the east coast, 8:00 in los angeles and this is america s late news, fox news @ night . breaking tonight, the biden campaign is now insisting the president is back on track, as sharp as ever, stronger than ever. and for his part the president is again reiterating that he has no plans to drop out. folks, you probably noticed there s a lot of speculation lately, what is joe biden going to do, stay in the race, drop out? i am running and we are going to win. trace: but many democrats are very skeptical of the president s mental capacity and two of the parties most influential figures are now very concerned about joe biden s path to victory is vanishing. the senior national correspondent kevin corke is live in dc with breaking information on this. reporter: good evening my friend. in the movie good fellows, joe pesci s character thinks he s about to become a made man. only to be led into a woodpaneled room by them and he s been around his entire life in many ways, presiden
from boston. eventually they ruled in his favor. but that boston accent is later in the hour. i always watch rachel s show and you are showing my sweatpants with my mommy water, and i have to, obviously, get through this show in a different way. but i m racing upstairs to change into sweatpants and watch your show with my mommy water in hand, all those box in boston accents. thank you nikole. thank you. senate majority leader chuck schumer just told the senate that he would be working on saturday to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill. there remains a slight possibility that senator schumer will be able to get unanimous consent, to vote on final passage of the bill as early as tonight. but that would require mitch mcconnell s full cooperation and last night on the floor of the senate, rob portman, usually closely aligned with mcconnell, put public pressure on mcconnell on an important bridge that joins their two states, ohio and kentucky. the bryant s pence bridge, it
mayor of boston now labor secretary is going to join us tonight and i might slip a little. my boston accent might crack. there s another very special boston accent we ll hear later in the hour and that is my father, who i wish was still with us to hear this. a 1963 recording of him arguing a case, an important case in the united states supreme court. when i was listening to it today trying to find something the audience would understand because of his boston accent i felt so bad for chief justice earl warren and william o douglas and all of those people sitting up there trying to understand this guy from boston. eventually they ruled in his favor but that boston accent is later in the hour. i always watch rachel s show and your show in my sweat pants with my mommy water and i had to obviously get through this show in a different way but i am racing upstairs to change into sweat pants and watch your show and all the boston accents with my mommy water in hand. i can t wait.
nation s top infectious diseases expert, dr. anthony fauci, says the u.s. is headed in the wrong direction. reporter: the worst case scenario among the unvaccinated. feel like we re going back in the bell again and it s definitely, it s definitely another wave. reporter: the highly contagious delta variant fuelling a surge of new cases across the country. dire warnings from the nation s top doctor. going into the fall with the delta variant, we could have a really serious problem with a considerable surge of infections. reporter: the variant sweeping through the south, texas, arkansas and florida accounting for 40% of new cases in the country. but in miami, thousands packing the stadium for a live concert. you re drowning in people. reporter: as the cdc said they could recommend masks for the fully vaccinated indoors. but in arkansas, a new law banning mask mandates goes into effect this week. it s important not to have the current debate about mask wearing bu
underscores their unfairness. if there was any case for such action after the capitol riots when trump was said to be encouraging violent extremism, it vanished during his six months out of office. legally it will be hard for trump to prove that private companies can t set their own rules but politically it s indefenseable and the most appalling part is most of the mainstream media, the supposed champions of free speech are fine with the digital cancellation of trump because he s trump. they keep talking about donald trump all the time including on social media but are pleased that his mega phone continues to be confiscated. i m howard kurtz and this is media buzz. howie: the 4th of july of a time for patriotism but in our media culture it s a time for high decibel arguments over patriotism especially over the founding fathers and declaration of independence which included no rights for enslaved black people but after the civil war should that mar america s image today. lis