Of the road on a bipartisan infrastructure deal. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer with a progress report. I repeat, that democrats are ready and willing to vote on additional amendments to the bill before moving to final passage. Once again, that will require the cooperation of our republican colleagues. I hope they will cooperate so we could move for quickly. Other wise well proceed by the book. Next, comes a vote expected within the next hour or so on an amendment to finalize the bills language. If that happens on our watch, we will let you know. And the other big story this sunday. New testimony by trumps former acting a. G. Revealing previously unknown efforts to subvert the 2020 election. The New York times First Report that Jeffrey Rosen had a two Hour Meeting friday with the justice Departments Office of the inspector general. And then saturday gave closed door testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee in which he claimed one of his deputies, jeffrey clark, the acting head of the civil division, pushed top leaders to falsely and publicly assert that Election Fraud Investigations Cast Doubt on the electoral college results. Further proof that trumps Big Lie knew no bounds. According to Richard Blumenthal who appeared on msnbc a short time ago. The president of the united states then donald trump mounted a Pressure Campaign that was absolutely relentless, brutal, personally involved directly aimed at the department of justice seeking to break it and weaponize it so overthrow the election. Our first Get Ben Ray lujan. Thank you for being with us. Well start with infrastructure. Your Colleague Senator Hagerity of tennessee pushing what he called a robust debate. Do you think this will have any effect on the timetable were looking at here . Well, good to be with you tonight. And with the work that we are doing in the united States Senate, to pass a bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, the question is will we pass it tonight, tomorrow, or tuesday. There is no question that this piece of legislation will be passed. It will be sent to the house. And once the house comes together to take action it will be sent to the president to be signed. So i understand what some of think colleagues may think theyre doing here, but there is no question that this bill will pass for the good of the american people to make robust investment in roads, bridges, water, Wastewater And Broadband to connect the country. Lets talk about your center that this will pass the house because some progressives wont vote on this unless the Reconciliation Bill will happen in tant em. How do you see that piece playing out . Well after the united States Senate takes action to pass the bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, we in the senate will be working to pass the Budget Resolution with the instructions to committees and sending that to the house as well. And we will begin work through the month of august to be able to get that put together as well. So i believe that both bills will be passed in both chambers and sent to the president. And here is why, alicia. The american people are expecting and demanding action to lower Prescription Drug prices to be able to expand benefits for medicare beneficiaries, to get those 65 and older Vision And Hearing and dental care. Families across the country, because of the work of democratic leaders, now understand the full benefit of the Child Tax Credit and in the Budget Resolution we will also be working to expand the Child Tax Credit. This is providing relief to Working Class families across the country. So i think it is very important for the u. S. Senate not to just pass the Infrastructure Bill but for us to pass the Resolution And Work with the house, get this to the president and get both bills signed by president biden. The timing on that is of course the question. Well continue to watch for that because i also want to get your reaction to the news out of the doj, former acting a. G. Jeffrey rosen testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee about the allegations that former President Trump Pressured rosen for his help in efforts to falsely undermine the 2020 Election Results. Your reaction to his testimony about clark working with trump to subvert the 2020 Election Results . Well this should be shocking to all that are paying attention to what is unraveling, alicia. Now, more and more testimony that is coming forward showing how President Trump firsthand was pushing, putting pressure, shaking down department of Justice Taf members to carry out his Big Lie which is that he won the election. Nobody believes this. And so i think it is imperative to get to the bottom of this and i certainly hope that my colleagues, that we could all come together on a bipartisan basis and make sure that President Trump understands that even he has to follow the law. And if he breaks the law, hes going to feel the full Weight And Pressure come down on him. I want to pivot to covid for a second because youve said that hispanic communities that receive Vaccine Information in spanish have seen increased vaccination rates. Your sense of what more needs to be done to reach hispanic communities . Alicia, this is very concerning to me and ive been working with my hispanic colleagues in the united States Senate and in the u. S. House of representatives and many other colleagues who have join me in bringing attention to especially Social Media Companies and others of our concern with the spread of misinformation, not just in english, but as we have learned it is worse with what is happening in spanish. And there is concern to me, because the Social Media Companies where weve already identified 12 people that are spreading about 65 of the information in english, that the evidence is pointing that it is worse in spanish. And