. >> i, joseph robert edwin biden jr., do solemnly swear -- >> joseph biden's first actions came moments after saying "so help me god." returning to the paris climate accords, halting funding of the wall of the mexican border wall and repeal the travel ban, all within his first days of presidency. high points in the first year, the american rescue plan and its child tax credit lifted millions of american children out of poverty for the first time. the new president signed a massive infrastructure bill into law, hundreds of billions of dollars in funding for roads and bridges. america saw record job growth. record stock markets. and biden ended the longest war america ever fought. a rocky and disorganized withdrawal but an end nonetheless. 245 years ago we declared our independence from a distant king. today we're closer than ever to declaring our independence from a deadly virus. >> reporter: we hoped the president's fourth of july declaration of independence from covid marked the beginning of the end of the pandemic but the nonmasks and nonvaccinated frustrated those efforts. >> i know

. >> joseph r. biden jr.the state of delaware has received 306 votes. >> reporter: in the days that followed, the streets of washington looked more like a war zone as the nation's focus shifted from insurrection to inauguration. at the scaled-down ceremony, president biden was sworn in as america's 46th president. >> i, joseph biden do let mely swear. >> kamala harris became the country's first female vp, while in the audience, senator bernie sanders made a memeworthy fashion statement. the outgoing president refused to stick around but couldn't escape another impeachment. >> the president of the united states incited this insurrection. >> reporter: accused of inciting the riots, donald trump became the first american president to be impeached twice. he was later acquitted by the senate. >> donald john trump, former president of the united states is not guilty. >> reporter: it was a dramatic start to a year still dominated by covid. >> we learned this morning that the pandemic has now taken 400,000 lives in t

applause] and so it is without further ado that i introduce the president of the united states, joseph biden. [cheers and applause] president biden: hello, hello, hello. it's good to have you all back in person. [cheers and applause] mr. mayor, thank you for your leadership. i appreciate it. i know one thing, we both did marry up. mayor bowser, thanks for hosting us. you're the best. you really are. thank you for everything you do. i've had the honor of addressing this body many, many times. i've always had enormous respect for the job you do. some of you heard me say before, but it's the truth, i ran for the united states senate in 1972 as a 29-year-old kid because i was a local official and it was too hard. so you think i'm kidding, it's not a joke. mayors carry the quality of the people's lives on their shoulders. everything you do every day effects the lives more than almost anything anybody else does and you can make or break a person's day. will the bus get me hoament on time? -- home on time? it sounds silly, but will the garbage be picked up, will i be safe walking in the park? these

. >> joseph r. biden jr.state of delaware has received 306 votes. >> in the days that followed, the streets of washington looked more like a war zone as things focused from afternoon insurrection to an inauguration. at a scaled down ceremony, president biden was sworn in as the 46th president. >> i, joseph robinette biden. >> the outgoing president refused to stick around for the festivities, but could not escape another impeachment. >> the president of the united states incited this insurrection. >> accused of inciting the riots, donald trump became the first president to be impeached twice. he was later acquitted by the senate. >> donald r. trump, former president of the united states, is not guilty. >> it was a dramatic start to a year still dominated by covid. >> we learned this morning that the pandemic has now taken 400,000 lives in the u.s. >> as the country emerged from a deadly winter, vaccines became more available, first to the most vulnerable, then to all adults, and event annually to most kids. d

