He s expected to land at jfk airport at any moment. The president will tour the damage from last week s historic flooding in the northeast that killed at least 52 people in six states. Biden s visit coming just days after he travelled to louisiana to see destruction there from hurricane ida. The president first plans to go to central new jersey today which w which was inundated with torrential rain last week and then he heads to queens where a dozen people died most of them trapped in flooded basements. Meantime new york city officials plan on going doortodoor to make sure that residents apply for federal relief. President biden approving new major disaster declarations for parts of new york and new jersey to help with the recovery. Let s go to john harwood now live at the white house with a preview of the president s visit. John, as we anticipate president biden will land at any moment. He s also expected to deliver remarks later in the day from queens. What are we expect to hear from
Straight ahead. All as nbc news has learned a decision is expected really any time on sweeping new protocols for federal workers. The president strongly considering requiring the vaccine or else strict testing for all government employees, plus the cdc with an aboutface, vaxed and masked in certain places. And the politics of the pandemic taking center stage. Republican governors and lawmakers from coast to coast pushing back saying not in my state and not legal. We ll give you the reality check on both claims and correspondents standing by. On capitol hill the january 6th committee already planning their next hearing. Well talk about when that will be and who will be there as the justice department moves not to defend a republican congressman in a riot related lawsuit. Senator elizabeth warren to talk about it and the fragile infrastructure deal and the push to cancel student debt. I m hallie jackson in washington with mike memoli at the white house, gabe gutierrez in atlanta, morgan
Desantis, nome, pompeo, pence, and the former president who called in to sunday morning futures ahead of his speech in a few minutes, and he says he has made up his blind about running. Mind about running. Well, i do know my answer, but i can t reveal it yet because that has to do with campaign financing and everything else. You know that. But i absolutely know my answer, and we re going to do very well, and people are going to be very happy. Eric: well, he may say more about that in a few moments. Casey strigl live in dallas steigel live in dallas, what can we expect? reporter: it s hard to say if he ll elaborate further on that comment here at the cpac convention, although it s unlikely at this point. Eric, you did mention that straw poll. It s a 20question survey, and registered attendees of the conference are encouraged to complete it. And it not only includes a mix of policybased questions, but it also tries to gauge how well received, in fact, some people are in the conservative
Would have put in place sweeping new voting restrictions. And the latest on another cyberattack breaking overnight. This one targeting the world s largest meat supplier. What it means for our cybersecurity, not to mention meat prices at the grocery store straight ahead. Welcome to tuesday. It s meet the press daily. I ll hallie jackson in for chuck todd. As we speak, president biden is on his way to tulsa, alabama, for the 100th anniversary of the massacre in tulsa. He s the first president to cast such a bright spotlight on this oftenignored memories in history. There are only a few living survivors from that attack 100 years ago and president biden will meet with them in a few hours before delivering remarks. That speech coming at a moment of renewed focus on social justice in america, and happening 24 hours after his memorial day address, where he brought up voting rights multiple times with the white house keeping the attention on racial equity. Democracy must be defended at all co
It s friday. I m bill hemmer. Good morning. Dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. Bill: you were in the town of manhattan last night right around mid town when this went off. Dana: finished the five and walking out of the building and lots of sirens. They were right there. Traffic was stopped and there had been fireworks. I didn t know what it was. An explosion of some sort on that street. 47th street we know it well and it was quite distressing for the people that were there and all of that kind of activity was followed into time square as well last night. Bill: during covid that street was empty. No longer as new york city opened up this past week. Dana: it is very busy. The attacks come as israel and hamas come to a ceasefire and after president biden put pressure on our biggest ally in the region to deescalate. Bill: we start with christina coleman in los angeles standing by. Let s begin with trey yengst in gaza city for the first time since the conflict started 11