an eye on that stop with you so if you keep pictures of the president, that s what we re watching. but we re going to start today with the republican party s full embrace of extremist policy views that completely ignore the views and priorities of a majority of texans. today it s voting restrictions, fueled by fears of voter fraud, even though texas investigated the 2020 election result and found no fraud. no fraud in any of the measures they today banned. but facts be damned. governor abbott this afternoon signed into law a restrictive voting bill that democrats in the statehouse held up for weeks. many of them fleeing to washington, d.c., to rally support for federal legislation. the voting restriction law now set to take effect in texas, targets ballot access measures disproportionately used and needed by voters of color. procedures particularly popular in harris county, that s home to the democratic stronghold of houston. the new law will also make it much more difficult
to get your shots, a bunch of them. the pentagon has long required all-u.s. military personnel to get shots to protect against things, like measles and mumps and smallpox and diphtheria. i mean, depending on where in the world you might be serving for the u.s. military, u.s. troops are required to receive up-to-17 different vaccinations before they are allowed to deploy, before they re allowed to serve. well, as of today, the covid vaccine will be one more addition to the existing, long list of mandatory vaccines for people in the u.s. military. this is a big deal. it s a big deal for the military. it s a big deal for the country. it s a big deal for the fight against covid-19. president biden had, previously, asked defense secretary lloyd austin to study whether active-duty u.s. troops should be required to take the vaccine. today, secretary austin announced that, after studying the matter, he will ask president biden, as commander in chief, to, in fact, require those vaccin
to the team here who held down the fort, thank you to allie and nicole and ari, for filling and while i was away. doing such an amazing job. we have, i feel like the news gods gave me a welcome back care package. that is slightly overflowing. , in terms of the amount of news to process and talk about and get up to date with. you re gonna jump right in and our first guest tonight is a big deal. you re going to want to see this interview. if you re serving in the united states military right now, as part of your service requirements, you have to get your shots. a bunch of them. the pentagon has long required all u.s. military personnel to get shots, to protect against things like measles and mumps and smallpox and diphtheria. depending on where in the world you might be serving in the u.s. military, u.s. troops are required to receive up to 17 vaccinations, before they are allowed to deploy. before they re allowed to serve. as of today, the covid vaccine will be one more additi
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ali, the infrastructure bills on both tracks seem to be going shockingly smoothly. the bipartisan bill is even on more solid ground today than it was yesterday. mitch mcconnell s support now is pretty strong where yesterday it was a vote, and it was a surprising vote. now he has voiced his support in a very strong way. so i m i m surprised at how well it s going. it s very complex, two-track thing that they re trying to do, which has never been done before. yeah. so i got to check with norm, you know? am i getting, you know, ahead of this, or is this really going as well as i think it is? well, it s a wise thing to do. i ve often used norm for the same reason. i look forward to the show, my friend. have yourself a good evening. thank you, ali. 24 hours after the senate s big bipartisan vote in favor of the biden infrastructure bill, the enormity of the victory for president biden appears to be even more solid than it did with last night a 67 votes in favor of the