buttigieg on all of these issues. he also during the committee hearing process committed that he will continue to work with senator wicker and i on the important issues of aviation safety. he committed to us that he understood that aviation safety and the f.a.a. need to continue to make reforms. i believe that if you want to be the leaders in aviation, you have to be the leaders in aviation safety. and i think mayor buttigieg gets and understands that that will be a very big job of the department of transportation as well. so, mr. president, i am en-- i enthoseically support this -- enthusiastically support this nominee. i look forward to the focus he can give to the department of transportation. this area of our government right now needs to address the covid crisis. it needs to help us plan for a better transportation system of the future, and it needs to understand that this transportation infrastructure and investment in these changes in these sectors of cars and planes and passenger systems are all very dynamic-c

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pete buttigieg for secretary of judge for secretary of etary of transportation. mister buttigieg is known to many as mayor pete and demonstrated april impressive familiarity with our nations entire transportation challenges. challenges which are pronounced in states like my own. or projects like the gateway tunnel, our top national priority. i know mister buttigieg is committed to working with members from both sides to improve rail and transit, highways and more in urban centers and everywhere in between. i'm excited to call him secretary pete by the end of the day. getwith him immediately on helping the mta, the nation's largest transit network in the country and moving gateway forward after years of cynical obstruction in the trump administration . on covid. even as we continue to confirm president biden's nominee, the senate will turn this week to the historic task of preparing a rescue package to lift our country out of the depths of the awful covid-19 pandemic. and set our country back on the path to normalcy. despite the best efforts of congress over the p

ilia: buttigieg hace historia en su nombramiento.esperanza. se nos reconoce como personas iguales. reportera: tambiÉn es la persona mÁs joven en jurar el cargo. fue becado en harvard, en donde estudiÓ en el instituto de polÍtica. tambiÉn estudiÓ en la universidad de oxford. >> hay muchos ojos sobre Él. reportera: buttigieg tambiÉn compitiÓ en las primarias demÓcratas. >> me parece bien. >> si respondo desde mis valores, esto podrÍa traer consecuencias desde el punto de vista de las familias. reportera: esto enviÓ un fuerte mensaje, segÚn activistas de la comunidad gay. domina siete idiomas. jorge: cuÁles serÁn los retos que enfrentarÁ? >> tendrÁ que manejar las crisis en las aerolÍneas. ademÁs, va a tratar de reconstruir las carreteras del paÍs. jorge: gracias. ilia: la joven poetisa que participÓ en la toma de posesiÓn de biden aparecerÁ en la revista time. jorge: la publicaciÓn sale maÑana. ilia: tiene 22 aÑos. [música] partera: ¡puja, agripina, puja! ¡puja, vamos! ¡ayúdame, agripina! ¡puja más fuerte! el bebé no se mueve, no reacc

i'm ready to work with secretary buttigieg. he called me the day he was nominated, and i think -- i think we both want to work on roads and bridges and the passenger rail and amtrak, and getting that done and paid for in a way that -- that we've done in a bipartisan manner in states like indiana and tennessee and alabama. >> you mentioned impeachment. i want to get to that, but on the covid relief bill, you said back in december, more stimulus would be needed if the job situation doesn't improve. it hasn't improved. more than 200,000 jobs lost in december. only 49,000 jobs gained in february. isn't action still necessary? >> well, i think republicans are -- are willing to spend between $600 billion and $700 billion more. you know, on five occasions in 2020, republicans in the senate, democrats in the house came together with the administration and passed five covid relief packages. they were all done not only on a bipartisan basis, but with near unanimous support with the house and senate. only this year after the president beg

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buttigieg: good morning. thanks, everybody, for coming. i'm delighted by the opportunity to lead the department of transportation and wanted to make sure we were getting out and about right away, because there are so many essential workers in america's transportation system, like the workers that you see behind me who we have been speaking with, who we depend on for our economy, for our way of life, and while many americans are wrestling with the complexities of working from home, many other americans don't have the opportunity or the option of working from home, and they are supported by these extraordinary workers who look after the safety, the efficiency, the effectiveness, of american travel and are doing it right here in the region. i really love being here at union station. his is a special place. i remember from being here on a school trip when the food court was the most exciting part of this place to coming out of the red line station as an intern and walking to work every day when i was a student in college, to all of the many ti

