And his confidence throughout this process is one of the beacons that i kept my eye on because he is very realistic about what the possibilities are, hes not somebody who throws a lot throws around a lot of false optimism. So he was one of the keys for me and watching you get this far. Its not all the way there, but this vote is a huge hurdle for the bill to get over. Im looking for to your Show Tonight, lawrence have a good one. Thank you. While they say the senate will delivered a huge Vote Tonight and a huge win. Huge win for Joe Biden in the senate tonight. It was also a huge win for Chuck Schumers legislative strategy in the senate of passing a bipartisan infrastructural bill followed by a larger democrats only bill. And at the very same time, this part was completely unnecessary, and he brought it on himself, but at the very same time, it was a humiliating and crushing defeat for Donald Trump. Any real movement on Infrastructure Legislation was going to, in effect, be a humiliation and a repudiation of the trump presidencys complete failure on infrastructure and its repeated pretending that they were going to have an infrastructure wait. But Donald Trump actually found a way to make Tonights Humiliation much more devastating for himself by actively intervening in the bipartisan Negotiations Something no Ex President before him ever did. Former president s stay out of legislation. But because Donald Trump constantly reaches for new levels of imbecility and because hes seeds with jealousy, at Joe Bidens ability to do what he could never, do Donald Trump decided to threaten the republicans who were negotiating with the democrats and Joe Biden on monday, quote, weak fools and losers. And based on experience with how much republican senators have fear Donald Trump in the past we have reason to suspect that Donald Trump will be able to scare up some republicans from cooperating with democrats. Here is the amazing thing, instead of polling one or two senators away for ruling a 60 Vote Threshold on this, the thing is, in fact, since Donald Trump started threatening those republicans, the number of republicans supporting the bipartisan infrastructural bill doubled. That is right, it doubled. It doubled to 18, including Mitch Mcconnell who voted for proceeding to the bipartisan biden Infrastructure Bill, Mitch Mcconnell stood on the Senate Floor and defied Donald Trump today. The final vote was 67 to 32, 17 republicans voted for the bipartisan bill and, as i said, The One senator who was absent, republican mike bronze, also supports the bipartisan bill. In Itself Rhetorically Press Conference after the vote, republican Mick Romney said this, sometime ago, Ted Kennedy made a line about the celebration like this, he said something of this nature, all applied in this way, when Chuck Schumer and Mitch Mcconnell vote for the same bill, you know one thing, one of them hasnt read it. But in fact, both of them have, both of them have been very involved, we let them know whats going on in this Process Mitt Romney is a first time legislator. Almost all the senators who negotiated this bipartisan bill had never really legislated before in the united States Senate because the leadership of both parties in the senate have taken all the legislative powers away from most senators. None of the Committee Chairmen have the kind of power that they used to have, and so senators are not experienced legislators anymore. It is wrong to use the word legislator, only to mean the people who are elected to positions and legislative bodies. The reality is, the staffs in the senate in the house do most of the real legislating, and know ten times more about it than elected officials. They are, in every sense, legislators. The most experienced legislator in that sense in these negotiations is steve Rush Eddie, an adviser to President Biden, who has been managing complex legislation from the White House for democrats since the clinton presidency. Much of my confidence in the possibility of a successful bipartisan Negotiation And Vote in the senate on infrastructure has been based on my personal knowledge of the Skill Sets steve Rush Eddie brings to this. Work when i was working in the senate, i worked with him when he was in the White House and i once watched him masterfully handled attentions and detect nickel difficulties of complex legislative packages. With Ron Klain as white House Chief of staff, and Joe Biden as president , the Biden Klain Machete team is unmatched in the history of White House legislative experience. The senator the traditional thing in these situations, by thanking people, in the other party and in the White House, who he had been working with, but this time, this time he knew with every word he spoke tonight, he was defined Donald Trump who, just this, morning threatened the republican senators again this time calling them, quote, weak foolish, and. Dumb we worked very closely with the White House on this, and, in fact some of them and i have been negotiating with the White House in addition to our colleagues, and i want to thank them. I want to thank steve bRush Eddie who has taken the lead for the White House. And President Biden. And then this happened with im very pleased with our Building Tonight to Move On with Russias Legislation and to continue to demonstrate that one question. It is the White House calling, so we need to get going. Thats steve. I shun answer while we are here. We steve which eddie never stops calling, even when the deal is. Then President Biden is in Pennsylvania Today when he got the word via steve that they got the deal and that the senate would Vote Tonight. You may have heard that in washington just on the phone, it looks like we reached a deal for the bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. We transit systems, high speed internet, clean drinking water, cleaning up Company Orphan wells, over thousands of abandoned mines, and an electric grid. Im working with democrats and republicans to get this done because while there is a lot that we dont agree, on i believe that we should be able to work together on the few things we do agree on. I think its important we. In just one tweet, bloomberg S Jennifer ive seen captured everything that no one working in the trump White House ever knew about how legislation gets done. Quote, bidens administrations a engagement on infrastructure, since june 28th, white House Office of Legislator Affairs had at least 330 meetings and calls with members of congress and their top aides. Jobs cabinet secretaries had 100 with numbers. Since jobs plan released on march 30th, 998 legislative Affairs Meetings and calls. And leading off our Discussion Tonight is someone who is in dozens of those meetings and have made dozens of those calls, Senator Richmond Senior Adviser and the director of the white House Office of public engagement. Thank you very much for joining us Tonight Richmond thank you for having me. When did you get the word that there was a deal and was there any point where your confidence had become shaky about this . No, through the whole process, looking at the people who were involved including bipartisan group of senators, but also the president. I think i was on one of the stations a couple of weeks ago and said people continue to underestimate President Biden, and he continues to he deliver. The law says unintentional team. You talk about steve ricchetti, alina dunn, also the thing that is so special is the fact that, he says, lets just keep our head down, do the work. We dont have the grandstand. We dont have to beat our chest. Lets just deliver for the american people. Its the same thing we did with vaccines and getting shots in arms, the same thing we will do the infrastructure. Then we will go to the families plan. We want to keep every day waking up and see if we can make peoples lives better. One thing i know the president does, and the real pros and legislation do, they ignore the things that are said by people they are negotiating with. Those things arent helpful and seem to be in conflict. Not surprisingly, a few weeks down the road the conflicts seems to disappear. It may be one of those things that has meant to be disappeared over the time. Senator sinema issued in the newspaper after was announced today, referring to the other track of Infrastructure Legislation, the democrats only bill that will go through reconciliation she said this is odd. Senator sinema had a celebration when the 3. 5 billion Dollar Bill was issued. What did cinema say tonight . We found Senator Sinema to be very deliberate about what she is doing. Also, this is the legislative process. This is the sometimes you just cant people will make their positions known, thats why its called legislating. I just think what President Biden is doing is showing the art of making a deal we have read the statement, yes. We take Senator Cinema at her word, but this was a long process. This indicates where she is today at this moment. Every statement is a snapshot in time, we look forward to continuing to work with her. She played a very important role in this bipartisan deal. We expected to play a big role in the families plan as we invest in the Human Infrastructure in the american people. Lets see what Senator Schumer said tonight about this big procedural win. My goal remains to pass both bipartisan both both the bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, and Budget Resolution during this Work Period both. It might take some long nights, it might eat into our weekends, but we are going to get the job done and we are on track. Again, the Vote Tonight means we are on track, to reach our two track goal. Whats so interesting with that, Senator Schumer has said that from the start, and yet there came a point a few weeks ago, where some republicans acted as if they were surprised when Senator Schumer said that again, after the bipartisan deal was first agreed to at the White House with the president. So, thats one of those examples of what i would just call noise in the legislative process, where these republicans pretended that they didnt know there was a second track. Now tonight, its completely noncontroversial that there is a second track, and theres 18 senators, republican senators, supporting the bipartisan deal. This is legislating at its best. This is president ial leadership at its best this is what american people tell me as i can travel the country, where you agree with republicans, agree. Get it done. Move on. In the places where you dont agree, Go Fight about it. We agree on this historic invention in this country. Removing service, lines going to schools and homes, and historic and amtrak. We might not agree on the investment in people and adding four years of free Public Education so we can win the future. Where you agree, get it done for the country. Where you disagree, Go Fight. We have every intention of winning the fight, and President Biden has won every fight so far. So, we feel good about it. This is what people want. Get together, make progress. Where you dont agree, Go Hash it out. So, we will hash it out on the familys plan. We will take our case to the american people, why its important to invest in them in their future and the care economy, and clean energy. All those things are just as important as the physical infrastructure, and we will make the case for. It we feel good about it. Senator richmond, thank you for joining us tonight. Always appreciated. Thank you, lawrence. Joining us now