president biden do? >> well, i think you're going to see the biden administration take aim more strategic and nuanced approach to russia. he's been very clear that he intends to hold russia accountable for bad behavior, whether it's the solar winds cyber attack, whether it's the

jailing of navalny and the violation of democratic and human rights, or whether it's mischief in russia abroad. but at the same time we saw today president biden understands that we have important business to do with russia, and it's very much in our interests that he would extend the new start treaty. that's the only arms control treaty left. it provides a framework for strategic stability and prevents a strategic nuclear arms race between the two countries. you're going to see a much more nuanced and strategic approach i think from this administration. but a very tough one to manage. >> well, that is always the hard part when it comes to the big global partners -- powers, excuse me, like russia, china, not a partner. but there are issues where you'd like to have some progress and do some business. then there are issues that are more thorny. how does the myanmar coup on the

doorstep, you have a country on china's doorstep that the administration took a little time before it officially used the word coup, which means cuts off sanctions. given where it is in the world, the neighborhood of the world, how much does that make it even more important that this one be handled right? >> i do think it is important to handle this right. but china is its own file. and here again there's a complicated strategy to manage. china's going to be our major competitor economically, technologically, politically, even in asia militarily. but we also have important business to get done with china, whether it's addressing climate change or preventing the next pandemic. so i think you're going to see a very clear ride approach from the administration. they are not -- they don't have rose-colored glasses on in terms of assessing chinese behavior and the challenge it poses. but again i think you're going to see them be tough where they need to be tough but also reach out and engage china and have a

strategic dialogue on the areas where we have to cooperate. and i would think that myanmar, burma, would be one of those issues. >> one of the things we saw frequently in the trump administration, i know it frustrated career foreign policy experts like yourself, is that president trump, now former president trump, while he was president, said kim jong-un and i get along, we exchange these glowing letters, therefore there will be progress. well, there has been no progress on the big issue, which of course is the nuclear program. he said the same thing about president xi early on. we had a great meeting at mar-a-lago, we get along. early on there was some hope of progress with china. i want you to listen to mike pompeo trying to set a bar for the new administration. >> when i hear people talk about places we can cooperate, i dealt with the senior leadership, i was in meetings with general secretary xi jinping. his view of where we can

cooperate are where they inflict cost on real ordinary american citizens. >> i know you're not a fan of former secretary pompeo. but now you can get a sense the republicans are looking to watch closely how the new president handles china. >> yeah, that's true. but i think you have a very experienced president, and you have a very experienced national security team. they understand this is not about personal chemistry or looking into the eyes of the other leader and seeing a soul. this is about identifying it interests, values, negotiating to try to protect our interests and finding solutions that will bring them along. and on things like climate change and preventing a pandemic, i think there's a lot of common interests that the u.s. and china share. and we can work with them. elsewhere we're going to have to be tough in communicating our resolve and being very clear about what interests we will defend and where we will not accept any sort of mischief from china.

i also think we are going to be much more effective if we engage china not just as the united states unilaterally but alongside all of our allies and partners who share many of the same interests and goals that we do. >> another giant question, the trump administration walked away from the iran nuclear deal negotiated during the obama/biden administration. there's the expectation as a candidate joe biden said he would like to get back into it. however, he said iran first had to demonstrate good behavior. listen to your friend, your former business partner, now secretary of state. >> they are getting closer to the point where they would be either a threshold nuclear power or actually a nuclear power. >> that's stern words there. you know tony well. he understands his words are going to be closely watched in tehran. he thinks iran needs to dial it back before he's willing to talk. >> well, we've seen this movie before. you know, it's very dangerous for iran to amass enough nuclear

material, highly enriched material to be able to put together a weapon. that's going to be unacceptable to the united states and other countries in the region. and so iran has to understand that that's not going to be acceptable. and so i think we're going to have to get back to the negotiating table and get them back into compliance. but i think one of the key things you'll see from this administration is a very consultative approach, engaging them, reaching out to the other allies who are at the original negotiating table to try to move forward with this not as just a u.s. project but an international community project to get iran back under compliance. and also address other issues like the ballistic missile threat and their malign behavior in the region. >> as i said, the world does not hit the pause button and give you time to get your team in place. we only touched on a handful of

them, many global dhchallenges r the new president. we are grateful for your time today. a busy hour on "inside politics." we'll see you back here this time tomorrow we hope. don't go anywhere. have a good afternoon. hi there. i want to welcome viewers here in the united states and around the world. we are beginning with breaking news in the civil war inside the republican party. just as house republicans are about to hold a critical meeting about the future of their party, democrats are now deciding that they will take the first steps needed to remove republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene from her committee assignments. greene's list of offenses before she entered office runs pretty long here. it includes embracing qanon conspiracy theories, endorsing the execution of top democrats, and harassing a school shooting survivor. the georgia congresswoman has so far refused to apologize for any of it. leading house democratic leaders to begin the process that they

say will push her out of