i m laura jarrett. i m amara walker. welcome to our viewers around the world. we have reports from florida, london, kenya, the white house, and sydney great to have you this week. breaking minutes ago, simone biles is coming back. usa gymnastics confirmed she ll take part in tuesday s balance beam final. it will be her first olympic event since july 27th, is she withdrew citing mental health concerns. a tweet from usa gymnastics says we re so excited to confirm that you will see two u.s. athletes in the balance beam final tomorrow. suni lee and simone biles. i can t wait to watch both. we ll have more coming up from tokyo in a few minutes. to coronavirus now and positive news that more and more americans received the message that vaccines work. as of this morning, the seven-day average of people getting their first shot is about 433,000. that s the highest number in a month. the real good news here in the jump is in southern states that have been struggling to get sho
that massive infrastructure bill on one of president biden s biggest legislative goals, obviously. so, the question is where do things stand right now. plus opting out, simone biles withdrawing from two more recents at the tokyo olympics. hear the response from fans, coming up. hope the sun is shining wherever you happen to be waking up this morning. we re grateful to have you with us, good morning, boris. good morning, christi. great to be with you. grateful that our viewers are with us now. we begin this morning with a race to stop a new wave of coronavirus infections sweeping the country. officials are sounding the alarm about the spread of the deadly delta variant. the rate of vaccination against covid-19 is going up in the united states, that is the good news. yes, take a look at the map here to get perspective. it shows new cases compared to last week. every state is showing a surge, fueled by that delta variant. now, the cdc says it can spread as easily as ch
don t go anywhere. but we begin tonight with the appalling right-wing reaction to the gut-wrenching testimony we heard yesterday. that hearing was a reminder that without the heroic efforts by the d.c. and capitol police that day, the insurrection of january 6th could have been far worse. at the very least, the sworn testimony of those brave officers conveyed the life-threatening struggle they endured on the front lines as they tried to repeal a determined and violent mob of trump supporters. and that s what makes the reaction from right-wing cable hosts and republican members of congress so incredibly shameful. last night numerous tv personalities on fox news mocked the investigation. they downplayed the insurrection and ridiculed the officers who risked their lives that day. here s just a fraction of what they said. the whole thing turned into in the eyes of many nothing more than performance art. let s see if we can impeach and smear and slander donald trump one more t
[ applause ] it will be hard not for me not to hit her with it. reporter: ketch mccarthy s spokesperson was joking but if democrats can t pass voting rights legislation this could be their future, and florida is seeing a record number of new covid cases so why is governor ron desantis blocking mask mandates? good evening and i m mehdi hassan. any moment now the senate expects the final text of the bipartisan infrastructure bill to arrive. once it arrives the senate will finally have something specific to consider, and we could see a vote on the final bill later this week, but there is still a long way to go. there s no guarantee this bill will pass muster with house progressives. coming up i ll be speaking to two progressive congresswoman who could hold the key to its future, but democrats won t be able to pass legislation like this beyond 2022 without free and fair elections. you can t say you weren t warned. a few weeks ago we led this show by pointing out how election
headquarters in new york. i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. the senate is working. it is infrastructure weekend on capitol hill. we heard from kirsten sinema and rob portman. had he gave short speeches on the senate floor. they ve been among those leading the negotiations on this bill. now, we still don t have the final text, but the plan is to file that bill as a substitute amendment tonight. the current bill is just over 2700 pages long, so far. the senate will then move to the amendment process and we re told this should be completed in a matter of days. but the bipartisan bill is only half the story. majority leader chuck schumer promised once that legislation has passed, he ll immediately move to the budget reconciliation instructions. those blueprints would let the senate begin working on a $3.5 trillion social, health and environmental bill. sometimes we ve called it the human infrastructure bill. now, using reconciliation to pass that one would allow