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buttigieg is the first openly game man to win senate confirmation for a cabinet position. former acting director of national intelligence richard granell was the first gay man to serve in a cabinet last year. >>> thortsz in southern california are looking into ca an d d ke hpils with second and third degr e usfi wckly pit with out. have big decisions to make after suffering serious damage during the nor'easter. three homes in the town of sandwich werendermined by the heavy surf. one of them completely toppled over. and they say the beach has eroded rapidly and it led to the destruction. >>> a big snowball fight on the campus of the university of virginia has prompted an apology. it was not in line with the school or local covid-19 protocols and they are rededicating to those policies, including social distancing and wearing a face mask. >>> and here in new york, more than 17 inches of snow helped a snowman. >> you have to love it. over in d.c., our white house team created their own little snowman, as well. so people getting creative. you know why? >> why? >> because there

senate has confirmed pete buttigieg as the transport secretary for the biden administration.nly 13 senators voted against the appointment. secretary buttigieg will oversee spending on infrastructure as well as emergency aid given out for public transit systems and airlines struggling in the pandemic. a sector that could see major changes if the administration pushes through new fuel economy standards. buttigieg is the former mayor of south bend, indiana, and one of the democrats who challenged biden for the democratic nomination. he marks the first openly gay senate confirmed cabinet secretary. mark: power to his elbows, they say, and possibly another presidential contender in years to come. kate, thank you very much, indeed. if kate ran for president, i would vote for her. great to see you. time for focus. alexei navalny sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison this tuesday in moscow but the silencing of navalny doesn't mean the protests against vladimir putin will stop. our report from moscow takes you to the heart of the demonstrations. behind the scenes of the anti-corruption c

. >> i peter buttigieg. >> i peter buttigieg. >> do solemnly swear. >> do solemnly swear. >> pete buttigiegf transportation by vice president kamala harris. the senate approved buttigieg's nomination yesterday by a vote of 86-14, making him the first openly gay cabinet member to win confirmation in u.s. history. the former south bend indiana mayor and presidential contender is the fifth member of president biden's cabinet to be confirmed. >>> today is our last chance of rain for a while. there is my psoriatic arthritis pain? i had enough! it's not getting in my way. joint pain, swelling, tenderness...much better. my psoriasis, clearer... cosentyx works on all of this. four years and counting. sth!tch out. re peoiv psoriatic arthritis look and feel better with cosentyx. cosentyx works fast for results that can last. it like joint pain and tenderness, back pain, and helps stop further joint damage. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before startin gis. an increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms, if your i

secretary buttigieg joins me, let's go out front. good evening.

>>thanks for shot today was also a historic day in washington as the senate confirmed pete buttigieg as the new transportation secretary. this makes buttigieg the first openly person to take a cabinet post he will take over a transportation department with 55,000 employees budget in the 10's of billions of dollars and today the senate has also come from u c berkeley alumni. >>my orcas to head the department of homeland security by orcas is the first latino and immigrant to lead the department which oversees disaster response border security and cyber threats by orcas had previously served as an assistant us that in central california. now to a developing story in south florida investigators have identified the 2 fbi agents killed this morning. >>especially agents, daniel out fun and laura schwarzenberg are the 2 agents in 3 others were shot while serving a search warrant. in a child exploitation case in sunrise florida near fort lauderdale of the 3 agents injured 2 are in stable condition at a hospital the suspect. he's believed to have killed himself. >>another big national story we

. >> tucker: pete buttigieg is little, but he's deep, a manat with deep thoughts.he secretary of transportation, the nation's road ands we always are railways are the pen and paper of his mind. we'll share that with you if you can handle them. that's straight ahead. ♪ piano playing ♪ ♪ “what the world needs now” ♪ the only thing a disaster can't destroy is hope help now at redcross.org >> announcer: and now, deep thoughts with mayor pete. >> it's not a glamorous issue, but the shape of our democracy is the issue that affects every other issue. >> tucker: that was the elfin pete buttigieg, professional barack obama impersonator. the rest of the world did not recognize his insight, pete buttigieg is a secretary transportation now, the most coveted job in all of america. already secretaryre pete is transporting us into another world, a world where everyone is free to walk in the middle of the highway. >> what's the biggest way that personal trepidation has been changed by the pandemic? >> it's soon to say, but the patterns are not going to be exactly theow same. what

