but she is still looking at it. >> studying, lee anne. that tells you everything you need to know. >> exactly. maggie hassam the same. >> let's go to the legal side, lee anne, thank you for that. the legal side, peetd, three of the president's mandates have been locked at the federal left some you can't help but wonder how much of this is politics with some of the judicial appointees. but are all three likely to be, all three of these pushbacks likely to be upheld by the supreme court? so far it's been pretty pro government? >> not on the early stages of the pandemic win couldn't go to charge. yes, the mandates for in the various states, if you look at the commonality in these decision in the federal contracting case, it's the federal procurement act. the one from large employers, it's the osha law. healthcare it's medicare and medicaid n. each case the judge said you can't get there from here. yes, the president brought contracting on accounting and this is a public health requirement, you can't do that under this law. so there is a comm

lee ann called dwell has the latest on capitol hill.hour richard norton smith, bob dole's longtime friend and founding director of the robert j. dole institute of politics. leanne, start with you. what can we expect as sayre more thanes get under way this morning? >> reporter: good morning. dobb bole died 98 but spent 11 years as republican leader both majority and minority leader. the late senator is going to arrive in a casket with his family at 9:45 a.m. the ceremony in the rotunda behind me will start at 10:00 a.m. where he will be greeted by defense secretary lloyd austin. symbolizing the service of bob dole. he was a world war ii veteran who was badly injured, and stayed with him the rest of his life. speaking today is going to be speaker pelosi, leader mcconnell, leader schumer and president biden, who served with senator dole for 24 hours in the senate. it's going to be a short ceremony. just about 45 minutes. and after that time, then members of congress, staff and friends and family can come and visit his casket in the rotunda

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lee ann, start with you and the vote today. any reason to believe this, that there isn't going to about majority? the reason i hold that out there is, it's a -- i'm sure there are some members sitting there both wanting to vote for this because mark meadows was a member of congress, and some a little nervous about voting for it, because mark meadows was a member of congress? >> yeah. that's right. but i don't think there's going to be much question among democrats on how they're going to vote. the question for me is, how many republicans are going to vote for this con temple referral measure. last time with steve bannon nine republicans voted for it, and today, of course, circumstances are different. steve bannon was not an official in the white house at the time of january 6th or leading up to it. mark meadows, of course, is. so that claim of executive privilege that mark meadows is claiming, will that ring on deaf ears on capitol hill? especially on republicans or put it aside given what's gotten out. he was a form 0er member

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joining us for all of this, lee ann caldwell. good morning.hile, he was the only one in washington who thought he could get it done this year and certainly he's seemed to have come to that conclusion as well. take us through how he got there and what the timeline now means for the president's signature piece of legislation. >> right, jonathan. yes, i was told yesterday morning that schumer's staff is starting to tell people privately that build back better is not going to happen this year. now, he hasn't said that publicly just yet, but the writing was on the wall. everyone on capitol hill thought that, but no one leader said it from the office. the dark reality is they do not have 50 votes to build back better right now. the reason, senator joe manchin. he's been noncommittal. our latest report is the negotiations with president biden over the build back better and senator manchin have not been going well. there are more issues that have become part of the discussions, including the child tax credit, and so things are getting more complicated

nbc's lee anne caldwell is live on capitol hill for us tonight. >> reporter: shep, that vote is going to start any minute now. as you ran through a lot of these text messages that have been read the past 24 hours, on the floor debate we're hearing about more text messages that meadows turned over, including from lawmakers, unnamed republican lawmakers who were trying to get involved in helping meadows overturn the election, including one lawmaker who texted an aggressive strategy that suggested republican-controlled state legislatures just send their own electors representative jamie raskin read that one on the house floor. now, we do know this vote is going to take place. it is expected to pass with the support of all democrats i'm going to be watching to see how many republicans vote for it we know that nine republicans voted for this contempt referral for steve bannon so will it be different? but jim jordan, one of trump/meadows biggest allies say he is a good man, he is a friend, do not send him down this path. shep. >> the vote up and coming. leigh ann caldwell, we'll be back to