when Social Media Companies are using algorithms to push content and using other algorithm tools to make recommendations on where people should click, this misinformation is continuing to spread. And it is critically important in english and spanish and in every other language that this misinformation is being spread whether it is by media or by Social Media Companies, it has to stop. Companies should not be profiting off of spreading misinformation that could cost people their lives. And in this case, we know it is happening and it needs to stop and that is why i and my colleagues are working to address this. Senator, thank you so much for your time. For more on all of this, were going to turn to our panel. White House Reporter Eugene Daniels is the coauthor of playbook and a msnbc contributor. Sonam sheth and Tia Mitchell is from the atlanta journal constitution. Friends it gs to see you. Tia, every weekend i say this is the weekend it could happen and every sunday, we say will this happen before we get off air. So right now it is just after 6 00 p. M. Eastern. Where are we at getting this bill passed . Well, its more not if, but when. As you said. Which, by The Way, tia, i think maybe what you told me last weekend or the weekend before that so it feels like were stuck in a little bit of a vortex. A little bit. You know, it is government runs slow. We talk about the Sausage Making. So that is what the senate has been in the thick of, the Sausage Making of governing and in some ways that is refreshing. Theyre doing what theyre sent to washington to do. To sit out and work on amendments and compromise and get the bill to the Finish Line. Because of the senate rules, one member could slow things down and that is what weve seen in the last few days. So as late as tuesday, but like you noted, there should be a final procedural vote later today. So theyre getting there. Theyre almost there. I feel like we need a Countdown Clock that constantly resets. Take a listen to what Dick Durbin said today about Speaker Pelosi. Nancy pelosi has an extraordinary challenge, four vote margin. That isnt much when you really sit down and count votes. I dont want to really project a strategy. I want her to do it. Shes accomplished as they come. Could understand people want to see the Infrastructure Bill passed with no keys attached but she has to have enough votes for the Infrastructure Bill but the follow on Budget Resolution. So i give her all of the flexibility she needs to reach that goal. Eugene, you could elaborate on that challenge and what we know about the strategies she plans to pursue . Smart man, not to try to change the strategy for Speaker Pelosi. And she handles her own strategy and probably isnt taking advice from outside folks right now. The thing that we know about her strategy, is she is where she said at the very beginning. Which i want to see both of these things at the same time. I wap to see both of these things early on. That is something that progressives have taken to heart and they continue to say that. So sometimes it sounds like reporters are thinking their progressives are pushing this two track and the bills have to be married but thats coming from Speaker Pelosi because that is what her caucus wants. So the senate has a lot of time here. The House Isnt back until september 20th, i think is the date when theyre back in session and the senate comes back september, right around a week before that. So they have some time to deal with this Budget Resolution on this Reconciliation Bill. So her focus is making sure that those things come to her at the same time. Other than that, the progressives that we talk to, they say theyre on board as long as they see them coming together because the concern is the Rug Being pulled out from under them. They think and they want this 3. 5 trillion bill as soon as possible. And that is something that Speaker Pelosi is working in tandem with the senate Majority Leader and also the White House in making sure and letting them know, dont worry, im talking to my caucus all of the time, im working with progressives and moderates to make sure theyre both on board with both of these bills. When ive had senators on the show and i ask whether or not the bills will show up in tandem, everyone seems to be hedging. And i wonder if you are getting the same response and to what you attribute that hedging . Yeah, absolutely. So it is for a couple of reasons. First is the fact that democrats have such a slim majority in the House Of Representatives that really just one or two people could sway the direction of any package, especially one as big as this one. And in this case, we really are seeing a tugofwar between moderate democrats who want to hold a vote on this as a stand alone measure to ensure that the Infrastructure Package passes quickly and then you have Pelosi And House progressives saying that they want to vote on these two measures in tandem. So it is really, it is difficult to say how this is going in the house. We do know the chamber is in recess but it is very possible that the calculus from pelosi could change between now and when they reconvene next month. Tia, The New York Times reports that this deal is, quote, one of the most significant steps to date by lekked Republicans To Defy mr. Trump, not only by the moderates who have broken with him but by a wider group that my signal his waning influence on capitol. So does this signal trumps influence on Capitol Hill and if so will it last . I do think it signals that on certain Things Senate and House Republicans may be willing to defy President Trump. For example, hes been calling out Mitch Mcconnell on this bipartisan infrastructure deal, calling out those republicans who voted with democrats to move the bill forward. He is not a fan of this bipartisan Infrastructure Package. And i think it is