Wall Street Journals Michael Bender to discuss former president and much more from his explosive new book, frankly we did win the election is the title. Lets begin in washington with Kelly Odonnell and founder of girls who code and Marshal Plans for moms and jason fuhrman. A Big Day at the White House. This White House trying to continue to remind voters that the massive Covid19 Relief Package that previous package that democrats passed earlier this year is benefiting them and Family Members as the economy continues to recover with a kuk in today of the Child Tax Credit. Tell us about the vent coming up. As some elements of the current Biden Agenda stalled on Capitol Hill, theyre reaching back to the success in the administration and the Covid19 Relief Package. Something they believe can be a Legacy Item for the biden era. And that is trying to lift children out of poverty in the country by using this law to give to families based on income thresholds their Tax Credit for that they would normally be able to get back in the taxes as a monthly payment so that can provide more basic needs for Families Month by month with more certainty. That could be a Life Changing Standard Of Living changing experience for as many as 60 Million children and their families in the country. Democratic priorities include trying to somehow make this permanent and at this time they really believe this is a chance to argue for what theyve already accomplished. Also to inform people so if they see through their direct deposit an increase in the family Checking Account or Savings Account wherever they would receive their tax return money, to explain what is this and how should they use it . So consider it in some ways constituent education as well as trying to put pressure on the public to recognize benefits of what government has done and then perhaps not looking so much at the things that are not working as well just yet in terms of advancing other parts of the Biden Agenda. So this is a chance to speak directly to american families, to say they have delivered on a promise and to speak to the benefit they see more broadly of the Human Economy by emphasizing how this can help children and their parents with very basic needs. Andrea . And lets talk about what more you think needs to be done. You put out a Letter Today saying this is a start but not enough. Yeah. I mean, the Child Tax Credit is not just about reducing Child Poverty. But its about providing critical relief to mothers who we know are not going back to work. I mean every mom i know desperately needs help. This is going to provide some amount of relief. It is a down payment. Because with very to recognize that mothers are bearing the burden of Household Labor and of childcare and that is keeping them out of the workforce. And so today we released a letter to the White House from 50 moms. A mom said what this Tax Credit means to her. I need this money to pay for shoes. You know, sasha from arizona said i lost my job. This is going to help me get a new skill set. So moms are suffering right now. Im telling you this right now. Whether its moderate democrats or republicans who dont support the Child Tax Credit, moms are going to vote with their feet. Theyre going to pay a critical price at the polls if they dont start supporting moms. The fed Chair Jay Powell testifying in the second day of the testimony on the sna the side i believe. He is saying that inflation has been higher than they expected. And a little more persistent. First of all, how much are your concerns about inflation and do you that i they may be already too late . Tax credits are important and exciting and probably more important than anything related to inflation. There are much more inflation than anyone expected this year. A lot of it is transitory. Its going to continue on for a number of years. The fed to date has underestimated inflation quite a lot. Im not that worried. I think theyre going to ultimately, you know, do what they need to to keep it under control. Theyll just get to that point sooner than they think theyre going to get to that point. Just another follow up question. You have weekly job claims at a low. The economy, things are coming back together. Consumption is almost back to where it was prior to the pandemic. The last jobs number, 850,000 jobs was terrific. I think we can maintain that pace for a number of months. I think well have some months that are even better than that. There are funky things with hiring other places. I think The Big Picture is were mending much faster than any of would you say have thought a year ago when we were staring at a 15 unemployment rate. And i guess finally to you, jason, you are concerned about the 3. 