Covering the infrastructure debate, and in Mississippi And California covering the dangerous spread of coronavirus. In fact, that is where we will start. Nbcs Allison Barber is outside a hospital in jackson, mississippi, where they are starting to see a rise in children hospitalized with covid. Las vegas an indoor Mask Mandate is back in americas second largest city and i want to bring in Dylan Byers and dr. Patel. Lets start in mississippi, one of the least vaccinated states in our country and now children make up 7 of Icu Covid patients statewide there. What are you hearing from folks on the ground about the crisis . Reporter yeah, the numbers are rising here. Theyre rising quickly. Thats whats giving a lot of Doctors Concern is the rate at which theyre seeing these numbers really start to pick up. We are outside of a childrens hospital. Its part of a larger medical system. One of the largest in this state. They say they have seen hospitalizations pick up across all ages in recent weeks and that with very rare exceptions, all of the patients that theyre seeing hospitalized have not been vaccinated. They just gave us some new numbers from this hospital specifically. They tell us that they have six children hospitalized with covid19 as of this morning. Three are in intensive care. That means children now make up approximately 13 of patients at this hospital, university of mississippi medical center. They tell us that is the highest percentage of children hospitalized because of covid19 that they have ever seen. Were 16 months in the pandemic. Theyre seeing their Big Peak of numbers in terms of children right now. Only 33. 6 of mississippiens have been fully vaccinated. This is one of the least vaccinated states in the country. Doctors here say they are not able for whatever reason, there is a disconnect that continues, where people seem to be relying on information theyre getting from Social Media instead of what theyre being told from doctors as it relates to this vaccine. Again, one of the least vaccinated states in the country and the Delta Variant, which we know is more transmissible and spreads very quickly, makes up about 80 of cases here. Listen to what we heard from the chair of pediatrics at this hospital. We have certainly seen complications of covid19 in very critical children with covid19 and critical young adults and late teens with Co Coronavirus and people who died who would have been well if they had not gotten it suspect its a very preventable disease with this vaccine. Reporter doctors here are worried that if people in their communities dont start listening to them as it relates to vaccines, that soon there could be enough spread where there are new mutations and vaccines that maybe do not work as well with different mutations. Right now we know they work with all the variants from alpha to delta. The problem is people are not getting them even though theyre widely available. Craig . All right, Ellison Barber there in jackson, mississippi. Lets go to gaud now. Its been about a month since Los Angeles County dropped most of its restrictions for vaccinated people. Now theyre reinstating the Mask Mandate for everyone regardless of vaccination status. What are you hearing from folks about that move . Reporter craig, a lot of people are surprised theyre going to have to wear the mask again. Moments ago we went into one of the Coffee Shops and one of the first things they told us, were surprised but also not surprised they decided to do that because they say a lot of people that were unvaccinated were choosing to take off the mask. Health authorities here in Los Angeles had a Press Conference where they shared statistics to try to justify why they think its necessary to implement this Mask Mandate for all of Those Vaccinated and unvaccinated when going indoors. Well hear part of this Press Conference. It really is about making this a universal practice. Its the easiest thing to do in terms of ensuring that were all protected. Regardless of the risk that we have. But it just makes normalizes the practice and adds that additional layer of protection. Again, were at a substantial level of community transmission. Reporter now, when they say a substantial level of community transmission, they gave some Numbers Yesterday saying theres been an 80 increase in cases just last week, largely driven by the 4 Million unvaccinated in Los Angeles. These are the numbers that were worrying Health Authorities here. This Mask Mandate will kick off Sunday Morning for all in Los Angeles and what theyre trying to do is just try and slow down this rapid increase of this almost 4 Million or largely driven by the almost 4 Million people still unvaccinated in Los Angeles, craig. Dr. Patel, you know, for more than a year, i mean, we told folks, you know, once you get vaccinated, you can take the mask off. And now weve got the second largest city in this country, telling folks, okay, you got your shot in your arm. You still have to wear your mask. Is this what you would have advised, dr. Patel . Reporter yeah, craig, yes, i would have. And i will tell you that i know l. A. County is sticking their necks out, but if you look at what other countries have had to do like israel, who has also had a plateau in their Vaccination Rates and they had to go back to indoor masking requirements as well, this is exactly what regions of our country will have to do as we start to see not just double digit increases, 80 , were seeing triple digit. I think you heard from guad exactly why. Were not, craig, honoring the system of if youre not vaccinated, you have to take all those precautions, which is what