just because hes not a fan of seeing Joe Bidens Platform being carried out. So on legislation on policy, you see republicans willing to say were our own people, were in washington, were elected and this is the best thing this to do. But what youre still not saying is if theyre willing to defy trump on the personal terms and distance themselves from trump completely. Theyre willing to disagree with him on this bill but not necessarily distance themselves from him and split from him in totality. And that is where i think his power remains, is that hes still is seen as the leader of the republican party and republican elected officials know that, so their hesitant to completely say im done with this guy, i dont want to hear anything he has to say on any topic. Eugene, sonam, tia, we still have a lot of Infrastructure Summer ahead of us so im sure ill see a lot of the three of us. Thank you for your time. Next, what this news could mean in terms of a criminal investigation of the former president and others. Joyce vance will lay it all out for us. And when it comes to Covid And America were back to where we were in february with red states railing against Mask Mandates. What could be done and ill ask the mayor of montgomery, alabama and in california where a fire spanning 700 miles now the second largest in state history. And the Summer Games in the books. How did the Olympics Feat pull off in the face of covid. Well head To Tokyo and ask keir simmons. This is American Voices. 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And we have a highly transmissible variant and classrooms will be even more crowded. And so it is just very important to share my concerns an make sure that parents could empower themselves to understand what to ask their schools about, to ensure that knowing what the Mask Policy is, knowing what the Testing Policy and Vent Lation and filtation and what is going on at their schools an other distancing guidelines. This is important to know about what is going on locally in terms of Community Transition levels so you could make decisions that are best for your family. Part of what struck me about what you were going through is that there is data that is readily available and then there is some data not being collected which feels like were in a loop on this thing that continues to be an issue. I also want to play some sound for you from Nih Director Francis Collins this morning pressing that masks and vaccines should be accepted by all regardless of political affiliation. Take a listen. Why is it that amandate about vaccine or about wearing a mask suddenly becomes a statement of your political party. We never should have let that happen. And come on, america, we could separate these. Were polarized about politics. We dont really need to be polarized about a virus that is killing people. We ought to be doing everything that we can to save lives and that means get the vaccine and that means wear the mask when youre indoors in a crowded space and if your unvaccinated. Wear it all of the time. As a medical professional and very publicly speaking both as a medical profession and as a parent. Your sense of what it is going to take to get past the politicization of masks of vaccines. Right. What i will say is that it is political but it is politicized in a divisive day during this pandemic and it has exposed inequities that have already been there. So what were seeing now is part of that. The response to sort of the culture and the undermining of public health messaging. I agree with Francis Collins that we need to understand what the basic benefits of masks an vaccines are. But it is important that were not taking a vaccine only approach. The vaccines are not necessarily the only thing that is going to save us. What we need now as well as according to the map where masks are recommended throughout the whole country, we need a universal Mask Mandate at the most minimum. The vaccine mandates will get more people vaccinated over the next few weeks. But we also need to use other Nonpharmaceutical Interventions to address this as well as paid Sick Leave to help people get vaccinated. We could still have to think about what are the risk factors theyre putting certain segments of the population at risk for contracting covid19. And address those systemic inequities as well. I have to say mom to mom, thank you so much for sort of walking us through your own thinking on this. Both here and on twitter. I found it personally just invaluable so thank you. Now, in Alabama Covid cases shot up 174 in the past two weeks. Hospitals at a breaking poin. Alabama state dr. Scott harris said 93 of the states beds are occupied. Nearly all covid19 deaths in alabama are among the unvaccinated. And as of now, alabama does not have a state wide Mask Mandate. And my next guest, the mayor of montgomery, alabama, is doing what he can to encourage masks in his community. Mayor reed joins me tonight. Sit does require masks in all City Facilities and your Mask Advisory for montgomery recommends both vaccinated and unvaccinated people wear masks indoors when around people not from their household, why issue an advisory rather than a mandate . Well first, thank you for having me. We wanted to issue a advisory really just to jar the collective member of our residents and try to encourage them to start wearing masks and to understand that were not through this pandemic just yet. As much as we all would like to be on the other side of it, and we didnt think the mandate was the first step that we needed to take. Now that was last week and were looking at this on a daytoday basis. Our covid19 numbers are up over 136 . Weve seen a 210 increase in hospitalizations. And the Icu Capacity is at or above 98 which typically can happen, but not so much when we have were seeing so many covid19 patients. So were concerned and