5 trillion . In the second big Infrastructure Package that is approved by the Budget Committee . Are we getting to the point where were spending too much . What do you expect from the pay fors. We havent seen them yet. Well wait for the cbo to decide how thaur going to score them. Theyre likely to include a little bit of fudgy thinking. Frankly, i dont mind that. We have a lot of needs in in country. Preschool is in the legislation. Childcare is in the legislation. Care giving, a lot of issues related to children that we just talked about. I think those are incredibly important. That is almost never true in the united states. We have a lot of room to borrow as long as youre using the money well. So thats what im looking at. Not how much money is it used well . And by and large, the things that its being use ford, if children is a big one, i think are quite well and quite important and worth the money. We hope so. Really, you love to see you smiling, jason. Its a good day around here. Kelly, lets quickly look ahead to the president s meeting with angela merkel. Covid19, russia, the global economy, a lot of critical topics although germany is really happy that when the president says america is back it means america is back and not criticizing nato and not turning his back Joe Biden not turning his back on the alliance where hes been a Star Player at the Munich Security Firm for decades. He believes in the atlantic alliance. It brings to sort of our domestic threat the overseas trip and the reacknowledgement of the traditional partnerships, what they mean, why theyre important. And here you have in Chance Color Merkel and the president , two people that have been on the World Stage for a very long time. What is interesting is also looking at how germany is positioned with its relationships with russia at a time when President Biden has challenging relationships with putin. Wanting to reset the relationship, wanting to set new terms especially in areas like cyber Hacking And Ransomware where the president put russia on notice. Some tension there to be sure. Certainly the german relationship is different. A lot of collective experience here with what to do with covid19 as the world wants to reopen with Travel Concerns and international commerce. Trying to right itself again. All that playing out. And in some ways this is a last chance to see one of the most prominent figures in our modern politics for the last time here at the White House after a long tenure. Four president thats she has served alongside and interacted with. Its really a notable occasion for the White House to host merkel and a lot of critical issues, everything from iran to covid19 to the russiau. S. Relationship and global partnership there. A lot on the plate. Well see that on display today. Kelly, thank you. Nice to you have all as well. And President Biden revving up the caucus as he did yesterday at that unusual trip to the old Home Base on Capitol Hill to rally support for the 3. 5 trillion massive Spending Plan for childcare, Climate Change and additional medicare benefits. Budget chairman Bernie Sanders was crucial in bringing together all the factions of the democratic caucus. We caught up with sanders yesterday. Are you surprised that this president is going to go this far . If you dont tell anybody . Yeah, i am. Im very proud he is prepared to understand that in terms of the needs of Working Families and in terms of the Climate Crisis you have to go big. The most kons Fennel Piece of legislation being proposed since the Great Depression and fdr. Joining me now is Senator Coons and in the room as well for the caucus meeting yesterday. Take us unside that room. You have Joe Biden returning to The Hill among friends but different factions in the caucus. But from all reports, they were really well united as he went around the room. President biden got several Standing Ovations from the democratic caucus. And what was encouraging is to hear several of the senators that ran against him for president like Budget Committee chairman Bernie Sanders say very positive, very supportive things. President biden is pulling us together as a caucus and we accomplish two goals at the same time. One is to finalize the details bipartisan Infrastructure Package. Im working hard with senators from ohio and of arizona to pull together the last details and to get to a text this weekend. And the bold, Big Proposal that is coming out of the Budget Committee supported by all the democrats on that committee that would move forward 3. 5 trillion proposal to invest in things that will actually make a real difference in peoples lives. Making Community College free, supporting individuals and families and financial needs through something like the chuld Tax Credit which is Hitting Mailboxes and in boxes to day all over the country, providing 300 per child for tens of millions of families. That is the bold vision that chairman sanders is putting forward. And folks like Senator Manchin are working with me and many others on the bipartisan Infrastructure Package. President biden did a great job of engaging our caucus and keeping All Of Us growing in the same direction. Do you risk losing any members of that republican coalition because of this big package that has virtually no republican support . You know, this two Track Parallel Act that youre performing has never been done before. So, andrea, this bipartisan Infrastructure Package will be the single greatest investment in infrastructure in the history of our country. We havent kept up to speed. The we havent been competitive with other countries around the world in infrastructure. As well as 21st Century Infrastructure like broadband. It is something that all of cuss come together around and because of the jobs that will be created, the way it will help us compete with china and other countries around the world, its going to enjoy strong bipartisan support. That is different from the broader and bolder 3. 