breyer s last great important decisions if he were to step down. this notion that if we talk about it, it will make him more resistant to the completely rational choice to step down at this time, strikes me as just so childish. i mean, senators face this all the time. members of the court have faced it throughout our lives, the question of should so-and-so not run for re-election, and adults deal with that. and he should understand that of course there s plenty of rational reason why he should step down. this is the perfect summer for him to do that. and the notion that if we talk about it, he just might stay there till he s, i don t know what, he s 82 now, i don t know. do you not feel even the least bit superstitious about it, though? i mean, given what we have just been through with the last few vacancies on the court. is there like a little, like, don t walk under the ladder, don t cross the black cat, superstition feeling for you about talking about it? or is that just
Question of should so and so not run for reelection, and adults deal with that. And he should understand that, of course, there s plenty of rational reason why he should step down. This is the perfect summer for him to do that. The notion that if we talk about it, he just might stay there until he s, i don t know, what he s 82 now. I don t know. Do you not feel even the least bit superstitious about it? given what we ve just been there with a last few vacancies on the court. Is there like a little don t walk under the ladder, don t cross the black cats to superstition feeling? you d have to prove to me stephen breyer is not an adult, and then i could entertain things like superstition. But with adults and washington, you know, who holds these positions, come on! i mean, come on, of course they are going to talk about it. Rationally, i am with you. But the little fear center at the core of my heart, like flutters and twinges with every utterance about the subject. So, i just have to lea
Sandra: would begin with the senate unanimously requiring the biden administration declassify the origin of covid19 as calls from transparency grow by the hour. Hello. I m sandra smith here in new york and this is america reports. John: it s great to see you here on friday eve and i m john roberts in washington. The bill comes as the white house says it has not ruled out any theories on the covid19 origin but refuses to say whether china would be punished if investigators find evidence of a coverup. This adds president biden it is asking intelligence agencies to redouble their efforts. Speak to the american people deserve to know what role the american china played in this. Yes, we need to declassify but the more i look into it, this was squashed by ecohealth alliance, nih, especially in ho and china itself. The american public deserves it with all of the turmoil that is been caused by at. Sandra: we will seek answers in just a moment and will be speaking to david asher, a former u. S.
After a two year legal battle finally of itting in a closed door session. All this as the biden administration gets some positive economic news. Jobs numbers out today showing the economy added 559,000 jobs last month doubling april s disappointing total. The unemployment rate ticking down to 5. 8%. This morning the president saying the economy is at its strongest point since before the pandemic. Joining me now is capitol hill correspondent leigh ann caldwell, ashley parker, michael steele and also barbara mcquaid. A lot to get to. But i first want to watch what the former vice president said last night about january 6 and donald trump. This was at a republican event in new hampshire. President trump and i have spoken many times since we left office. And i don t know if we ll ever see eye to eye on that day. But i will always be proud of what we accomplished for the american people over the last four years. [ applause ] and i will not allow democrats or their allies in the media to use
of black men in women in north carolina and in ohio. more on that in a moment. we begin with today s global climate change summit and president biden calling this meeting of 40 world leaders and opened by committing united states to slash fossil fuel emissions in half by 2030, one ambition that is going to rearrange the american economy and strains american politics, it s also a giant leadership challenge. after four years of denial and retreat mr. biden faces skepticism who think it could be undone by a future president down the road. and he s trying to prove to clos closest allies there s major military aggression over human rights and other bad behavior. the science leaves the leaders no choice but to act together now. scientists tell us that this is the decisive decade. this is the decade we must make decisions that will avoid the worst consequences of the climate change crisis this is a moral imperative, economic imperative, moment of peril and a moment of extraordinar