ill be meeting with the City Council this week to discuss what some steps will be going forward. It is what we keep hearing from health providers, the percentage of patients that are in there with covid is what is so alarming. What is the reaction that youve gotten over your advisory in your city . The reaction is very oh, no, are we really going back through this again . And i think again people have got into a relaxed state over the summer and i think we have really not done everything that we could do as individuals. Now i think from the City Side as well as other mayors around the state, many of us have been trying to push Vaccination Efforts by doing everything by partnering from churches and houses of worship but grassroots organizations, trying to go doortodoor to reach our residents where they are and just trying to have some plain conversations with them. But there is a lot of hesitancy out there. There is a lot of misinformation that were still trying to battle and unpack some of that and in terms of how to be more effective. But the advisory did serve as a collective call to our city and to our community that there was more for us to do and when you look at our rates, we have a lot of work to do statewide. Were at the bottom. And so we have to continue to educate our residents and weve got to continue to work with them and partner with our schools as well as our private employers to get them the assistance in this matter. I have to ask you, as a mayor, when you see other southern governors banning Mask Mandates, what is then the actual experience for someone who is running a municipality. Does it make you feel like other mayors have their hands tied . Well, absolutely. And i think it puts all of us who are running cities across this country in a bind because you dont know how far you could go and you cant really use all of the tools in your Tool Box if you will, to address this The Way we did last year. Look, No One wants to go back to 2020 for any reason. Given all of the upheaval we had in our economy and our schools. Just in our normal daytoday life. So when governors do this in particular without consulting mayors and without thinking about things at the local level, it is problematic for us and so it forces mayors to try to get around some of those measures that the governors have installed to still protect the lives of our residents and ultimately that is what it comes down to. Alabama, your state is among the seven states that account for half after you will u. S. Covid cases. Could we show that map because it is startling when you see the Seven Statesch you could look at it there and you could see they are clustered. What would you like to see, mayor, done at a tate level in your state to curb those cases . Well, i think number one, there has to be more communication, more resources from the state in the municipalities. We also have to get more leaders at the State Level to really push back on the misinformation that is out there. And listen, a lot of this is political as been stated by previous guests. So they bear some responsibility for this. We didnt just get here because we accidentally found out that a vaccines werent as impactful as they could be. We got here because a lot of people were told they didnt need to get vaccinated and people have mistrust of the government and certainly of the health care system. So they didnt need to be tipped any longer. Now were starting to see some officials come back but it has to be stronger and more collectively done. And were going to have to get partisan business, partisan nonprofits and other Community Grassroots leaders to help us get the word out or else were going to suffer what i think is going to be a relapse of last year and that is not going to help anyone when school starts back here in alabama. Thank you so much four your time. In our next hour, meet the Arizona Superintendent being sued for requiring students and teachers to mask up. But first, what happens if new Yorks Governor is charged with a misdemeanor . Former u. S. Attorney Joyce Vance is going to tell us next. Xt water . hey you catch mio. Thank you water tastes like, well. Water. So we fixed it. Mio. When technology is easier to use. Barriers dont stand a chance. Thats why well stop at nothing to deliver our technology asaservice. 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The New York times First Report former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen has told the doj and congressional investigators that one ever his deputies tried to Help Trump subvert the 2020 Election Results. Senator Dick Durbin was in the room for that testimony. When you were listening to that testimony yesterday, what was the most shocking to you . Just how directly personally involved the president was, the pressure he was putting on Jeffrey Rosen, it was real. Very real. And it was very specific. This president is not subtle when he wants something, former president. Hes not subtle when he wants something and i think its a good thing for america that we had a American Like Rosen in that position who stood with with stood the pressure. The senator said the committee spoke with Richard Donahue and they plan to interview another witness this coming week. Joining me now former u. S. Attorney Joyce Vance, a professor at the university of Alabama School of law. Joyce, could this lead to criminal charges for trump . I suppose that is the ultimate question here, alicia and ill answer it this way. Ill say it merits an investigation into whether or not criminal conduct occurred. I wouldnt want to prejudge that until the evidence is in. Not because this doesnt give the appearance of being fully criminal, but because we are a rule of Law Country and charging someone with a crime requires the government to have proof beyond a reasonable doubt of all of the elements of a