the cdc recommended. Were just seeing everyone take their masks off. In a way, craig, were having to apply these blunt Policy Recommendations because we dont know or Cant Trust who is going to follow the recommendations. Dylan, were starting to see something, it would seem as if were starting to see something from the biden administration that i dont think weve really seen before. This clear and direct criticism of Tech Companies for allowing this rampant misinformation about the vaccine to spread on their platforms. The Surgeon General reiterated his warning this morning. Technology companies have a responsibility to reduce the spread of misinformation on their platforms. If you run a platform, if you have a Technology Company that is somehow inadvertently or, you know, contributing to the spread of misinformation, you have a responsibility to take action to stop it. Some companies have taken some steps forward and i appreciate that but theres so much more they have to do and they have to do it with greater urgency because were losing people right now. Were seeing people lose their lives because of misinformation. Dylan, what are you hearing from Tech Companies about this . Well, look, certainly that pressure from the White House is not just the Surgeon General. You also have Press Secretary Jen Psaki going out there and saying very much the same thing. Thats an immense amount of Public Pressure from the highest office being put on these Social Media companies. And theyre on the Back Foot again. And The View from there, The View especially from facebook about being on the Back Foot is they for a time got used to covid information and combating Covid Misinformation as an area where they could actually take real action and where they could they were actually applauded for their efforts. Unlike other issues when it comes to what you can or cant say on facebook, they were able to draw a pretty distinct line when it came to Fact Or Fiction about science. The problem now is after 18 months of all this effort, they are running up against these fine lines where, you know, the definition of whether something is misinformation or opinion, whether or not you should take away a Users Access to the platform or just remove some of the offensive posts, theyre starting to walk up against that gray area which weve seen all too often with facebook and other Social Media companies where they have to balance the Freedom Of Speech with the issue of pressing as a global Health Crisis and how theyre going to navigate themselves out of this again is going to be interesting to watch. I dont think they thought they were going to be back here. I think they thought they had this under wraps and all this pressure from the White House, from the Press Secretary and the Surgeon General is telling you they very much do not. Dr. Patel, you know what its like to work at the White House and you know how much consideration goes into call out our nations tech company. What do you make of this urgent warning from the Surgeon General on vaccine misinformation. I think its long overdue. I will say, as you mentioned, people dont get to the Press Podium and say these things lightly. Obviously it went through many channels, but the reason were here is because honestly, craig, it started before covid. The misinformation has been probably the biggest pandemic even before covid. With covid, it is now deadly. I think thats the critical difference. Before it felt like, well, if you have an opinion, then that becomes fact about a certain political stance. Now were talking about peoples lives. And i will say this, craig, a sobering statistic, 40 of public Health Officials have either quit or been fired for standing up for the fact. So for facebook to say that theyre, quote unquote, being responsible is simply not true. The cdc, according to the Washington Post this morning, the cdc expected to consider whether patients with fragile Immune Systems should get a covid immune booster shot. The Advisory Panel Plans to focus on the 2 to 4 of american adults with suppressed immunity, a population with organ transplants, people with cancer treatments, people living with Rum Toe logical conditions. The cdc said an additional dose of vaccine is not widely needed, but do you think that we should start getting Booster Shots ready, as soon as we see this Delta Variant taking hold . Yeah, i think we need to have the conversation the cdc will have and i think we need to have the Booster Shots ready. What were talking about is the third dose of what we receive for the first and second doses. We do not want for that to be given to the entire country for many reasons, including we need to get this around the world, but as you point out, craig, the data is very clear that people with certain conditions that you mentioned, especially havent even mounted any immunity, leaving them very exposed and vulnerable. And it also is an opportunity, remember, the virus will proliferate and it will mutate. So, we need to do as much to put back our walls of defense. I think its great theyre talking about it. I hope some clear recommendations come out. Also for younger children, we have a lot of younger children with chronic conditions. They should also be prioritized. Well, weve been having our conversation, the white House Covid Task force has been having their weekly briefing their daily briefing. Dr. Walensky just announcing new cases, dr. Patel, new cases up 70 over last week in this country. I remember when we would have these conversations months ago, we would attribute rises to additional testing. That would not seem to be the case here, dr. Patel, no . Right. In fact, testing has gone down. I hope it comes back up, but not because it will inflate the numbers. We just i think we have a real blind spot, craig. We dont know how farreaching this virus is. Ill say one thing. Were not monitoring a mild or moderate Breakthrough Infections. Were only reporting Breakthrough Infections which lead to severe hospitalizations or deaths. Thats what the vaccines prevent, but we need more information in terms think of it this way. If you only had part of your headlight working in the car, you couldnt see the street. Thats how we feel right now with this variant. Dr. Patel, dylan byer, thanks. Were following Breaking News on this friday. Massive, deadly floods sweeping across germany. Right now, as many as 1,500 people are unaccounted for. The desperate rescues happening as we speak. Plus, heading home for the weekend. Remember that group of bipartisan senators who say they have a deal on infrastructure . One key negotiator says there will be a vote wednesday. But there may not be a bill to vote on. Well explain when we go live to The Hill for the latest. And when it comes to infrastructure, the biden administration has a new challenge for republicans. I heard a lot of republicans saying, oh, you know, child cares great. Building veterans hospitals is great. We just dont think its infrastructure so you should put it in a different package. Fine, now its in a different package. Lets see if Theyll Vote for it now. Lets see if Theyll Vote for it now. Their only friend . The open road. I have friends. [ chuckles ] well, he may have friends, but he rides alone. Thats jeremy, right there were literally riding together. He gets touchy when you talk about his lack of friends. Can you help me out here . 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Reporter you understand it correctly, craig. No bill has been written. Lets separate these bills. The reconciliation bill, the 3. 5 trillion democratic bill with all of their Human Infrastructure and big priorities, well, that legislative text cannot be written until the process is actually started. Thats how the rules of the Game Work because theyre using this special reconciliation budgetary process. So, they have to take votes first. And then they can write the legislation. As far as the bipartisan bill is concerned, thats not how it works. Its going through the regular legislative process and they do need legislative text but they can open debate without legislation, but republicans with balking at that saying, no, we are not going to start this process until the legislative text is finalized and agreed to. They dont have agreement yet, craig. Whats still holding them is how to pay for it, including this irs Enforcement Provision which republicans have been complaining about. They do not want more money to go into the irs to make people pay their taxes. That is something that is having to be renegotiated. Senator schumer wants these things to move forward quickly because he has a tight timeline and a tight calendar and he wants both of these things to get done, craig. Leigh Ann Caldwell breaking it down for us on The Hill, Thank You. One key aspect of this Infrastructure Push Leigh ann was talking about is clean energy. Its part of both plans, whether were talking about a broad push for Renewable Energy or electric buses, more Charging Stations for those Electric Vehicles. No surprise, then, that Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has been touring the country making the case that these Infrastructure Bills will modernize the way americans get around. He also sat down with my colleague ali velshi. Ali, tell me about The Secretarys focus here and how hes trying to sell these Infrastructure Bills to the american people. Reporter its twopronged. One part is about transportation, cloon energy, Electric Vehicles. Thats why he was here. I sat down with him in eugene, oregon, where we were looking at electric buses. The idea there are they had about 75,000 dieselrun buses in this country. There are almost 500,000 Diesel School buses. How do we make those vehicles fully electric in portland. The idea The Secretary was making, we need to make transportation better. We need to modernize transportation. We can use american workers to make them. At the same time its cleaner energy. He addressed the Point Leigh ann was making that republicans have said, hey, transportation, bridges and roads is infrastructure. The human Infrastructure Stuff is good but lets do it separately. Now they put it into two bills. Lets see what he had to say about it. The idea that americans ought to have paid parental leave just like people in pretty much any other country is something you dont have to be a Democrat Or Republican to believe in. By the way, across the country, most people think we ought to do it. In washington it seems to be a problem. Early on in this debate, a few months ago when we were talking about Human Infrastructure, i heard a lot of republicans saying, oh, child cares great, Building Veterans Hospitals is great, we just dont think its infrastructure so you should put it in a different package. Fine. Now its in a different package. Lets see if Theyll Vote for it now. Reporter craig, one other thing. As you know, its a fairly cool morning here in oregon but theres a massive fire burning south of us. There was a Heat Wave a couple weeks ago. Its coming back again. Temperatures well above 100 degrees. Streets buckling. Even the electrical grid, the conduits were melting. The conversation about Electric Vehicles is not just about modernization and making them more efficient, it plays into