conviction case. good to have you with us. health experts and officials across the u.s. are raising the alarm. the covid surge is getting worse. take a look, the delta variant is driving an increase in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths from the previous week. every state is reporting more new infections compared to the previous week. dr. anthony fauci said the country has made enough progress that he doesn t foresee any new lockdowns, but there s still a long way to go. i don t think we re going to see lockdowns. i think with i have enough of the percentage of people in the country, not enough to crush the outbreak, but i believe enough to not allow us to get to the situation we were in last winter. but things are going to get worse. concerns about the rapidly spreading delta variant appear to be driving a rise in vaccinations across the united states. vaccination rates have been going up for three weeks now and the average daily rate is the highest it s been in almos
speak. democrats packed 3.5 trillion of help into what would be the single biggest and most expensive bill ever passed through congress if, and that s a big if, they can get it passed. want to bring in experts on this. mike memoli at the white house, lee and caldwell on capitol hill, and white house correspondent eugene daniels, coauthor of the politico play book. lee ann, start with you. this is the kind of spending bill that could break records. it has the child tax credit, free pre-k, expanded medicare benefits. the barbie dream house of improvements to the human condition, we all want to live in that barbie dream house, but how are we going to pay for it. that is one of the $3.5 trillion questions, how this is going to be paid for. democrats insist it will be fully paid for. they say that because there s a lot of moderates with anxiety about the price tag, including senator joe manchin who told me yesterday that is something that he wants, is to be fully paid for. howev
poppy harlow. on this new day, breaking news from afghanistan. u.s. forces pulling out of bagram airbase, as america s longest war nears its end. donald trump s namesake business facing a sweeping indictment on tax crimes. are more charges coming? a new report showing much-needed repairs were stalled at the surfside condo, just months before it collapsed. and as the nation celebrates the fourth of july weekend, will the rapidly-spreading coronavirus variant derail your plans? all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is friday, july 2nd. and breaking overnight, a giant step toward ending america s longest war. the last u.s. troops at bagram airbase in afghanistan have now departed. handing control of the sprawling compound, which was really once the epicenter of u.s. power there, to afghan security forces. this comes, as the full withdrawal from the country is nearly complete. and a major concern, of course, is what is the
problems with legitimacy in our most recent election, they re suddenly afraid to even talk about these issues and figure out a solution on the floor of the senate. president obama talking about the filibuster. what will joe manchin do? plus, new reporting on the january 6th attack on the capitol. the agency said they did not have advance warning of the violence. the question is do new documents tell a different story? and a new study on the benefits of coffee. the question is have researchers discovered a new benefit? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that has always believed coffee is good for you. i m kasie hunt on this tuesday, june 22nd. we ll start with the news. a critical vote is set for today on whether to debate a sweeping voting rights bill being enacted in republican-led states. the motion, which, of course, needs 60 votes to pass is expected to fail in the face of republican opposition. but if democrats ar