Senator Bernie Sanders comments on the troubling prospect that members of Congress may have aided the Capitol insurrectionists and he lays out an ambitious agenda for the new Senate, which he insists must prioritize relief for Americans suffering from the pandemic and high unemployment.
Nationwide, more than 126,000 people are hospitalized with Covid-19. On Saturday, Los Angeles County surpassed 1 million infections.
As America prepares for a transition of power, it has been anything but peaceful. Disturbing new details of the intent of the Capitol rioters. How fragile is America’s future? And the pandemic. What we’ve learned about COVID-19’s transmissibility. How we’re tracking the more contagious new variants. The new year always brings hope of new beginnings and fresh starts. Who wasn’t ready to turn the page on the pandemic and the politics of 2020. And yet we may have to brace ourselves for what lies ahead in 2021. The second wave of the coronavirus is worse than the first and Canada’s closet ally and neighbour is bracing for more political violence.
President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a $1.9-trillion stimulus package proposal on Thursday designed to jump-start the economy and speed up the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic.
This video answers the questions: Is Donald Trump guilty of the charges contained in the articles of impeachment (2021)? Did he actually incite an insurrection? Is there “mens rea” (guilty mind) in this case?
New reports show Trump has been isolating himself in his final days in office, neglecting his duties and lashing out at formerly close allies. MSNBC’s Ari Melber is joined by “The Art of the Deal” co-founder Tony Schwartz to discuss Trump’s mindset as he leaves office and to reflect on his presidency, Schwartz asserting “it was always a race for Trump between whether he would destroy us or destroy himself first.” (This interview is from MSNBC’s “The Beat with Ari Melber, a news show covering politics, law and culture airing nightly at 6pm ET on MSNBC. http://www.thebeatwithari.com). Aired on 01/14/2021.
During an interview with Reuters, Trudeau also said that he was looking forward to president-elect Joe Biden bringing “a re-engaged United States in global circles” amid shifting global power struggles and pressing challenges facing the environment and free trade systems. “We’re seeing a world that is changing rapidly. The rise of a much more assertive and sometimes problematic China, the shifts in poles of power around the world, the rise and strengthening of Asia as an economic focal point. These are things that are needing to be responded to,” Trudeau said. Over the last four years, Trump often clashed with traditional allies on trade. He imposed tariffs on Canadian aluminum and steel and paralyzed the World Trade Organization’s role as global arbiter on trade by blocking appointments to its appeals panel.