it was lie after lie after lie in this presser today. even jo's old friend dick durbin thought that speech was too divisive. joe does not seem to grasp reality at this point in time. he just lies and lies over and over again. here are a few more examples, take a look, you decide. >> why are you trying so hard in your first year to pull the country so far to the left? >> well, i'm not. you notice i haven't attacked anybody publicly. any senator. and a congresswoman. my build fact that her plan will address the biggest cost of working families face every day. do all of this without raising a single penny in taxes. on people making under $400,000 a year. and for the first time in a long time, this country's working people actually got a raise. we've seen record job creation, record economic growth in the past year. anybody listening to the speech, i did not say that they were going to be george wallacer bull connor. >> sean: biden's blatant lies are a culmination of two deeply concerning issues. one, he has always been kind of a slimy, dish

this presser came at low point in his polls. what do you think of it?arry: lizzie, i appreciate you're having you on. i do not want to step in front of senator marsha blackburn. i will say that to be as brief as i can. i mean you're terrific too. look the polls have been very consistent. president biden just dismisses the polls. you probably heard him say it once or twice during the presser. he just doesn't believe the polls. one of the things i really took away from this, despite the polls, despite the general unpopularity across the board, you can cite any darn thing you want he is not going to change his tune, he is not going to change his progressive radical agenda. he is not going to get rid of the build back better bill. so we'll still have to save america and kill the bill. he does not acknowledge that government spending has a thing to do with inflation. he does not acknowledge the policies for the green new deal have a thing to do with high energy prices. he continues to beat republicans up. they says they want to stop, they're subverting elect

it was lie after lie after lie in this presser today. now even joe's old friend dick durbin thought that speech was too divisiveou. joe does not seem to grasp reality at this point. in time. he just lies and lies over and over again. here are a few more examples. take a look. youou t decide why are you tryig so hard in your first year to pull the country soo far to the left? well, i'm not if you notice i haven't attacked anybody publicly any sinceod congressman . my builder back better planil wl address the biggest cost to working familiesrk face every day. and i will do all of this without raising a single penny in taxes on people making under four hundred thousand dollars a year for the first t time in a long time,ll this country's working people actually got to raise. >> we've seen record job creation, record economic growth in the past year. anybody listen to the speech? i did not say that they are going to be george wokeness or bull connor by this blatant lies are a culmination of two deeply concerning issues. wa one , he's always b

the presser is log off and blinking, blinking is move though, got a little bit in the right direction, but not very far in my opinion. like as i said in my introduction, basically nothing has been done. but i think it's also fair to say that washington can't say it doesn't know what who didn't want. is they love to say your assessment? go ahead. no, i agree. and i think it the way the meeting began kind of demonstrated, well how far apart they were and not even discussing the same thing. because when most school met with the washington, they the main discussion. well, the americans came prepared to speak about ukraine and effectively for the russians . that said, no, well, the crane is a symptom of a broader problem we've had for the last 30 years, which is there is no pan european security system and there are no, i'm european secured agreements anymore. that works so. so they want to highlight this principle that, well, the main main tension, which is, you know, we have 2 different principles in europe. the russians are saying the foundations of pioneer p and security has to be one

ahead of the talks, the prime minister was in brussels to presser government's case. >> the most principledition for the ukraine is that we have a sovereign right to choose our own security including treaties and airlines. >> protesters launched a new # that they don't think the russian leader can be trusted and they don't think anyone, nato or their own government should be doing deals. >> that is the scene in the ukraine. the nato sectary sat down with our defense correspondent jonathan beale. >> after these talks with russia , are you more optimistic that there will not be an armed conflict again in the ukraine? >> it is not possible to say anything. what i know is that there is a real risk. and that is exactly why the meeting is important because we believe in the political path and to sit down. >> i'm not clear -- on what you prepared to give. they make clear demands about not enlarging nato. other nations had troops and other nato members on the eastern flank of the alliance. you're not giving any grant tool to russia, are you? >> we're willing to ke compromises. we have done that bef

