Bring the for the people act to the floor later this month for a vote. It can t come soon enough, as republican led legislatures across the country have introduced nearly 400 bills that limit voting access. An antivoting wave that this country has not seen since the end of reconstruction. Ari berman writes that much of what we re witnessing is a concerted attempt to end the second reconstruction which began with the passing of the voting act in 1965. The republican party is rewriting the rules of american democracy to protect conservative white political power from the rising influence of new demographic groups. Unless something is done now, the damage could be irreparable. Tuesday, president biden, signaling a new phase in the pressure campaign, he called out two obstinate members of his own party. This sacred right is under assault with an intensity and aggressiveness that we have not seen in a long, long time. It s simply unamerican. I hear all of the folks on tv saying, why doesn t
from democrats and republicans. evan perez has following this. it s a key position in any administration, but given the politicizing of the doj that trump did, people are really talking to him about what he is going to do. yeah. that was one of the that was a question we heard from republicans, which is, how do you restore the justice department to make sure it is not political? i m not sure that is what they were going after. that is an important theme of what merrick garland represents. here is his answer to regard to what kind of lawyer is he. is he the president s lawyer or people s lawyer? here is his and. i am not the president s lawyer. i am the united states lawyer. i will do everything in my power, which i believe is considerable, to fend off any effort by anyone to make prosecutions or investigations partisan or political in any way. there were a lot of other questions he had to answer, including about the death penalty. he said despite the fact that he was
hill, a $1.9 trillion bill which would bring covid relief to $6 trillion is now under consideration in a 50/50 split senate. the minority leader mitch mcconnell has vowed that he will fight this bill in every way. he joins me in a moment exclusively to talk more about that. this bill gets to the senate as covid relief appears to be emerging on its own. states are shedding mask mandates, stadiums opening important spring sports. restrictions coming down in michigan and pennsylvania and new jersey. the biden administration claims there s going to be enough vaccine for all adults in the country within 90 days. these are game-changing dynamics. here s one more element to think about as this enormous bill is discussed. a new report from bloomberg news, during the lockout, americans saves $1.5 trillion. think about that money and what is likely to happen when it starts to hit the economy in a very big way in the coming months. so before we get to leader mcconnell, a quick update on
with critics saying he should be working with congress to implement his agenda. david spunt is live at the white house with more. good evening, david. reporter: hi, mike, good evening. we are hearing that tuesday is going to be the immigration reform day here for the biden administration. they ve been waiting to do this for a long time. of it s going to be rolling back many policies from the previous administration. fox news has learned the president will establish a task force that would reunite families separated at the border. then-candidate biden for almost two years on the campaign trail talked about this issue. the white house planned for the president to sign the orders two days ago, on friday, but because the confirmation votes put alejandro mayorkas as homeland security secretary is delayed, the president is waiting patiently. mayorkas is expected, though, to be confirmed tomorrow night. president biden, mike, also expected to increase refugee admissions. he has sa
we have learned from past crises, the risk is not doing too much, the risk is not doing enough. we heard from the president there just moments after the latest briefing from his new covid health care team. the encouraging news from that briefing is there is a third vaccine now on the horizon. dr. anthony fauci says the data on this johnson & johnson single dose vaccine is encouraging. dr. fauci says americans should not be skeptical of a reported 56% effective rate. getting shots in arms is taking on even greater urgency now because of the growing number of variants or mutations. dr. fauci says it will require on-the-fly adjustments to keep up with the new mutations. the briefings are night and day from the previous administration. science dominates. this was interesting, too. a clear effort by the democratic white house to include republican governors as it prays states that are doing a better job of getting vaccines off the shelf and into their residents. i want to call