act, through the act that we the first act we passed, to be able to make sure schools were able to be safe. so we have new ventlation systems available for them. we have the way they handle, they scrub down the lavatories i mean the lavatories kids go to to go to the bathroom, cafeterias, buses, et cetera. all that money is there. there is billions of dollars made available. it s there. not every school district has used it as well as it should be used. but it s there. and so in addition to that, there is now another $10 billion for testing of students in schools. so i i think, as time goes on, it s much more likely you are going to see that number go back up from 95% back up to 98, 99%. but the outfit, the individuals for the district that says we are not going to be open is
0 of your second, third, and fourth years? ashley? when you gave thattors forceful speech about voting rights in atlanta you conveyed it as being on the right side of history. my question, does president biden believe those people who voted against the filibuster to open up debate on voting rates, are they racist? joe, quickly to you. american consumers are hurting so much. what additional measures are you prepared to take to curve inflation and bring it down. that does it for us. thanks to all of you for watching. deadline: white house picks up our special coverage here on msnbc now. se picks up our special coverage here on msnbc now. hi there, everyone. it is 4:00 in new york. we are less than two minutes away from president biden s news conference. just his second solo domestic news conference as president. this marks the official ends of his first year in office. the white house today setting the stage for what they are describing as a reset moment, an opportunity to
using it to repair potholes. this is out of the $1.9 trillion covid relief package that the democrats and president biden passed in march of 2021. this is ridiculous. that bill was sold to help schools get back up to increase and improve ventlation systems. why didn t they use to it stockpile covid tests? what about the next big pandemic? this idea that government will keep spending money is what is making us go broke in the first place and has to stop. martha: why is there no account ability, juan? how does a town get the ability to say oh, well, you know, all this extra surplus money from the covid funds. let s give all the employees a bonus. everybody likes a bonus. that s not what the money is for. these are america taxpayer dollars. this is what i don t understand. in any other environment in the economy, you re not allowed to willy-nilly spend it.
get a covid vaccine before flying. i think it s a horrible idea. it s an invasion of privacy. i thinking taking a vaccine should be a personal choice. i don t think it s should be mandatory. a lot of mixed views here in atlanta. right now 30% of u.s.a. adults have nod had any vaccine. back to you, charles. charles: before i let you go, steve, throughout most of the second half of last year, all of this year, the airlines really stressed it was the most safe way to travel because of the ventlation systems and other things. any word how they might feel about this vaccine mandate? we have already seen some major airlines requiring their own employees to be vaccinated to come to work. so looks like the trend could be going to mandatory vaccines, charles. charles: steve, thanks very