district and raymond arroyo has the momentic you might not havep picked up from biden's disastrous presser today. plus f the breathless media reaction that's all ahead and seen and unseen. but first, our quicksand president. >> that's the focus of tonight's @ngel. now new polling today shows just how far in one year joeof biden's presidency has sunk in the eyes of the public t. now a survey conducted by the muhlenberg institute of public opinion has biden at an abysmal 36% approval rating in thend battleground state of pennsylvania s. an and things are just as dismal in the new gallup numbers to biden that his lowest point of his presidency with gallup only 40% approve, 56% disapprove. now independents are abandoning joe in droves with only 30 three percent approving of the job he's doing. how can that even be? well, fromla inflation to empty store shelves to store shelves, the government's covid shuffle, the white house has proven utterly he out of touch and ineffective on all fronts. we're seeing a levelro of incompetence in domestic and foreign policy unmatched by anything we've nd witn

the houthis during the presser explained how they have conducted the operation off the coast, where theye monitored and kept the ship, according to the statement of the houthi spokesperson. he says they kept monitoring the ship for weeks, according to him, and also they accused it of carrying out hostile activities along the red sea. >> a legal agreement between prince andrews accuser victoria -- virginia giuffre and jeffrey epstein has been released. they reveal giuffre was paid $500,000 as part of the deal. she launched a civil case against renz andrew, accusing him of sexual assault when he was ash when she was 2017. he has consistently denied the claims. michelle is a women's rights lawyer and founding partner at a law firm. she says victims should not be afraid to seek justice. >> what really dropped and i think changed the face of this type of litigation is the #metoo movement. we started seeing people come forward, saying it doesn't matter if you are a prince or the president of the united states, you should not be above the law and you should face justice for the wrongs you have

in the presser following the game irving addressed his absence. >> you know, i just really empathize and i understood their choice to say if you're not going to be vaccinated, fully vaccinated then you can't be a full participant. >> and that's i think the danger here, is the pedestal that people like aaron rodgers, kyrie irving and novak djokovic are on they can influence behavior. >> it's a very complicated situation, isn't it? that you have these star athletes being able to still perform. there's not many of them. and you've got many of us around the world, whether we work in journalism, whether we're teachers, whether we're doctors, whether we're nurses, it's been pretty clear, you either get vaccinated or you lose your job. then you see these athletes, i'm not going to say flaunting the rules, but not abiding by these rules that the governments have put in place, that science supposedly has told us is what we need to do, all of us collectively, to get out of this pandemic. so that's why you're seeing emotions from every angle. >> it's important it to note that rodgers, irving an

well, this interview was the iranian president's 1st such interview to, to foreign presser. we were fortunate that went on for a while, the better part of a now, and those are a lot covered. obviously, one of the 1st things we talked about is relations with russia, between a rod and russia, the strategic corporation deal. that is, that is still being inc, between the 2 countries that goes way into the future. 20 years into the future, envisioning all sorts of corporation between iran and russian. i asked the iranian president, why, why russia, he says that the 2 countries have a lot that they agree on. there is a lot that they can mutually benefit on and that ultimately they are both countries that want to be free. the new one and one solitary where kids are main principal is that we do not want to accept domination over other countries and do not want to be oppressed. we want to be an independent country, just like russia wants to be on it. is these countries that want to be independent, but being attacked by their rival. so the americans don't want independent countries. w

to look ahead at what happens when this peaks and ultimately goes down, as i've said on previous pressers here from the white house, that we're not going to eradicate this. we've only done that with smallpox. we're not going to eliminate that. that only happens with massive vaccination programs like we did with measles and the vaccines. but we ultimately will control it. and if you control it in a way that it's such a low level and people are vaccinated and boosted, sooner or later, as we begin to live with it, what she was referring to is that virtually everybody is going to wind up getting exposed and likely get infected but if you're vaccinated and if you're boosted, the chances of you getting sick are very, very low. that's what she was referring to. jeff: next question, please. >> last question. let's go to cbs. reporter: thanks a lot. and thank you for having this call. i first have a quick follow-up for dr. walensky. because you said that you do not intend to change the masks guidance but we also know now that some masks provide better protection than others. so why isn't it the ca

