ashley parker, a.b. stoddard, michael oosterhouse, thank you. the every day americans who have left us in such painfully high numbers over the past year. our next guest knows exactly how. nicolle wallace with us with a look at the lives well lived. and a former president to stop people from voting in the country. two standing by to weigh in as well. all of it as the 11th house is just getting under way. she'll say she's got goals. and since she's got goals, she might need help reaching them, and so she'll get some help from fidelity, and at fidelity, someone will help her create a plan for all her goals, which means suzie will be feeling so good about that plan, she can just enjoy right now. that's the planning effect, from fidelity. >>> for weeks now, we started our broadcast with numbers. how many people are infected, and sadly, how many people have died. but the numbers, the numbers are grandparents, moms and dads, sons and daughter, cousins, teachers, mentors, bosses, neighbors, friends. so to honor them, we will tell you about a few of them

ashley parker i want to read this from chris murphy who tweeted this tonight. chris murphy from connecticut. scene of newtown, this is the moment to make our stand now, today our movement is stronger than the gun lobby they are weak, we are potent. finally a president and a congress that supports gun reform, no more newtowns, no more parklands and boulders. now we make our stand. ashley, full disclosure, you were going to be on with us to talk about politics and the challenges being faced right now by the biden administration. and sometimes life and tragedies have a way of presenting new urgent, urgent issues to our presidents. in the middle of the pandemic and the massive relief bill, the discussion started today on the next effort on infrastructure. tell us where joe biden, who has spoken openly and often about this issue, where he perhaps ranked this before we suffered two mass shootings in one week's time? >> well, this was an issue where people were actually not that optimistic on gun control for progress for a number of reasons. one is just generally when

ashley parker, a.b. stoddard, michael osterholm. much obliged. >>> coming up for us, how do you pay tribute to the people who are famous really only to their friends and family and co-workers? the everyday americans who have left us in such painfully high numbers over this past year. our next guest knows exactly how. nicolle wallace is with us with a look at her "lives well lived" special. >>> and later, a former president blasts republican efforts to stop people from voting in this country. two of our favorite experts on politics and human nature are standing by to weigh in as well. all of it as "the 11th hour" on this tuesday night is just getting under way. getting under way. give you a sort of white smile. try new crest whitening emulsions for 100% whiter teeth. its highly active peroxide droplets swipe on in seconds. better. faster. 100% whiter teeth. crestwhitesmile.com hey, i just got a text from my sister. you remember rick, her neighbor? sure, he's the 76-year-old guy who still runs marathons, right? sadly, not anymore. wow

and "washington post" ashley parker.s with our own eyes, what can you tell us about the images that we're being given by the administration and what you're hearing on the ground about the conditions inside those facilities? >> reporter: yeah. this is a step towards transparency. the next step would be to give media access to these facilities, particularly the one in donna which we know is the epicenter of overcrowding. we could see a little bit of that in the videos. we could see a lot of kids in the plastic partitions, more children than probably should be in that area. we know they are significantly overcrowded there. i'll tell you, in the seven minutes or so in total we got from the el paso facility and the facility in donna, we saw few snippets where the children are living and sleeping. that's where they are spending the majority of their time. a lot of the video was empty rooms and computers. we really want to understand what their day-to-day is like. and it's hard to tell from these videos what the actual mood of

ben white, ashley parker, garrett haake, everybody, thank you. stay tuned, because, yes, this vote is being debated and amendments are being proposed, but there still are some changes that could come. it's still a moving target. >>> still ahead, one of three women to accuse new york governor andrew cuomo of sexual harassment details the day she says he crossed the line. >> i thought he was trying to sleep with me. the governor is trying to sleep with me. and i'm deeply uncomfortable and i have to get out of this room as soon as possible. >>> and later, as states prepare to reopen, a warning from the cdc director about attempting to return to life as usual. >>> we're not there yet, and we have been -- we have seen this movie before. when prevention measures like mask mandates are rolled back, cases go up. >> first, though, he was a state department aide appointed by former president trump with top security clearance. now he is under arrest for his role in the capitol riot. pain hits fast. so get relief fast. only tylenol rapid release gels have la

ashley parker, pulitzer prize winning bureau chief for the "washington post," a.b. stoddard, veteran washington journalist, associate editor and columnist at real clear politics, and dr. -- sorry -- mu tus ka actor. clinical assistant professor, i've gotten to right 30 times previously. clinical assistant professor at the university of college of medicine in phoenix. and he's on the air tonight with my apologies over mispronouncing his name. ashley, let me start with you. joe biden is on the road selling the benefits of this bill. he continues to sell the benefits of vaccinations. republicans, as we've seen are tbe, to be expected. they're doing the republican thing. can biden count on uniform support of all democrats as of now? >> well, biden's goal right now, again, is not even so much his people would claim to sell the bill as to explain what is in the bill and make sure that americans can access those tangible benefits. it's called, as you mentioned, help is here, not help is on the way, because what biden and his team want to stress is exactly what he said toda