the climate Discussion Americans are very, very concerned about right now. Craig . Ali velshi on the ground in portland, oregon. Thank you, sir, as always. You can watch even more of Alis Conversation with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg this saturday, Plus Ali is also sitting down with a group of Oregon Residents to talk about how climate and infrastructure impact their everyday lives. Velshi tomorrow at 8 00 a. M. Eastern only on msnbc. I want you to check out these photos. These photos show a massive landslide in germany. Houses there are either submerged in Water Or Theyve collapsed all together. Well go there live for more on whats being done to find around 1,500 people who are still unaccounted for. An impossible decision. An arizona ranching family is selling off their cattle. Not because they need the money. Because they dont have enough water for the cattle. The latest on the severe drought in the west. This is dr. Arnold t. Petsworth, hes the owner of petsworth vetworld. 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Erfstadt is just down the road where there is a Rescue Operation ongoing. As the local authority said, the problem there is that with the water receding, there is a massive and rapid they called Underwashing Of The Houses and structures that are literally causing those houses to collapse. Where is the problem . Apart from the houses collapsing is theres a lot of people still in those houses. Why . The local authorities say theres two reasons. Either the people didnt leave their houses even though it was quite clear that this was a severe flooding and they underestimated the situation, or even worse, well, they say that some people may have returned to their houses this morning because, as you can see, its not raining. It hasnt rained since this morning after days of uninterrupted torrential rain and they may have just returned to their homes thinking the worst was over. The worst is not over. There is a lot of rain still coming, forecasted for the next few hours. And for especially tomorrow, more torrential rain making this situation even worse. Now, of course, those people will have to be rescued once again, as youve seen in those pictures, with helicopters, with inflaable boats. In the meantime the Death Toll overall in the whole of this part of germany because of the flooding is risen to more than 100 with more than 1,300 still missing and unaccounted for. Local authorities are hoping those people cannot be found because Telephone Network around here is also down and they hope that also they werent home at the time of the flooding. Overall, as you mentioned, this is a Oneofakind Flooding with the local german media calling this the flood of the century, craig. Claudio lavagna in germany, Thank You. Meanwhile, back here in the united states, infernos are raging across a dozen western states. More than 17,000 firefighters are battling more than 70 wildfires. All together, those fires are burned into an area larger than rhode island. The fires in those 12 states fueled by Record Temperatures and a severe drought. You can see the 12 states right now. That is forcing cattle ranchers to make some impossible decisions. Right now a lot of these ranchers dont have enough water for their herds. Nbcs Cal Perry is in kingman, arizona. I know youve been talking to some of these ranchers. Tell us what theyre being forced to do. Reporter look, this is a water issue. Earlier in the week we showed you lake mead, the largest reservoir in the united states. Its bottoming out, at 35 capacity. Its downstream, places like arizona, that have to curtail the water theyre using. They also have to curtail the way theyre living because they are running out of water. What is happening is across the western u. S. , people are selling their cattle to auction because they cannot keep them alive. Take a listen to what Emmett And Laurel told me yesterday. If theres not a decent rain within the next couple of weeks, period, we have to sell. We already have 200 ready to go. Were hopeful that the monsoon theres been a good monsoon in arizona so far and its working Itses Way up this way. Were hoping and praying to god that the monsoon will continue and well be able to stay in business with the cattle that we have. Reporter this region of arizona relies on those monsoons, craig. We havent had a normal Monsoon Season in three years. Were in the middle of a 21year mega drought. You add to that, these fires. We could see the fires break out in the next couple of days. 16 states, as you said. In this town, we are two, three hours from las vegas. This town is full. The hotels are packed by firefighters who are fighting the firefighters across the state of arizona, craig. All right. Cal perry in arizona, Thank You. Millions of american families just had a couple hundred Dollars Land in their Bank Account thanks to the expanded Child Tax Credit, but could democrats keep those checks coming every month permanently . 