i watch the presser is law, and blinking, blinking is a little bit in the right direction, but not very far in my opinion. like as i said in my introduction, basically nothing has been done. but i think it's also fair to say that washington can't say it doesn't know what, who didn't want, as they love to say your assessment. go ahead. oh, i agree, and i think it the way the meeting began kind of demonstrated the well how far apart they were and not even discussing the same thing. because when i most school met with the washington, the main discussion. well the americans came prepared to speak about your crime.

a couple of lines to tell you about from the national bureau of statistics presser, on the back of china'sdump. it is saying that china's economy is seen to return to normal gradually in 2022, and it is having its presser right now. it said earlier consumption contributed 65.4% to china's gdp growth in 2021. just recapping china's fourth-quarter growth came in at 4%, better than expected. estimates for 3.3%. retail was a big mess. bloomberg subscribers can continue watching on live go. you can also check out some of the events you may have missed. let's get the first word news with vonnie quinn. >> thank you. the u.s. surgeon general says the countries covid outbreak could worsen in the short-term. he called on health officials to close the gap in a severe shortage of testing. he said an eightfold increase in testing is still not enough to meet the spike in infections, and the country faces a tough few weeks ahead. a new poll has found most americans -- president biden handling of covid in the economy. u.s. headline inflation is the highest since 1982. a separate poll indicates that his po

is telling the truth, we're the how these military spokesperson during his presser, has revealed some pictures that he says, show the, the, the, the, you a flag cargo, cargo ship, a carrying weaponry, armored vehicles, and also marian boats. but, but we couldn't confirm such pictures that had been revealed by the how the spokesperson also the, the, the other side of the quality is saying that it was creating medicines or other civilians, stuff. the situation is really developing rapidly. the whole during the pressure during the process explained about the operation. how is how they have conducted this operation of the, the costs of her data, where the have money to come to this ship according to the statements of the how these spokesperson. he says that the have kept monitoring this ship for 4 weeks according to her to, to him, and also the, the, via the a kick used it all for carrying out of style activities in the long the, the red sea and large part malaysia have again been inundated by heavy rain on floods, forcing 1000 more people to abandoned their homes, the rainfall has caused

and now the presser came at an important time, of course, as regards the situation in ukraine, as talks with nato, and talked to the u. s. in geneva, and in brussels earlier this week, let's you, pretty much a dead end. the us not bending on moscow's demands to provide security, or when guarantees over that situation with ukraine. of course, the question on everyone's lips has been whether there will be a so called a invasion in ukraine or by russia. of course, the worst accusing russia and strengthening his forces on the border and ukraine as nato expands eastward. russia says it has every right to defend its borders. now that question was raised at the very start of the press conference, and we can get circ a lab rose, answer to it right here. american nato seem to have made it very clear. they're not going to, it's a give you the security guarantee. if you don't get the guarantees you've said that you need, that there will be a military response. what does a military response actually mean? could you, could you lay that out? are you ready to use military force to ensure that ukraine

so andrew, and just sounds like the presser keeps piling on the prime minister. i mean, talk us through the, the unlikely scenarios for him going forward. well, every day there seems to be another aspect to this story though. newspapers have been running a whole varied amount of leaks and information related to the prime minister stance . now as far as the conservative party is concerned, a growing number of m p 's are calling for him to either resign or indeed they will write letters to a back bench committee. notice $922.00 committee which will look at are the numbers involved. and if the maths are right there could be a leadership where challenge are quite quickly vote of confidence in the prime minister. so there is a growing time within the party that, that boris johnson could, should, seriously consider resigning because he's becoming more and more of a liability. the question comes back to this issue of this police inquiry. the escalation of this whole, a whole affair in that does that inquiry, go on and be allowed to, to reach its conclusions, or is the p

