Whats at stake in the days and weeks ahead. Bidens entire president ial agenda rests on expansive spending bill. And, indeed, President Biden continues to try to rally democrats around his 3. 5 trillion Spending Package, especially Senator Joe Manchin who remains opposed in addition to the separate bipartisan 1 Trillion infrastructure bill. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to hold a bill on bidens larger Spending Package until the end of the month although it is widely expected to be altered and revised in the senate. Without manchins vote, democrats cant pass the package for budget reconciliation. They are threatening to hold up a vote on the bipartisan Infrastructure Deal which is expected to happen this week and has passed the senate until the larger package has a vote. In washington right now it is the season of competing leverage. Another reported Sticking Point in the interparty negotiations has to do with the future of the affordable Care Act and whether to make the enhanc
The same mindset, and its highly disturbing you still have people in america who want to take on democracy and destroy it. And this Afternoon Capitol Police arrested a man for a Weapons Violation saying that he brought a long knife to the rally. Lets go to Nbcs Elson Barber joining us from there. I know the crowds are much smaller, but for the most part with they remained peaceful . Yeah, i mean by and large they have. As you mentioned there was that one individual who according to Capitol Police was arrested. He is facing a weapons charge. They say he had a knife. We saw just a little while ago someone appear to be detained or at least surrounded and then escorted out of the area by Capitol Police in full riot gear. They sort of circled around this individual and backed out with them taking it behind the police barricade line. That was one of a couple of incidents we saw today. Apart from that, though, thick things really did seem by and large peaceful. This was not a huge ewhen you l
The question is, did you hear what Mike Pence did . Some of broadways biggest shows reopen, hamilton, wicked resumed performances Last Night. 18 months after coronavirus forced broadway to close. Broadway is back. But the question is, is it back to normal . Its way too early for this. Good morning, welcome to way too early, the show that has always been a rumor in the house. Well start with the news, California Governor Gavin newsom survived an attempt to remove him office. The question was ask whether newsom, a democrat, should be removed. Yes or no. And against 46 others, led by Larry Elder a top conservative radio host. Newsom succeeded in rousing democratic voters with warning that a republican replacement would roll back covid protections and betray the states character. Last night, newsom thanks california voters for keeping him at arms. We said yes to science. We said yes to vaccines. We said yes to ending this pandemic. We said yes to peoples right to vote without fear of fake
Plan, including Vaccine Mandates impacting millions. In our next hour, a sign of the depths that we have gotten to when it comes to pandemic politics. This time last year, my grandmother, who was a former teacher at the Rutherford County School system died of covid, because Someone Wasnt wearing a mask. This is a very shut up. That is a teenager in tennessee debt laughed at and mocked while talking about his Grandmothers Death and need for mask. That teen will join me coming up. We begin this hour with tension within the democratic party. Hes dug his heels in saying 5. 35 trillion plan will be passed by the deadline and proposes slowing down the vote, a Proposition Bernie sanders is calling unacceptable. Its absolutely not acceptable to me. I dont think its acceptable to the president , to the american people, where the overwhelming majority of the people of 9 democrat you can caucus. I believe we all need to sit down and come together with a Reconciliation Bill which deals with the en
With over 100 employees to mandate vaccines or require weekly testing. The president will also pressure entertainment and Sports Venues to enforce Vaccine Passports for entry schools across the country to set up regular testing for students, teachers and staff. Jesse wins the contest for guessing correctly, the most correctly as to when he would start. We are going to watch this whole speech and will be on the other end of it and youll get everybodys take on what he says. Jesse, initial thoughts . Jesse i look back and i notice a few months ago, he said he was against mandates. Psaki said he was against mandates. That was the White House policy. Now they are announcing mandates. I recall july he announced independence from the virus. Months later he is saying we need to defeat the virus. I have a new plan. The americans dont trust this guy anymore. He booted afghanistan. Youve got to look through everything he does to the prism of afghanistan. It doesnt add up. You have 75 of adults in