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At this point, a reminder, theyre set to expire in december so democrats are racing to keep it going in their latest budget resolution. According to the New York times, though, some democrats are raising concerns they wont be able to make it longlasting. Democrat Senator Michael Bennet from colorado says, quote, i hope this will be the moment where we will decide were going to make it permanent. If its not, we have, i think, a lot extension. And then, you know, weve got a chance to do it later. But he acknowledged there was a Risk It could shrink to as low as a year. Michele bennett proposed the Tax Credit as a special bill before it was passed as the american Rescue Plan. Congresswoman, Thank You for your time this morning. Thank you for having me. In is an important issue. Youve got an oped in The Seattle Times calling for this credit to be made permanent. You have said that you asked President Biden directly if he supported making the credit permanent, and he said he did. So, how do you convince your republican colleagues to vote yes on that . I think the case is being made right now. We see so many families across the country who have struggled prior to the pandemic and the pandemic only made the situation worse. Its so important that we provide a great future for our children and the Tax Credit is the largest federal investment we make in our children. Until recently, it left behind onethird of all children who lived in households that made too little to qualify for the full credit. So, what we did in the american Rescue Plan really is historic. It is a big deal. But we need to make sure families have that certainty going forward. Kids dont grow up in a year. They dont grow up in five years. We need to make this permanent. I think when we talk to families across the country, that story will continue to be told about how important this is to not only help families and rebuild our middle class but, frankly, to lift children out of poverty. We need the only way we really lift half of the 4 Million children out of poverty across the country is to make sure that we expand the Child Tax Credit permanently. The price tag, as you know, roughly 100 billion. How do you pay for it . First of all, how can you not do it . The estimate is that Child Poverty costs us around approximately 1 Trillion a year. Also studies have shown that for every dollar we invest in the expanded Child Tax Credit, we save 8. Not only is it a fiscally responsible thing to do, it also just leads to better outcomes for our kids. I serve on the ways and means committee. Chairman neal supports the permanent credit, the speaker does. We have strong support. Thats part of the work we will do as we track legislation to make sure we have this benefit going forward for families. One of your constituents told you about what this money means to them and their families . What are they saying to you . Many constitute yebts. I talked to kelly, a mom of three kids. She counts herself as a lucky parent because she could work from home during the pandemic, keep her job. She saved money on child care. It was hard. Shes returning to the office at The End of the month and will have to start paying for early learning for her youngest child. That cost is a quarter of her monthly income. She said she wouldnt know what to do if she didnt have the expanded Child Tax Credit to help. Weve heard from families who need money to pay for things like diapers, really basic needs, food and rent. So, this really is a critical Life Line for families. And it it will help middle class families, low income families, as you said, the 1. 4 Million children in my State Of Washington whose families will benefit from this. Just an incredibly important investment we make in our kids. Congresswoman, you know, one of the things that strikes me about this, you have these families now who get you know, theyre getting a check every month from the government, and for the next at least five, six months theyll get it. They start to budget, they start to plan based on getting that additional revenue. If its not extended, then what . This is why its so important that we do extend it so families can plan and have that certainty. Right now because of the american Rescue Plan, families started getting checks yesterday. Those checks will continue through december, but they will get the rest of the credit when they file their 2021 taxes next year. But we need to keep it going so that families can plan, so that they can make sure that they are able to provide for their children. Im the chair of the new Democrat Coalition where 95 members of the of house democrats who are working hard, one of our top priorities is making the Child Tax Credit expansion permanent, so we have strong support. Secretary yellen also just mentioned how she thought it was important that we make this a permanent benefit. As you said earlier, i asked the president earlier this year if he supported making it permanent. This is this really is an historic time that we got this benefit expanded in the american Rescue Plan. We need to make it permanent to cut Child Poverty in this country in half and continue on from there. Washington congresswoman suzan delbene. Enjoy your weekend. Thank you. A Federal Grand Jury indicted two men with an alleged plot to attack the democratic Party Headquarters in sacramento, california. Officials say the two planned to attack after last Years President ial election. 