we're the how these military spokesperson during his presser, has revealed some pictures that he says, show the, the, the, you a flag cargo, cargo ship, a carrying weaponry, armored vehicles, and also marian boats. but, but we couldn't confirm such pictures that had been revealed by the how these spokesperson also the these are the other side of the high quality and is saying that it was cutting medicines or other civilian stuff. the situation is really developing rapidly. the whole these, during his, the press during the process explained about the operation. how is how they have conducted this operation of the, the cost of data where the have monitor kept to this ship according to the statements of the how these are the spokesperson. he says that the have kept monitoring this ship for 4 weeks according to her to, to him, and also the, the, via the accused it of carrying out to style activities in the long, the, the red sea and a fire at south africa, the parliament building in cape town has flared up again. it 1st broke out on sunday at the back of the building complex that houses t

yeah, i mean, the problem with crypto is, like any process was presser, or donald says, the top is in the bottoms, and you know, they would make look foolish. so, is this, is this, we start with irrevocable decline in value? i don't know. i don't think so. i think that the current you have a role and will continue to play a role. and therefore, even though there is an argument that they have no fundamental intrinsic value, once we except them as a form of money, regardless of what they're being with us, then it will have a value as, as a form of money. the difficulty as the other speakers have mentioned is that the very nature of this beast is such that it is incredibly bollocks and it's, it's exposed to volatility across a very wide range more so perhaps in the other assets, it's exposed geopolitical volatility. it's exposed to economic folks and it's exposed to sentiment volatility. it's exposed to regulation, since all of these are moving in a bit of a perfect storm against and indeed some other assets. moments in particular, regulatory one is the one which i think is the biggest b

they said after today's presser that a source crawled to the demonstration on the ukraine remarks the follow-up is going to be nuclear. luckily they don't mean this literally. but clearly it seems like a suggestion that leadership is not too happy with the white house and what the president said this afternoon. >> somebody who is not taking his job seriously and not being careful. the american people deserve mor and should expect better and in time it will get better. a busy night for you and your colleagues. april stabbing death of a graduate student is under arres in africa matt has the latest from our west coast miserably i los angeles. >> an intense manhunt ending today. they told us that somebody spotted him on a park bench and called gave police a fake name then his identity was confirmed with a fingerprint. he is believed to be homeless and has a criminal history across the country. in south carolina in 2019 he allegedly fired a weapon into a car with a man and his young so and it. he was also arrested here in lo angeles in october 2024 stolen property but the case was projecte

anyone paying attention to biden's presser last week heard the sounds of the war drums beating. the media desperately wants to get off of raging crime, inflation, covid that has driven biden to another new low in the polls today. this has him at a pathetic 39%. so ukraine has to be their new shiny object. >> tensions with russia over what could be an eminent invasion of ukraine are escalating. >> there is also a path of it is renewed aggression and massive consequences that we have been building now for many weeks. >> we should be arming the ukrainians like crazy. we should be preparing for guerrilla warfare if the russians go in. >> laura: guerrilla warfare. it is ironic and laughable that the american press corps is talking about russia because no group has done more to weaken the u.s. and strengthen vladimir putin. let's look at the record. first, putin does not have to spread anti-american propaganda because our media does it for him. for the last 60 years, though told -- evil racist or destroying the planet. speak out one in three americans are racist. >> i think the idea o

>> the president's numbers slipped and after that disastrous presser, the inaugural committee has produced mark the one year of biden, the recruited a familiar face. >> it's why we keep getting up no matter how many times we get knocked down pickle restaurants have open their doors, shops and businesses are buzzing again all over the country. >> tom hanks does not mention the cnbc report where 3.1 million americans can't return to work because they're small businesses have closed down. the fact that biden shows up at the end of this ad in a very brief cameo, that tells you the tale they had to use somebody like tom hanks because to voters, biden is kryptonite at this point. the amazing thing is the simpsons predicted all of this years ago. >> hello, i'm tom hanks pick of the u.s. government has lost its credibility so it's borrowing some of mine. [laughter] >> following the playbook, it was either this tom hanks movie or a springsteen video, the inauguration committee had to find some way to blow this money i guess it looked like a good idea to them. >> laura: tom hanks doing that commerci

