there is a way to fast track that. you and i last hour were talking about what senate majority leader chuck schumer said, which is there s an easy way to do this and a hard way to do this. right now they re moving forward on what schumer would call the hard way to do it, the slower way of doing it. the clock has started, 30 hours of debate, then we re going to see another procedural vote. at any time, all 100 senators could come together and say that they ve decided on a quicker process to move forward on many of these amendments that are still up in the air, and that could go the expedited route, the chuck schumer deemed easier route. regardless, the senate is staying here in washington, staying in session. the only real clock that they re up against is their own senate recess. it s really a question for some of these senators of how quickly they would like to get back home and start that recess period. at the same time, though, while all of these are happening, some democra
final vote on infrastructure now likely to come saturday and the man who heard donald trump press ukraine s president to dig up dirt on on joe biden retired army lieutenant colonel alexander vindman joining me this hour. but first, the coronavirus and gatherings in hot spots this weekend. ellison barber, ahead of this monster jam. ellison, first to you. this is an area that people didn t know about until there were photos that went viral last summer. you might remember them. there were a series of photos that made the rounds on the internet of packed bars with people not wearing face masks. there are people who come here because they want to get away. they want to be outside on the lake safely by themselves with their families and get some fresh air, but for other people, this area has become a place to visit that symbolizes what they see as personal freedoms. there are very few masks, no mandates here and there really never have been and there is not many people who feel p
pursuing criminal charges. we re going to talk about that, which allegations this specifically centers on, and what the women inside the report are telling us this morning. also right now, the relief reversal. the eviction ban extended for some americans in some places, but it s almost certain to get knocked down in court. how much time this move really bought and new details about one big part of the pressure campaign you did not see. plus, new reporting this morning the fda hopes to fully approve the pfizer vaccine soon. the hard push for the green light is the u.s. sees daily cases surge back to levels we haven t seen in months. i m hallie jackson in washington on what s shaping up to be a busy wednesday. yasmin vossoughian in albany, new york, kate snow and former assistant district for manhattan is with us as well, rebecca. yazmin, the letter from the westchester county district attorney asking for materials, things like transcripts, et cetera, to see if they should
hello todd: that cat getting more applause than the yankees yesterday. one of the worst scenes in baseball. i m rooting for the cat this year. you are watching fox and friends first on tuesday morning. jillian: let s begin with covid confusion is president biden will address the nation about concerns over the cdc changing guidelines as the us reaches a new vaccine milestone. mask mandates popping up throughout the country. milestone monday at the white house. officials say they hit the fourth of july goal of 70% of americans receiving at least one shot with 60% leave vaccinated. rachelle williams key warning the delta variant is still surging. this remains a pandemic of the unvaccinated. unvaccinated people can spread the virus if they get a breakthrough infection the odds of them getting sick in the first place are far lower than those who are unvaccinated and places with more vaccinations generally have less disease. todd: this has more restrictions go into ef
regulatory commission. balls of congress becoming a concert hall, the house for rap getting plenty of reaction this morning. fox and friends first starts right now. janice: happy thursday. is that the first time fergie has been invoked on the floor? jillian: probably. interesting song choice. we are going to get to that little later. got bring it to them. todd: we will bring that later. straight to the border crisis, greg abbott bans transportation of migrants who could be infected with covid. to protect communities after illegal immigrants into local hotels. tensions griff jenkins joins us as whistleblowers claim biden officials ordered them to downplay a covert outbreak. what is that about? good morning. a lot happening, this executive order is interesting, governor abbott banning ground transportation by anyone other than federal state or local wasn t official to stop the spread of covid in texas communities and authorizing the ps to pull over anyone who v