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and right now an fda committee is debating covid booster shots. the biden white house wants a green light. but is that guided by science or by politics? first this hour a capitol on high alert. the department of homeland security issuing an alert warning of possible violence in washington as early as today. members of congress and their staff on notice. stay away from the capitol this weekend. a big security fence is backed up. there s a secondary perimeter, a smaller fencing and concrete barriers beyond that. a planned saturday rally by supporters of donald trump and those who stormed the capitol on january 6th. that latest bulletin says authorities have identified no specific or credible threat of violence, but online chatter. other intelligence and, of course, the lessons of january 6th have law enforcement on edge and on duty in big numbers. whitney wild is on the scene for us on capitol hill. what s the latest? we ve just learned that the department of defense ha ....
for election. the protective ring around the united states capitol is back up ahead of a rally. authorities worry it could bring new violence to the nation s capitol. the fencing is only part of the upped security posture in washington. the capitol police already have the d.c. national guard on alert. and cnn has learned the d.c. metropolitan police will be fully activated on saturday. increased security amid increased worries. yes. certainly there is still a lot of concern over this rally on saturday. that s why overnight the fence is back. the construction workers were out here through the night into the morning, putting this together. it s now surrounding the entire capitol complex. in much the same way we saw in the days and weeks and months after the insurrection. so they were out all night putting these in. they re also using these concrete barriers to keep the fences in place so that no one can topple them over. also, there s always been a concern over vehi ....
a democratic divide over the price. and calling the families of fallen service members. seeking revenge in republican primaries. more election lies. even color commentary for a boxing match on 9/11. just whatç is donald trump up t? but we begin this hour with big covid news. a call for vaccine requirements from the president, and from the nation s second largest school district. president biden tonight delivers a big speech with several new pandemic initiatives. cnn told one of them is a requirement that all federal workers get vaccinated with no option for frequent testing to get around that mandate. the school shift is out in los angeles. the school board votes today on a covid vaccine mandate. it would make los angeles the first school in the country with such a mandate. stephanie elim is with us live. let s start with jeff zeleny. reporter: biden will be signing executive orders trying to restart the conversation. he s making tough requirements for federal worker ....
anti-maskers are teaming up with the proud boys to threaten school boards over mask mandates. while one school board meeting in north carolina was so chaotic, attendees attempted to overthrow the officials and install themselves as a new board. there s also something else that s happening right now about 3,000 miles away from the u.s. in brazil. stay with me because there is a connection. today is brazil s independence day. tens of thousands of demonstrators came out in support of their president, jair bolsonaro. bolsonaro won a closely watched presidential election in 2018 and his victory signalled the country s shift to the far right. he has praised the country s history of military dictatorship and has advocated torture. he was able to win the presidency by tapping into the resentments held by the while upper and upper upper middle classes in a country that like the u.s. is rife with anti-blackness and racism. during the pandemic, bolsonaro downplayed covid despite g ....
the rule which means 51 votes 50 democrats are kamala harris as the vice president breaking the tie, is the only way it can pass the senate. manchin says he has serious concerns about the way forward. he says given the state of the economic recovery, it s simply irresponsible to continue spending at levels more sulted to respond to a great depression or great recession, not an economy that is on the verge of overheating. this $3.5 trillion plan is part of the larger, more than $4 trillion worth of joe biden s agenda. the other piece, that $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan that passed the senate with 69 votes yet. that still is awaiting action in the house. nancy pelosi has made clear she will not move on that bipartisan plan until the senate moves the larger democratic plan. you can see the challenge the democrats have both from the progressives, pushing the larger plan, moderates like joe manchin raising concerns about the price tag. it s a complicated dan ....