5 trillion plan. Thach is a plan where democrats will support it and republicans will oppose it. Increasing taxes on the very wealthiest americans and the most profitable corporations that pay no taxes and using those additional resources to strengthen the social infrastructure of our country to invest in things like childcare and daycare, quality education, access to opportunity. And Thats Place where were going to fight it out in the fall. I think we can pursue both of these. Infrastructure is an area that weve all agreed on for the entire decade that ive been here in the senate. We havent gotten it done. And let me button this down by saying on the 3. 5 trillion package, i know that the Budget Chairman wouldnt have produced it unless everybody was signed on. But are you sure youve got Manchin And Cinema on that number . Look, Senator Mark Warner of virginia very successful in business. One of our more moderate members is on the budgets committee. He was part of the effort to pull that together to get it out of committee. Im optimistic that broad package will enjoy support from every member of our caucus. But obviously maybe not obviously it is worth repeating that what comes out of the Budget Committee is a broad framework. Then the details have to be worked out over the next couple of weeks even months. By the different committees and jurisdiction. The we are much closer to final text to a Infrastructure Proposal from the bipartisan group than we are on the other much bigger proposal. Thats going to take weeks to work out the specifics. One of the pieces of the Big Proposal this im excited about is the climate conservation course. Something that will put tens of thousands, Maybe Hundreds Of Thousands of younger americans to work around our country. Investing in resiliency in a way that confronts climate and puts younger americans to work and gives them an opportunity to serve. I literally just spoke to senator sanders about this. Im optimistic. And changing gears for a moment. The Washington Post revealing today that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs Of Staff was worried about what President Trump may do to maintain Power Faen a coup was forthcoming. This according to a new book. Saying, this is a rush tag moment, the gospel of the furor. What is your reaction to that . Thats a really striking excerpt from that book. I hope all of your watchers take a moment to focus on this. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs Of Staff, a career army leader, someone who is at the highest levels of our military, according to that book, took seriously the idea that president Trum Whop try to overthrow the government and to exercise authoritarian leadership of our country. That is a chilling allegation. And something that i think All Of Us ought to take a moment and look hard at. Frankly, that President Trump has never accepted the election of President Biden, that President Trump just this past week, former President Trump this last week suggested that those violent rioters who assaulted our capitol were good people should concern All Of Us. We have a basic division here. In terms of our view of the constitution and the constitutional role of the president and that excerpt from this latest book that suggests that the chairman of the joint chiefs and the other service chiefs were genuinely concerned given his actions and statements that former President Trump might try to go outside the boundaries of our constitution should concern All Of Us. Finally, i want to ask you about Cube Yachlt i know all the reasons for, you know, criticizing Let Jeem right now, the president , the Secretary Of State, senator menendez, very strongly when i interviewed him the other day. But covid19 cratered the economy. Should we find because to do more for the cuban people and relaxing the wire transfers . That go to families back home . Andrea, earlier today i met with Governor David Beasley who runs the World Food Program. He won the nobel peace price, the organization did under his leadership. And one of The Enduring questions facing something like the World Food Program is should we be providing Food Relief to governments in countries like Ethiopia And North korea, venezuela, syria, elsewhere . Government action is oppressing their people and causing famine. So too is the case on cuba. A country where long standing communist authoritarian regime repression of the people created the conditions in combination with our sanctions and with covid19 for a popular uprising. My hope is that the cuban people will be successful in changing the government in cuba. But the reality is we also cant turn a blind eye to Human Suffering around the world no matter where it occurs. So my hope is that we will, as a country speak out against the repression of the regime in cuba while at the same time expressing our solidarity