contentious issue. does using public money to send children to school offering religious education violate the separation of church and state, and the court might take up the affirmative action controversy considering an applicant s race as a factor in college admissions. i think we re going to look at this where the conservators really did take over the supreme court and american constitutional law, where they got what they were really looking for on the big hot-button issues that affect all of americans lives. our thanks to nbc s pete williams for that report. joining us now, co-founder of punch bowl news, jake sherman, an msnbc contributor. there are a whole load of things happening in washington that are very important at the moment, abortion, gun rights. up on capitol hill they re still talking about voting rights. oftentimes it seems like nothing is being talked about except infrastructure, but for lots of people around the country, all
representative james clyburn at 9:00 and noon eastern. you can tweet the show. if you ever miss an episode of the show, you can listen to the lead wherever you get your podcasts. our coverage continues right now with one mr. wolf blitzer right next door in the situation room. i ll see you sunday morning. happening now, breaking news, fda vaccine advisers vote to recommend covid vaccine booster shots for people age 65 and older and those at high risk after rejecting a broader proposal for boosters for everyone 16 and up. also breaking, the pentagon admits a drone strike in afghanistan killed ten civilians including seven children not terrorists in what military officials are calling a tragic mistake. up on capitol hill, on alert ahead of a far right rally
police says a fence will go up around the grounds a day or two before a scheduled rally next saturday. chief thomas manger says it will come down again very soon after if, in his words, everything goes well. the event is called justice for j 6 and it s being organized by supporters of people who were arrested in the january 6th capitol riot. chief manger says is he urging anyone who is thinking about causing trouble to stay home. he says his officers will enforce the law and will not tolerate violence. now, early this morning, capitol police arrested a california man who had a machete in his pickup truck outside the democratic national committee headquarters. a man had a swastika and other white supremacist symbols painted on his truck and told officers he was, quote, on patrol. up on capitol hill, democratic feuding over their massive spending bill. we talked about it $3.5 trillion. well, it s getting personal tonight. one of the top progressive
your shortlist of quality candidates, whose resumes on indeed match your job criteria. visit indeed.com/hire and get started today. i m wolf blitzer live here at the pentagon as we mark 20 years after the terror attacks of september 11th. let s discuss what s going on. dana bash is here, cnn s chief political corner, author john king is here, the chief national correspondent, kaitlan collins, chief white house correspondent. dana, all of us remember exactly where we are were 20 years ago today. you were on capitol hill. i remember vividly watching you, reporting, and i was so concerned, not just for you, for all my friends, up on capitol hill, that there was enormous fear that a plane was headed in your direction. that s right. and i got to the capitol, just
desperate to maintain the right to choose to not get tested? does he want to protect workerability to walk on the job with a serious case of covid? and then, there is what abbott called, quote, an assault on private businesses. something florida s governor, ron desantis, picked up on, too. today, he said the president was having a, quote, hissy fit and that people might lose their jobs. again, a bit hypocritical for both men. they re all huffy about president biden telling businesses what they can and can t do on vaccines when they have literally told businesses what they can and can t do on vaccines. the cruise-ship industry wanted to require vaccinations and abbott and desantis said no. oh, and the order from desantis which was shut down by a judge last month would have included a fine just like biden s. again, this is not what they say it is. at the time, desantis framed his order banning vaccine passports using similar language as abbott used yesterday. desantis said he was protect