my second question is about a comment that the transportation secretary, pete buttigieg, made saying they are considering testing being required for domestic flights. what benefit with that give -- what would be the benefits to the happening? >> let me turn to the dr. walensky on our ongoing efforts at surveillance and increasing our knowledge and may be about the current state of knowledge might be with regard to these variances. doctor. >> what i can say is we are learning more about the number of variants. the number of variants you are hearing increase is due in part to the sequencing. we have increased our sequencing about 10 fold over the past two weeks. we might find more. over the next several weeks, we are planning, actually, to not only get collaboration with the state labs from every state to make sure we are sampling from every state, but also with collaborations from commercial as well as academic labs, so we anticipate we will be sequencing up to three or four more than we already are, and once we have more sequencing happening, we will have a better idea as to how many

>>this makes buttigieg the first openly person to take a cabinet post. he will take over a transportation at the transportation partnered with 55. 1000 employees and a budget of 10's of billions of dollars. the senates has also confirmed u c berkeley alumni on the 100 my orcas to head up the department of homeland security. my orcas is the first latino and immigrant to lead the department which oversees disaster response. border security and cyber threats. erica's had previously served as an assistant us that in central california today, president biden signed 3 executive orders on immigration rolling back many of the policies from the trump administration. >>one create a task force that will reunite families separated by the trump administration's 0 tolerance policy. the second examines immigration policy started under the obama administration that trump then suspended and the last orders a review of the previous administration's policies, including the so-called public charge rule that rule makes it harder for immigrants to get a green card if they use

. -- pete buttigieg. lisa: where will you be interviewing him? kevin: on bloomberg. aside, the path ahead is a part of this -- because the capital the administration has been expending. lisa: how much consensus is there on the main set of infrastructure spending? kevin: they are worlds apart, and you hit the nail on the head with energy policy and how that has begun to get wrapped in. it is not just republicans and democrats. the senate energy community -- committee, they have concerns. the politics i would suggest, there are four different camps -- hardliner progressives, moderate democrats, this fascinating alliance of sorts of the far right raising concerns that, if you want to get into it, ethanol versus other fuel, energy sectors, but it is different. jonathan: foreign policy, to what degree is this administration trying to isolate the saudi crown prince? kevin: it is a world apart from the previous administration. we talked about china in particular and how there are similarities, but in dealing with the saudis, this is a world apart in terms of the tone biden

the agent had been in close contact with buttigieg.he former south bend mayor has also since tested negative and does not have symptoms. >>> meantime, there's a promising trend in the fight against the coronavirus. new cases and hospitalizations are dropping across the country. a little bit of good news. but a new contagious strain is threatening to reverse the progress, that strain first detected in the uk, is now in at least 34 states. the cdc said florida has reported the most variant cases and this comes as more states slowly reopen services. here's chris martinez. >> reporter: fewer people are going to the hospital because of the coronavirus but the u.s. death rate keeps climbing. >> please continue to the wear a mask and stay six feet apart from people you don't live with. >> reporter: officials are keeping an eye on the stats following the super bowl, following reports of large parties. new variants first detected in the uk, south africa and brazil are spreading across the country with the strain found in the uk moving the faste

pete buttigieg is the secretary of the transportation now.t coveted job among the best and brightest. the mckenzie alums want it. already secretary pete transporting to us another world where everyone is free to walk in the middle of the highway. >> what is the biggest way that transportation has been permanently changed by the pandemic? >> it's too soon to know for sure but i think it's safe to say that the old patterns of life, the 9:00 to 5:00 monday through friday commuting patterns are not going to be exactly the same. >> how might it change what your staff does? >> you know we think "planes, trains and automobiles" but what about bike, scooters or wheelchairs for that matter? >> things you plan to pay attention to? >> yeah. roads are not only for vehicles. we have to make sure, that pedestrians, bicycles, businesses can coexist on the same roadway. >> tucker: that is right. it's not just for vehicles. businesses are on there, too. mark steyn joins us. what do you think of this? >> mark: he was appreciate. it turns out that the democracy

buttigieg: good morning. thanks, everybody, for coming. i'm delighted by the opportunity to lead the department of transportation and wanted to make sure we were getting out and about right away, because there are so many essential workers in america's transportation system, like the workers that you see behind me who we have been speaking with, who we depend on for