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That was civil Rights Advocate Martin Luther King iii this morning on his effort to help local organizers fight Voter Suppression laws. The campaign is named for civil Rights Icon John Lewis, who died one year ago tomorrow. In washington those texas democrats have been pushing all week for the new Voting Rights, the bill named for lewis. Meanwhile on thursday, ohio democratic congresswoman joyce beatty, chair of the congressional black caucus, invoked Lewis Memory before she was arrested in a senate office building. This is what she told Lawrence Odonnell about that fight. It is our voices that will make a difference. We will have an open dialogue with the congressional black caucus, with civil rights leaders, and were going to invite the media in because heres what i know, lawrence. When we use our voices and we speak up and especially black women. We have become powerhouses. We deliver President S of the united states, we have a strong voting base, we have a strong Working Base and this is our time to make sure that we pass the voting Rights Act. I am joined now by lauren gowargo. Shes the former Campaign Manager for Stacy Abrams gubernatorial run. First, i want to get your reaction to congresswoman Beattys Arrest and how can democrats keep the Focus Voting rights when there are so many issues competing for attention in our Nations Capital . Thank you very much. Congresswoman beatty is right, just like Nakima Williams is right, we need to pass federal voting right laws this summer. You had the previous segment on the Child Tax Credit. If you think about the american Rescue Plan addressing the twin crises of a catastrophic Trump Presidency and the pandemic with years of lack of investment in our people and you think of 1. 0, the Rescue Plan and this is 3. 5 or 3. 0. If we are going to help our kids move forward and our families move forward, we have to shore up our democracy because that twin crisis of Donald Trump and covid revealed what was wrong for so long, that our democracy has been so fundamentally broken by Voter Suppression efforts and its been accelerated with its authoritarian tendencies and so we have to put the Down Payment down for our kid, just like we transfer money we need to transfer things that will work in the future and this is just like the infrastructure and the Rescue Plan and we have to pass the John Voting Rights Advancement Act and we have to pass the for the people act, we have to get it done soon. We have to get it done before Labor Day and its all hands on deck. Thats why we have relaunched hot summer, 888433on. Hot Call Summer being relaunched. Inspired by meghan thee stallion, hot girl summer, hot Call Summer. I dont care if its senator ossoff, senators warnock, you need to call them. The other side is mobilizing go to stop Jim Crow 2. 0. Com to learn more. This monday, this fight is not over, craig, lets be clear just like Congresswoman Beatty said. Senator klobuchar are doing a Field Hearing for the for the people act. Theyre going to be in atlanta on Monday Hearing from voters and advocates about Voter Suppression and lets also remember that if we had reauthorized the voting Rights Act in the beginning of the year or last year, the horrible bill that passed in georgia would likely not have been able to go into law because it would have been reviewed by the department of justice. The John Lewis voting Rights Act is critical to shoring up Voting Rights in the south and across the country, and its got to be married for the for the people act, and we have republicans from texas to New Hampshire trying to make it harder to vote all inspired by the big lie. It is time for congress to act. They have a constitutional duty in the 14th and 15th amendment to protect Black Americans right to vote. There is a constitutional duty here so if that means changing the filibuster and whatever it takes, weve got to get both the voting Rights Reauthorization Act and the for the people act done as part of the american Rescue Plan efforts of 2021. Lauren, very quickly as someone said years ago. Voters, yes, voters are persuadable, senators, not so much. What makes you think that there are lawmakers especially in the upper chamber in washington, d. C. , that havent made up their mind on the John Lewis voting Rights Act thats been introduced in the senate . Look, i think theres broad support for these bills, but theres a lot of priorities, right . And theres a lot of discussion if republicans will come along and support these. Lets be honest, we didnt have republicans supporting and investigating the insurrection craig. We need to get this done for the democracy no matter what the coalition is to do it. I literally saw Senator Warnock two days ago and he remains extremely committed to in and getting this done. Senator schumer himself and Speaker Pelosi and her team and heres one other element that isnt being talked about. Right around a month from today the census data is going to drop that allows states to be reapportionment. So i can tell you that were about to see the worst partisan gerrymander of our lives and that Ticking Clock is on the horizon. One element of for the people act is a ban on partisan Gerrymandering And Something that has never trumper republican Support To Progressive support. Weve got to get that done and that is looming in the future, and so that might not be senators top concern, but i can tell you that the house is very concerned. So i think as we go week by week towards august recess, the urgency is going to increase and the demand to take action will get louder and louder, and as you know, the senate and other parts of our federal government can move fast when there is a demand and an urgency. Lauren grohwargo, have a good weekend, Thank You and Thank You, as well. Andrea mitchell reports starts next. So you can breathe easier, knowing that you and your family have added protection. When technology is easier to use. Barriers dont stand a chance. Thats why well stop at nothing to deliver our technology asaservice. Did you know diarrhea is often caused by bad bacteria in food . To deliver our technology try pepto® diarrhea. Its concentrated formula coats and kills bacteria to relieve diarrhea. See, pepto® diarrhea gets to the source, killing the bad bacteria. So, make sure to have pepto® diarrhea on hand. Show me the olympics. 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