these people are working, farm workers are working from sunrise to sunset, by the time they get home and ask for transportation and pay to go and find they find nothing. it s so terrible. this has been a big, big issue. i thank you for being with us. thank you for doing what you do on a daily basis. it s been great to have you here with us this morning. that wraps up the hour for me. see you tomorrow night on nbc news saturday. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. good day, everyone. this is andrea mitchell reports in washington. president biden is trying to show he is taking action in response to the supreme court s abortion decision. it s not clear what he can do without congress. just back from nato, the president will meet with nine democratic governors virtually to talk about steps they can take to protect abortion access. the white house is trying to increase the availability of abortion pills as recent cou
you are not going to call that. i call tackle. what were you looking at? jesse: what about the teacher s pet? the kid who brought a shiny little red apple from home and left it under her desk? hey, listener, i didn t want to say this from front of the other kids i didn t want to make them jealous. i made a special position for you it s the most important job of all. the manager. jesse: special treatment runs rampant in washington. only runs one way. democrats are the darlings of d.c. they can do no wrong. republicans on the other hand, well, there is an entire system in place designed to destroy them. and it happens every day right in front of our eyes. just last night, biden s department of justice leaked to the the washington post, of course, that donald trump may be under criminal investigation what for? does it really matter? they will figure it out later. the january 6th hearing still haven t presented hard evidence that donald trump committed a crime if
europe. we ll look at how the virus is spreading in the u.s. and the push for vaccines. millions of americans hitting the road this holiday weekend but fright delays and rising gas prices are putting the brakes on many of those, hoping for a great escape. we begin in ukraine where russia is said to have bombed an island it just abandoned two days ago. ukraine released this video saying it shows russian air strikes on sfanake island frida night. they used phosphorus bombs which cnn can t independently verify. russia is trying to destroy the equipment they let behind after leaving the strategic island in the black sea. this as a senior u.s. defense official says ukraine has used the u.s. made high mars multiple rocket launches to take out russian targets. at least four of those are in ukraine with four more on the way. president zelenskyy is accusing russia of terrorism following friday s residential strikes near odesa. at least 21 people were killed with 40 others wounded.
to ukraine. including a fresh new infusion of $820 million just this week, bringing the total commitment, are you guys ready? to $54 billion, which is about a third of ukraine paucity entire. according to one advisor we must sacrifice so the liberal world order is upheld. watch this. the military analyst, the director of national intelligence say this could be a long war measured in years. i think everybody understands why this is happening. but is it sustainable? what do you say to the families that say we cannot afford to pay for .85 dollars a month if it s not sustainable. the president set a clear articulation of the state s. this is about the future of the liberal world order and we have to stand firm. how long will you be expected to suffer in silence for the liberal world order? according to joe biden, as long as it takes. how long is it fair to expect americans to pay a premium because of the war? the second part of the question? will it bring down prices?
polarizing institution in the united states. frankly, it s not really surprising. last year the media hit an had n all-time low and they just can t rebound. especially when it comes to the supreme court new york times writes about the big political ruling in the senate republicans took the politically risky step of banning abortion. the the courts took care of that for them. you would think that somebody writing for 30 years could ve gotten this right, but what they actually did, yesterday after the court rejected the case, some workers challenged vaccine mandates, the media went after who else but clarence thomas. instead of just fact checking, supreme court justice clarence thomas that also wrote that this is part of it. let me be clear that there were no aborted fetus cells used in vaccines. and i think that this carries weight and that is the point. let s be clear, that s not what he said it all. he says justice thomas included a description of the health care wor