joining us to discuss this and other issues, transportation secretary pete buttigieg.r pete, rechristened secretary pete, thanks for joining us. >> good morning. thanks for having me on. you look at texas here. here's the biggest energy producing state in the country that could not provide energy to millions of people. and we -- i know you've seen them. we've been playing stories all week. people couldn't keep their children warm. they now can't get clean water to their children. what does this crisis tell us about the broader state of american infrastructure? >> well, this forces the question. are we going to do what it takes to remain the greatest country in the world or not? and our infrastructure reflects an example of how americans have been expected to settle for less. we're seeing it with the condition of our roads and bridges. the availability of travel options on trains. and right now, in the worst possible way, texans are seeing it when it comes to our energy infrastructure. infrastructure doesn't always sound sexy. it doesn't always sizzle when we're talking

buttigieg's presence and presence of other individuals at the top levels of government can shed light and hope, not just for lbgtq americans but for their communities and people who wonder what their future could look like in a country that recently put forward an administration that did not celebrate adversity. >> you put a tweet out that speaks to a little of my history. you obviously know it. you may be too young to experience it, i actually owe a lot of my career to lou dobbs. he was the most notable business journalist in the country, decided to abandon business journalism in favor of concerns about what he called broken borders, outsourcing america. he began his xenophobic view of things. you tweeted lou dobbs left cnn as hard line views on immigration became bigger part of his personality. he was early proponent of birtherism against barack obama, landed at fox news in 2010 where he became must watch tv for trump. that came to an end yesterday. >> it absolutely did. it is in part because of what the conservative media complex, industrial complex beyond lou dobbs has allowed to

draining the swamp later, but first we start tonight with the new secretary of transportation, pete buttigieg. just with your brief reaction where a passenger plane with engine trouble dropped large pieces of debris over neighborhoods before landing safely. >> it's very concerning. weefr pleased to see the airplane has landed safely at the airport. impact as well with this debris out there. i know ntsb is already mobilizing so an independent agency can provide right away information as they piece together what has happened and eventually make recommendations about anything that we need to do in response. >> so you will be monitoring this because clearly this gives a lot of concern to those families, those in that community that has the debris, but also the people that use airlines often, as i do, to travel in. >> absolutely. and, you know, america's reputation for excellent air safety is not something that just happened. it happened because of close regulation of understanding whenever an incident happens why it happens and ensuring that we have the highest standards in this country. so as se

. >> lawmakers are back from recess for earlier they confirmed pete buttigieg to be secretary of transportation. at 2:30 p.m. they will hold a confirmation vote for the nomination of alejandro mayorkas to be holy and secure the secretary. live now to the floor of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. the senator from delaware. mr. carper: thank y,

>> well, we're going to officially invite secretary buttigieg to come to this briefing room and talk to you all about it whenever he has that to discuss or even before then. he has been obviously working on getting confirmed. but i know he's eager to get to work. >> with respect to the vaccine. what is the international equity in factoring it? if they all come through, which is admittedly a big if to quite a bit more than the u.s. would need. what would you do with all that, and are you concerned that you might be boxing out less wealthy countries from getting earlier access to the vaccine? >> well, that's certainly not our objective. the president's objective is to have as many vaccines, as you said there's a lot of factors that could happen here that could prevent this from happening exactly as we've planned it it. >> freezers can break, trucks can break, snowstorms as we've seen this week. we're fully aware of that. may our problem be that we have too many vaccines to put in the arms of the american people? that is not the current problem we're tracking, so that's what our first f

pete buttigieg, secretary of transportation, says this move will increase the number of people traveling. is that you how you see it? >> well, laura, it's great to be with you, but i respectfully have to disagree with the new secretary. i think this is going to devastate travel. already people have a hard time traveling because in many places they find it difficult as to where to go because when they get there they may have to quarantine or things may not be open. and by making it harder for people to travel, we're going to be diverting resources from testing to going to people who may already be vaccinated or who show no signs, plus being on-board the airplane is proven to be a very safe environment. very few, only about 44 according to records, of people have contracted the virus on an airplane and most of those were before the industry implemented its mask mandate. so they would be talking about using limited testing resources to test people to go into an area inside an airplane that's probably less safe than walking into a grocery store or almost any other place would you go outside

