The president doesnt resolve the Voting Rights battle first. In the middle of all this comes another big push from the president. Minutes from now he will speak on a new gun Crime Prevention and Public Safety plan. But will politics get in the way of this too . Cnn chief Congressional Correspondent manu raju is live on capitol hill for us. An Infrastructure Meeting is about to kick off with white house officials 30 minutes from now. Where do those talks stand . Reporter the white house meeting is with the Bipartisan Group of senators. Theyre trying to figure out exactly whether they can reach an agreement on how to finance this package. The democrats who were involved in these talks told me today that they believe it is essential today to try to figure out a way to get an agreement on how to pay for a 1. 2 trillion package over eight years. There are still disagreements about how to do that. At the same time there is pressure from the left, particularly from progressives like Elizabeth
vaccine shots in the first 100 days, being met today. the biden foreign policy challenge on front and center, after a testy day one of first biden talks with china. the american chinese trading insults, the same day a sneering back and forth from the russian president to team biden. this morning the president stressing what you might call a wait and see approach to both of these global challenges. what s your reaction to china last night? very proud of the secretary of state. are you going to take vladimir putin up on his offer to talk live with you? i m sure we ll talk at some point. have you on russia, sir? that will come in time. up first, though for us today a game changing move in america s covid back to school debate. the centers for disease control last hour changing its classroom safety guidelines. the cdc says three feet of separation is safe, cutting in half the current recommendation to keep students six feet apart. masks are still required but the
that policy is before he loses his patience and goes down the path to provocation. yeah, it is the beginning of a new saga with north korea and america. jean, thank you so much, jean lee. thanks for being with us. thanks so much. right now, president biden is on his way to pennsylvania. the city of chester in delaware county is his latest step on the help is here tour to promote his giant covid relief package to americans, and he just spoke during his departure, so let s listen to that. southern border? not at the moment. have you decided when you re able to share thoughts with other countries? allies or neighbors first? who will be the first country to get u.s. vaccine? i ve been talking with several countries already. i ll let you know that very shortly. all right, i have with me now, cnn white house correspondent arlette saenz who s in denver following the vice president who s also part of this big rollout for the american rescue plan. arlette, tell us what
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the federal safety net and will cost nearly $2 trillion. plus the new york governor digs in. two former aides say andrew cuomo harassed them. the top two democrats in new york s legislature say he should quit. but the governor says no. legislators who suggest that i resign because of accusations that are made against me, the i was elected by the people of the state. i wasn t elected by politicians. i am not going to resign because of allegations. no. there is no way i resign. up first, though, major new information in the covid pandemic fight. just last hour the cdc offering a public health playbook for americans who have received their covid vaccine. a list u might say, of what they can do safely and what they can t. we would like to give the opportunity for vaccinated grandparents to visit their children and grandchildren who are healthy and who are a local. but our travel guidance currently has been unchanged. dr. wallenski there laying out the guidelines and try