From Peter Alexander talking to the president about what is happening. The most provocative comments weve heard about facebook. Stay tuned. Were just getting comments in. Then the pictures you were seeing just last hour, major League Baseball announcing the Red Sox and yankees are cleared to plau tonight after postponing last Nights Game over coronavirus concerns. This follows earlier reporting that several yankees players were in Covid19 Protocol including all star aaron judge. That is according to espn. A new dead line on Capitol Hill for senate bipartisan Infrastructure Plan with the two parties still at Logger Heads Over how to pay for that bill. At the same time, nine protesters advocating for Voting Rights arrested in the heart building, getting themselves into what they call good trouble. And that catastrophic flooding in germany. Were getting new numbers in this morning. Well bring you the latest on that later on. Lets begin with the coronavirus pandemic. There are a lot of new
Make. This bipartisan breakthrough is a great deal for the american people. This is a bluecollar blueprint to rebuild america. Theyre also trying to navigate opposition from republicans and some democrats. While many moderate democrats are raising concerns about the infrastructure plans price tag, those on the left insist it must be passed with a much larger Spending Bill. Some say theyre ready to make that happen without republican votes. The priorities that we as democrats have campaigned on around childcare and the care economy, around Health Care and medicare expansion, around bold climate action, these are all critical priorities for us and so we need to make sure that the Reconciliation Package has 50 votes in the senate. When you dont get things that are important to the american people, would things just stop and there are times that you have to stand up and say this has to get done. And meanwhile, Nbc News Reporting Negotiations in congress on Police Reform Legislation teeteri
Of social Media Influencer we start in the us where Wall Street shares have hit new Record Highs after the senate struck a bi partisan deal for an Infrastructure Spending Bill worth 1. 2 Trillion. The eight Year Plan includes funding for roads, bridges, the power grid, Public Transport and internet. President biden has hailed the agreement, but its a Far Cry from the 2 Trillion he originally wanted and is missing the funding for his climate Agenda And Family care. From new York Samira Hussain has more. For a washington that has been mired in part as in politics, a bipartisan deal is something of a breakthrough. Although neither democrats nor republicans got everything they wanted, this package would spend billions of dollars on fixing americas roads, increasing Internet Access across the country and building more electric charging stations. The biggest Sticking Point was how to pay for the deal. Republicans made it clear they would not support increases to the corporate Tax Rate and in
About to address troops very shortly. Well bring that to you live when it happens. The president and First Lady have just arrived moments ago. Again, this is his first international trip since taking office. The next eight days will be packed with meetings with u. S. Allies. Many of them eager to move past the turmoil of the last administration. And cooperate on some of the most pressing problems. Of course, we know the global vaccination efforts, Climate Change, cyber security, terrorism. Hell also meet with russian president Vladimir Putin. Well have a team of reporters and analysts to put this trip into perspective. Bringing back Jeff Zeleny in the uk, and Cnns Clarissa Ward is in london. And cnns chief political analyst Gloria Borger and also with us aaron david miller. So, jeff, before touching down, the president made the news and you broke it here of vaccines, a half billion doses around the world. Talk more about the timing is obvious, but we know this is something many countri
The gop is about to do what former President Trump wants them to do, remove cheney from her leadership position. Her offense is telling the truth and unlike many of her colleagues, refusing to peddle trumps Big Lie that the election was stolen. On the House Floor Last Night, she said that silence is not an option. Every One Of Us who has sworn the oath must act to prevent the unraveling of our democracy. Remaining silent and ignoring the lie emboldens the liar. I will not participate in that. I will not sit back and watch in silence while others lead our party down a path that abandons the Rule Of Law and joins the former president s crusade to undermine our democracy. By the way, the guy sitting next to brianna there, that was a standin. Well talk to him in just a moment. Cheneys likely replacement, new York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik has been blessed by both Trump And Kevin mccarthy but theres pushback from party conservatives not happy with her more moderate voting record. Lauren