you heard lee anne looking ahead at this potential contempt for mark meadows. let me remind folks steve bannon is facing a trial. have you jeffrey clark, the former assistant attorney general facing a full contempt vote in the house. now you can act mark meadows as well. the chairman says beyond these three, there are legal battles. they interviewed 275 witnesses, talk about the overall narrative, carol, as you see it as this select committee is looking to build. >> obviously, it started at the bottom like any good prosecutorial investigation. congress often mimics several prosecutors and their works and to go from the outer ring and try to have many principles to talk that he can get to talk and those that don't get every associate and deputy, get every record and contemporary account. try to build the narrative without them, ultimately, who is at the center, halle? former president donald trump. because what the committee is trying to understand is, how much did he know about the violence that we see planned? it's not violence. it's chaos that was being plann

nbc's lee lee ann caldwell is on capitol hill. >> reporter: the debt ceiling is not raised just yet but they had a key procedural rate in order to pave the way to lift the debt limit and this came after an agreement with majority leader schumer and senate minority leader mcconnell to enable the debt ceiling to be raised. so what it was, they voted yesterday on a one time rule change that would allow the senate to lift the debt limit with just a simple majority vote. now, that is very critical that there's 14 republicans that joined the key procedure vote, and there were 10 republicans who passed that rule change measure, including mcconnell's leadership team. everyone on mcconnell's leadership team voted for it, including senator johnson who has not jet announced whether he will run for re-election in conservative south dakota next year, but what this does now, it sends it to the president's desk, where he will sign this one-time rule change, and then the senate can actually come back next week and lift the debt limit with just democratic votes. now this is a very complicated way to do

estate is the disposition of the slaves, some are parted towards her two daughters, in this case, ann kenlock lee, said marshal because she married a marshal, becomes ann lee marshal and her sister mildred lee, but one slave family is willed to robert, or at least in terms of a disposition of the state, winds up being a slave family that robert owns. it is, as it turns out, though, the only slave family he ever owns in his own name. that doesn't mean he didn't benefit from slavery as a system, simply by being a white southerner there were benefits being part of a slave system paid to him and even more so in arlington when he marries into the custice, there's the main property in arlington but two other custice properties along the river and all total some 190 slaves part of those properties and robert lee benefits from those when he marries into that, from their labor, has valet, one of the custice slaves, his wife has slaves who wait on her, assist with the children, go on vacation, the slaves go with them. so lee certainly benefits from the slave system even if he doesn't himself have personal

this is what they told us that immediately has an ann lee rob. i want to go predictions as well as getting funds fast. marcus and my heart, broken in my dna, marcos, my team marco as my niece and i'm proud of it. let me explain. you guys why maroka lou in this, erica was show moral class recently. have won the african cup of nations for localized players. those players are the same players that will put this a bit at the arrow cook. those plays know how to win this tournament. i wouldn't be shooting my home country, never know. there'd be games versus asia and julia and some time and the end i wouldn't talk. yeah. they are looking forward to the most at p f. our cup is to see how palestine gets on in a pretty difficult group. in my opinion, were victims of our own success. we had player score in croatia, portugal and switzerland over the weekend because the erica isn't we didn't see those international match the calendar. we weren't able to call up all these players into our squad as such, i think the team most likely to win is turner is one that

lee of black rock. this is bloomberg. leigh-ann: with the first word news, i'm leigh-ann gerrans. boris johnson warns the u.k. is facing a tidal wave of omicron infections. the prime minister set a deadline for the end of the year for the country's to vaccination program. the number of new omicron cases in the u.k. almost doubled on sunday from a day earlier. a new study says two doses -- it underscores another finding released that emphasizes the need for booster shots. in kentucky, the death toll from the tornadoes on friday may be less than originally feared. still, at least 50 people are believed to have been killed. kentucky's governor says more than 1000 homes were destroyed. the storms code at least 14 people in four other states in the south and midwest. foreign ministers from the g7 nations have ordered russia to de-escalate its military buildup around ukraine. if not, they say moscow will face massive consequences. the u.s. and its european allies are also considering sanctions that would target russia's biggest bank. vladimir putin has denied he has any intention to inv