with the cuban people and their aspirations for better lives. Will you tell that to your friend the president . When i have a chance to talk with him, which i suspect may be today or tomorrow, i will. Senator, thank you. Coming up, guard duty. Another scathing new book inside trumps final months. Another new book. This one Michael Bender saying how brass intervened whether he wants to use the military and live ammo against peaceful protesters in washington over a year ago. Michael bender joining us next. Well squeeze in a quick break. Well break out of that and come to you the minute the president walks in. This is Andrea Mitchell reports on msnbc. Andrea mitchl reports on msnbc. When technology is easier to use. Barriers dont stand a chance. Thats why well stop at nothing to deliver our technology asaservice. [announcer] at southern new hampshire university, we never stop celebrating our students. To deliver our technology asaservice. From Day One to graduation to your dream job, thats why were keeping your tuition low for the 10th year in a row. 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Every month american families need to buy groceries and gas to pay for Rent Or Homeowners insurance utilities and Car Loans and even if they have enough to make ends meet, it is often just barely enough. Unexpected expense can mean the difference between taking on more debt or losing it all. In the wealthiest nation in the world, it should not be this way. The president and i, we both believe that. So when we took office we set out to provide american families with some relief. Thats what were doing. Want to thank those Members Of Congress who led and voted to expand the Child Tax Credit. The President Will Detail the expansion but let me underscore one important piece. This Tax Cut will be issued in monthly payments. The this has never happened before. And america yes, it is a Big Deal. I have been fighting for months and for quite some time even when i was in the senate for monthly payments because i know its the struggle to make ends meet is monthly, the solution has to be also. The payments may be monthly. But the impact of this Child Tax Credit will will undoubtedly be generational. Undeed, it is the largest Middle Class Tax Cut in generations and will lift up half of our nations children who are living in poverty. In lifting up the children and american family, it will lift up our entire nation. Today is a good day, america. It is a historic day. And we are here today because of the vision and the leadership of a fellow parent of a president that believes with all his heart that strength of our nation should be measured by the strength of our families and our children. It is my great honor to introduce prison Joe Biden. Thank you. For anybody under the age of 13, this has got to be boring, boring, boring for you. Right . Ill tell you what, we ought to work something out here. When is over, your parents uncles, aunts, they owe you Ice Cream or something for this. Folks, its a pleasure to be here. And this i believe this is a historic day. Historic day in a sense that we continue to build an economy that respects and recognizes the dignity of Working Class families and Middle Class families. Its historic and its our effort to make another Giant Step toward ending Child Poverty in america. This is one of the things the Vice President and i will be most proud of when our terms are up. Beginning this morning, nearly all Working Families as people making under 150,000 families or an individual making under 125,000 who have children or raising children in america, theyre going to receive the first monthly first monthly Tax Cut payment. That payment, that payment from the expanded Child Tax Credit is to be signed into law as part of my our american Rescue Plan. Its one of the largest ever single Tax Cuts for families with children. And its reflection of our belief that the people of this country who need Tax Cut are not the folks with the time, they got plenty of Tax Cuts. Theyre doing just fine. But its the people in the middle, folks that are struggling or just looking for a little bit of breathing room. A little bit of breathing room. This has the potential to reduce Child Poverty in the same way that the Social Security reduced poverty for the elderly. And by the way, think of monthly payments. You get a Social Security check, those who you know get Social Security, they get it monthly. Well this will be, unless you want one lump sum, this is a monthly payment for childcare. For excuse me, for your children, a Tax Cut. Here is how the Tax Credit works. The for every child under the age of 6, parent will get 3,600 a year. For every child 6 to 17, theyll get 3,000 per year. For example, middle Class Family with two young children who are expect to receive 7,200 a year to help raise their children. This will be the theyll get the first half of this 3,600 starting today. Today. Today. And it will be paid out at 600 a month between, july, and december. Then they get the rest of the payment next spring around tax day. Now if you file taxes electronically, you can go to your Bank Account Today Today And Youll see a payment