and ashley parker from "the washington post." what's the difference between a trump press conference and a biden press conference? ashley: there are so many differences, peter. i'll focus on one or two. one is that trump's press conferences are theater and spectacle and they could often be combative with the president using the reporters as foils an even the reporters kind of posturing in that role of quesoner. and that's not to say that president biden is iapable of getting frustrated with the media. we saw some flashes of that as well. but it was sort of a calmer, more deliberate news conference. and one other thing, which also changed the dynamic is coronavirus. because this is an administration, the biden administration that takes precautions and mitigation efforts very seriously. you saw social distancing in that room. you saw less reporter which is gave reporters in the room a chance to ask a question and a follow-up and sometimes a follow-up on the follow-up and a third question. so you could have more substantive and lengt

also ashley parker is here. and branding expert donny deutch is here. i'm going to start with you, donny deutch. there's something in this coverage. it's not the sensational kind of political journalism that ashley perfected and elevated to an art form during the last administration. it is this sort of meat and potatoes result of governing and of moving the public to where you want to lead them. these numbers around the covid relief package, 70% of the public approves of the president's response to covid. you can't tweet your way to these numbers. these are the result of the discipline the white house has exhibited in the first couple months. >> the contrast of the presidency of do, versus the presidency of don't. do convince people to -- make sure the vaccines are available. do convince people to wear a mask. do get the relief package passed. do move forward. do versus don't. in everything the republicans have stood for whether voter suppression, or cancel culture, antifa, which doesn't exist, they're in the negative space. what biden is doing, what the

joining me now is nbc news white house correspondent carol lee and white house bureau chief ashley parker. carol, today is all about learning the lessons of the past, not doing what they did in 2009 with obamacare, and the relief for the recession back then. why are they going out and getting ahead of this before republicans can? >> well, katy, it's just as you said. there are a lot of lessons being learned from 2009 and 2010. there are a few people who know better what the 2009 stimulus challenges were than now-president joe biden, because he was tapped by president barack obama to be the person who implemented this stimulus bill that passed in early 2009. so he saw firsthand what some of the issues were with that, and also that, in their view, it wasn't really sold to the american people, so it was easily picked apart by republicans, and it was misunderstood by country. >> carol, i'm sorry to interrupt you, but we have to go to joe biden who is now in the state dining room, so let's listen. >> over the next ten days, we'll reach two goals, two giant goals. the first is 100 million shots

ashley parker, white house bureau chief for "washington post." a.b. stoddard, and dr. bahdelia as well. ashley, start with you. it's a bit of a process and strategy question, though you'll know the answer. how is the white house to get democrats to stay in line? then the tough part, looking for any possible crossover voters if they lose a democrat they need a commensurate republican for the relief bill. >> that's exactly anyhow right. as of now, focus is keeping the democrats in line, tough a task that that is going to be, it's easier now than trying to get one republican for a dropped democrat. that's why you're seeing this week president biden, today had a phone call with about eight moderate democratic senators who is going to need votes for that bill. to be clear he needs every democratic vote but they were talking about specific ways to target the money in the relief bill better but not really change any part of the core of it. tomorrow's going to talk to senate democrats and wednesday will be talking to house democrats because of course once the bill moves through

joining haake, jake sherman, and ashley parker. so everybody, welcome. they're still voting right now. we know it's not final until the gavel comes down. i'm looking at at least one democrat that is voting against the bill. >> house democratic leaders thought they would lose at least one. they lost two on the house's version of the bill, but that is probably all of the drama that we're going to have in this. the majority leader said he did not expect any republicans to cross over and vote on this bill. we know that the the votes to do this. they will have to continue to work on that child tax care credit in place. this is the end of this project on sending off this bill, but not the end of the things that it will launch which will be very far reaching. >> we see house members going in. i saw nancy pelosi. just put this all in perspective for us. a $1.9 trillion bill 50 days into joe biden's presidency passed along a party line vote. >> a lot of things to unpack there, katy. some house members are voting by proxy. peep read off how others are voting into

