capitol physician, official mandate from him. i have nothing to say about that. except we honor it. leader mccarthy says it s against the such. he s such a moron. why did the house speaker speak out? because house republicans are playing down covid as it makes a comeback across the country. as far as the former president goes, he has so far failed to sabotage a bipartisan infrastructure plan that just cleared a major hurdle in congress. is trump losing his grip on the gop? good morning, and welcome to morning joe, it s thursday, july 29th, it s good to have you all on board with us. senators celebrated with us yesterday after finally coming to an agreement on a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. the break through came after weeks of disagreements over sticking points such as public transit, how to fund it and all of that. within hours of announcing the deal, senate majority leader, chuck schumer, moved to hold a procedural vote exactly one week after the prev
we look at what s on the new note and why it matters. good morning from me and from tom, jerry and band. three alpacas who live in the heart of london. city farms have been bringing wildlife into urban areas. during the pandemic they have been doing a lot more as well. defeat for wales, in their first world cup qualifier. despite taking an early lead, belguim are just too strong, with kevin de bruyner on target for the number one ranked team, in the world. for the next few days we are looking at sunshine and showers. some of the showers will be wintry mostly on higher ground. at times it will be windy. all the details coming up later in the programme. it s thursday the 25th of march. our top story. the uk and the european union have taken a step towards resolving a dispute over access to covid vaccines, as eu leaders prepare to vote on controversial plans to restrict exports. the two sides say they re working on a win win solution after the eu blamed its slow rollout on the
already forced the closure of some schools and public transit. good to have you with us. we are following breaking news out of myanmar where the military has seized power in a coup. the army said on tv they have declared a state of emergency. the military is in the streets today blocking some roads. troops detained several key leaders earlier. they include awning sung suh chi. the u.k., australia and other countries are calling for the military to release the leaders. they claim last year s election was fraudulent. suu kyi s party won by a landslide. cnn s will ripley is joining us with the latest developments. what is the latest on this military coup in myanmar and how damaging could this prove to be for the nation s democratic future? reporter: hey, rosemary. certainly there are a lot of questions whether this fragile democracy and government that just came into power five years ago with the assistance of the military, with a constitution the military helped write, now
reagan national airport in washington, d.c. baltimore, philadelphia and new york city as well are all bracing for their biggest snowfall of the season. janessa webb is joining me with the very latest on this storm that we re bracing for especially here in the new york city area. haven t seen you in a way, always good to see your face. talk us through which states are on high alert and how much snow we could actually get at this point. yasmin, great to see you. unfortunately, this expansive storm system, it is taking over the northeast. and it is just beginning. this area of low pressure is not even a nor easter that we re talking about. that doesn t develop until around 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. and then it will be about a 36 hour event that is going to linger across the northeast. some major hubs that we re talking about, d.c., new york city, philadelphia to boston, those will be the major players. but it is also the inland areas that we ll be watching for that heavy sno
as we learn more about that unfolding situation today. but first, we want to turn or attention to a major change underway in america. today workers in our energy industry are wondering where the biden white house is leaving them. they spent decades building energy independence in this country. that s been great news for workers and not such great news for other big energy providers like venezuela or russia or the middle east. we were building our own enormous energy supply. that shifted. the global power dynamic in a way that has not been seen since the advent of the automobile. now it s changing. executive orders are it sheing down new leases for fracking on federal land. as you know, the xl pipeline is a casualty here. here s what some of those workers are saying as they react to this. you prepare for these large projects. when one gets the rug yanked out from under it, you have nothing the next year or two years. i can t believe that all this in one day, that a man s s