that says child ctc. Let me say that again. Payments of 300 for each child under the age of 6, 250 for each child between the ages of 6 and 17 on a monthly basis between now and between now, july, and december. If you dont file electronically as you did last year, you can expect to receive a check in the mail beginning today or a few days from now. Youll get this payment on the 15th of every month for the rest of this year. If youre not required to file taxes at all in the past, you havent filed because you didnt owe any taxes, then you can go to childtaxcredit. Gov. Let me say it again. Childtaxcredit. Gov and you will give theyll give you clear information and a link to help you sign up for the first time. This can be life changing for so many families. Because of the way the Tax Credit was structured, before the american Rescue Plan, more than 26 Million children from the hardest press Working Families didnt get any full payment for a Child Credit for childcare, for Child Tax Credit. Half of all black and children didnt get the Tax Credit. We made this Tax Cut fully refundable. In plain english, instead of families that need help the most getting the least, the hardWorking Families, hardWorking Families will get this on a monthly basis. 97 of the children receiving this credit come from Working Families. And the other 3 include kids being raised by retired grandparents or by someone with a serious disability. This credit doesnt start to phase out until a couple is making 150,000 or single parent that is making 112,000. It begins to phase out then. This is a Middle Class Tax Cut. When i came up when i decided i wanted this in the legislation, i referred to it in the way that it really s its a Middle Class Tax Cut. Its just like the wealthy get Tax Cuts for a lot of things. Its a Tax Cut for your children having children. And this can make it possible for hardworking parents to say to his or her child, honey, we get you can get new braces now. We can get you tutor to help new that Math Class you are having trouble with. We can get you the Sports Gear you need to sign up for the first team youre going to play on. People have written to me to tell me they use the many ton buy their kids new shoes, to send them to summer camp, to cover after school care. To give you awe sense of how transformtive this is, this will be the largest ever one Year Decrease in Child Poverty in the history of the united states of america. As we begin now. Historic reductions in Child Poverty among white, black, and latinos and aapi communities, its not even close. The benefits will be felt for years. Studies have shown that Tax Relief that helps thats okay. Dont worry about it. Its okay to let him or her cry. That helps children and can lead to better health, better School Performance and better future earnings. In fact, research from Colombia University in New York found that for each dollar this Tax Cut costs, it returns 8 in benefits down the line. 8 will have to be spent other because. Its a gigantic help. Its an 81 return. Your head, heart, and your budgets all lead to the same place. This is the right thing to do. And its a smart thing to do. Today these Tax Cut payments are arriving automatically. But it didnt happen automatically. The result of the work of people that did this advocated for this for a long, long time. And we finally got it past the american Rescue Plan. I want to particularly thanks those who have been fighting for this for years. Congresswoman from connecticut, she has been a champion in this issue. Congressman Richy Neil and torres, senators bennett, brown, booker, ron white, probably hear from our republican friends all who voted against this. But theyll tout the success as it helps Working Families and their states and their districts. But in the coming days, were also going to hear from them saying i want to now extent this tax its only for one year now. Thats all i can get it for for the first time. And so i want to extend it into the future now. Another piece of legislation that we voted on. So were going to continue this. So the people who say we cant afford to give the Middle Class a break, i say we can afford it by making people at the top and big corporations, 50 of which didnt pay taxes last year at all, start paying their fair share. Im not going to gouge them. Just pay your fair share. Because people who are working hard and paying taxes deserve a break. Thats why excuse me for all the terms im using, but by build back better agenda which still needs to be voted on in the congress keeps this Tax Cut for Working Families in place for years to come. We shouldnt let tax goes up on Working Families. We shouldnt let Child Poverty continue to stain the conscience or drag down our economy. And so i say to my colleagues in congress, this Tax Cut for Working Families is something we should extend, not end next year. Make sure your families know about the Tax Cut. Learn more about the differences that its going to make in their lives. Let me close with this. I signed the american Rescue Plan less than two months after taking office in january 20th. Four months later, we implemented the automatic monthly payment for