live from washington. he has the very latest. hi, david. hi, sandra. big story. democrats are looking at the temporary burden of millions of americans as temporary. they believe this is a marathon, not a print and ultimately the higher spending will help more americans than hurt them. citing a private white house poll, democratic lawmakers are encouraged to focus on how the president s $3 trillion infrastructure plan helps working families by lowering costs and getting people back to work or maybe helping the economy. the consumer price index measures what people pay for goods increased 5% from a year ago. the president is counting on a bipartisan infrastructure plan to help the economy. continues are continue to see inflation and the issue is the democrats in congress is reckless and ultimately increased spending will hurt where it counts at the grocery stores and at the gas pumps. inflation is at the highest in the past 13 years. economists are concerned it won t just dis
little after 11:00. the next of the infrastructure bill has not yet finished being written and that has to be done before they introduce it. it will be read and then you will have the traditional slew of amendments offered by senators of both sides. we are in for perhaps a lengthy saturday session. c.d.c. director rochelle walensky walking back a mandate and indoor mask use. welcome, i m alicia acuna. griff: i m griff jenkins after the confusion over the biden administration. with the latest. the biden administration an urgently trying to get more americans to have a covid-19 vaccine. their questions how the government hopes to accomplish the goal. we have seen a number of companies mandate that their employees go ahead and get the vaccine and last night on special reports, the c.d.c. director was asked whether something like this, if the government was going to follow their lead. i want to start there, the are you for mandating on a level? i think that the administrati
are looking at right now, announce the president of the infant states. by attempting to passed laws requiring voters to show i.d. when they vote republicans are risking it permanent internal division as well as a violent think we are overstating?re here s what he said. does an unfolding assault taking place in america today, and attempt to suppress and subvert the right to vote in fair and free elections. we are facing the most significant test of our democracy since the civil war. that s not hyperbole, since the civil war t. tucker: at the civil war? you sound overheated to you? he would like you to know that this is not hyperbole. they are literally like habeas corpus, the state legislature. that was the civil war. biden made it clear that s what he meant and he said it twice. one was the last time a sitting american gave a speech like this? probably not told the 1860s. it s hard to know how to process it. it was a stunningly irresponsible thing for an american leader t
right now, announced the president of the united states. by attempting to pass laws requiring voters to show i.d. when they vote, republicans are risking permanent internal division as well as violent conflict. think we are overstating? here s what he said. president biden: there s an unfolding assault taking place in america today, and attempt to suppress and subvert the right to vote in fair and free elections. we are facing the most significant test of our democracy since the civil war. that s not hyperbole. since the civil war. tucker: the civil war? sound overheated to you? joe biden would like you to know this is not hyperbole. voter i.d. laws are literally like the civil war. that is habeas corpus suspended, state legislatures shut down, hundreds of thousands of americans dead in fields. that was the civil war. biden made it clear that s what he meant. he said it twice. one was the last time a sitting american president gave a speech like this? well, probably not s
briefing in surf sside. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight government health experts and the maker of one of the most widely used covid-19 vaccines here in the united states are at odds over whether americans who received the pfizer vaccine need a booster shot. cnn s senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is joining us now. elizabeth, there seem to be mixed messages about whether a booster shot is necessary. what s the latest? reporter: the mixed messages are incredible. pfizer says oh, immunity is waning. we think people need the booster. the fda, cdc and every expert we talked to say this isn t true. late yesterday pfizer very unexpectedly said we re asking the fda for emergency use authorization. we intend to ask next month, which is soon. we think immunity is waning to just two shots. they were almost in some ways denigrating their own product. they put out a statement. they didn t say based on a new study. they pointed to some israeli dat