@PeteWilliamsNBC  says the intelligence gathered on today's threats was about a "specific group talking about the idea of doing an attack on the Capitol today." "Talking about an idea. In other words, aspirational. ... Nothing that went to anything concrete as a result."

@jonallendc  said Biden stuck to message throughout his campaign. "Luck was the residue of design here. He just was prepared to take advantage of those breaks." #MTPDaily 

It's "premature" to pull back on restrictions, as many states are doing, Dr. Fauci says. "Our baseline of daily infections [70,000] ... is too high. ... Particularly in light of the fact we have some worrisome variants in places like California and New York."

ICYMI: Sen. Markey says he'll do whatever he can to get minimum wage increase "including voting to remove the filibuster" #MTPDaily  @SenMarkey : "A minimum wage is something which is essential to millions of Americans and we have to make sure that we do the job."

READ: Ron Klain has one of the busiest jobs in D.C. — and one of the most active twitter feeds too. The White House chief of staff has sent out dozens of tweets and re-tweets per day since the inauguration, gaining notice in the halls of Washington.

If it's Thursday, it's #TweetThePress . Today, we are joined by @NBCNews  correspondent Morgan Radford, who is reporting on the water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi. @MorganRadford , thanks for joining us!