12,000 cases a day to 90,000 cases a day in less than a month. New mask mandates announced in the last 24 hours go into effect in the san francisco bay area starting today, and state of louisiana tomorrow. Good news in all of this, it is not just case rates that are going up, vaccinations are going up too. On monday, the nation as a hole hit president biden s goal of having 70% of eligible adults at least partially vaccinated. But the majority of states are still below the mark. A dozen haven t even hit 60% mark. And the country hit biden s milestone a month later than he originally hoped. We got word the president will be speaking later today about vaccines amid a new surge of infections. I want to dig deeper, head to serious hot spots. Morgan chesky in baton rouge, kerry sanders, in florida. Dr. Patel who served as policy director in the obama white house, and the mayor of miami beach, dan gelber. News week ran an article that said louisiana hospitals are so overrun, doctors had to c
It is the culmination of a fourday march that comes 19 days after democratic members of the texas legislature broke quorum, traveling to washington, d. C. In an effort to block new restrictive voting legislation. Former texas congressman beto o rourke joined us earlier to discuss the importance of the rally. There s a lot of good energy and a lot of good power and that s what it s going to take to get the for the people act through. We ve got to get the president and members of the senate the power they need to get this done. That s why we re rallying at the capitol. Also breaking, millions of americans are facing eviction as a federal moratorium is hours away from expiring. Missouri congresswoman corey bush slept outside on the capitol hill steps in protest after house democrats failed to push through a lastminute extension. Msnbc caught up with her earlier on her efforts. The night was it was necessary to continue this awareness because we need the powers that be to understand that w
We want to begin with the senate s special saturday session. The bipartisan group tasked with creating the infrastructure bill is still working to finalize the text of the deal right now as senate majority leader chuck schumer is expressing his eagerness to get the legislation on the floor for amendment votes. Ali vitali is on capitol hill and has been following it for us. Great to see you this afternoon. Everyone is on the edge of their seat waiting for the text to be released. It easily could be about 2,500 pages of text laying out this bill. Any indication we re closer to that moment? reporter: yeah, look, it is probably going to be lengthy. They have been working ot for weeks now as this bipartisan group has been negotiating. They ve been drafting the text along with it. It doesn t mean it is a quick process. Certainly quite the opposite here. Throughout the week we ve heard from senators who tried to say the bill is coming in the next hour, the bill is coming tomorrow. That deadli
nearly a week since the deadly winter storm struck the lone star state, it s still struggling to get safe water to millions of residents. meantime, the white house s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan could go to the floor later this week but many on the right say it s still with too many liberal earmarks. we have live team coverage today. david spunt is at the white house, casey siegel is in dallas, tracking the winter storm s aftermath. christina coleman is live in los angeles with more on the united airlines engine failure. reporter: no one was injured but there was significant damage on the ground and some terrifying moments in the sky. fortunately, the flight crew was able to land the plane safely. take a listen to the mayday call. we re experiencing engine failure. we need to clear. mayday, mayday, united 328, heavy mayday, mayday. departure, heavy mayday, experienced engine failure. need to return immediately. reporter: one of the jet s engines exploded yesterday, sho
fallen service members demanded answers about the botched withdrawal from afghanistan. hard to believe, it s been two years since the lone suicide bomber attacked the airport in kabul. the attack claimed the lives of 150 afghan civilians and 13 united states service members tasked with aiding the efforts on the ground. you are looking at them now, heroes all of them. the families have been demanding accountability from the biden administration and blasted president biden. many parents don t have a clear understanding of their children s last moments. the parents are speaking about the efforts for answers. it was march of 2021, he was leaving for his deployment. and i remember like it was yesterday. he stand outside the door and he hugged me and he said, mom, if i don t come back and i said, shut up, you re going to come back. he said, no, mom, if i don t come back, i want you to keep telling my story. i will fight until my last breath to get to the truth. we were told l