. >> reporter: new questions today about domestic travel after transportation secretary pete buttigieg says that there is an active conversation with the cdc about possibly requiring a negative test for domestic air travel. in response, cdc director dr. roichelle walensky said that will be another mitigation tool. however, she is stressing now is not the time to travel. in new york, i'm erica hill, cnn. >>> and you just heard it there in erika's report. the travel industry bracing for a potential shakeup as the biden administration considers covid tests for air travel within the u.s. we'll have reaction on the other side of the break. stay with us. i got this mountain bike for only $11. dealdash.com, the fair and honest bidding site. we sold an ipad worth $505 for less than $24. a stand mixer for less than $20. a 4k television for under $2. a macbook pro for under $16. as well as a playstation 4 for under $16. and brand new cars for less than $900. dealdash.com offers hundreds of auctions every day. all auctions start at $0 and everything must go. and don't forget, we offer a full 90 d

at noon, members vote on the nomination of pete buttigieg for transportation secretary and at 2:30 p.m., a vote on the nomination for the homeland security secretary. at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span three, the armed services committee hears from deputy defense secretary nominee kathleen hicks. >> next, a look at restrictions on in person religious gatherings during the pandemic. the heritage foundation hosted the event looking at a case brought before the supreme court, arguing against these restrictions due to first amendment protections on religious freedoms. this is 40 minutes. >> welcome to heritage live. my name is emily and i am the director at the heritage foundation. this event is religion is essential: covid lockdowns and unjust religious discrimination. on the people -- on the eve of thanksgiving, there was an important victory one on behalf of religious liberty. a roman catholic diocese and -- stopped evan or cuomo from -- governor cuomo from capping religious gatherings. neil gorsuch wrote, the only explanation for treating religious places differently from -- during a pande

>> well, we're going to officially invite secretary buttigieg to come to this briefing room and talk to you all about it whenever he has that to discuss or even% are properly funding schools to reopen, that people can -- that we have the funding needed to get shots in the arms of the american people. so that is not a cheap endeavor, but those key components are all a priority to the president. >> i want to follow-up in the meeting last night. in the read out and all that we've heard is about the relief bill. did any other other issue come up? i wonder if the president brought up anything or if the senators brought up executive orders or other policy issues, or was it solely focused? >> it was focused on the american rescue plan, and they had a robust discussion about it. i don't know have more of a read out for you than what we provided last night. i know it's happening right now, so i don't actually know, but we will put out a read out of it afterwards. >> -- discuss the bill but nothing else. >> yes, and obviously people can raise what they want to raise. but the focus of it was to

meanwhile, transpoation seetary pete buttigieg says the u.s. is considering a plan that would require all u.s. domestic airline passengers show a negative coronavirus test result before boarding flights. buttigieg himself went into quarantine monday after he reported close contact with a security guard who tested positive for coronavirus. texas republican congressmember ron wright has died of complications from covid-19. two weeks after he and his wife are both hospitalized with the disease in dallas. just four days ago, congressmember wright blasted teachers' unions and democrats for delaying the return of students to in-person classes, tweeting -- "the cdc says schools can safely re-open if proper precautions are taken. what are we waiting for?" congressmember wright is the second person elected to the 117th congress to die of covid-19 after 41-year-old louisiana republican luke letlow succumbed to the disease in december before he could take office for what would have been his freshman term. here in new york, senate majority leader chuck sch

. >> and recently confirmed transportation secretary pete buttigieg says that bringing fast trains to the u.s. is a priority of his. >> we have been asked to settled for less in the country, and i don't know why people in other countries have better train service and investment in higher speed service. >> there are several high speed rail service, and some funded privately and others in florida and texas and las vegas, but they are all facing a budget shortfalls and regulatory hurdles, and while high speed travel is everyday in other parts of the world, we are not here in u.s. >> and come on, there are kids on bikes passing us from boston to new york. >> yes, in japan and other parts of the world. from boston to madrid, the average speed is 217 miles per hour, and then looking at new york to d.c., 150 miles per hour, and that is only for certain sections, and that is due to the trains not able to operate at the maximum speed, because of the aging in infras infrastructure, and they are hoping that this administration and pete buttigieg will spearhead the talks around infrastructure and

