when the u.s. quits the country all together. just anecdotally, alex, as you know i work in iran a lot, it shares a very porous border with afghanistan, so you see a lot of afghans pouring to iran. they have a terrible life there but it is still preferential to staying in afghanistan for them. i have to tell you, it is a heck of a story. allie arouzi, let me thank you for covering two big stories for us, from climate change to how to extricate our afghan partners. thank you, ali. and a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports . here is what is happening just a bit past 2:00 p.m. eastern,. we begin with the president hitting the campaign trail for the first time since his candidacy. he touted his vaccination push and efforts to pass an infrastructure deal and even calling out his predecessor by name. this is a big deal. terry and i share a lot in common. i ran against donald trump and so is
vaccines can outpace the spread of the highly contagious delta variant. right now it is not looking good. more than half of u.s. states, mostly republican led, have a vaccination rate below the national average. the new surge beginning to imperil return-to-work plans. last night republican governor of alabama, kay ivy, said bluntly in an interview most of her colleagues will not say, that the blame for much of the continued suffering in her state rests squarely on the shoulders of those refuse to go get vac nated. what is it going to take to get people to get shots in arms? i don t know. you tell me. folks are supposed to have common sense. but it s time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks, not the regular folks. it s the unvaccinated folks that are letting us down. wow. one might think governor ivey s frustrations could represent a crack in the republican firewall against covid protections. and even in washington there are signs republicans are beginning to acknowl
a major league team leading to swift reaction this weekend. plus, next hour, some trump bombshells. i will talk to one of the authors of the new book i alone can fix it about his interview with donald trump and what it says about the former president s plans for, yep, 2024. we are going to begin though in washington where despite failing a test vote earlier this week senate democrats and republicans say they hope to release and push ahead with their bipartisan infrastructure bill as soon as monday. we ve heard that before. let s bring in sahil kapur. there are so many deadlines that have come and gone before but here we are wondering if it will be pushed across the finish like. you have senate negotiators not necessarily releasing details. talk to us about what we know about any final sticking points being worked on to get it past the finish line hopefully, or begin to get past the finish line i should say on monday. reporter: yasmin, infrastructure week increasingly fe
civil war. barring any last-minute changes, the panel will consist of seven democrats and one renegade republican. house minority leader kevin mccarthy was given the opportunity to appoint five republicans but took his ball and went home after speaker pelosi rejected two trump loyalists that he put forward. congressman jim jordan of ohio and gym banks of indiana both made no secret of their plans to undermine the probe. history will decide whether pelosi was right to sacrifice the appearance of bipartisanship in favor of a sober and serious investigation. but the gravity of the moment is clear, based on evidence we ve already seen with our own eyes. we all saw the trump perpetrate the big lie that he won the election for months without evidence. we watched as he and his enablers gathered trump s most fervent supporters in d.c. and whipped them into a frenzy with hours of incendiary speeches. and we witnessed that mob storm the capitol, outfitted for battle, not peaceful prote
there is a more beautiful word called disinformation. that interview just part of the bombshell book- i alone can fix it. i will be talking to co-author phil rucker in a moment on trump s views on lying. what is ahead for 2024 and more of the amazing revelations in the book in a moment. also this hour ready to go it is my responsibility as speaker of the house to make sure that we get to the truth on this, and we will not let their antics stand in the way of that. the january 6th committee about to get started in congress, and there is new reporting about a new potential move by nancy pelosi that is sure to enrage republicans further. plus, disturbing new revelations about the fbi investigation of then-supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh that raises questions about whether we knew as much as we should have about the man who now has a life-time appointment to the country s highest court. . did you consume alcohol during your high school years? yes, we drank