but first the president and the press. let s talk about president biden priorities versus the media priorities versus the public priorities. should they be aligned. is the white house press corp pressing biden on american people s top concerns? and if not, why not? those questions were broaden to stark relief when everyone heard their questions, there is the white house press corp at thursday s presidential press conference. the press focused so many questions on immigration, and on the filibuster and widespread criticism of the performance of the journalists in the room. specifically on how the questions ignored problems that americans clearly care about. here is the data from pew research showing that front and center on american s minds are the economy, the pandemic, unemployment, the scourge of terrorism and health care. so are white house reporters out of sync with the country? individually, of course, there are outstanding reporters on the beat with lots of great questi
it is finally warming up in texas. but the devastating remains. millions are still without clean water or enough food to eat. as we are now learning the stories of people who froze to death in their sleep during this crisis. we ll get the latest from there and also this national catastrophe. half a million people have now died from covid in the united states of america. that is more than the number of americans who died on the battlefields of world war i, world war ii and the vietnam war combined. it s also more than double the next highest global death toll in brazil. this evening, president biden and vice president kamala harris will hold a moment of silence and candle-lighting seiche money to commemorate all those who have lost their lives to covid. and that comes in stark contrast to the words and actions of the previous president who consistently downplayed the coronavirus pandemic throughout his entire time in the oval office. here are just a few of the countless exampl
this. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. because we won the state, and flipping the state is a great testament to our country. this new law takes that secretary of state, who thwarted trump s efforts out of the election process entirely, and it would allow republican appointees to overturn results from local election boards. the law drew heated reaction from president joe biden. take a look. what i m worried about is how un-american this whole initiative is. it s sick. it s an atrocity. the idea you want any indication that it has nothing to do with fairness, nothing to do with decency, they passed a law saying you can t provide water for people standing in line? while they re waiting to vote? you don t need anything else to know that this is nothing but punitive, designed to keep people from voting. but at the same time, the details on what he can actually do to stop all this, that s a little bit more vague at the moment. is there any
bill: in is the quote that strikes you. the border is secure. the border is closed. i don t know how you rate that based on what we are reporting so far. that doesn t seem to match up with reality. there has been very little, if any, access the media has been held out from it. the pictures you just saw from a democratic congress member whose district spans that area of texas. dana: we ll talk to local mayors on the front lines. the numbers are staggering. officials are encountering close to 600 unaccompanied minors every day. as of saturday 1,000 kids have been held by border patrol for more than 10 days. the biden administration says the situation is being handled but republicans call it a free for all. are you thinking of going to the border? i will at some time. i know what s going on in those facilities. the border is secure. the border is closed. we ve been unequivocal in that and we re operationalizing our processes, executing our plans. the border is wide o
america reports as we kick off another news filled week. threatening to strip governor andrew cuomo at his of emergency powers, downplayed the number of nursing on residents who died from covid. sandra: slamming their response as shameful. there was obstruction of justice, and this is not about politics. this is about people s lives, and what was so shameful, they did and apologize for the number of deaths. in an apologist for the policy, but apologize for the political fallout. john: republican congresswoman of south carolina is standing by to talk with us. sandra: we look forward to that. we began our coverage with william la jeunesse. the california governor there, and bryan llenas is live in brooklyn for us. has governor andrew cuomo reacted to this latest bombshell yet? see cassandra, good afternoon. now, he has not responded. he has not held a public press conference since last wednesday, and the reality is this is all happening, there is a growing number of d