crime. Some of which could be rather demanding and rather narrow. But in this situation, and i wrote a piece earlier this week with my Colleague Bash Mcquade and with Professor Larry Tribe at harvard where we laid out a Road Map to investigate because this gives an appearance to defraud the united states and an entire series of other crimes. It strikes me there have been a number of times that ive asked you the question about the former president because Theresy Cornucopia of legal cases to ask you about that and you were very judicious and give a version of that answer. It is easy to become jaded about all of the different legal inquiries. What about this one should make us Sit Up and take notice . You know, i dont feel jaded about this one at all. I thought Senator Blumenthal said something that was really remarkably accurate. He said that trump tried to break the justice department. And i would add to that that this evidence shows that trump also tried to break the country. He was willing to do anything to stay in power. Weve heard a lot about this former president for four years, a lot of people wish he would just go away. But you know, if you compare this to if you heard this about a senator, that a senator had lost an election and went to someone at doj and asked them to perpetuate concern about the election and lies, so that they could stay in power, we all know that doj would immediately open an investigation and look into it. Same thing should happen here. Joyce, i want to turn to andrew cuomo. One accuser spoke to cbs. Why can you file that criminal complaint with the Shers Office . It was the right thing to do. The governor needs to be held accountable. And just so im clear again, being held accountable to you means seeing the governor charged with a crime . What he did to me was a crime. He broke the law. The lawyers have downplayed the Sexual Harassment saying the governor doesnt believe he touched anyone inappropriately. What do you think prosecutors will make of that argument . So, theyll engage in an investigation. Theyll see if they could substantiate the claim and then under New York this sort of an unwanted touching could be a felony or a misdemeanor. Here they could consider whether there was Misdemeanor Charges and albany said they will not move this case for more quickly or slowly than in any other situation that theyll investigate it fully. So lets talk about the investigation because the governor has five days left to submit evidence to the New York legislature. What kind of materials is cuomo allowed to share and what are his chances of avoiding impeachment . So, its an interesting situation because in his initial defense he submitted a written brief or rather his lawyer submitted a Written Brief Laying Out the case for him. But it largely consisted of a series of pictures of the governor kissing and hugging with a variety of people ranging from the famous to average citizens as though that somehow canceled out the allegations that are made by these 11 women. Hell have to do a little bit better than that if he wants to have a real response to the compelling detailed evidence presented in this narrative. And one of the very interesting things about impeachment in the state of New York is that if the governor is impeached, while those charges are pending trial, hes actually removed from office. It is different than a federal situation. So the consequences for him are very serious. Joyce vance, as always, thank you. Next, Breaking News from california and the brutal fight to contain the second largest blaze in state history. And later, the dangerous mix of booze, delayed flights and cabin fever, that is playing out in airports and skies across the country. Cross the country. Subway®. Has so much new they couldnt fit it in their last ad. So, we gonna have to go fast. Ready . Theres new steak, delistyle turkey, belgioioso® fresh mozzarella, hickorysmoked bacon, new hearty multigrain, and Steph Curry Juggling Avocados for some reason. 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The simple fact they were able to have the Closing Ceremony for many is a victory. When i sat down with the japanese Prime Minister a few weeks ago he told me we have to do this, and they did it successfully. Goodness me, 50,000 people involved in staging the games and taking part and its clear from the olympic organizers how delighted they are. In the stadium there were, once again, no spectators and fewer athletes because so many had to go home. There was a sense there of just the achievement, the ability of the Human Spirit to overcome even against this terrible virus. I think that was the messaging. There was also a message of hope, and a thought about the future with paris, and that perspective on how they will hold the games. You just couldnt Help Thinking as you watched, i hope things will be different in a few years time. One of my favorite moments that played out over and over again, is when somebody would cross the Finish Line and how all the competitors would embrace them, and you are reminded there are communities within the communities. What was the mood in tokyo as teams were saying their goodbyes to one another . Reporter well, its tricky, because, of course, teams left at different times in the past two weeks. I think there was a sense of relief, of achievement, and everybody always fills, you know, pleased to go home, but just think about how many questions there were over whether they games could even be staged safely. The fact that they were there, i think that was for everybody to celebrate and a message to take home when they get back to their families even though they couldnt be with their families while they were here. An element of relief for sure. Keir simmons, thank you so much for taking the time to join us. 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