there s a lot of questions about whether, in fact, the administration had the warnings and just wasn t quick enough to act on them. yeah. all right. let s go to garrett and talk about what s going on in new jersey. they broke the single-day case record. what s the situation like there? what kind of covid response are you seeing? tell us what s happening. yeah. that spike in cases across the state of new jersey you re talking about is leading to long lines at covid testing centers like this one in bedford, new jersey. it goes to the end of the parking lot and around the corner here. you see technicians out here as it s starting to snow. people are getting tested for a variety of reasons. some as a precaution. others because they want to travel and need that negative pcr test to travel. one woman i talked to said her entire family tested positive with coronavirus on the rapid tests but she couldn t get a pcr appointment until today. here the appointments are booked until this coming
texas saying it s important to keep up that fight. i was going to say, beto o rourke not going to be deterred by that. thank you so much, josh. and new this weekend, a federal judge in florida rules the cdc cannot enforce covid restrictions on cruise ships beginning in july. let s go to garrett who is joining me from miami to talk about this. let s talk about this decision. tell me more, gary, and how would cruise ships handle unvaccinated passengers as they go forward? hey there, alex. it s been 15 months, but in a few hours, the freedom of the seas will be taking to the seas. it s not without a little controversy. there is the federal judge who said the cdc cannot enforce what is happening to cruise ships. it means the required mandated test cruise, simulation voyage that is happening this weekend, but it is still happening by royal caribbean. what they re doing is asking and having volunteers, 600 royal caribbean employees, take a
bipartisan talks or to urge democrats to go down the path alone which he did with his covid relief bill in march. we are not sure all 50 democrats have signed onto the bill. i think you hit the nail on the head. you have to agree how to define it before you decide how to fund it. that s the problem. let s go to capitol hill where the future of the bipartisan commission to investigate the attack. no gop senators have said they are in board. let s go to garrett. do you think republicans will hold up this legislation? it looks that way and it is a striking turnabout from the house vote which 35 republicans broke from what was an intense
i have to say he s been on stage for several minutes and is receiving a very positive reaction. yesterday, if i compare that to yesterday, elizabeth warren, kamala harris, other folks got similar receptions. okay, duly noted. we were talking about what kamala harris in particular yesterday was going to need in putting her up against bernie sanders there. okay. thank you so much. let s go to garrett. he s in columbus, ohio. that s where joe biden is campaigning today. so what s happening there, garrett? reporter: well, alex, joe biden was here last night for the hrc, the human rights coalition s big gala in columbus, ohio, speaking to a group where he has really proven his meddle. during 2012 during the height of that president campaign, it was joe biden who came out first ahead of barack obama and said he was perfectly comfortable with the issue of marriage equality, essentially forcing the obama administration to keep up with him. that earned him an extraordinary amount of goodwil
funeral for congressman walter jones today. many members are attending and told they should be back at 6:30 for votes. it also takes time for them to take the pages of this bill and process them appropriately and literally walk them down the hallway from the senate to the house. so we need time for that. last time we were going through this process, there was a hiccup or snag that delayed the process for an hour or two but usually is not a big issue, it simply keeps everybody here at the capitol a little longer. so kasie we were anticipating a 9:00 p.m. votish. something is developing now. let s go to garrett. have we concluded this vote in the senate? looks like wrapping it up, ali. last count i m getting, it s just been called. the last count i have is not fully up to date but they got at least 84 yes votes here. as i was saying, still an overwhelming passing vote here despite the folks that voted against this both on the left, mainly the presidential