however, in contrast to the current administration s emphasis on unity, the most recent ex president sewed more division. he was absent from any 9/11 memorial services this week end, the failed former president visited a police precinct and neighboring fire house. rather than honor first responders who lost their lives helping others 20 years ago, he continued to spread lies about the 2020 election. that same rhetoric is what helped drive a violent mob of his supporters to storm the capitol in a last-ditch attempt to prevent biden from taking office months ago. while the 9/11 terrorists and january 6th insurrections may have been threatened by what our democracy represents, both attacks remind us our freedom is wort fighting for. in fact, former president push emphasized that exact point this weekend. there is little cultural over lap between violent extremists abroad and at home. but there is destainful plural ris m and disregard for human life. in their determination to
cnn the president will layout the, quote, moral case for voting rights. there is president biden at this is the last hour. that s him at joint base andrews. he will be heading to philly soon. he also will launch a pressure campaign against voting restriction laws enacted by mostly republican-led state legislatures across the country, fuelled by the big lie that donald trump did not lose the election, though he lost by 7 million votes. since the november election, state lawmakers have passed 28 laws in 17 states that restrict ballot access. this is according to the brennan center for justice. president biden s speech comes after senate republicans blocked even beginning debate on a sweeping federal election reform bill. that was just a few weeks ago. cnn chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is in philadelphia. kaitlan, what else is the white house saying about the speech that is coming? reporter: well, a lot of this has to do with those calls that have come fr
$3.5 trillion and they re saying we ve struck a deal. what does struck a deal mean? two weeks ago the white house was saying to me they made history with a bipartisan deal with republicans. that deal hasn t been signed. no, they struck a deal amongst themselves on $3.5 trillion and even amongst themselves it s only 11 democrats on the senate budget committee led by senator bernie sanders of vermont. you ve got the whole entire caucus that needs to sign off on this. that s going to be a much tougher lift. but this was the first step. as we mentioned this morning, this is a first step. they had to have this agreement, schumer has to find a way to get sanders and progressives to agree with moderates. but this was the first step. as you said, there s still a trillion dollar package out there on a bipartisan infrastructure deal. that s still got to happen and that s part of this whole complex game that is going on inside the senate right now. do we know where moderate senators
new video of the hand to hand combat at the capitol as we get a date for the first select me hearing. what we know about what the biden administration is planning after yesterday s voter rights summit at the white house. one senator is filling the blank space of republican ideas with culture war nonsense. if we have marxism, you are going to be first ones who will be cut off. taylor swift would be the first victim. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. the way that right wing politics work s the main per va yours are sniffing out new messages to find what agitates their shrinking base. they are like truffle pig. we saw this with donald trump. we see it with the host of fox news who will follow the base where it leads them. we are seeing this play out in those folks mobilization against the vaccine. it seems hard to believe but it was not all this way. here are the host of fox and friends back in may talking about getting vacc
we have great confidence in our son. i m not concerned about any accusations made against him. it is used to get to me. i think it s kind of foul play. sandra: congressman jim jordan joins us in moments. first peter doocy is live in wilmington, delaware. how concerned is joe biden on the impact of this investigation on his presidency? he claims that he is not, sandra and that he will keep his job running the federal government and the federal investigation separate. can you reach across the aisle to people who will be using this as an attack on you when it is such a personal attack because it s about family? it benefits the country,y, i really mean that. we know who we are. you are a better man than i. i m not sure i could do that. it doesn t mean i m not angry and if i were back in days in high school i wouldn t say come here and go a round. we still haven t heard back from hunter biden s lawyer whether or not he has been interviewed by authorities yet as new