when michelle walllensky announced a solo presser, the consensus was she was going to step down and instead she trotted out a campaign and argument for boosters. i think we need to think about a third shot before we start thinking about what a fourth shot would look like. we are working closely with our us rayly colleagues. >> joining me now is alex varant and author of "pandemia". i think she is the symbol for today's failing medical establishment. she is not going to be held accountable. if she is not going to be held accountable, who will? >> laura, very quickly, i thanked tucker on wednesday and i want to thank you tonight. he and you both talked about it the week it came out. the book became a best seller even though the rest of the media tried to ignore it. that's because of you and your audience. i thank you for that. >> laura: you're welcome. >> in terms of the conversation you just had about the vaccines and the vaccine mandates, i think there is a point actually that's gone misunderstood right now and boosters too. in highly vaccinated countries, in europe right now, where we have

of the nine past, six were solo and the other three being joint pressers. a senior white house official said they realize the dynamic with the president needs to change his reset plan is said to be making conversations with congress less of a priority with the public and focus more on talking directly with americans. although his approval rating continues to tank, jen psaki insisted progress has been made. >> press sect. psaki: in terms of voting rights, his view is it is never a good idea not to shoot for the moon with your proposals and what you are fighting for. there has been a lot of progress made. we need to build on that. the work is not done. the job is not done. >> ashley: chuck schumer has a last ditch effort to persuade manchin and sinema to allow vote to overhaul the u.s. election system. >> we must consider and vote on the rule changes that are appropriate and necessary to restore the senate and make voting legislation possible. we are going to vote. we are all going to go on the record. republicans will have to choose which side they stand on.

they want to put them in separate classes there they are vaccinated, unvaccinated, oppressed or a pressers not how to raise our children. teach them history, teach them math, all of the education that public school should give our children without indoctrinating them with socialist theories. i think it is important that youngkin actually remanded eliminated the mask legislation that was passed. loudoun county literally started to take accelerated math out of the curriculum and said those privileged enough to actually excel in math now needed to sacrifice in order to balance out those that had not excelled in math. so we had students whose teachers were changing their grades from a's to b's or b's to c's because other students did not test well. >> griff: rachel, let me ask you, we saw in brooke's report, white house press secretary jen psaki taking the side of the arlington schools over masks and the governor weighing in. what is your reaction to jen psaki's tweet and comments? >> our children have had enough. i think this is enough. i think our children need to be able to go to school, t

an overdue presser. biden set to take reporter's questions in first formal news conference in months. they're right about that, jackie. >> it sure is overdue. a lot of us are looking forward to this today. the president will face questions on his first year in office amid deepening democrat angst over his struggle to deliver on some key promises. legislative losses on build back better, voting rights, police reform. record inflation, persistent supply chain issues, lagging polls, escalating foreign policy challenges and surging covid cases and crime. the white house is trying to spotlight accomplishments. >> it was the biggest year of job growth in american history. look a year ago, only 1% of adults were fully vaccinated. 74% of adults are fully vaccinated now. 40% of schools were open a year ago. now over 95%. >> it comes as democrats are calling for a reset ahead of the mid-terms. they want a new cdc director. talk among moderate democrats breaking up build back better. bipartisan talks about modest e

in the presser he called mitt romney is straight guy forgetting he once said this. >> romney once electede said the first hundred days he's going to let the big baked bit once again write their own rules . unchain wall street. they're going to put y'all back in jane's. >> guy putting someone in jane' doesn't sound like the behavior of a straight man to become a joe. two embarrassing when i have to call 911, at least they keep very of course, joe doesn't expect you to remember that smear if he doesn't. and then he questions the legitimacy of future elections freight who does he think he is? hillary post 2016 who blamed he loss on every russian. >> again, nothing but crime as people get picked off and write on every real issue when it's crime, covid, or inflation they flounder. imagine if joe had focused on immediate concerns and not what trended on twitterberry tb okay. i wonder what joe thinks. >> laura: just soaking my feet after a marathon yesterday. i didn't run one, or walk one, talked when. they all said it was a marathon just like they told me to. no matter what i said, it matters t

