and d.c. government workers are teleworking today. ok. across the river we have also got the mayor of washington, d.c. and her team, just given a press briefing recently and what they are saying, enough supplies to get through here to keep the roads clear, to keep everything open and ready to go once this all opens up. as we were just talking about, john, this snowstorm just ended and it really kicked up early this morning. i have to say around 7:00 this morning, the roads were just wet and then all of a sudden this is the type of snow if you don t have the right car to be driving around in, it s a really good chance you could be stuck here. it happened quick, it s wet, it s a mess. back to you. even the piece of sound you were looking for could not make it in because of the snow. rich, thank you. stuck on the road. thank you.
we need your help badly. the president s message to a room full of graduates from hbcu south carolina state university. chuck schumer has vowed to pass voting rights in time for the 2022 election. and today senate democrats held a special meeting on a path forward for voting rights as well as the build back better plan, but there s still no sign of progress on either of the president s priorities. still here, don calloway and tim miller. don, is this going to get done? is voting rights going to get done? unfortunately, listen, it s not going to happen between now and the end of the calender year. and my fear is well-documented that if you go into next year which is typically a do-nothing year in terms of congressional activity in the cadence of washington, d.c., if you get out of this calender year going into next year there s a much lower chance it will happen because folks don t like to take risky votes or engage in this type of tightrope stuff.
south carolina state university. chuck schumer has vowed to pass voting rights in time for the 2022 election. and today senate democrats held a special meeting on a path forward for voting rights as well as the build back better plan, but there s still no sign of progress on either of the president s priorities. still here, don calloway and tim miller. don, is this going to get done? is voting rights going to get done? unfortunately, listen, it s not going to happen between now and the end of the calendar year. and my fear is well-documented that if you go into next year, which is typically a do-nothing year in terms of congressional activity in the cadence of washington, d.c., if you get out of this calendar year going into next year there s a much lower chance it will happen because folks don t like to take risky votes or engage in this type of tightrope stuff. of course voting rights shouldn t be tightrope stuff, but folks don t like to do this type of of stuff in the election yea
limited number of tools. now, if you re a local official, you can either be effective or you can or you can get in the way. so, for instance, the may r i don t mayor of washington, d.c. has announced every health care worker in the city, not just hospital workers, not just nursing home workers, every health care worker in the city, if you work in a doctor s office, a dentist s office, work in a hospital, everyone has to be vaccinated by the end of september. that s a proactive legislator. that s a proactive official trying to do best for their constituents as opposed to, you know, the governors of florida and texas that are trying to tie the hands of local officials who are endeavoring to protect their constituents. so, there s a gigantic difference, and this difference in covid rates in these places look at the covid rate in a place like d.c. or maryland
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