something about it. super spreader affairs as spring breakers are flocking to the beaches in florida despite warnings to stay away. and the shocking attack on police officers trying to enforce pandemic. covid relief. some receiving checks totaling thousands of dollars. to have a little bit of weight lifted off our shoulders. to not have to worry as much as maybe what the next months will hold. i have some bills that are behind, obviously. so those are all already caught up. i got all of those caught up this morning. a lot of people needing that morning. good morning, it s sunday, march 14th. i m lindsey reiser. i m kendis gibson. we have a team of correspondents and analysts standing by with the latest for you on the stories we re covering. we begin with cathy park in new york with more on that new york times report surrounding governor cuomo. good morning. more than two dozen people were interviewed for the piece. who are they? what are some of the bombshells
massive $1.9 trillion bill. amanda, catch us up to speed on the latest border crisis. reporter: the department of homeland security has instructed fema to begin to get involved with the unaccompanied migrant children coming over the southern border and trying to mitigate and shelter and move them into other facilities to help the influx we re seeing. to note the data points we have so far, about 3200 unaccompanied children being held at cvb facilities it comes as a 28% increase. this is all coming both with the biden administration trying to tackle the immigration issue but it s taking notice here among lawmakers within capitol hill. keep in mind, the influx we re seeing of this of the migrant children coming through across the border is due in part to a couple of factors including devastation from hurricanes in the last year as well as the covid pandemic impacting where the communities are as well as looking forward to anticipating more relaxed border protection and en
as we head into a big week in washington, president biden is trying to back track. keep that bipartisan infrastructure deal alive this morning. so he is stepping back on his threat to veto it unless it is tied to a reconciliation plan. the president was saying that was never his intent. in the house this week, a vote to create a committee that would investigate the january 6th insurrection. we have nbc news correspondent monica alba at the white house. and msnbc political reporter amanda golden on capitol hill to preview this week ahead for us. let s start at the white house, monica. what are we hearing from the president now? a lot of people saying because he was whispering when he mentioned those comments that it may have been just off the cuff. well, it was pretty clear because he did definitively say that he agreed with speaker pelosi that he, at the time, said he would not sign one without the other.
mio. water tastes like, well.water. so we fixed it. mio. developing right now, fallout from a meeting between a dc metropolitan police officer and house republican leader kevin mccarthy. the officer who was injured in the january 6th attack said he was disappointed after that meeting. let s go to amanda golden on capitol hill with more on this. what was the officer hoping to achieve? reporter: alex, as you know, there was serious back and forth between officer michael fanone
days to come and we probably will hear more from the president on that at some point. that is so heartbreaking and given the president who shares his emotions on his sleeve, our condolences to them and thank you for that report. congress is gearing up for a voting rights showdown. the senate set to vote on a sweeping elections bill tuesday and though the bill is expected to fail, it still could turn out to be a win for democrats. how is that? let s go to next s amanda golden on capitol hill with that. why bring it to a vote if the gop has shut it down, amanda? the answer is virtue signaling here. it shows democratic priorities are still moving forward and that s what they hope to show case and even with this vote almost certainly going to fail on tuesday. the tactical victory for democrats could be if all of the republicans are united in