is Washington Post senior fellow at the bookings institution. I need someone in the senior ranks of the Press Corps who has seen everyone in order to discuss what we are seeing tonight, because i have a lot of confidence that the boat was gonna get over 60 because of the players involved who i know are really expert at what they are doing. I would not have predicted to you, 67 votes on the Senate Floor and one of them was going to be Mitch Mcconnell, and actually another republican who was absent would have brought it to 68. Yeah, this was really striking. I hope Donald Trump is watching your Show Tonight because, i think he threw a shoe at the Television Set when Cedric Richmond said, President Biden is showing the real art of making a deal. He was The One who claimed he can make a deal, biden is the guy who can. I too never expected to get this high, but i think both of us thought this would pass. The reason we thought it was gonna past is because a, the strategy makes sense. You cant get the moderates to vote for a big bill if you dont do the bipartisan bill, but you cant pass the bipartisan bill if you dont pass the big bill and there is going to be a lot of back and forth between them. I think they are gonna get there. The person i thought of tonight, if i can just do a Shout Out to someone who is no longer with us, is a congressman called steve black torres, who i interviewed him a couple years ago before he died. He was pretty conservative, but he was oldfashioned. He liked rose bridges, roads, bridges, transit. We couldnt pass the Transportation Bill anymore. I would love to call him and say, Guess What . They are passing a Transportation Bill, and i think youre seeing here is something bigger than just one bill. You are seeing a real shift away from the view that the government cannot do any good anymore. I think that comes straight out of the pandemic, where both parties realized you had to spend a heck of a lot of money to get us out of that mess. Donald trump quadrupled the size of his humiliation in this this morning. Just this morning, he said and one of his written statements, that means about six or seven in 2022. Donald Trump Tonight has to start recruiting republican primary challengers to about seven of these republican senators depending on how many who are up in 2022. Yet, they knew that they saw every word Donald Trump said. They defied general Trump Tonight and they did it in large numbers one thing that occurred to me just not getting the bridge in kentucky that he needs, but also protecting his members who have been threatened by Donald Trump. To show the actual republican leader in the senate is on board with this bill also at this stage. I would agree with you that Senator Manchin helped the democrats put this together. A couple of days ago, i got a text from democrat, top democrat again, who said, will the republicans follow Donald Trump, or will they try to make a deal. Donald trump will have a lot of power in the party, a lot of Rank And File who will vote for Donald Trump. But i think republicans are starting to realize that, ever close relationship with this man could really hurt them, especially among Swing Voters in the suburbs. Now, even among some of his working class supporters, who basically like Transportation Bills. They like building roads, they like the jobs that are involved here. I also think that mcconnell may have been persuaded by the idea that, if they are going to attack the bill, they might not be completing restriction us on this. Maybe theyre full Obstruction Strategy also died tonight. Thank you very much for joining us tonight. Really appreciate it. Great to be with you, thanks. Coming up, we will be joined by Congresswoman Susan wildes. She was with President Biden today in her congressional district in pennsylvania when he got the word, that the senate had reached a deal on infrastructure. Infrastructure you look a little lost. I cant find my hotel. Oh. Oh this is not normal. No. So . Right . Go with us and find millions of flexible options, all in our app. Expedia. It matters who you travel with. Expedia. Someone once told me, that i should get used to people staring. So i did. Its okay, you can stare. When youre a twotime gold medalist, it comes with the territory. Oh are you using liberty Mutuals Coverage Customizer tool . 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We are going to change the paradigm, so working people can have a Fighting Chance again to get a good education, to get a good job and arrays, to take care of their elderly parent, and afford to take care of their children. Stop losing hours of their lives in traffic because their streets are crumbling, or waiting for slows Body Internet to connect them to the world. Thats what the economy we are building is all about. Our next guest, democrats democratic Congresswoman Susan wild, represents the Pennsylvania District at which biden spoke today. I would like to thank Congressman Congresswoman wild for allowing me to speak in her district today. Look you have been a tireless champion for the working men and women in the lee white valley. People are seeing now their bank accounts, showing up in their bank accounts, every month the child tax. We are working with the administration to expand Home Care for seniors. Joining us now democratic Congresswoman Susan wild, from pennsylvania. And we want to begin with this photograph of you in the president ial limousine riding with the President And Tom wolfe. You are on your way to that math Trucks Plant in my country, pennsylvania. The president was at the plant, did you get the Phone Call from Steve Bruschetti in the car was or in the plan telling him about the bipartisan agreement to the senate . I believe he received