in the next few minutes the italian prime minister is holding a covid-19 presser. the u.s.ens this afternoon. a virgin orbit space launch. tomorrow things start to warm up, certainly on the fed front. alix: we get the powell renomination hearing around 10:00. there could be some fireworks. terry haines of pangaea says it is not a done deal jay powell gets the approval. there are some doubts. the outgoing buddhist bank president is formulate handing the reins over. do we get a different type of bank in the middle of this covid environment, then you get the world bank global economic prospects report. the world economic forum global risk report, china cpi and ppi thursday. all of this is a precursor to wednesday. how high will we have to see? what are we looking at, does that change the calculus of the fed rate hike scenario? guy: you put those two things together, the jay powell confirmation hearing in the cpi number, it will be a fascinating 48 hours. as we were just hearing from chris, what we were seeing today is the price action baking and that 7% number. is it going to

topspinning, flat out denying the president's blunders that were caught on videotape at his first pressern nearly a year yesterday, claiming the midterms could be stolen and president of ukraine slamming president biden for appearing to assess a quote, minor incursion by russia. u.s. officials reportedly warning congress russia will invade ukraine. we have four new polls from the associated press and nbc, "politico" and civics. show another historic plunge for the president who says he doesn't believe the polls but voters do. joining us tonight congressman lee zeldin, greg murphy, mike garcia, louie gohmert. with us congressman rick crawford and brian babin and gop strategist ford owe connell. >> we have this story as well. governor newsom blaming them for shocking violent crime and murders but newsom fully supports california's weak on crime laws. in oregon, d.a.s, homicide victims families desperately moving to sue the governor, trying to step her from letting out of jail more town 1000 criminals who they say could go on to kill, assault, steal, rape again. president trump calling out c

. ♪ >> emily: it had to mean one of the more stunning moments in his combative pack presser he testeds. >> speaking of voting rights legislation, if this isn't passed, do you still believe the upcoming election will be fairly conducted and its results will be legitimate? >> president biden: it all depends on whether or not we are able to make the case to the american people that some of this is being set up to try to alter the election. >> emily: meanwhile vice president harris attempts to dodge the question when grilled on "the today show" this morning. >> he openly casts doubt on whether the 2022 midterm elections would be legitimate and he said it all depends. >> is he really concerned that we may not have fair and free elections? >> of the president been consistent on this issue and the issue is that there are two bills, the john lewis voting rights act and the freedom to vote act which have been the solutions that have been offered to address the fact that around our country states and put in place laws that are purposely making it more difficult for the american people to vote.

he held the smoking contents of that event, that what's that on his face presser? where he appeared to be, melting, before our eyes. i know that is what you remember about that event. none of us can forget it. but, what was that event for? other than to haunt our dreams. that event was to be a full dissertation by rudy giuliani and his legal team, about how the election had been stolen from trump. he told us that the hair dye press conference, that he had won by -- boats and that he could prove it. he would have the evidence soon, and we should get ready. evidence of all the corruption by the big city democrats, and he said he could knew, and he could smell them. it's another member, sydney powell, took and -- she said that the election had been stolen by communists and venezuela, and that -- trust us, it works out. another lawyer, jenna ellis, yelled at the media to cover allegations, while they were covering allegations. also, trump campaign advisor boris, who is on the right side of your screen, i'm pointing out all these folks because this evening, all four of