any major Tax Credit ever as the Vice President is talking about. The and on Social Security, a long time ago. This Ground Breaking effort is similar to what we did and our i call our wartime effort to Vaccinate Americans against covid19 to mobilize the whole country. Were proving were proving that democracy can deliver for people and deliver in a timely way. Saving lives, improving lives, helping Fuel Record setting recovery, giving Working Families a Fighting Chance again. I received an Email Today from a mother in washington state. She is a young teacher. She just received her payment. She wrote, my family has been living Hand To Mouth and put me through school so i can follow my passion of mold young minds. This first Ctc Payment has come at the exact moment when we need it most. These payments may seem small to some. But theyre life changing for my family, for us. Millions of children and families and starting today, theyre lives are about to change for the better. And our country will be better off for it as well. This is a really good day. And parents, you can tell your kids when theyre 25 years old and you were there the day this happened. We talked about it. Were showing once again that there is nothing beyond the capacity, our capacity as americans to get done what we do together. So i want to thank you. God bless you all and may god protect your troops and kids. Thank you for being so polite while i was speaking. You were very, very nice. Thank you, thank you, thank you. President Biden And Vice president harris announcing the implementation today of of that new Child Tax Credit. We talked about it. Were talking about 39 Million families to reduce Child Pafrt Poverty in this country by 50 . And moving on to new and alarming revelations about the final months of the Trump Presidency and how the chairman of the joint chiefs stood up to the commander in chief. According to the new book the former president suggested this that crack the skulls of the black Lives Matter protesters in washington just over a year ago and shoot them. As the general pushed back in the overal office that day, pointing to what a portrait of what lincoln said and that guy had an insurrection. What we have, mr. President , is a protest. Joining me now, Wall Street Journal Reporter Michael Bender is riveting new book is titled frankly we did win this election. The unside story of how trump lost. Michael, congratulations. This book is just spectacular. Thank you for writing it. Turning to the general, in the new book, he looks at the chaos inside the trump White House. General millys push back against the former president s violent tendencies including telling Stephen Miller to shut up. Tell us about that day. Thats right. Were talking about early june. The news got out that trump had been in the bunker amid protests outside the White House. And he was furious. He struggled to find a message to the protest and lashed out at the general and senior officials. And this is a really a through line from the book starting early in the year all the way through The End. Start with the first impeachment and end with the second impeachment. What is striking is the people like general millie were clearly worried that trump had become dangerous. That he had become reckless and desperate pursuit to hold on to power. He wanted to shoot americans, andrea. S his own Secretary Of State by The End of the year was worried he would start a war. To remain president. And to that point, there was actually an agreement among Secretary Pompeo and a couple of the other top officials, millie and others, to try to protect the national security from the president of the united states. In the shuffle of trumps administration, he asked if some of the new hires had connections to neonazis. Mike pompeo was so concerned that he wanted a daily call to keep a check on temperatures and impulses in the last days. Tell us about what happened when trump went to John Kelly his then Chief Of Staff and praised Adolph Hitler saying he did good things too. Yeah, this is a couple years ago. And it is just a shocking revelation here. To think that anyone would praise anything around hitler and people around trump was long concerned that he had given winks and nods to this Extremist Wing of the party who White Supremacists and Neonazis And Unwillingness to Tam Thap down. That was a Concern Back in 2018. And all the way through, you know, into 2021 again Millys Concern as well. And those two men had these kind of conversations. General milly knew what he was walking into. He was a scene in this book between the two men before milly accepted the nomination to become the chairman of the Joint Chiefs Of Staff. He asked John Kelly what he thinks. The what he should do. Kelly says, if i were you, i would get as far fing away from this place as i possibly can. The next day John Kelly announced that he was leaving the administration. Tell us about the fight between Mike Pence and former President Trump. It was a year earlier when under direction from Jared Kushner and with the president s approval, he was pressured to hire the former fired aide and then gets into a fight with the president over