. >> joseph r. biden jr. delaware has received 306 votes. >> reporter: in the days that followed, the streets of washington looked more like a war zone as the nation's focus shifted from insurrection to inauguration. at the scaled-down ceremony, president biden was sworn in as america's 46th president. >> i, joseph robinette biden jr. do solemnly swear. >> reporter: kamala harris became the country's first female vp, while in the audience senator bernie sanders made a meme-worthy fashion statement. the outgoing president refused to stick around for the festivities but could not escape another impeachment. >> the president of the united states incited this insurrection. >> reporter: accused of inciting the riots, donald trump became the first american president to be impeached twice. he was later acquitted by the senate. >> donald john trump, former president of the united states, is not guilty. >> reporter: it was a dramatic start to a year still dominated by covid. >> we learned this morning that the pandemi

so that we, members of congress, could continue to do our duty and certify the election of joseph biden as the president of the united states sell ahead on our to serve large areas, government trust town, the squares on criminal gangs, blame for recent kidnapping. french politicians get one step closer to making it much harder for unvaccinated citizens to live a normal life and public. ah, ah, look forward to burritos. going through with sponsored. my cattle at ways had low they let thought in east asia, and the wintery weather continues to affect northern and western areas of japan bringing heavy snow to the areas. but we also seen the 1st snow of the seas and a full in tokyo that was often heavy snow alerts were issued for the city and surrounding areas, but on friday it clears up. we're going to have sunshine come back in. the heavy snow can be found in northern areas, like a condo and west in areas of hon shoe. but if we have a look at the 3 day for tokyo, we're going to see the temperature pick up. it will remain rather cloudy through the weekend. now elsewhere across the region, i

so that we, members of congress, could continue to do our duty and certify the election of joseph biden as the president of the united states. and his 3 people have been killed in more protests in saddam demonstrations than mandate the military play, no part in any future government security forces. hi t gas protest this and internet and mobile services have been disrupted. at least 60 demonstrators have been killed and hundreds wounded since the ministry took over in october. on sunday, abdullah ham doc resigned as the country civilian prime minister. mohammed vow has the latest from the capital culture here on our, in the leading to the presidential policy problem. problem. we can say that we are about 4 to 5 kilometers away, still from the presidential polish purposes. huh. and then they'll 1000 i to the cell destination and deliver the same message. i'd begun in law last week. the is rusted. all the leaders of the resistance committees who are the only party to negotiate with them. so they don't want to talk the military want only to have those 2 of you now that people are asking th

. >> joseph biden received 306 votes. >> it looked more like a war zone, insurrection to inaugurationear. >> kamala harris became the first woman vp. >> the out-going president refused to stick around for the festivities, but could not escape another impeachment. >> the president of the united states incited this ircurrecollection. >> he became the first american president to be impeached twice. later acquitted by the senate. >> it was a dramatic start to a year dominated by covid. >> the pandemic has taken 400,000 lives in the u.s. >> as the country emerged from a deadly winter, vaccines became more available, to the most vulnerable to adults then to kids. >> despite the welcomed shot in the arm, more died from covid this year than last, as the delta variant surged, and the hospital treated mostly unvaccinated patients. >> mask mandates sparked rage. >> at school board meetings. >> let the parents make the decision, let the kids breathe. >> i would rather wear t i don't want to get covid. >> the way all of us were students this year k vocabularies expanded, break through cases, and b

he has been probing the biden administration and its resolve and credibility since the moment joseph bidenesident. we are seeing the year end the year the administration is not clear about its commitment to ukraine. it is not explained to the american people whether and how ukraine is in our national interest. it has been having extensive conversations with the europeans and three european capitals last week administration officials had meetings. russia was involved in these meetings. and they came to no conclusion. just a discussion among themselves. no commitment to having further dialogue. the europeans a biden administration says are firmly in line with u.s. statements and positions. and that they have interest in defending ukraine. but it does not go deeper than that. this allows. eric: they have talked about taking measures and sorry to interrupt they have talked about taking measure strict financial measures of the financial global system if he does invade and try to use these measures to deter him. do you think what they've been discussing and nato expanding out into other eastern

