>> THANK YOU, "THE 11th HOUR"
WITH BRIAN WILLIAMS STARTS NOW.
>>> AND GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN,
DAY 64 OF THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION, WE’RE NOW AT
POINT WHERE ITS AGENDA IS
RUNNING HEADLONG INTO REALITY.
PRESIDENT IS GOING TO GET A
CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT HIS
PRIORITIES AND HIS CHALLENGES AT
HIS VERY FIRST QUOTE/UNQUOTE
FORMAL NEWS CONFERENCE TOMORROW
AND CHALLENGES ARE MANY.
JUST TONIGHT U.S. OFFICIALS
CONFIRMED NORTH KOREA HAS
LAUNCHED TWO MORE SHORT-RANGE
MISSILES.
WHITE HOUSE IS GRAPPLING WITH
THE GROWING SURGE AT SOUTHERN
BORDER, RENEWED CALL FOR GUN
CONTROL FOLLOWING TWO MORE MASS
SHOOTINGS AND RESISTANCE FROM
REPUBLICANS, ISSUES ALL VYING
FOR HIS ATTENTION AS THE
ADMINISTRATION WORKS TO END THE
PANDEMIC.
HE NAMED VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA
HARRIS AS POINT PERSON TO STOP
THE FLOW OF MIGRANTS TO THE
SOUTHERN BORDER.
>> SHE’S MOST QUALIFIED TO DO IT
TO LEAD OUR EFFORTS WITH MEXICO
AND THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE AND
THE COUNTRIES THAT HELP US NEED
HELP IN STEMMING THE MOVEMENT OF
SO MANY FOLKS.
THIS NEW SURGE WE’RE DEALING
WITH NOW STARTED WITH LAST
ADMINISTRATION BUT IT’S OUR
RESPONSIBILITY TO DEAL WITH IT
HUMANELY AND STOP WHAT’S
HAPPENING.
>> WHILE WE’RE CLEAR THAT PEOPLE
SHOULD NOT COME TO THE BORDER
NOW, WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT WE
WILL ENFORCE THE LAW, AND THAT
WE ALSO, BECAUSE WE CAN CHEW GUM
AND WALK AT THE SAME TIME, MUST
ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES THAT
CAUSE PEOPLE TO MAKE THE TREK.
>> AND HERE WAS THE REACTION
TONIGHT FROM ONE REPUBLICAN
SENATOR.
>> SHE DOESN’T UNDERSTAND WHAT
HAS GENERATED THIS PROBLEM.
THIS IS NOT A TRUMP PROBLEM,
THIS IS A BIDEN PROBLEM.
TRUMP BROUGHT ORDER TO CHAOS,
THIS WILL BE THE ACHILLES HEEL,
THE UNDOING OF THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION WILL BE THEIR
IMMIGRATION POLICIES.
>> AND SO IT GOES, SENATOR
GRAHAM AMONG 18 REPUBLICANS ON A
TRIP TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER ON
FRIDAY.
TODAY AFTER GROWING PRESSURE
OVER A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, THE
WHITE HOUSE ALLOWED VERY FIRST
LOOK INSIDE ONE OF THE TEXAS
FACILITIES FOR UNACCOMPANIED
CHILDREN WHO CROSSED OVER THE
BORDER.
NEARLY 800 CHILDREN ARE HELD
THERE.
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION LED A TOUR
WITH CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS AND
NBC NEWS CREW ON THE
UNDERSTANDING THE VIDEO WOULD BE
SHARED WITH ALL NETWORKS.
MEANWHILE NBC NEWS IS REPORTING
BIDEN TRANSITION OFFICIALS ARE
ACCUSING TRUMP ADVISERS OF QUOTE
SITTING ON THEIR HANDS WHEN
URGED TO INCREASE SHELTER SPACE
FOR MIGRANT CHILDREN BACK IN
DECEMBER.
TRUMP WHITE HOUSE REPORTEDLY
FAILED TO TAKE ACTION UNTIL DAYS
BEFORE THE INAUGURATION, AND
REMEMBER THE BIDEN TEAM WAS
ROBBED OF THE NORMAL AND PROPER
TRANSITION AS THEY CAME INTO
OFFICE.
ON TOP OF THAT, AXIOS REPORTS
NEARLY 300 MIGRANT CHILDREN IN
U.S. CUSTODY HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVID.
ON THE PANDEMIC FRONT, OVER A
DOZEN STATES REPORTING RISE IN
NEW CASES AND PARTICULAR CONCERN
ABOUT MICHIGAN WHERE
HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE SPIKING,
SOARING, ESPECIALLY AMONG
YOUNGER PATIENTS.
WHITE HOUSE SAYS TOMORROW
PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL ANNOUNCE A
NEW VACCINATION GOAL AFTER
ACHIEVING ORIGINAL GOAL OF 100
MILLION SHOTS IN 100 DAYS WITH
MANY DAYS TO SPARE.
AS WE MENTIONED RECENT MASS
SHOOTINGS IN BOULDER AND ATLANTA
HAVE REIGNITED THE CALL FOR
TOUGHER GUN LEGISLATION, THE
WHITE HOUSE WAS ASKED IF THE
PRESIDENT IS CLOSER TO TAKING
EXECUTIVE ACTION INSTEAD OF
WAITING ON CONGRESS.
>> EXECUTIVE ACTIONS ARE OF
COURSE AN IMPORTANT LEVER THAT