it after we got out of the car and before he started his remarks. There was a brief period of time when i was in with him and i think he got the Phone Call. Then i was receiving texts from my colleagues in washington i just about the same time telling me that we had to deal. So when he came out and announced it was great news. This deal actually, 30 to republicans in the senate, but only 32 this time, voted against everything that you are trying to accomplish at the mack trucks factory today. There is an industry and a factory that depends totally on the quality of the infrastructure that those trucks rollout over every day across this country. But it does look like this bipartisan bill is on track. What is your reaction from the perspective from the House Of Representatives for what happened in the Senate Today . I am absolutely delighted, it was great news. It got a huge cheer from the Audience Today when the president announced it. I think its really remarkable you mentioned the 30 to republican senators who voted against it but on the other hand we know that 17 voted for it. So it was the best example of bipartisanship that weve seen in a while. A week ago, we were afraid that this deal was almost dead. So i was thrilled to hear it. It is going to be infrastructure will do a world of good for districts like mine. What about the Reconciliation Package that is being put together in the Senate Budget Committee will also be done in the House Budget Commute committee, that will be an even larger Infrastructure Package. How does that look tonight in relation to this bipartisan deal . I know that there are senators who have stated that they wouldnt vote for it. All i can say to that is we have come a long way in just week. I think the power of Discussion And Negotiation and compromise, which sometimes seems like a low start in washington, it has been resurrected. And i think we will be able to get to the point where we can get this thing across the Finish Line and have a very rezoning vote in favor of both the Infrastructure Package and ultimately the Reconciliation Package. It may not look like it does right now, it may not have everything in the people want, that is the whole point of compromise and negotiation. You are one of those districts that you face a lot of republican voters every day, you have to talk to them, you represent them, what is their sense of that youre getting from them about the job President Biden is doing so far . I am overwhelmingly getting a very good sense from my constituents. People who fight quite honestly have been happy with this steady hand that he is brought to the administration. That we have gotten so much done in just a few short months. There have been people in my district who have approached me about their small businesses, restaurants, but not just restaurants, a lot of smaller businesses out there that have said that they are on the brink of closure. And the work that has been done by the president and by congress and getting the american Rescue Plan across the Finish Line has been a gamechanger. So i am overwhelmingly hearing positive remarks from people. Very much in line with the president s poll numbers which have been pretty steady. I know some of what you went through on january six in the attack on the capitol, you have talked about it with congressman crow, as well it has talked about his caught his experience with you. We had Congressman Jason Crow with you and comforting you at the time of whats seems like the most dangerous period of the Account Attack on the capital. What was your reaction to the testimony that we heard yesterday from the officers who defended you and saved you on that day . You know, like so many americans, i watched yesterday as much as i could. We had a committee were going on. I was mesmerized by what i had heard. The thing that really made it known to be in the testimony, was how close three members of congress were to leave us bodily harm, and they literally saved the day for us. Notwithstanding the picture you just show, and how that day affected me, i have so much gratitude for these officers for all the Capital Police and the d. C. Metropolitan police. They have really saved us and prevented harm to the members of congress that, quite honestly, many of those terrorists were there to inflict officers. Thank you for joining us tonight. We appreciate it. Thank you so much. Coming, up we have breaking news the Washington Post Tonight about daily Phone Calls, did look calls that Donald Trump was making to his last acting Attorney General, trying to get him to overturn the election. Thats next. Thats next. For what . burke every year youre with us, you get Fifty Dollars toward your home deductible. Its a Policy Perk for being a farmers customer. customer do i have to do anything . burke nothing. Customer Nothing . burke nothing. Customer Nothing . burke nothing. customer hmm, that is really something. burke you get a whole lot of something with Farmers Policy perks. See ya. kid may i have a balloon, too . burke sure. Your parents have maintained a Farmers Home Policy for twelve consecutive months, right . We are farmers. 