joseph biden, featurie iing hollywood royalty, lady gaga, jennifer from the block, and the red-hot mommas no, says chilly communist bernie sanders. >> my tuckus is froze on the this chair. >> and former vice president's mike pence's good deeds were finally rewarded. >> and that's a rapture on mike. but some thing is amiss. >> the outgoing president did not attend the inauguration. >> trump is nowhere to be seen. >> where the is he? >> he may be gone, but he'll always be with us. >> i will be watching, i will be listening, and i will tell you that the future of this country has never been better. i wish the new administration great luck and great success. i think they'll have great success. >> you're fired. and while the future of the virus is uncertain, america can at long last breathe a sigh of relief with a new, steadfast leader. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> hello. >> this has been this week in covid history. [ applause ] >> jimmy: we've got a very good show for you tonight. from "euphoria," hunter schafer is here. we have music from twenty one pilots. an

. >> well, one thing we know is that joseph biden will not join jimmy carter as the only president to have served a full term without naming anymore to the supreme court. there were just no vacancies. we know something that byron white said. he served on the court for a very long time said any time you change one justice, you don't just change one justice, you change the whole court. the very likely nomination of a black woman would be historic in and of itself. it would make four women on the supreme court for the first time in history and would give a shot in the arm to the liberals who would be sure that at least some of them will be around for quite some time. the fact is age matters on the supreme court. by supreme court standards the new nominee will be fairly young. it will be clear that there will be a liberal presence on the supreme court for some time. although they are now very much in the minority. >> it's been so interesting to see these old interviews with justice breyer and to hear about the role that he played behind the scenes and that he was seen as someone who was w

department believes that in georgia and several other states, both as a slate of electors supporting joseph biden, and a separate slate of electors supporting trump gathered on december 14th at the proper location to cast their ballots. both sets of those ballots have been transmitted to washington d.c. to be open by vice president, pence. in fact, i don't know why the justice department believes that to be true, but that was correct. we now know. multiple states, republicans in multiple states, had sent in false assertions, forged documents claiming to be the electors for their states. matt that draft letter was dated december 28th, how did that guy -- that trump guy at the justice department know that two weeks earlier, republicans in at least five states had in fact created these forged electorate occupants? did the trump justice department know about it, because they help republicans in those states do it? we don't know. but, somebody up and do it, because they all file the exact same document, in the same font, in the same spacing, with the exact same language, so somebody help them do it. w

(laughter) more americans give joseph biden an f than give him an a or b. he's in a slump. americans want joe biden to run again. stunningly, only 48% of democrats want him to run again. that's pretty bad. nonetheless, here's how i would justify what he tried to do -- americhas big problems with inequality, race, voting, on a whole raft of issues, climate change and the rest. he tried to swing for the fences, and i thought, given the sociological crisis we're in, it was worth a shot because it really could have adjusted the foundations of america. it turned out to be more an our political system was able to handle. turns out that trust is government is really so low that people are suspicious of gig government action, it turns out joe manchin and kyrsten sinema actually believe what they say and they were not to be moved. so i think it was worth a shot, but it is time to pivot, and he is pivoting in small ways. i think he announced that this week that he's going to spend less time negotiating with senators, more time in the country. that being president is different than sen

joseph biden junior of the state of delaware has received 306 votes. donald j.ved 332 votes. 117th congress, the chair declares the joint session dissolved. [applause]

i don't know if anyone to give a comeback speech better than joseph biden. there is one out there for him. i think people's senses and their psychology and their feeling about themselves and this country could be very, very different in a couple months than it is right now. >> senator tim kaine, i appreciate you being on on an important day and an important week. thanks, sir. >>> coming up, the good and bad news from today's inflation report and what it means beyond paying more at the store. >>> plus, later the reporters behind two big scoops are here. first, a major development in that sex trafficking investigation involving. the reporter who broke that story will join us. >>> inside npr's interview with donald trump. we'll be here live. >> mr. president -- one more question. i want to ask about a court hearing yesterday on january 6th. he's gone. okay. 6th. he's gone. he's gone. okayr what's next, even with higher stroke risk due to afib not caused by a heart valve problem. so if there's a better treatment than warfarin i'll go after that. eliquis. eliquis

