Peoples lives are at risk. Congresswoman Cory Bush joins me live, when all instruments know. Good evening, from New York im chris hayes, as the Delta Variant moves through the country with truly stunning speed, Senator Lindsey Graham is the latest lawmaker to contract the coronavirus, this afternoon he announced via twitter, that he tested positive, but the good news is hes fully vaccinated, and experiencing mild symptoms. Says hes grateful for the vaccination. Other senators may have been exposed, graham attended a party on Senator Joe Manchins House Bowen saturday, at least eight senators including Graham And Manchin were at the party, several of those senators say they have tested negative since being on the boat. Several others are still waiting for results. Senator Manchin Jewelry importers that everyone on board was vaccinated in the party was held on deck. We were outside okay. And well everyones been vaccinated. So i talk to Lindsay Today hes fine. Hes all good. How long did ya
Receive regular testing. He will continue to push to get more vaccinated. The unvaccinated are still driving the spread of coronavirus. The cdc says only 1 of the u. S. Population lives In An area with low transmission at this point. The u. S. Is now averaging almost 64,000 new infections a day. That is 59 higher than last week. Almost 40,000 people are hospitalized with the virus and thats roughly 1 1,000 more tha last week. But there are signs that the unvaccinated are being swayed. More than 700,000 Vaccine Doses were administered wednesday. Thats way up from the day before. The average number of people getting their first shot is the highest it has been in three weeks. So lets get to cnns Jeff Zeleny at the White House with a preview of the president s message later this afternoon. What is he going to say . Reporter alisyn, the president is going to increase his rhetoric and language, going from simply asking americans to get vaccinated to requiring them to, at least those in the f
after seeding the fourth of july jamaica to his rivals. donald trump is back in action. this january we re going to win the iowa caucus. does absence makes voters hearts go fonder. and the b word and the boot. after a controversial attack on a fellow member, the freedom caucus votes to oust marjorie taylor greene. they re proving to the country they re destructionist. but no to no labels as the prospect of a third party candidate gets more real by the day. totally understand the frustrations that lead to this kind of discussion. i may have to be choice c. hello an welcome to inside politics sunday , i m abby phillip. the countdown is on. in just 190 days republican voters will cast their very first votes of the 2020 presidential race in the all important iowa caucus now set for january 15th. and it was in the hawkeye state with donald trump finally returned to the campaign trail on friday to rally the state s critical farming community. but his focus was clear. h
i m bill hemmer, good morning at home. dana: good morning. love your color today. bill: i called it a road dana: we talked about a debt ceiling. it wasn t easy, speaker kevin mccarthy has delivered on his promise to pass a bipartisan deal. 314-117. it caps spending and delivers big wins for republicans. dana: the bill would expedite energy projects. tighten food stamp requirements. cut i.r.s. funding and end the president s freeze on student loans. bill: some conservatives are threatening to out mccarthy and progressives weren t happy. the speaker doesn t seem to be phased. congress made a lot of promises with this deal that were not met on paper. i can t remember the last time congress made a promise it could keep. people should understand a strong no vote that we had tonight is just as important to the white house and to the president and to people across this country who are saying stand up and fight for us. we have a big board from the progressives tha
news. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, bulls eye, the direct hit to retail giant target. it stopped on a downward slide following the pride merchandise controversy. and rescue plan, the demolition is now on pause as the search continues for two people possibly left inside that iowa apartment building after the horrific partial collapse. we ve got a live report on the ground in davenport. also, quote, i expected to die. the powerful words from a rabbi during the pittsburgh tree of life synagogue shooting trial. we ll bring you the latest from that second day of testimony. plus, in just the last few minutes, the house officially took up the fiscal responsibility act, also known as the debt ceiling bill with the first round of votes expected in the next 90 minutes. where things stand on the hill right now. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, and i want to begin ri