agenda. a man who knows the white house, capitol hill, and all of washington quite well, joe johns, is joining me from capitol hill. complicated on the procedure front, but bottom line, where does this bill go once the senate finishes its work over the course of the next couple days? reporter: right, well, there are different parts of it. first, there is confidence today they ll at least pass the procedural vote and move toward consideration of the bill proper. after that, chuck schumer was just on the floor before mitch mcconnell, and he said there is an easy way to do this or there is a hard way to do this. the easy way, phil, as you know, is to get unanimous consent among all of the senators in order to limit the amount of time they debate, limit the amount of amendments, or the hard way. the hard way is to go about 30 hours with debate on each and every amendment finally ending up with a vote that could occur on monday or tuesday. so after that, of course, as you know, it ll go o
together. the boss daughter is bringing home an olympic medal. jessica springsteen, daughter of bruce springsteen, helping u.s. take home the silver medal in equestrian team jumping. the 29-year-old has been riding horses since she was four years old. some people just born to jump. all right. phil, could you imagine winning an olympic medal for something you did only three times in your life? that s what molly sieidel. she won bronze behind kenyan runners. she ran cross-country in college but never marathons. she was baby-sitting, working in a coffee shop last year, but never gave up. now she has gone the distance, returning home as olympic bronze medallist. phil, incredible. i love that. coy wire, my man in tokyo, thank you very much. my friend. we ll be right back. s the #1 red used most by dermatologists? it s neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair® smooths the look of fine lines in 1-week, deep wrinkles in 4.
an illinois tag. so people come from all corners of the world. this is the largest motorcycle rally in the country. this year, it is expected to be bigger than last year. phil? that sound is a great window into things. adrienne, thanks so much for your reporting. i want to talk more about all of this and many other things. joining me now is dr. jeremy foust, an emergency physician in boston, also the author of inside medicine newsletter. thank you for coming on. there is also a million things i want to ask you given what we re seeing across the country. i want to start with the motorcycle rally in south dakota. as many as 700,000 people are expected there. the cdc says that last year s event was tied to hundreds of new covid cases. given what we re seeing, how safe is an event like that at this moment? thanks for having me and this important conversation. actually, interestingly enough, the delta variant has changed
it. because they have pre-existing conditions. that has happened. that is the regret we can all avoid by being vaccinated. reporter: that s dr. pino, the health officer here in orange county. we did also say that 12 to 17-year-olds, he s been seeing a lot more of them getting vaccinated, which is good news. because orange county public schools begin class again on tuesday. they had to implement a mask mandate but give parents the option to opt out of that. that is because governor desantis has been adamant that parents should be given the choice. the state board of education going so far as to say parents who feel like a mask requirement is harassment for their child can seek a voucher to go to private school, phil. natasha chen, it is fascinating to watch the urgency trickle down and start to have a tangible effect on vaccinations, as you re seeing behind natasha. we ll get back to you. there are growing covid concerns in south dakota, where a massive motorcycle rally is
colleague at the white house, just reported a few minutes ago that she is coming to capitol hill also to talk about infrastructure. so there s more than one thing on her agenda. however, i think the important thing to say about voting rights is this is an issue that has been hung up on capitol hill. two bills, in fact. it s not clear at all that it s going anywhere, but there s a lot of optimism that chuck schumer will be able to force a vote before the senate goes away for recess. phil? something to keep a close eye on. joe johns, as always, thank you very much, my friend. more relief is on the way for millions of americans struggling with student loan debt. the biden administers is extending their pause on federal student loan payments one last time until january 31st, 2022. the pandemic relief benefit was set to expire next month after a 19-month suspension with no payments required and no interest accrued on federal loans.