politics. it is a tragedy for which he believes we all bear the blame. can we correct course in time to save lives? joining me now is dr. brian, president and ceo of the debeaumont foundation. thank you. thank you for having me. want to start with what you told business insider. it is a bold statement. for every death certificate with covid-19 as a primary cause of death partisan shi should be listed as a contributing cause. this pandemic was politicized from day one. can you expand on that, fo me, doctor? a house divided its can t stand and can t manage a pandemic effectively either. we had elected leaders from the start question the severity and
expect a robust and strong turnout for the 2022 cycle. want to make one thing clear, a lot of people like to equate stacey abrams with what the president did after the election. she never tried to overturn votes or find votes or call anyone to find 12,000 votes that didn t exist or try to convince people to use the constitution to overthrow an election, but i do take your point on what you re saying there. former president trump last night put out yet a new statement attacking the current republican governor brian kemp, who may very well be the opponent to stacey abrams. what do you think the impact of that will be? abraham lincoln said it best, a house divided among itself cannot stand. it is good with those infighting. we need to unify and republicans need to look at issues. pocketbook issues, gas is up $1.50 a gallon. we don t like what is happening in the border. we have a lot of big policy issues, we need to get america working again, we need americans
good day, erin, on a beautiful day in washington. i m andrea mitchell, this is andrea mitchell reporting on capitol hill where the senate is in the middle of voting, the final votes to keep the government open. the house is expected to take up and pass a stopgap measure this afternoon. now nancy pelosi faces her hardest test. a house divided, a senate balking, and a lot on the line. we are bringing it up to do so in a way that can win and so far so good for today. it is goingings in a positive direction. it is positive to persuade people to vote without the reassurances of the reconciliation bill.