so that we, members of congress to continue to do our duty and certify the election of joseph biden as the president of the united states. you've been quoted as saying, i see what happened on january 6th, as an audiology called civil war. what did you mean by that? well, we are in need democracy in the scheme of the world history. so many other countries have been around so much longer than ours. and as we are growing and stretching and maturing, we have had numerous battles over the direction of our country. and one of those, of course, was the civil war in the 1800s, in which america had its decision to make as to what kind of country they would be . and that was a physical civil war in which many of our states attempted to secede from the union . and we thought a battle. and then we repaired ourselves. we are now fighting, illogical battle in this country over what type of country we're going to be. the browning of america has many other americans, somewhat perplexed and frustrated and concerned about their place along with the concern of people as we continue. technological advance

biden. >> i joseph robin biden -- >> the first thing that the aides would say is take me to your leader.e. good god. >> we never forget 2020, just in case you have any questions. we're not forgetting 2020. >> but since then. >> i think the adherence po the big lie hasn't just lingered in some cases it is grown. >> despite ending his term with one of the lowest ratings, polls show republicans remain overwhelmingly on team trump. >> i think it is unfortunate new normality is that for millions, possibly tens of millions of americans, they don't really have faith in american democracy because they view the 2020 election as a sham. >> accusations and suspicions between right and left invaded school board meetings, drove deep wedges into congress and even divided families. >> you know, both sides believe the other is deranged and delusional and that is incredibly dangerous. >> we're not a third world country. and we're also not a dictatorship but this is something else and it is scary. >> of course sh the new administration including kamala harris, the first female u.s. vice president ever had

joseph r biden. junior of the state of delaware has received 306 vote. donald j trump with the state of florida, has received 232 volt. still the house would vote to impeach him for a 2nd time for his actions. and the senate once again fell to convict. and soon he and his supporters began to deny the reality of what this was calling it a peaceful protest. not in attempted insurrection. the courts have not agreed so far more than 700 people have been arrested. the longest sentence more than 5 years in prison. the person who planted the pipe bombs, has still not been identified. a congressional committee is investigating how this happened. was it planned? who was involved and should criminal charges be filed? but those questions will take time to answer. and if republicans, when control of the house in 2022, they have promised to shut down the investigation ah, a year on this day cost lives for others, their freedom. but getting to the truth will largely be determined by whether or not it cost trump his political power. patty, glean al jazeera washington. one of the place is breached b

i joseph robinson biden jr. do solemnly swear. one year ago, large parts of the western world breathed a sigh of really not so much because of the new occupant. a white house president joe biden, a long term figure in washington with almost a half a century of policy making experience. but because they hoped that the chaotic chapter that was the donald trump experiment would soon be at an end. david mariners is an award winning journalist and a presidential biographer, that he was clearly the right person for the job. a year ago, he was probably the one democrat who could get elected and stop the trump descendants. but now a year later, there real questions about that about whether his right person for the next 3 years . to start with the positives in his 1st year in office, president biden was able to push a one trillion dollar infrastructure package through congress of feet that no president had been able to accomplish in 60 years. but its impact won't be felt for a long time. and people might not reward him with their wont in 2

joseph biden junior of the state of delaware has received 306 votes. donald j.ved 332 votes. 117th congress, the chair declares the joint session dissolved. peter: we are still with you i want to hear your voices and get your reaction to january 6, 2020 one, the one-year anniversary, and what it means to our democracy. 202-748, 8920 if you live in the eastern time zones. 202-748-8921 if you live in central and mountain time zones and send a text at 202-748-8903, and you can continue to have this conversation about january 6 on our social media spy -- social media sites. @cspan is our handle. shane from alabama texted in, i love how these democrats keep letting trump. trump has never been proven guilty about starting the riot and i don't know why they keep saying trump started a riot. andrew and kansas city, missouri, what is your take on today, the anniversary, and were you watching last year when it happened? caller: thank you for taking my call. i have been following along all night. doris kearns goodwin is an all-time great and you did a good job tonight pick