it. Yeah. This is important. There is a lot of questions about, again, what is happening behind the scenes in the runup to january 6th. And where trumps mind was and where his orders were and the people around him, how they were enabling, you know, the impulses. And people around pence wanted hum to be direct and concise with the president that he did not have the authority to overturn the election on january 6th. But pence was not very practiced in confronting trump. The only instance i can find is in 2018 where he and trump argue over the hiring of corny Lewandowski And Pence says we discusseded this, get your facts straight. Some people wanted him to have a get your facts straight before january 6th. Indeed. The book is, of course, frankly, we did win this election. There is the cover. Congratulations, michael. Thank you. Its a great job. Today the Surgeon General is warning that misinformation about covid19 is an urgent threat facing the country. The first time that recognition that the administration sees this as major factor in the alarming decline of people getting vaccinating even as the Delta Variant increases the risk for the unvaccinated. Joining us now is director of the center for infectious Disease Research and policy at the university of minnesota. Thank you, doctor, for being with us. I do welcome this announcement by the Surgeon General. Well, i think its awe very krut Call Message to send right now. Fwheer a very precarious team in this pandemic. Globally and in the united states. We have seen major uptick, 111 increase in cases of covid19 over the last two weeks. We have seen 22 increase in the hospitalizations. That is a lagging indicator that usually occurs later. And 5 increase in deaths. Anyone who is watching the media knows what is happening in places like missouri and arkansas and seeing this happen around the country, we need to get people vaccinated as soon as possible. One of the revelations is you have the chief of Staff Mark meadows at The End of the administration advising the president no the to wear a mask. Yeah. The i mean at this point what we need is just straight talk. I do think this administration is giving that to us. They have done an amazing job. We have 100 Million americans who are not yet vaccinated. And that group is serving as where were going to see the big increase in cases. And lessons be learned from europe, england which has had one of the highest Vaccination Rates in the World Yesterday posted 42,900 new cases. One of the highest dates since the big peak in it january. Im afraid well see that here too. We have to get this message out. Vaccination, vaccination, vaccination. And if if you dont, the virus will eventually find you and that i think is when were going to see people wishing they had been vaccinated. Now as we have been pointing out, a lot of this misinformation has come from the previous White House and one of the things that is causing people to be reluckant to get vaccines. One of our colleagues and one of your colleagues tweeted should medical boards take action against doctors . In have been some in the White House and the platform, the former White House, i should say, who give mixed information to people. Should their licenses be at stake . Yeah. This is a confusing time. I think we have to acknowledge that. You know, we do have the fact that these vaccines are not formally lunsed. Theyre approved under Emergency Use thorpgs. We need to do a better job of explaining how the vaccines are really public health miracles. They are very safe. They will be licensed eventually. We need to also make certain that we help people understand that this pandemic is not over. If you listen to much of the america, you you this this thing is done. And so one of the challenges is people say wait a minute, i thought this was over. And so we have to do a lot of additional critical messaging and i think again the Surgeon Generals Emphasis Today on misinformation is really important. Having said that, i recognize there will be a group in this country with what i call vaccine hostile. Theyll not get vaccinated at all. Its a situation where i what we can do is limit it. But for the vaccine hesitant, people that still have legitimate questions, pregnant women that want to be reassured this vaccine is safe for their unborn child, those are the vudz individuals we have to continue to reach out to or well see the major increase in the united states in the days ahead. Doctor, as always, thank you so much for your expertise. Thank you. And coming up, making their case. Texas democrats in d. C. Just held what could be their most important meeting yet. The latest on the push for Voting Rights. What else democrats are trying to tackle before the mid terms. This is Andrea Mitchell reports on msnbc. Itchell reports on msnbc. Which saved investors over 1. 5 billion last year. Thats decision tech. Only from fidelity. Im not hungry youre having one more bite no one more bite kraft. For the win win. Okay, were not gonna ask for discounts on floor models, demos or displays. Shopping malls can be a big trigger for young homeowners turning into their parents. You ever think about the Storage Operation a place like this must rely on . No. They just sell candles, and theyre making overhead . You know what kind of fish those are . No. Eh, dont be coy. [ laughs ] [ sniffs, clears throat ] koi fish. It can be overwhelming. Think a second. Have we seen this shirt before . Progressive cant save you from becoming your parents. 