The president s domestic agenda has house democrats are divided on infrastructure strategy. Lost to get to. Lets bring in John Harwood and senior political analyst mr. John avalon. Good evening one and all. Both johns, by the way. John harwood, you first. Lets start with this critical week for the president s domestic agenda. This is where the rubber really is going to meet the road here and it comes down to the democrats this time so give us the latest. What do you think . What do you know . Look, don, the democrats will have to decide whether to hang together or hang rseparately. This is the margins are so small in the House And Senate anybody or any small group of people in the house can take down the president s agenda if they want to. So youve had this group of moderate democrats in the house who have been threatening to withhold support for the larger Budget Bill that theyre going to do with democrats only votes, the 3. 5 trillion unless they first get a vote on the bipartisan in
Hello, and welcome to the lead. Im Pamela Brown in for Jake Tapper on this monday. And we begin this hour with our health lead. Cdc data now shows more than 99. 99 of fully vaccinated people have avoided a severe Breakthrough Case of covid. But nearly a third of those eligible still havent gotten the shot. Testing Lines Stretch for hours in orlando. Dr. Anthony fauci warning the unvaccinated are seeing a smoldering level of infection. One Miami Doctor says, quote, our Childrens Hospitals are completely overwhelmed. Vaccination rates are increasing, we should note, but not fast enough to slow the spread of the Delta Variant. One virologist in texas telling the washington post, its like jurassic park, the moment you realize the dinosaurs have all got loose again. And, yet, lies and misinformation are also running wild. A handful of republican governors fighting against Public Health measures, and some extremist lawmakers still spreading dangerous Conspiracy Theories about the vaccine. As
Look, im not going to go into it now, but i used to you know, theres noncompete clauses or people running the machines that lay down asphalt. If, in fact, you get offered a job and you have a, you know, youre in arkansas doing it, a lot of specific examples, you cant take a job in West Texas to do it. What in the hell does that have to do with anything . No, im serious. Or there were clauses in mcdonalds contracts. You Cant Leave Burger king or go to mcdonalds. Come on. Is there a Trade Secret about whats inside that patty . No, but im serious. You all, i dont know whether you do know. I didnt know until five years ago the incredible number of noncompete clauses for ordinary people who are done for one reason, to keep wages low. Period. Look my Executive Order will limit noncompete agreements. Let workers choose who they want to work for. Im also calling on the ftc to do away with certain occupational licensing requirements. Do you realize if you want to braid hair and you move from on
What that can mean for Benjamin Netanyahus political future. And then heading to japan, a country under a State Of Emergency due to covid19. Well look in store for the athletes once they get there. Flash point over voting rights in the u. S. State of texas, and we have seen dramatic developments unfold there in the past few hours. Just a short time ago the Texas Legislature failed to pass a sweeping measure of voting restrictions, a Bill President biden has called wrong and unamerican. The measure would ban unsolicited mail in ballot applications overnight, and it bans drivethrough voting, and they were racing against a Midnight Deadline to get approval, and the republicans were left without the minimum numbers to vote, and the governor will start a Special Session to restart the process, and it was said the legislature was trying to restore confidence in the election process. Now, we can debate how much fraud occurred in the last election and democrats who have claimed fraud happened
Ever, and her home country is censoring the news. Good to have you with us. We begin with good news for americans who have been dreaming of a european vacation after more than a year of covid restrictions. The European Commission president tells the New York Times that fully vaccinated americans will be able to visit eu countries this summer. Thats also good news for european economies that have felt the financial sting of travel bans. Lets bring in melissa bell joining us from paris. This is great news for fully vaccinated americans and tourism across europe. How will this work exactly and when will this likely happen . The idea was already, rosemary, that europeans will get what the eu is calling a vaccination passport, and it shows you are immune because you recently had covid19 or whether or not you have had a test that shows you are negative, and something that would allow you to cross from European Country To european country. This certificate could be extended to allow noneurope