joseph biden junior of the state of delaware has received 306 votes. donald j. trump has received 332 votes. 117th congress, the chair declares the joint session dissolved. [applause] >> we must never forget, as traumatic as it was, the american people need to see the intentions of that day. now we will hear from our members. i want to thank congressman crow. three tours of duty. he served our nation, including as an impeachment manager and now serving as a leader in the caucus, including leading members testimonials, which are vital to establishing and preserving the narrative of that day. my colleagues, please welcome jason crow. the floor is yours. [applause] >> thank you, madam speaker, colleagues and most of all, friends. it is my honor to preside over today's testimonial by numbers of congress come about the events of january 6, 2021. people you will hear from today come from around the country. they represent the rich diversity of our nation. their voices strike true. they are patriots, whose dedication to our nation is total. their courage inspires me ev

. >> joseph r. biden jr. delaware has received 306 votes. >> reporter: in the days that followed the streets of washington looked more like a war zone as the nation's focus shifted from insurrection to inauguration. at the scaled-down ceremony president biden was sworn in as america's 46th president. >> i do solemnly swear. >> kamala harris became the country's first foe mail vice president. in the audience senator bernie sanders made a meme-worthy fashion statement. the outgoing president refused to stick around for the festivities but could not escape another impeachment used of inciting the riots he became the first president to be impeached twice. >> donald trump former president of the united states is not guilty. >> reporter: it was a dramatic start to a year still dominated by covid. >> we learned this morning that the pandemic has now taken 400,000 lives in the u.s. >> reporter: as the country emerged from a deadly winter, vaccines became more available, first to the most vulnerable. then to all adult

despite the fact that your state had made a final determination that joseph biden jr. these purported alternate elector votes was used as a justification to delay or block the certification of the election during the joint session of congress on january 6, 2021. just minutes ago, we learned that one of those subpoenaed, former wisconsin republican party chairman andrew hitt, has already said he will cooperate with the january 6th select committee. according to the "milwaukee journal sentinel," he said in a statement, quote, as i said in the past, the wisconsin electors were simply following the guidance of wisconsin legal counsel to preserve the ongoing wisconsin legal strategy. there was no intent beyond that, and i am happy to participate in this process to clarify any confusion that may exist. and that is where we start this hour. joining us now is congresswoman zoe lofgren of california. she is a member of the january 6th select committee. no one's confused. the opportunity you've given the fake electors is to come explain how they went about submitting fraudulent

it is exactly one year into the first term of the 46th president of the united states, joseph, are biden. and one year since this moment. the year of the one term of the twice impeached, disgraced, ex president, donald trump. >> but we really did. we've gotten so much don that nobody thought would be possible and i do want to thank congress. i want to thank all the great people of washington d.c.. all of the people that we worked with to put this miracles together. so, have a good life. we will see you soon, thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> have a good life, i'll tell you, we are trying. it's not easy but we're trying. of course president joe biden came into office to more than just reddest of donald trump. his inauguration speech included some pretty big ticket items. >> we can write wrongs put people to work in good jobs. teach our children in safe schools. can overcome a deadly virus. it striking to me as somebody who has been covering politics since 2007. since right before president barack obama took office this is the second successive democratic presid

. >> i, joseph robinette biden jr. do solemnly swear. >> reporter: his first actions came just moments after he said "so help me god." returning the u.s. to the paris climate accords, halting funding of the wall on the mexican border and repealing the travel ban all within the first days of his presidency. high points of his first year, the american rescue plan and its child tax credit lifted millions of american children out of poverty for the first time. the new president signed a massive infrastructure bill into law. hundreds of billions of dollars in funding for roads and bridges. america saw record job growth, record stock markets, and biden ended the longest war america ever fought. a rocky and disorganized withdrawal, but an end nonetheless. >> 245 years ago we declared our independence from a distant king. today we are closer than ever to declaring our independence from a deadly virus. >> reporter: we hoped the president's fourth of july declaration of independence from covid marked the beginning of the end of