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This Phone Calls to the attention Attorney General, where they part of what led up to what happened on January 6th . Well, wolf find out. We are going to follow the facts where they lead us. We will find out. Its one of them who said a Hit Man was sent, who sent him . How did it happen . How is it organized . What motivated it . Who funded it . And the like. We will have a broad import and follow the facts and find the truth. There is some written testimony now, that we are looking at tonight, that former acting Attorney Rosen gave to congress in may. It now just has a lot more between the lines as we read it. Heres what he said and no department of justice, court actions, or filings were submitted segment to overthrow election results. As we read that now, we are left to wonder, how are those the specific things that Donald Trump asked him to do every day and he is putting in writing that he didnt do them, without, at that point anyway, telling that these were being requested of him at the time . We will find out the answer to that. Those statements, its like, of course not. None were warranted. Perhaps it was, as you suggested, really an outline of what he was refusing to do at the president s request. Rather than speculate, we will find out the answer. As you know today, we also had a hearing in the House Enmity Committee and another aspect of the violence that is being used to try to subvert our system of democracy is being directed at regular Election Officials who are threatened with guns. We heard from the election, local Election Official in Maricopa County described a scene that was quite similar to January 6th, except they didnt actually invade the counting center. We have a pattern here of subversion of the Electoral System that we need to take very seriously. And republican legislatures, including georgians for example and texas, they have been trying to formalize into their state laws, what Donald Trump was trying to do over the phone with the Attorney General by basically being able to change the outcome after the vote count. That is what they are trying to put into some of these laws. Your Hearing Today was addressing some of that. Yes. We have a bill that would preclude some of what the states are doing, to replace the local Election Officials, or just counting the ballots. This is not been something that is highprofile, this has been a boring activity for centuries where you just count the ballots now, partisans her seeking, apparently, to take over this function and skew the results. We cant let that happen, and this bill would prevented. We had a Hearing Today, it was very helpful, chilling as well. Although the registers and Election Officials do not engage in Hand In Hand Combat like our brave officers testified about yesterday, theyre facing off with armed militants who are seeking to subvert the electoral process. We cant let that happen. Congressman dole laughlin, thank you for joining us today, we appreciate it. Coming up, Donald Trump found a new way to lose in the Senate Today in the infrastructure vote, and he found a new way to lose in texas last night. Rejoice a kumar will join us next. N us next with plant based cleansers. And moisturizers for healthy and hydrated men, skin, relax your body and mind, shower with new dove men. People everywhere living with Type 2 Diabetes are waking up to whats possible relax your body and mind, with rybelsus®. You are my sunshine my only sunshine. Rybelsus® works differently than any other Diabetes Pill to lower Blood Sugar in all 3 of these ways. Increases insulin when you need it. Decreases sugar. And slows food. 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During the runoff, Donald Trump issued three statements to reaffirm his endorsement. He wide the high lined a Telephone Rally for her Monday Night before the election and, Donald Trumps candidate lost. Joining us now, Teresa Chairman of the African American Studies at princeton university. His latest book, begin again, its now out in paperback. Both are msnbc contributors. Maria teresa, something is happening in texas. Lawrence, you and i have spoken about this a lot. That is that two texas is not a Ruby Red day that everyone thought. It is becoming much more moderate state. The district you are discussing, you have a large influx not just of a growing latino population, also you get young professionals coming in. Apple coming, in toyota coming in, and with that more educated individuals because of infrastructure and a changing demographic which is one of the reasons why you have republican Texas Legislature is trying to prevent people from voting. It is not the texas of ten years ago. The full field to run for the seat including democrats came in third, just below the line of qualifying for that runoff. There is an interesting future for that district. Professor claude, its a fascinating night in the republican world. We saw these 17 republican votes on the Senate Floor tonight, after Donald Trump called them fools, after Donald Trump threatened to every one of them with primaries in the next election and when they are up for reelection, that is a vote that was unimaginable a short time ago. I certainly did not imagine it being that big tonight, both against Donald Trump and for the Infrastructure Package. Right, lawrence. It may be an indication that trump may be losing at least some grip or hold on the republican party. We have to be careful, remember that trump has a litany of losses whether it be lost with representatives the senate the presidency and he lost a number of midterms elections and campaigns in the like. Thats not where his power resides i think Donald Trump is a cultural phenomenon and he sits at the nexus of the kind of deceased and discomfort of the demographic shifts that maria talked about and the sense that the country is changing. His Power Rest in his ability to sow chaos, and how that is politically it varies. We need to see it as on The One hand changing grip, on the other hand, we need to see Wheres Power resides. Thats sowing chaos. Of course, republicans are still begging for his endorsement and republicans are traveling from wyoming to see him for his endorsement to run and challenge List Cheney in the primary. Lets listen to what he said yesterday. Almost every member of