At the White House and on Capitol Hill, folks are trying to navigate crises all of them coming to head in the next few days and weeks. Theres covid, where President Biden is planning to lay out a new Plan Tomorrow to get through the Delta Variant. Theres afghanistan, where the Secretary Of State is preparing for a grilling on Capitol Hill in multiple hearings. Theres the threat of a Government Shutdown at Months End unless congress acts and the potential for a Debt Default just a few weeks after that. All as democrats continue to spar over the size, scope, timing and political strategy surrounding the president s overall agenda and whats referred to as that massive Reconciliation Package which has been tied to biden trillion dollar bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. The latest drama comes after Joe Manchin reiterated he will not support a 3. 5 trillion deal. Nowhere close to it. Hes reportedly signaling he might only back a bill thats less than half that Size Or Half at best. The jockeyin
Stories and how activism laid the groundwork for expansion of human rights in the future. The New York times bestselling author of 12 books which have been published in 11 languages, on five continents. Also a screenwriter for television. Shes written weekly columns for the downtown weekly, new York Press, and the new York Post and was a contributing editor at new York Magazine for six years. As a freelance journalist, shes written for the New York times, slate, harpers bazaar, elle, Mens Journal and many others. The moderator [inaudible] is the author of four nonfiction books and formerly served as the Executive Director of george magazine. The Feature Editor of Spin Magazine and contributing editor to newsweek. Her writing has appeared in the wall street journal, chicago tribune, traveler, glamour, and the nation, among others. Mitchell has been interviewed on numerous Radio And Television shows and taught nonfiction writing at columbia university. Now lets hear from amy and elizabet
are warning this winter could be extra hard. not just for covid, but for flu, and now a childhood respiratory virus that s going around. it is an important message and we re going to go to the white house when he begins speaking. speaking of the president and midterms, biden is going to syracuse this week. yes, syracuse, yes, new york. yes, new york, in the last two weeks before the midterms. he s coming here because as blue as new york is, some of the congressional races are looking a little more purple. after a haywire redistricting process, new york has more congressional battlegrounds than nearly any other state in the country. even the democratic campaign chairman is locked in a dead heat, forcing the house campaign arm to spend a lot of money to defend its own chief from republican michael lawler. it s not just malone in westchester. nine of new york s seats from the tip of long up to pew kip see are in play and now the governor s race is tightening. kathy hochul, once