i know many of you remember it, because i heard about it all the time. you re the kkk guy. why would you film with the kkk? america doesn t even have that type of racism anymore. hmm. you re right. it s gotten way worse. and that was all before covid-19 and before four cops in minneapolis killed george floyd. rather than just treat him like a human. before protests, a police station burning to the ground. there s an african-american man threatening my life. before too many karens, before fattening the curve. and through it all a president incapable of handling any of it at all. oh, look, baby s first bible! america is finally ready to get real about white supremacy. so, let s start super easy and basic. these are white supremacists. 44 white presidents out of 45 in a land originally 100% native american is white supremacy. white supremacy is a big complicated web of systems and institutions set up to keep power and privilege with one race. guess which one? pitts
bipartisan. well, you know, just a couple months ago we were hearing from president biden the newly inaugurated president biden that he was going to unify the country and then we were going to work together and have bipartisanship. i m still waiting, mr. president. i haven t seen any of that i think what i have seen so far is it s biden s way or the hirch. dana: biden is getting high marks from the progressive left. listen to what congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez is saying now. president biden has definitely exceeded expectations that progressives had. you know, i will be frank, i think a lot of us expected a much more conservative administration. but, the active invitation and willingness and collaboration with progressives in his first 100 days or almost 100 days has been very impressive. dana: that s her take. greg, there is a little bit of new math happening on these polls. take a listen to chuck todd yesterday. greg: do i have to. dana: yes. listen and
joshua johnson. welcome to the week. president biden had a good week. he marked as 100 days in office, delivering his first presidential speech to a joint session of congress. a new poll out today, shows that nearly two thirds of americans express optimism about the direction of the country. the last time we came close to that level of optimism, was in december of 2006. i often think about a quote, from abraham lincoln. public sentiment is everything. with it, nothing can fail. against it, nothing can succeed. perhaps it s clear why many americans are upbeat. 100 million of us are fully vaccinated, just in time for summer. i m a week and a half away from my second shot. but this is just a snapshot of how the country is feeling right now. that can change, depending on how much the president gets done. the major successes of his first 100 days, centered around covid relief. now he is turning to infrastructure plan. the path ahead, for that, seems less clear. republicans say the
boat that capsized just off the coast of san diego. officials say it looks like smuggling. and last night we asked you for your photos of things that helped raise your perspective in these troubled times. i call it the observatory effect. and you did not disappoint. we will share some of our favorites throughout the hour. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. well, president biden had a good week. he marked his 100 days in office delivering his first presidential speech to a joint session of congress. a new poll out today shows that nearly two-thirds of americans expressed optimism about the direction of the country. the last time we came close to that level of optimism was in december of 2006. i often think about a quote from abraham lincoln. public sentiment is everything. with it, nothing can fail. against it, nothing can succeed. perhaps it s clear why many americans are upbeat. 100 million of us are fully vaccin
sure up the nation s ageing roads and bridges and rail lines and utilities, a plan he says will transform the united states. i m proposing a plan for the nation that rewards work, not just rewards wealth. it s not a plan that tinkers around the edges it s a once in a generation investment in america unlike anything we ve seen or done since we built the interstate highway system and the space race decades ago in fact, the largest american jobs investment since world war ii it s big, yes. it s bold, yes and we can get it done. biden says it will cost over $2 trillion among his plans to pay for it a corporate tax reich from the current 21% to 28%. keep in mind he signed his 1. 9 trillion dollars covid act into law without any republican support. the plan biden introduced today is part one he says he ll announce part two helping the nation s families, education and health care and the like in a matter of weeks. today he invited republicans to work with him on both. the divi