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What are you hearing out of Todays Meeting . Reporter sounds like that was not the focus of Todays Meeting. The Texas Democrats and Senator Manchin emerged singing from the same him nal saying they had a positive meeting, need to do something, emphasis something, to protect Voting Rights, probably needs to be narrower than the for the people act which recently failed in the senate with unified republican opposition. I asked about the discussion around the filibuster, changes to it, i was surprised by what Texas Democrats told me. Listen to this. Did you press him on the idea that yall were floating the other day trying to make a carve out in the filibuster to pass something like this with just democratic votes . No. Not at all . No. I think enough people discussed the filibuster with Senator Manchin. It is an elephant in the room, everybody knows the deal. He knows senate maneuvers and mechanics, well leave the tactics up to him. Andrea, i have been covering Joe Manchin a long time. I dont think anyone comes out of a meeting with him, regardless of his politics, he is a skilled politician. I dont think anybody comes out not feeling like they had a good meeting. I am not sure where this leaves Texas Democrats, an agreement on the need to pass something doesnt necessarily help them if tactically in terms of how to move something through congress theyre in the same place they were when they got here. I think they didnt want you to know and wanted to keep the conversation going, and that could be a tactic there, to not bring it up. Kimberly, what comes next for them and for the voting Rights Issue . We all kind of knew the original voting Rights Bill was too big, too broad, wouldnt gain any support, it was a Talking Point more than legislation. I guess the next question is how are they going to narrow it to get down to what theyre concerned about, nullification as well as access. Right. What i am hearing is that theyre moving carefully not only to ensure that it is a bill, that they come out with a bill that can get as much support as possible but also survive any potential challenges, if it is to pass. Pointed out how in the past, there have been big civil Rights Legislation in the 60s but ended up broken apart, one addressed to voting, housing, other things. More incrementally. Thats the idea. But at the same time, everybody is talking about the filibuster because that is the only Way Theyll be able to move forward, even if you get most people on board. If you cant get all 50 senators plus the Vice President s tying vote, youre not going to get anything anyway, cant get anywhere without the ability to pass that vote without any republican support because republicans are solidly in favor of what is happening on the State Level that is Texas Democrats traveled to washington to speak out against. And sam, whats your sense of the support from the White House on Capitol Hill for a Voting Rights carve out at this point . Very minimum. We reported that James Clyburn close Biden Ally came out publicly said i want the president to endorse a carve out for Voting And Election laws. The White House was the Position Hasnt changed. They want to bring back a talking filibuster, by that put the onus on the opposition, those doing the filibuster to show up, get to the floor, sustain their filibuster as opposed to the majority to break it. But theyre not in favor of a carve out in the sense we get from reporting, they see it as sort of a Slippery Slope in terms of rules reform. Create a carve out for election, Voting Rights, another constituency, immigration advocates will say we should have a carve out for our interests, too, and then you get towards removing the filibuster which is something that Joe Biden has said he doesnt want to do. Very briefly, garrett, almost out of time, but new reporting from the Washington Post about general milleys conversations with Speaker Pelosi about President Trumps nuclear authority, reassuring pelosi, maam, i guarantee you we have checks and balances in the system. Thats interesting. From the Phil Ruker and carol eddie book. Reporter Speaker Pelosi said she reached out to milley. Her concerns about the stability of former President Trump and his decision making. Now we know it went beyond pelosi, talking behind the scenes directly with general milley about the concerns. An interesting development. Okay. Thank you all. Thats from the i alone can fix it. That does it for this edition of Andrea Mitchell reports. Today is 25 years since msnbc went live. So much changed, including hair colors, styles. Congratulations to all my colleagues that have been here the whole time, me included, among the first ones on air that day, brian williams. Read his thoughts on the launch at msnbc. 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