good day, everyone, from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. barack obama is hitting the campaign trail today. the former president will be rallying in virginia for democrat terry mcauliffe as the race for governor there is neck in neck. election day is nearing. we re going to be there live for you. meanwhile, democrats may be close to reaching an agreement on president biden s agenda, house majority whip steny hoyer has told lawmakers, democratic leaders aim to hold votes next week on both the reconciliation package and the bipartisan infrastructure package. last hour, democratic congressman ruben gallego gave us an update on where things stand this weekend. it s possible, but i also don t want to rush a bill if it s not actually going to do anything to change the lives of americans, right? yeah. i do think we need to land this plane and land this plane quickly because americans hate process below the outcomes. we shouldn t rush s
invitations, moments ago shatner and his three crewmates arrived at the site from a remote stretch in west texas where the launches come from, originally scheduled on tuesday, postponed a day due to dangerous rough winds. the 90-year-old shatner tells anderson cooper ahead of the launch, he s understandably anxious before hurdling into space at three times the speed of sound. that s more than 2200 miles an hour. and he ll go 62 miles above the earth. have a listen. my fear is as you go up, that you can t draw a breath. that apparently is not going to happen. that s what they say. i m quite apprehensive as you might have guessed. the power of g forces. today will mark blue origin, the private space flight company, founded by amazon founder jeff bezos. the second launch of an all civilian crew. bezos and his brother and two others took blue origin s inaugural flight less than three months ago. we broadcast that live as well. cnn s space and defense correspondent kristen fis
weekend, they were facing unrelenting shelling, topped off at the end of the days by cruise missiles. he said a lot of this damage being done in civilian areas. he said there are 1600 plus buildings that have been destroyed. we have a lot of damage done to the infrastructure and the situation is quite difficult. we also have new types of weapons being used against us. we have seen ammunition that has a time delay, so it strikes and then it waits a while before it explodes. also, we have quite lethal ammunition used where we have a specific civilian targets aimed at. reporter: that was very atrocious what he was talking about. these are explosives that land and don t explode. instead, they spit out a number of smaller mines. several, up to two dozen, and then they go off on time delay. and he talked about landing these in civilian areas. reports of these being in people s gardens where children play. there s other reason for russian forces to be doing this other than to te
trump s prediction there is, again, it s not their role to abide by what the impacts could be in terms of bedlam or the political impact, but also if they were to abide by that, they re essentially giving in to trump. i mean, remember that he is the one that helped cause helped fan the flames that led to the insurrection, however they decide, right? and that is still an ongoing threat that people are dealing with, people of both parties, legislated officials, people in the judiciary who are not political at all because of this rhetoric. so it s already happening regardless of how the supreme court decides on this, and i think that s important to remember. jen psaki and michael steele, our thanks to both of you. let s do a quick reset at the top of the hour, i m ana cabrera alongside my colleagues, josé diaz-balart and andrea mitchell. thank you for being with us as we continue our special coverage of the arguments before the supreme court that we brought to you live on a
the dow plunged 500 points. this is unbelievable. ftc going after elon musk for communications with journalists. on the biden administration s effort to censor americans online. a minnesota vikings player being praised for helping rescue a man from a fiery crash wide receiver k.j. osborn. uber driver noticed the crash and they managed to free the driver. got high, high hopes. steve: another one of those beautiful red, white and blue in the district of columbia. it s absolutely clear, about 50-mile visibility. currently they have got 33 degrees in the federal city and they re going for a daytime high of 52. and sunrise for our nation s capital is 6:30. although ainsley people would say people are in the dark there all the time. ainsley: that s exactly right. if you are heading out and you are in washington this morning. bundle up. 33 is pretty cold. steve: it is, indeed. here in new york city we will go down to brian in tampa. ainsley: much warmer. s