the republican conference and days after January 6th, they said what had happened in many of them said so publicly the fact that so many members of our leadership and others, the fact that they are recognizing what happened on the sixth, to protesting in front of the justice department, on behalf of those who are part of the insurrection, its something that I Cant explain. I think its a duplex grace. Mary teresa, she cant explain it. It is a disgrace, but Donald Trump loves every bit of the disgrace. I think with the Infrastructure Bill shows is two things, one, when it benefits the republicans to send money back home and help secure the elections, they are willing to be against Donald Trump. But one is talking about Voting And Access to voting, the security, the Sin City of that voting booth, they use Donald Trump as a foil. What Professor Glaude just said, they use Donald Trump as a foil to use the cultural Chaos And Help encourage that white nationalism that basically brought us the insurrection on January 6th when i found so striking yesterday, when the officers were talking was how harrowing the count was and how all of them talked about how they wanted to be recruited, the white officers, how they tried to recruit them and how the African American officer and latin american officer how they were being stripped down as being an american. That testimony, and the reaction of january six in their experience synthesized what we were talking about when it comes to what Donald Trump represents. He is part of a White Nationalist Party and the insurrection has everything to do with the changing demographics of this party an affair fought election that multi Control America brought forth in Joe Biden and the administration. We also use some of the testimony you were talking about in the next segment Maria Teresa Kumar And Professor eddie s. Glaude jr. , thank you for joining us tonight. Thank you, lawrence. We will be right back. L be right back. Millions of vulnerable americans struggle to get reliable transportation to their medical appointments. Thats why i started medhaul. Citi launched the Impact Fund to invest in both women and entrepreneurs of color like me, so i can realize my vision and give everything ive got to my company, and my community. I got you. For the love of people. For the love of community. For the love of progress. Citi. upbeat Pop Music in background throughout Piano Playing here we go. [john legends i can see clearly now] make your reunion happen with vrbo. Your together awaits. Vrbo limu emu doug oh are you using liberty Mutuals Coverage Customizer tool . Sorry . Well, since you asked. It finds discounts and policy recommendations, so you only pay for what you need. Limu, youre an animal whos got the Bird Legs now . Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. January 6th, for the first time, i was more afraid to work at the capitol than in my entire deployment to iraq and iraq, we spent the war on violence because we were in a war zone, nothing as an officer or an army personnel preparing for. This that man was and the minimum republican immigrant, and he took an oath to protect this country and told us about it. Underlie 23rd, 1999, the day before my 23rd birthday, i raised my hand and swore to protect the constitution of the united states. This country gave me an opportunity to come anything that i wanted. At that time i already started basic training with the Army Reserves in fact, i raise my hand several times to ceremonies to pledge my commitment to defend and protect the constitution of the united states. When i joined the Army Reserves, when i was promoted in the army to sergeant, when i was promoted, during my Naturalization Ceremony and my Release Man in the army, when i joined the united states capitol police, and lastly when i was promoted to sergeant three years ago, i was taking my oath seriously. The Trump Mob who Donald Trump sent to attack the capitol, believe that Sergeant Gonell have no right to be there. I was in the Front Line and, apparently the seemed to see my Skin Color even with a mask. They said, you are not even american. Regardless whether i was in the military, they dont know that. Police yelling, them saying all these things to me when i had heard that, i wasnt even thinking about any racist stuff but, for me, i wasnt even thinking of it. I am there to stop them, regardless. Im not thinking where they were yelling tons of my Skin Color and race i know i am an american. A soldier how Police Officer and taking that into account when i was defending all of you guys i didnt realize it. Sergeant Aquilino Gonell gets tonights last word. The 11th Hour with Brian Williams starts now. Good evening once again, im Chris Chanting in for Brian Williams. Day 190 of the biden administration and there has been a major Breakthrough Tonight on a key biden agenda item. Dissented voted to keep debate on a nearly one trillion billion Dollar Infrastructure Deal with a vote of 67 to 32 exactly one week after it failed to pass. It marks a rare example of bipartisanship in washington and 17 republicans including their leader Mitch Mcconnell joined all 50 democrats in advancing the bill. Its the first step in a series of votes toward final passage of the agreement. As the country faces a surge of new covid19 infections, the White House is expected to announce tomorrow that covid vaccinations will be required for all federal workers. Those who refuse have to undergo virus testing. The Cdc Director posted this on social media, quote, covid19 cases have increased over 300 nationally since june 19th. The highest spread of cases and severe outcomes is happening in places with low Vaccination Rates and among unvaccinated people. This afternoon during a visit