joining me now is chief white house correspondent and weekend host kristen welker and ashley parker. kristen, the president has a long history of fighting for gun control. he knows support on the hill isn't there. what can he do? >> reporter: based on might conversations with officials, they are focused on executive action. i expect we will get some kind of announcement about that in the coming days. candidate biden said he was going to introduce legislation on day one that would repeal protection for gun manufacturers. what he has done is intensify pressure on congress, on the senate to pass those two pieces of legislation that passed through the house that would expand and strengthen background checks. there does not seem to be the votes on capital hill to get it passed. he did talk about reenacting the assault weapons ban, but there doesn't seem to be support for that. there is robust debate and then there is nothing done. the question this time is will something be done. a lot of sweptcism it will be. so it seems like the path is more executive actions which does not have the tee

ashley parker is here, "the washington post" white house bureau chief. also joining us doctor could vita patel, a former obama white house health policy director and charlie sykes is back. i'll start with you. the piece from david brooks i think puts this sort of first 50 days of the biden presidency in its proper historical place, the incredible shift in the role of federal government in american life at a time of great crisis. >> that's right. there's another line in that david brooks column that i apologize in advance i will bunkle slightly. he also made the point that biden, because he is so tempered mentally moderate, and seemingly talking about unity, bipartisanship, that has enabled him to do something that actually with this covid relief bill, roll out a big, bold, ambitious progressive, in biden's case, agenda and pass a relief bill that's the same amount of money that he began when he proposed the bill. very rarely does that happen with massive legislation, and it contains not just checks for people, unemployment insurance, money for vaccines,

jeff, kind of jumping off of what you -- where you left off, "the washington post," ashley parker and sean sullivan, had a good quote from rahm emanuel about how much has happened kind of since this press conference was announced. let me read what emanuel told them. raum said that's the presidency. you can have the best raid plans but it doesn't matter when you go to toe with reality, a white house earns its stripes by taking every challenge and turning it into an opportunity to address an issue and move the ball forward. what does that mean for joe biden in this moment is this. >> that was rahm emanuel the former chief of staff in the earl years of the obama white house. he always talked about seizing on the opportunity. so what that means now probably first and foremost is the opportunity of trying to get some action on guns. and an interesting thing to watch today is how the president specifically talks about the differences now versus when he was leading that effort in 2013. there are many differences. the country has moved on this in some respects. the gun lobby is divided and we

bring in white house bureau chief for "the washington post" and msnbc senior political analyst, ashley parkerrrespondent for politico, sabrina rodriguez. and ashley, i want to start with you. you've got a sweeping piece, you're the lead reporter in "the post", looking at this situation, the lead line, no end in sight. what are the possibilities for an end in sight? what's the biden administration trying to do to contain this problem? >> well, that's exactly what the biden administration is scrambling to figure out right now. they came in very deliberately wanting to send the message that they were going to offer a more humane and more welcoming immigration policy than former president trump. the mere fact of biden did that, the challenge is that while they were doing these things, rolling back some of trump's executive orders, biden did five of those on the first day alone. they made a very critical decision to accept unaccompanied minors in, which is something trump had been expelling them back to mexico. they did not have the systems in place to sort of handle the capacity for what that wou

ashley parker, "the washington post," who you bureau chiefs and steed analyst. and dr. roy.our halted process a sign we could on the heels of a fourth surge. >> the good news is cases and hospitalizations and deaths are going down, but the bad news is they have plateaued, and not at the level of zero. they're plateauing at about 65,000 new cases. we're still in the mid of a pandemic, contagious variants from around the globe that are now circulating all over the united states. now is most certainly not the time to be easing evidence-based life-saving mitigation measures. you can't put the cart before the horse. it's like frosting a cake before it's raw batter. it's not the right thing to do. it will lead to more cases, and it's going to be a burden on me and my colleagues in hospitals. it will lead to more depression, burnout and adverse consequences to the entire healthcare system. >> i think you can hear it and say that's what's happening in texas, mississippi, alabama, what does it mean for the rest who would clearly have. >>> a report on that story, next. test. test. tes

. >> let's bring in nbc's dasha burns in texas and ashley parker and senator clair mccaskill is back.it like down there? what is the emotional tenor? what is the latest? >> reporter: we keep hearing that the border is closed, that only unaccompanied minors are allowed in but according to data and reporting here on the ground right now the families traveling to the u.s. and crossing the border, they are being allowed to stay and in part because of the capacity issues with the facilities already overcrowded with unaccompanied minors, many families are released and itch new reporting today with my colleagues that as of saturday border patrol agents have been authorized the release migrant families without a court date. that is a departure from typical customs and border protection practice and as we talk to some families this morning i asked about a dozen or so people whether they have a court date and all said no and we looked at the documents from those that rehmaned to be anonymous and in the place where there should be a court date it says date to be met and some families said nobody