The Senate Parliamentarian ruled that the minimum wage is "merely incidental" and cannot be included in the covid relief bill.

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Senate Parliamentarian rules that minimum wage increase cannot be included in covid relief bill

On the confirmation of President Biden’s nominee for OMB Neera Tanden, White House Chief of Staff says ‘we’re fighting our guts out’ to get her confirmed. He cites Sen. Grassley coming out as ‘open minded’ on Tanden’s confirmation.

Ron Klain: 'We're fighting our guts out' to get Neera Tanden confirmed for OMB

Republicans are targeting some of President Biden’s cabinet nominees, most notably the nominees of color are facing outsize opposition. 

Biden cabinet members facing double standard in confirmation

Public Health Physician Dr. Chris Pernell joins The ReidOut to talk about the racial inequities in vaccination rates: "What this pandemic has taught us is that all lives still don't matter ... We're not going to see those lives truly matter until all of the tools, access is prioritized." Michael Cohen thinks with New York County District Attorney Cy Vance bringing in prosecutor Mark Pomerantz to investigate Trump’s business, there will be an indictment against Trump ‘sooner than later.’

Dr. Pernell: ‘This pandemic has taught us that all lives still don't matter’

Next Friday, on a special edition of “The ReidOut,” Joy Reid is joined by Dr. Fauci and members of the Congressional Black Caucus to discuss the COVID crisis and its impact on communities of color. Watch “The ReidOut: Race and America’s COVID Crisis” Friday at 7PM Eastern on MSNBC. Beto O’Rourke joins The ReidOut to talk about the latest in the Texas power outages, calling for Texas to be connected to the national grid. 

Next Friday: Joy Reid hosts ‘Race and America’s Covid Crisis’ town hall with Dr. Fauci and CBC

Author of the ‘Lone Star Nation’ Richard Parker says climate change absolutely played a huge role in the Texas storm, calling it a ‘wake up call’: "I think this is a catastrophe so big that it's going to require federal intervention."

‘This is a wake up call’: Experts say climate change played a role in Texas storm

In tonight’s ‘The Absolute Worst:’ When the GOP’s ideology of ‘survival of the fittest’ goes into practice and the Texas power grid fails leaving millions without heat. 

GOP politicians in Texas push ‘survival of the fittest’ during power outages, snow storms, pandemic

NAACP President Derrick Johnson joins The ReidOut to talk about his organization’s lawsuit against Trump for conspiring with right wing organizations to incite the Capitol riot: “If we don't cut off the serpent's head, we are guaranteed that the snake will bite." 

NAACP President on suing Trump over Capitol riot: 'We must hold people accountable'

Joyce Vance breaks down other lawsuits former President Trump is facing after he was acquitted by the Senate. National Education Association President Becky Pringle says she’s encouraged by new CDC guidelines needed to reopen schools: "We absolutely need Congress to act so that we can provide for what they need. The question is not about whether this country has the wealth. It's a question about whether our country has the will to take care of all our babies."

'You can't be a country where a president is above the law': Trump faces multiple lawsuits

Here’s what Joy Reid thought of the Trump defense in the impeachment trial: "This was not a defense. It was literally just a blizzard of lies, conspiracy theories, whataboutism, and frankly, BS. It was a stand-in for a Trump tweet storm, which of course, he can no longer do because Twitter banned him."

Joy Reid: Trump's defense 'a blizzard of lies, conspiracy theories, whataboutism, and BS'

Congressman Adam Schiff says the House Managers ‘couldn’t make a more persuasive case’ in the Impeachment trial and ‘the facts are on their side.’

‘A+++’: Rep. Adam Schiff says House Managers ‘couldn't make a more persuasive case’

Senator Chris Coons calls the Trump defense in the impeachment trial bad: “This was the Four Seasons Landscaping of the legal profession."

‘It was bad’: Sen. Chris Coons calls Trump defense the ‘Four Seasons Landscaping of the legal profession’

Rev. Barber of the Poor People’s Campaign joins The ReidOut to make the case for the $15 minimum wage: "The truth of the matter is it will lift millions of people out of low wages and poverty. 62 million people work for less than a living wage."

'It will lift millions out of low wages, poverty': Rev. Barber makes the case for $15 minimum wage

Congressman Clyburn joins The ReidOut to talk about the first few weeks of the Biden Administration and how President Biden has enjoyed broad support for his proposals. Michael Eric Dyson and Leslie Odom, Jr. join to talk about Odom’s new film ‘One Night in Miami.’ On his role as Sam Cooke, Odom said "Getting cast in the role, I went back to those early days of training of listening to mom and dad's records. I tried to sound as much like Sam Cooke as I possibly could."

‘Joe knows us’: Polls show broad support for Biden, his policy proposals

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg joins The ReidOut to talk about the future of high speed rail in the United States and having racially equitable transportation policy. 

Pete Buttigieg: I want the United States to be leading the world in high speed rail

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