three u.s. senators announced today that they have tested positive john hickenlooper of colorado, independent angus king of maine and roger wicker of mississippi all say they are fully vaccinated. that comes as parts of the country, particularly the south, are being pummelled by the delta variant. alabama has no, zero icu beds left. in fact, it s in negative territory. with some patients being treated on gurr. alabama s republican cover declared a state of emergency last week as her state s hospitals face this nightmare scenario, but still, she stood her ground on saying there will be no new statewide mandates. her fellow republicans have been actively declaring war. not on the virus, but on virus protections. like in neighboring georgia where hospitals are also running out of icu beds. governor brian kemp is banning local governments from requiring businesses to adopt mask mandates and in texas, where health officials warn the current surge could be worse than anything the s
is to push the bear off the ledge it s standing on. do not push bears, do not get close to bears. you do not want to get unlucky. ijust happened to come out unscathed. time for a look at the weather, here s ben rich. and once again a record date for hot temperatures. 0ne and once again a record date for hot temperatures. one of the year so far not for the first time this week and it looks as if we ve got close to 28 degrees in the south west of london. many places not far behind but there are exceptions. north devonjust around 17 at the moment and parts of the aberdeenshire coast very cool it is 10 degrees right now. some changes are taking place in parts of the uk. this was devonjust a short time ago with some really heavy downpours now spreading into parts of wales and northern ireland. the odd flash of lightning mixing in and low cloud making it feel so cool across coastal parts of eastern scotland and also affecting parts of north east england. in between we have the best
senator rob portman of ohio. plus, after the summit the tone of the entire meeting was good and positive. president biden and vladimir putin take the measure of each other. this is not about trust. this is about self-interest and verification of self-interest. putin deflects evidence of russian cyber hacking, but both leaders say they hope for a better relationship. i ll talk to trump and obama russia adviser fiona hill. for the third time, obamacare survives a supreme court challenge. the supreme court has just ruled the aca is here to stay. signaling the likely end of the republicans decade-long efforts to kill it. joining me are washington post bureau chief ashley parker, democratic pollster, cornell belchr e belcher. pbs newshour s amna nawaz and republican strategist brad todd. announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is meet the press with chuck todd. good sunday morning and happy father
is there an agenda after the first story? you are watching fox and first. let s begin on the border. fox news has learned the vice president will visit the northern triangle in june as images show cartels using tick-tock to recruit american teens to smuggle migrants. president biden will kick off a 2-day virtual summit on climate change with world leaders. a very busy day ahead. it was a few weeks ago when the vice president laughed when she was asked if she was going to visit the border. that made some headlines. she s not visiting the border, she will be visiting the northern triangle countries, a source confirms this will happen in june, she will visit honduras, guatemala and el salvador but before she does that, on monday april 26th, she will have a virtual meeting with the president of guatemala, she has spoken to him before talking about the migrant crisis on the southern border. these countries, guatemala, el salvador and honduras are countries where a large chun