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Bill: for more on the intrigue let s go to chad pergram on the hill who begins a new week for us. Good morning. Good morning, bill. This is an optics nightmare for texas democrats. They came to d. C. To block the texas legislature from passing a voting bill. Five have tested positive for covid here in washington they tweeted a photo of themselves flying maskless with a case of beer to washington met with democratic lawmakers all week. The offices of senate majority leader chuck schumer and joe manchin said those members were not exposed. They met with vice president harris and she went to walter reed medical center sunday as a routine doctor s appointment. Concerns about where the nation stands with covid. This pandemic isn t over. We have to be cautious and we have to do everything we can to get people vaccinated. That stands as the single most effective pathway we have to keeping people safe, protecting their families and ending this pandemic. Many congressional democrats have charac
And get your best sequins out the final rehearsals are done and the pyrotechnics are ready the eurovision finalists compete tonight after a pandemic enforced break. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. Most people from the uk will soon be barred from entering germany because of the rise in cases of the indian variant of coronavirus. From midnight on sunday, people travelling from the uk may only enter the country if they are a german citizen or resident. Those who are allowed in will have to quarantine for two weeks on arrival even if they re fully vaccinated. It comes as people aged 32 and 33 in england are now eligible to book their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. Sean dilley reports. It s a decision that comes just days after the eu gave its members the green light to welcome fully vaccinated british tourists. From midnight tomorrow, germany will close its borders to all travel from the uk, except for german residents and citizens, due
That. But, rachel, before you go. I got to tell you about a funny thing happened to me on the way to the tv show today. Uhoh. You know how hard it is, these days, for the author of a scholarly book to get on the show like this? because we have so much breaking news and so many difficult other things of the day we have to cover. Sure, yeah. I had a guest booked, today. To be a preview guest for the biden address, wednesday night. Okay. But but it was one of those things, and this, i m sure, happens, i m not sure whether your bookers even tell you this. But, you know, every once in a while, the deal will be, can you just ask one question about the book? like, just one question about the book. Like, maybe, at the end of the interview. And and i said, yeah, maybe. Thinking i probably wouldn t. And then, i got my hands on the book, and now i just want to do the whole hour on the book. And it is it s going to get an award tonight on the show. An award i am inventing tonight, which is the the
and white house cleanup efforts, which is not to say that president biden s missteps are meani meaningless, they do matter, but do they matter as much as pocketbook issues? this brand-new nbc poll shows what matters most, only 22% of americans saying the country is on the right track. many feeling the pinch of inflation, one of the pollsters described america as divided, doubting democracy and tuning out. that last part is really interesting, tuning out. quoted nbc, interesting in the upcoming november midterms is down, not up. people aren t paying attention to what might happen ten months from now. they re tired, demoralized, some are just tuning out the news. with that in mind what was the most surprising story this week? well, i would nominate the successful launch of the government s website for ordering free covid tests. it s surprising partly because it took so long, two years into the pandemic now they re finally doing it and it s coming after the latest surge in many