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january 20th, 2022, exactly one year since the first term of president of the united states, joseph r. biden and since the ex-disgraced ex-president, donald trump. >> we have got so much done, that nobody thought would be possible, but i really want to thank congress, all the people of washington dc, all the people that we worked with to put this miracle together. so, have a good life. we will see you soon. thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. >> have a good life. i got to tell you, we are trying. it's not easy, but we're trying. of course, president joe biden came into office to do more than just rid us of donald trump and his inauguration speech included some pretty big ticket items. >> we can right wrongs, we can put people to work in good jobs. we can teach our children in safe schools. we can overcome the deadly virus. >> now, striking to me as someone covering politics since 2007, particularly politics in washington, since right before president barack obama took office, this is the second successive democratic president inheriting a country in the midst of a dire acute

we're leaving behind and how we handled some of the year's toughest and brightest moments >> i joseph robin bidenshare the gold. >> this is populism coming for capitalism >> delta variant is currently the greatest threat. >> what a day, what a day, what a day. >> we will stop the steal. >> usa usa! >> if there's ever been a time for a unifying anthem, 2021 was it >> the dawn is hours before. >> with amanda gorman and her generation leading the way >> so we lift our gaze not to what stands between us but what stands before us there is no planet b, there is no planet blah, blah blah blah >> dogecoin, bitcoin i want to get in on it you can be a millionaire >> and we've been responding >> we're working again, we're dreaming again we're discovering again. >> reassessing what's important. >> i say put mental health first. >> demanding what's right, with the u.n. getting guidance from a dinosaur >> listen up, people don't choose extinction. >> and insisting on our place at the table. >> what the heck is going on with gamestop? >> with the retail investors, with the stick it to the man >> britney spears

. >> joseph r. biden jr.e has received 306 votes. >> in the end, nearly 700 people were charged. and for the first time in u.s. history, a president was impeached and acquitted for a second time. >> we can never again allow democracy to be put in peril. >> over the course of the year, those who defended lawmakers called for justice. at the police chief resigned and house speaker nancy pelosi launched a committee to investigate the events, appointing two republicans him of both trump critics, adam kinzinger and liz cheney, vice chair. >> this is not about partisanship. this is about our duty as americans. >> although they struggled to get trump staffers to cooperate, steve bannon now charged with contempt. >> this is going to be the misdemeanor from hell. >> and the democratic-controlled house recommended the same for former chief of staff mark meadows. still, the committee plans to issue an interim report in the summer and a final report by november, just before midterms. of today the fence around the capital

. >>> president joseph r. biden ago this week under extraordinary circumstances. two weeks earlier twoth day, a mob had attacked the united states capitol, seeking to stop congress from certifying biden's election. with washington locked down and his predecessor absent in protest, biden took the oath and became the country's 46th president. the year since like the one prior has been consumed by the pandemic. and by a mixed bag of long legislative battles. in our sunday focus, nbc news white house correspondent monica alba looks back at year one of the biden agenda. >> reporter: president biden is ending his first year in office facing many of the same challenges he was elected to tackle. >> we'll press forward with speed and urgency, for we have much to do in this winter of peril and significant possibilities. >> reporter: an uneven economic recovery with soaring inflation. despite record job growth and low unemployment rates. >> we have more work to do. we're doing it. >> reporter: as the country still battles the

