infrastructure package and that one will require near unanimity to reach the president s desk, at least among democrats. joining me on the pandemic and the politics surrounding it, white house correspondent, kelly o donnell, jeff mason and avita patel and the chief of staff to president obama during his first term and ceo of the messina group. kelly, let s start with the president. what can you tell us about today s announcement? what is he going to announce? we think it will be renewed regulations for federal workers and requirements, if you will. the pressure is on both the white house to stop the spread and somehow ramp up daily vaccinations, two competing impulses here. all of that mixes into this, andrea, and when you think about the fact that the federal government is the largest employer, this is a different role for the president to talk about the federal workforce over which he would have this authority to say we want to see vaccination from federal employees and i
nonstop on cable news. not just on cable news. we are hearing the very same thing from elected officials including some republican elected officials. we are hearing it from the leaders of federal law enforcement agencies and of the intelligence agencies. we are hearing it from the pentagon. just this week the new secretary of defense ordered the entire u.s. military to, quote, stand down while investigators cleanse the ranks of political extremists. and of course we are hearing it from the business establishment from wall street from the tech monopolies from the massive multinational corporations that increasingly control the contours of american life. all of them are now on the hunt for political extremists. and at one level that does not sound bad. because no sane person is for political extremism, especially violent extremism. we are against it. we re for moderation. we are for incremental change. we are for the consent of the governed. we said that every day for four year
tonight, nearly a foot and a half of rain, dangerous flooding and mudslides in washington state. winds gusting up to 82 miles per hour. hundreds forced from their homes. a couple standing on their furniture as the water is rising. that system now moving across the country and the big shift in temperatures all the way east. ginger zee is standing by. president biden in new hampshire on his bipartisan win on infrastructure, at a rusted bridge on the so-called red list. and tonight, how local newspapers across this country are spelling out just how sweeping this will be for roads, bridges, airports and internet broadband in this nation. the very difficult and graphic images in the ahmaud arbery case. the medical examiner testifying about the gunshot wounds to arbery s chest and body and what he revealed. arbery s mother so distraught, she had to leave the courtroom. overseas tonight, our team on the scene of the violent clash involving migrants at the border separating belar
state. winds gusting up to 82 miles per hour. hundreds forced from their homes. a couple standing on their furniture as the water is rising. that system now moving across the country and the big shift in temperatures all the way east. ginger zee is standing by. president biden in new hampshire on his bipartisan win on infrastructure, at a rusted bridge on the so called red list. and tonight, how local newspapers across this country are spelling out just how sweeping this will be for roadsing, bridges, airports and internet broadband in this nation. the very difficult and graphic images in the ahmaud arbery case. the medical examiner testifying about the gunshot wounds to arbery s chest and body and what he revealed. arbery s mother so distraught, she had to leave the courtroom. overseas tonight, our team on the scene of the violent clash involving migrants at the border separating belarus and poland and why western leaders are very concerned with what they re seeing. ia
life. how are democrats responding? biden cabinet secretary pete buttigieg and congresswoman alexandra ocasio-cortez join me next. and holding court. as republicans celebrate conservative rulings, trump takes credit. is that enough to make voters overlook their concerns? he s getting cornered. we need leaders that are willing to be bold, that are going to be honest. republicans candidates chris christie and will hurd join me to respond in moments. plus, justice for whom. new attacks from top gop candidates on minority rights. instead of taking children to church, they believe in taking children to drag shows. but are they out of step with voters? our political panel will discuss. hello. i m dana bash in washington, where the state of our union is divided, 6-3. key decisions by the supreme court this week once again upended american life, with a trio of sweeping rulings that divided americans and moved the country to the right, prompting far-reaching consequenc