president, i rise morning of course to support the nominations of pete buttigieg to be secretary of transportation of -- and alejandro mayorkas to head the department of homeland security. they're both exceptional choices by the administration to fill critical positions. this afternoon when we vote on mr. mayorkas, it will be the completion of three of the four national security elements of the cabinet for president biden having previously voted for the secretary of state and secretary of defense. the post that's remaining, of course, after today's actions if they are favorable and i believe they will be is the office of attorney general. and i would like to address that directly. first let me say this, mr. president. when you feel that you're a target of terrorists, a personal target of terrorists, you'll never forget the moment. it's only happened twice in my life. on 9/11/2001 as united states senator i was at a meeting in a room just several feet away from the senate chamber when the attack on the world trade center took place and the attack on the pentagon. those were terrorists at work, kill

at noon members vote on the nomination of pete buttigieg to be transportation secretary.t 2:30 2:30 p.m. a vote oe nomination of alejandro mayorkas to be homeland homelany secretary. at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3 the senate armed services committee here some deputy defense secretary nominee kathleen hicks. >> former president trump became the first president to be impeached twice. last week house impeachment managers delivered the article of impeachment against the former president on incitement of insurrection to the senate with maryland democratic representative jamie raskin reading the article before the senate. >> donald john trump doesn't work impeachment and trial removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the united states. >> so help you god. >> i do. >> the following day senators were sworn in as jurors in the trial. republican kentucky senator rand paul requested a point of order to dismiss the impeachment charges unconstitutional. >> therefore i make a point of order that this proceeding which would t

. >>> today pete buttigieg took the oath of office as the nation's first lgbtq confirmed cabinet secretarys husband held the bible. fellow history maker and vice president kamala harris administered the oath. pete buttigieg will join me tomorrow for his first interview since becoming biden's transportation secretary. oh, and, yes, we will talk high-speed rail. >>> up next, the democratic senate majority gets their gavels. senator raphael warnock joins me on what the new power-sharing agreement means for the democrats' go-big agenda. >>> and south dakota's governor looks at the flaming wreckage of her covid policies and says, this is all fine. >> we did have tragedies and we did have losses but we also got through it better than virtually every other state. >> no, no, no. not even close, governor. back with more of "the reidout" after this. >> man: what's my safelite story? my truck...is my livelihood. so when my windshield cracked... the experts at safelite autoglass came right to me... with service i could trust. right, girl? >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ ♪ ♪ yesterda

and buttigieg will play a major role in advancing biden's agenda rhaul the public and mass transit systemat can help fight climate change. and the senate also confirmed mayorkas making him the first latino to head the immigration system. >>> and president biden signed three executive orders yesterday with a goal to reunite separated families. his actions establish a family unification task force for the children separated by the trump administration as part of its zero tolerance policy. they also direct a review of the trump administration's policies and streamline the legal immigration process. >> i'm not majoring new law. i'm eliminating bad policy. what i'm doing is taking on issues that 99% the last president of the united states issued executive orders that i thought were counter productive to our security, counter produce productive to our country. particularly in immigration. this is how america is safer, stronger, more prosperous when we have a fair, orderly and humane legal immigration system. and with the first action today, we'll work on undoing the moral and national shame tha

>>the senate also confirmed pete buttigieg as the new transportation secretary buttigieg becomes the first openly person to take a cabinet post. he will take over a transportation department with 55,000 employees and a budget in the 10's of billions of dollars. >>from swift firs surfers to shovel snow blowers new yorkers were hard at work today, cleaning up today after a colossal storm part of the city getting a foot and a half of snow a swiffer well it is the biggest snowfall in 5 years there and more of it was falling today. chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. >>has more on that big storm system not would not think you go to the swiffer for that one may be the snow plow, maybe something like that the swiffer probably not a big storm though one of the biggest we've seen there in quite some time they are going to be digging out for a while look at the rotation here some of that moisture in around that nor'easter continue to rotate in and bringing more snow across parts of the east coast you can see right here some of the more snow continues to rotate in the heaviest now has gone by

i haven't heard secretary buttigieg's comment. i would say -- dr. walensky may want to comment -- with regard to domestic travel, now is not the time to be traveling, if at all possible. dr. walensky, do you want to say a word about traveling and safety measures with regard to travel? >> what i would add is, the more screening that we are doing in places where people are gathering, i think the more asim -- asymptomatic we will gather. i would really encourage people to not travel. this would be another mitigation measure. >> next question. >> brian cameron. >> thank you very much. thanks for taking the question. this question is for dr. fauci. dr. fauci, we are talking about the mutant varieties of this virus. we are stressing that we need to get as many vaccinated as possible. when i speak to scientists, they tell us that eventually viruses like this tend to mutate to a less harmful or a less virulent strain. is there any data or scientific concerns that this particular virus is mutating into a more virulent strain or a more dangerous strain and it