district attorney, elected in the wake of george floyd's murder and flanked for his one-year anniversary presserive d.a.'s from around the country. >> we have set a path for ourselves to turn around the criminal legal system in this country. >> reporter: gascon has ordered his deputy d.a.'s no under 18s charged as adults, no more three strikes. and in many cases, do not even prosecute most misdemeanors like trespassing and don't seek more prison time if guns or gangs are involved. all he says to make the system -- >> more humane, more equitable. >> reporter: but union pacific is now actually asking the d.a. to rethink his reforms because of this. they claim more than 100 arrests have been made, but apparently not one prosecution. >> they did not present 100 cases to us. that's misleading. >> reporter: gascon also taking heat after a spate of smash and grab robberies after christmas. >> whether it's fair or not to point the finger at him, the fingerer is being pointed. >> reporter: also for some headline making murders. a well loved beverly hills philanthropist shot dead in her home. a 70-year-ol

we came off the highs and slightly below where we were prior to the fed so i think at the presser mr. powell will get a lot of questions about that balance sheet statement and more about what's going on there and obviously concern for the market back to you. >> i'll pick it up thank you. our next guest said the fed move is disappointing and leaves the fed behind the curve joining us is former fed governor mr. heller. thank you for being with us. >> good to see you. >> fantastic you say we have met our basic goal of full employment and so get about it and like to have seen them raise rates now. why do you think they didn't >> i have no idea. they have no backbone. they have no gumption. it is not paul volker in charge. i agree with rick santelli the fed needs more action and less words. >> how far behind the curve they are, number one? >> how much harsher do you think they will have to be going forward to catch up to where you think they ought to be is four quarter points going to do it? >> no. the fed funds rate should be right now around 2%. long term interest rates should reflect th

they need to really rest them this week because we are going to get a presser out of him and have had fewer press conferences than the last six presidents. anyway, in his first year. we did however hear from vice president kemal harris. she is today's holiday to trash americans calling them complicit as the bill is now pretty much doa. >> last week, the president and i visited atlanta to deliver a message. it is time for united states senate to do its job. a landmark bill, as we all know, since before the united states senate. the freedom to vote, john our lewis act. as dr. king said, the only normalcy you would expect is the normalcy that recognizes the dignity and worth of all of god's children. today, we must not be complacent or complicit. >> sean: working with, praising joe biden pin was not long ago kamala harris was ripping joe biden to shreds, accusing him of being complicit during a primary debate. perhaps she forgot her own words. will reminder. >> to hear you talk about the reputation of two united states senators who built their reputation and career on the segregation of

in fact, it was the longest, frankly most painful, even embarrassing presser i have ever witnessed.here and there, but more often than not, joe is clearly lost, he is confused, especially off prompter. frankly, no one in the world is watching the spear to be honest,

they want to distract you with a trump presser at his florida club or focus on the democrats.ouse minority leader kevin mccarthy sending a letter to his caucus calling what happened on january 6th lawless, then attacking democrats for using it as what he calls a quote partisan political weapon to further divide our country. i want to bring in cnn political commentator scott jennings and cnn senior political analyst kirsten powers, who is also the author of "saving grace" by kirsten powers of course. good evening to both of you. thank you for joining. happy new year to you both. >> happy new year. >> thank you. kirsten, this letter from mccarthy doesn't mention the former president, who told his supporters on january 6th to, quote, fight like hell. instead he's attacking democrats for, he says, dividing the country. facts really don't matter, i guess, to many members of the gop anymore. >> yeah. well, it's not surprising that he would be trying to rally his troops around opposing the democrats and criticizing the democrats. but his critiques around january 6th in terms of the d

he's given fewer pressers than his predecessors and fewer interviews with members of the media. do more of those kind of casual q&as, we he will walk over and take questions. he does a lot more of those. but amand gentleman, the grumbling from the press corps, put it into context for us, how much do you think it matters? >> i think it matters hugely not just the press corps but voters. we live in anxious, confusing times and there needs to be clear messages from the top. if for some reason joe biden is not capable of doing this, the democratic party needs to find better messengers who can be out there every day having some kind of presence and perspective on the airwaves, on the internet everywhere about where the democratic party wants to lead the country. >> right. amanda, oliver, thank you both. >>> tonight join fareed zakaria as he investigates the fight to save american democracy. his new special starts tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern time here on cnn. >>> up next -- a former cult member is here to talk about something sensitive, deprogramming. we're going to get into that in