This hour, i will ask a doctor what families need to know and how concerned we should all be. Today, Secretary Of State Tony Blinken is set to visit the middle east. His visit comes as the fragile ceasefire between Israel And Hamas holds for a fourth day now. President biden has made his position clear. He wants to see a two State Solution in that region. Thats not the only thing that President Biden has laid out, not the only part of his vision. He pitched an overall to the immigration structure. He pitched a massive infrastructure bill, he pitched that twice. Most pressing today, the president wants changing to our policing system. He gave congress until tomorrow to pass a Reform Bill by tomorrow. So far, congress has not said anything on the priorities, none of them. Hasnt sent a thing to sign into law. Thats where we start this hour. Kelly odonnell at her post there at 1600 pennsylvania. And Nbc Capitol Hill Correspondent Leigh Ann Caldwell is on the hill. We laid out a lot of obst
Pretty slim this weekend. Democratic Congressman Jonah Boost told msnbc what could happen if the filibuster is used to block it. I can think of no better signal that the united States Senate is fundamentally broken as an institution, if it is bipartisan commission that would investigate the events of January 6th and if that is the case the caucus will have to step forward and eliminate the filibuster once and for all so that we can finally deliver for the american people. New reporting in politico reveals some democrats are raising concerns for safety as a bill to bolster Capital Security faces an unnamed fate in the senate. Opposition could mean months of delays for help that the democrats say its sorely needed. New fallout related to the death of a Black Man after his arrest by troopers in louisiana. We will have the breaking details as well as new analysis on Ronald Greens arrest later this hour and this comes as congress appears likely to miss the May 25th Deadline issued by Presid
Tomlinson at the pentagon. Good evening, lucas. Good evening, bret. Defense Secretary And Chairman of the joint chiefs of staff did not have answers when asked how they would prevent the taliban from taking over kabul after u. S. Forces leave afghanistan. Were hopeful that the Afghan Security Forces will play the major role in stopping the taliban. We expect that this will be a challenge for them. Intent to keep an embassy open and keep supports the afghan government and Afghan Security Forces. We havent figured that out 100 percent yet. The withdrawal began on may 1st. The tall pan are already advancing after warning a few days ago about bad possible outcomes after the u. S. Leaves, general milley revised his assessment about Whether Kabul will automatically fall. Its not a forgone cngz, The Key will be the afghan Air Force. As the u. S. Forces with draw so do the 6,000 american contractors who keep the planes in the air, pulling out without their support few think the afghans will be
Okay. Liz cheney. Very good catching up with you. There grow, two very different directions for the gop. And apparently the republican party has made its choice. Good Morning And Welcome to Morning Joe. It is thursday, may 6th. Along with joe, willie, and me, we have Msnbc Contributor mike barnicle. Cofounder and ceo of axios, Jim Vandehei is with us. And member of the New York Times Editorial Board, Mara Gay joins me this morning. We may as well dive right in. This morning, republicans are another step closer to pushing out congresswoman Liz Cheney from her role as Gop Conference Chair. House Minority Whip Steve scalise now publicly backing Congresswoman Elise Stefanick to replace cheney in the position. A spokesperson for scalise said, quote, House Republicans needs to be solely focused on taking back the house in 2022 and fighting against Speaker Pelosi and President Bidens radical, socialist agenda. And Elise Stefanick is strongly committed to doing that. A spokesperson for cheney
Comes as new Unemployment Claims fell to Pandemic Era lows for the second week in a row. Republicans on Capitol Hill are continuing to fight the president s spending plans and Each Other, deciding whether Liz Cheney remain in leadership while standing up to former president Donald Trumps daily false claims about the election. Well have more on that in a moment. Starting us off this hour, Monica Alba in new orleans, the next up on the president s louisiana trip, as i just mentioned. Also with us Ali Vitaly live on Capitol Hill. Monica, the president hoping for a bipartisan agreement on infrastructure. Realistically how can the white House Itten to negotiate with republicans when it seems republicans are opposed to almost everything he is doing. Reporter thats literally what Nat Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell stated. He said hes going to work essentially full time to try to oppose whatever the administration is doing. Thats not really congruent with some of the republican lawmakers said