anne makovec for len. >> i am amanda starrantino. let's get a check with mary lee. we got gloomy weather yesterday, wet all day. >> we did. we had drizzle, clouds, this weather system. we are still tracking some showers. things are wrapping up in some parts of the bay area. on high def doppler, things are moving out pretty quickly. we had that light rain and now we are looking at the wet start for parts of the east bay, peninsula, south bay. you see the wet start from union city, milpitas, tri valley, san jose, allen rock, willow glenn in san jose and through evergreen. looking at santa clara, you see the coast as well as the peninsula catching some light showers. as we go through our afternoon, we are going to see clearing. we are going to see sunshine and breezy conditions but cool temperatures, all of us in the 50s. through our afternoon, you see that quiet weather ahead. if you are heading out the door, you will want to at least wear that coat because we are looking at chilly temperatures. we'll talk more about that coming up. let's check with anne for a look at

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lee off this cliff. >> everybody should be answering your questions, leigh ann, everybody. the senator particle ttachmentitarian is looking at provisions in the build back better bill to provide temporary protection for undocumented. >> reporter: i'm told that in that meeting, she asked a lot of questions, but did not tip her hand either way into what way she will decide. senator durbin said this morning they have not heard from the parliamentarian on her answer. they hope it comes before the end of the week. i will say advocates think even if she doesn't agree to this specific proposal, they can amend their proposal and go back to her, hopefully find a place that she is comfortable with, so this process even if she says no might not yet be over. jose? >> and the house rules committee is meeting right now to discuss the resolution recommending that former trump administration justice department official jeffrey clark be held in contempt of congress for reviewsing to cooperating with the investigation of the january 6th insurrection. what happens next there? >> so the house

anne makovec. let's begin with a check of weather, darren peck in for mary lee. finally, a dry one. >>> first in a long time. we have four more coming, probably even five. the thing about this morning is the temperatures are cooler than yesterday but only by about four or five degrees which places us in the low 40s just about everywhere. you see that on the current temperatures with the exception. hayward you are six degrees cooler. it's two degrees cooler in the city. there are mid level clouds now acting like a blanket but by late morning, those are gone. they will be replaced by mid to high level that will fill in again into the afternoon. it's a mixed bag. you will see blue sky but it won't be all day blue. we'll see clouds start to redevelop by afternoon. daytime highs will climb to the low 50s. again, very much like where we have been for the last few days minus the rain. i will see you with the complete forecast in a few minutes. >>> let's look at the roadways. we have some good news to report. they are clearing a crash west bound 80 near cutting boulevard

ann river at the same time, had a series of engagements at the wilderness, spotsylvania courthouse, cold harbor, losing some 60,000 men in the process, inflicting sufficient number of casualties on lee's army to eliminate it as an offensive weapon. it was primarily now only opponent on the defense. a new threat in the valley posed by david hunter compelled general [ inaudible ] to release about [ inaudible ] infantry strength under jubal early to deal with that threat as well. but with butler's access to richmond blocked by confederate forces under pierre beauregard, with lee seemingly immovable in front of the confederate capital at richmond, grant made a bold decision. he would shift his entire army south of the james river, capture petersburg 23 miles below the confederate capital which was richmond's logistical [ inaudible ] nexus. petersburg, as many of you know, was a much more relatively important city then than it is today. it was the seventh largest city in the confederacy, the second largest city in the commonwealth of virginia. no fewer than five railroads led into what was known as the cockade city at that time. the petersburg railroad, it was called the weldon railroad be