American rust. Thats what you should watch. Jeff daniels. Thank you. Great to see you. We really appreciate it. That does it for us this morning. Stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. Hi from, i am Stephanie Ruhle from Msnbc Headquarters here in new York City. It is a jam packed monday. A lot going on. We have several new developments in fight against the coronavirus. The united states now surpassing 41 Million cases since the pandemic began. The u. S. Surgeon general says President Biden will announce even more new steps to slow the spread of covid19 later this week. From the beginning, the president and all of us said we have to use every lever we have to fight this pandemic. Thats what you see happening right now. New poll this morning shows more than half sport warnings. At the same time, this was the scene we witnessed over the weekend. Completely packed nfl stadiums with many of them not requiring any proof of vaccination or negative test. Today is the first day of the
All those years as the bush and fluid. And they dont fade. Some of the bad ones i hope fade. Its funny because im sure you probably get asked also about going back into an administration one day is like im filled up. Thats a young persons job. Ive said that several times. Im so old, i go backto the reagan administration. And at one point , when bush 41 the president i got to work in the us trade Representatives Office which is this tiny office with a huge mandate. It was a fantastic job, absolutely fantastic and then i got to write for the Bush Campaign and i work mercifully for the private sector and people would ask me would you ever go back and i say doing that. Im Mary Matalin and i were friends ople of the dont let friends go back into government group. And then 43 got elected, takes office. I worked at the pentagon, one conversation leads to another and people say would younever ever go back. I was spoiled. I worked for Thistiny Agency with a huge mandate. I could that could neve
Joshua johnson. Welcome to the week. I work a Lot Of Saturdays but the senate really doesnt and we have been following a Raresaturday Session in the senate today. Senators are waiting for the final text of that bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. It includes 550 Billion in new spending. Now, our understanding is that the text could come, pretty much, at any point this weekend. This evening, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that the senate remains in session, and the discussions are ongoing. After weeks and weeks of negotiations, the senate voted, wednesday, to advance the package, 6732. That number, 67, is key. That means, 17 republicans supported the move. And that is seven more than the 60vote threshold. But the bill they voted on was just a shell. Its a placeholder that the actual Fulltext Bill will replace. Clearly, Leader Schumer would like to see that text, asap. I have said, for weeks, that the senate is going to move forward on both tracks of infrastructure before the begi
But is it politically probable . And how might a pared down voting Rights Bill affect that . From nbc News World Headquarters in new york, im joshua johnson. Welcome to the week. I work a Lot Of Saturdays but the senate really doesnt And we have been following a Raresaturday Session in the senate today. Senators are waiting for the final text of that bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. It includes 550 Billion in new spending. Now, our understAnding is that the text could come, pretty much, at any point this weekend. This evening, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that the senate remains in session, And the discussions are ongoing. After weeks And weeks of negotiations, the senate voted, wednesday, to advance the package, 6732. That number, 67, is key. That means, 17 republicans supported the move. And that is seven more than the 60vote threshold. But the bill they voted on was just a shell. Its a placeholder that the actual Fulltext Bill will replace. Clearly, Leader Schumer would
The Doj Under Trump secretly seIzed the apple data of democrats as part of an effort to track down leaks. And now new calls for new InvestIgatIons, new testImony from trumps former Attorneys General and It now looks lIke an Inspector General InvestIgatIon just got the green lIght. Heres what we know about thIs. Cnn Is learnIng that prosecutors In the Trump JustIce Department subpoenaed apple for data from the accounts of at least two promInent democrats on the house IntellIgence commIttee. ChaIrman Adam SchIff and congressman erIc swalwell, along wIth theIr staff, some FamIly Members, even a mInor. We are told. The doj, a department whIch Is Intended to defend the Interests of the unIted states, not a presIdent or an admInIstratIon, was lookIng for sources of leaks behInd News StorIes about contacts between RussIa And Trump assocIates. And just moments ago the Deputy Attorney general LIsa Monaco asked for the Doj Inspector general to InvestIgate the handlIng of thIs probe. Lets dIve In