joseph r. biden's, junior of the state of delaware, has received 306 vote. donald j trump with the state of florida as received 232 vote. still, the house would vote to impeach him for a 2nd time for his actions, and the senate once again fell to convict. and soon he and his supporters began to deny the reality of what this was calling it a peaceful protest. not an attempted insurrection. the courts have not agreed so far more than 700 people have been arrested. the longest sentence more than 5 years in prison. the person who planted the pipe bombs, has still not been identified. a congressional committee is investigating how this happened. was it planned? who was involved and should criminal charges be filed, but those questions will take time to answer. and if republicans win control of the house in 2022, they have promised to shut down the investigation ah, a year on this day cost lives for others, their freedom. but getting to the truth will largely be determined by whether or not it cost trump his political power. political heene al jazeera washington. well, one of the places breach

the second is, how do you reconcile your opinion of joseph biden's evenhanded approach to china with$30 million payoff to his son hunter? thank you. guest: on the first question, our podcast is free. i'm glad to tell you, so whatever podcast you use, just search for the playlist and you can find our content and also listen online on our website, foreign policy.com. with regards to joe biden's position on china, biden has been very tough on china. in some ways has continued the policies of the trump administration. they recognize china will be the focus of a generational challenge that i think my children and our grandchildren will be looking to. in the policies of the trump administration, a central plank to biden's approach to china is trying to rally allies and partners in the indo pacific with alliances, with the united kingdom and australia, india, working with japan and south korea, trying to build. i think that's one of the defining features of the biden foreign policy and national security strategy, working with partners and allies to address what they see is the increasing th

and after philly was decided and announced -- >> cnn projects joseph r. biden jr.tes. >> joe biden declared victory. what was that like? >> to have our voters' votes result in the election being called was an incredible thing to watch. [ cheers ] while all that is happening, we're also aware that rudy giuliani's coming to philadelphia. >> wow, what a beautiful day. thank you. >> going to the four seasons landscaping place to say that our voters' votes shouldn't be counted. >> i was about to bring up four seasons total landscaping. because -- >> in philadelphia they keep the vote of dead people secret. >> -- it was the most -- >> very suspect method of voting -- >> -- degrading -- >> there was no security, zero. >> -- pathetic -- >> people of this country have no assurance at all -- >> -- preposterous -- >> that those ballots were actually cast -- >> -- farcical moment in my view of this post-election day challenge of this all. >> and appropriate. >> it would have had to have been unanimously cast for joe biden to catch up. >> they didn't want this at an industrial

diplomat joseph yun advises the biden administration to try harder to engage with the north korean regime the bad old days of 2017, which is really a crisis atmosphere. >> reporter: so far, pyongyang has rejected multiple u.s. requests for talks. in the meantime, the biden administration imposed sanction for the first time last week in response to north korean missile launches, targeting north korean and russian nationals, as well as a russian company accused of helping pyongyang's weapons program. north korea accused washington of gangster-like logic, and launched two missiles the very same day. clearly, the north korean government does not want to be ignored. ivan watson, cnn, hong kong. >>> still ahead here on "cnn newsroom," winter weather warnings in place for millions of americans in the southern u.s. the latest forecast, coming up. blendjet's new year's sale is on now! make your resolutions come true with this incredible deal on blendjet 2. it packs the power of a big blender on the go, and it crushes right through ice. just drop in your favorite ingredients, even frozen fruit, and

diplomat joseph yun advises the biden administration to try harder to engage with the north korean regime return to the bad old days of 2017, which is really a crisis atmosphere. >> reporter: so far, pyongyang has rejected multiple u.s. requests for talks. in the meantime, the biden administration imposed sanctions for the first time last week in response to north korean missile launches. targeting north korean and russian nationals, as well as a russian company accused of helping pyongyang's weapons program. north korea accused washington of gangster-like logic and launched two missiles the very same day. clearly the north korean government does not want to be ignored. jake, there's another important factor here and that is that north korea never a wealthy country, has taken a beating economically recently. the government has even acknowledged problems with food supplies in part due to heavy flooding that have affected crop yields. it's also almost completely cut itself off from the outside world and any trade due to trying to keep the coronavirus outside of its borders. despite these ha