an eye-popping lap dance by lil nas x. and we ll share ideas for new gun safety laws. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. this week president biden unveiled the american jobs plan and today the administration went to work selling it. cabinet members made the rounds on the sunday shows. i think it s important that we upgrade our definition of infrastructure. one that meets the needs of a 21st century economy, and we need to be funding and incentivizing those structures which allow us to maximize economic activity. this is the american jobs act, it is also focused on good paying jobs in sectors to help us win the future, the biggest investment in america since fdr, since the new deal. jobs are obviously key to the sales pitch, and the white house says the plan would create about 19 million of them. hiring is going pretty well right now. the march jobs report shows 916,000 more jobs and unemployment fell slightly to 6%
beast, sam stein and processer at princeton university eddie glaude jr. so, jon, let s start off here. top stories roulette. we have whether the senate is going to take up the house-passed increase for stimulus checks for $2,000 and there was reporting on what caused trump to sign the bill in first place. his pivot was helped by some divots, thanks, alex for that one. we are one week away from the georgia runoffs and there s a far-fetched lawsuit to overturn the 2020 election. this time a republican congressman is suing of all people, mike pence and finally, joe biden is accusing the administration of hampering the transition. many directions we could go this morning. i think i m focused quite a bit on just what a tough spot republicans are in here with this stimulus check question, but i know you have obviously been covering the biden transition very carefully. so what do you think on this tuesday morning is the story that s going to be driving the next week? well, we have
territorial integrity. today s meeting also comes a day after president biden clarified his comments about a minor incursion, insisting that any russian troop movement inside ukraine would be considered an invasion. i ve been absolutely clear with president putin, he has no misunderstanding. if any any assembled russian units move across the ukrainian border that is an invasion and it will be met with severe and coordinated economic response. let there be no doubt at all that if putin makes this choice russia will pay a heavy price. let s go right to richard engel in ukraine. good to see you. what more can you tell us about what went on during this meeting between secretary blinken and the russian foreign minister and is there any early reaction there in ukraine? reporter: well, this negotiation suddenly became much more complicated for the u.s. side. sergey lavrov, the russian foreign minister is a skilled diplomate, he s been doing this for many years, he is a ver
to take you there live. the president is facing a big foreign policy on this friday. a potential russian invasion of ukraine. our secretary of state, tony blinken, just spoke for 90 minutes with his russian counterpart. what we re learning about that meeting, and whether russian aggression is inevitable. plus you want to see why voting rights are so critical right now? new voting laws in texas are taking root and a harris county judge says one in three, 33% of the vote by mail applications in her county is being flagged for rejection. i ll talk to her about that, especially with the midterms looming just a few months from now. and we re also learning about a new push on capitol hill to pass some sort of election legislation on the federal level. not exactly what activists and most democrats had hoped for, but there does seem to be some movement afoot. but we are going to start with our team standing by for president biden, mike memoli, also with me jake ward. michael says e
this wednesday morning. i m carley shimkus. griff: i m griff jenkins in for todd. we ll have more on this breaking news in just a moment. first, this hour at it is white house, today president biden is gearing up to hold his first news conference in months and administration is planning public reset of his tarnished image. ashley kicks off with more. ashley: the president is set to hold his tenth news conference today. of the nine past, six were solo and the other three being joint pressers. a senior white house official said they realize the dynamic with the president needs to change his reset plan is said to be making conversations with congress less of a priority with the public and focus more on talking directly with americans. although his approval rating continues to tank, jen psaki insisted progress has been made. press sect. psaki: in terms of voting rights, his view is it is never a good idea not to shoot for the moon with your proposals and what you are fighti