transportation secretary pete buttigieg, thank you for being here tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> switching topics, one week removed from the end of the impeachment trial of former president donald trump, now the ncaa is suing trump, his lawyer rudy giuliani and two far right groups, proud boys and oath keepers saying they conspired to incite the events on capitol hill on january 6th. leading that lawsuit is congressman bennie thompson, chairman of the homeland security committee and he joins me now. congressman, thank you for being with us this evening and let me go right to it. you compared modern day extremist groups like the proud boys and oath keepers to the ku klux klan, claiming the groups morphed out of the klan connection. please explain. >> well, as you know, that law was passed back in 1871 because the ku klux klan were preventing newly elected officials from the south coming to washington and doing their jobs. we saw members of congress doing their constitutional duties and reaffirming the election of november. and so in the midst of members of congress doing their jo

this makes buttigieg the first openly person to take a cabinet post.will take over a transportation department with 55,000 block ploy ease and the budgets of 10's of billions of dollars. and the senate has also confirmed at u c berkeley alumni alejandro my orcas to head the department of homeland security america says the first latino and immigrant to lead the department which oversees a disaster response. border security and cyber threats america's had previously served as an assistant u.s. attorney in central california. president biden and the republicans are in they're still very far apart when it comes to the price tag on a covid-19 relief deal last night a group of 10 republican senators met with the president to present their plan. we go live to washington dc where our correspondent shot hudson is shot. no so far right. that's correct. but both sides say they want to put pump money into the pockets of the american people. >>but the big question is how much republicans want a smaller scale now while democrats and the white house are saying go big

i haven't heard secretary buttigieg's comment. but what i would say and dr. walensky may want to comment, with regard to domestic travel, i think in the worlds of dr. walensky and cdc, now is not the time to be traveling if at all possible. so doctor, do you want to say a word about traveling and safety measures with regard to travel? >> yeah, what i would add is the more screening that we're doing in places where people are gathering, i think the more asymptomatic disease we're be detecting and certainly there is more gathering that happens in airports and so to the extent that we have available testing to do testing first and foremost i would encourage people to not travel. but if we are traveling, this would be yet another mitigation measure to try to decrease the spread. >> thank you. let's go to the next question. >> next to brian with bulwark. >> thank you very much. thank you for taking the question. this question is dr. fauci. dr. fauci, we are talking about the mutant varieties of this virus and we are stressing that we need to get as many vaccinated

transportation secretary pete buttigieg. >> i know that ntsb is already mobilizing so that they -- an independent agency can provide right away information as they piece together what has happened. >> tom costello reporting dad that amazing story. back in the spotlight former president trump expected to speak at the conservative political action conference in orlando next weekend. two sources familiar with the plans tell nbc news mr. trump will close out cpac. it's going to be his first public dad-camera speaking engagement since leaving office last month. mr. trump has addressed the conservative conference several times in the past. he is set to speak dad the last day of the conference sunday february 28th. >> more than just vaccine shipment delays. all that extreme winter weather is causing a humanitarian crisis in texas. more than 14 million texans are without clean water. they are now being forced to boil their water or find bottled water until supply is deemed safe. the freeze dad its way to surpassing hurricane harvey as the state's costliest weather event in history. today pres

. >>> this morning transportation secretary pete buttigieg is pushing back on mostly republican criticisme covid relief package is too big. >> no question that we have to do many things at once. and if you look at the way that economists are responded to this proposal, you've seen economic advisers from the last four administrations -- think about what that means -- clinton, bush, obama, and even trump -- saying we need to do this. this is a moment where the greatest risk we could take as the president has said is not the risk of doing too much, it's the risk of doing too little. >> buttigieg went on to show his support for potentially lowering stimulus check eligibility in e ve sew breakinhour19ef. former secretary of state george schulz has died at the age of 100. stanford's hoover institution just made the announcement. they say he passed away yesterday at his home on the stanford campus. schultz served three presidents. he worked with ray again to bring the cold war to an end. he is only one of two americans to have held four different federal cabinet positions including state, treasu