trump organization. this is american voices. we kick off this hour with breaking news. senate republicans throwing bipartisanship to the wind, rejecting president biden s comprise on infrastructure. a counteroffer in which biden cut his own original price tag by half a trillion dollars. but republicans say the price tag is still too high, and today said no, leading the white house to release this statement. quote, the president put forward a reasonable offer in the interest of finding bipartisan common ground. the ball is now in their court to respond with a good faith counter-offer. it is a clear tell into the strategy republicans are banking on, at least for now. like president obama blocked all of biden s agenda and then there s you, the american people and your rights, which republicans on the state level appear obsessed with rolling back. across the country state houses in gop control continue to pass law limiting access to voting and they re passing laws restr
the election ended nearly seven months ago. why is this still going on? and what are some republicans hoping to find? also, the trump organization faces a new criminal probe. just the latest in an array of investigations. what kind of legal trouble could the former president be in? and, even former president obama is talking about the possible existence of ufos. we will get into it with our panel. though after how we handled covid, you really think we ready for aliens? from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. it was another good week in the fight against the pandemic. with new cdc masking guidelines in place, americans are beginning to enjoy a bit more freedom to start this summer. more than 3 out of 5 american adults have received at least one dose of the vaccine, hopefully you, too. and the seven-day average for new cases is down 19%. last time that number was this low, last june. across the country states are lifting ma
in gop control continued to pass laws limiting access to voting and passing laws restricting access to abortion. in the case of voting rights alone, republicans are justifying the tactics using the president s long debunked belief the former president s debunked belief that he won the election. it is a lie that keeps on living thanks to stuff like this. who do you think won arizona on november 3rd? [ cheers ] [ crowd chanting trump ] you know, that s how we feel in georgia too. no matter how many times it is said, the simple truth is known. joe biden won both arizona and georgia. the numbers were close, but re-count after re-count after re-count yield the same results. the county judge in georgia just granted a review of absentee ballots in fulton county, home to atlanta, based on a lawsuit filed by an election integrity advocate known to be obsessed with debunked claims touted by trump. and then there s arizona where even republicans who supported the cyber ninja s
we ll hear from an iraq war veteran who says he s disgusted with washington playing politics with his disability check. facebook fires back: hours after a whistleblower claims the social media giant is harming our kids and democracy, tonight, hear how c.e.o. mark zuckerberg is responding. no holiday cheer? the toy store owner who says her stock of hot wheels and barbies will sell out before christmas as shipments are stuck at sea. what s causing the backlog? the dangerous journey for haitian immigrants heading towards america. reporter: for all the people on that boat, this is the only way to the other side. o donnell: and the box brigade: what these do-it- yourselfers are doing to fight covid. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin with a story of panic and fear that has become all too familiar in thida school. this
crisis. we ll hear from an iraq war veteran who says he s disgusted with washington playing politics with his disability check. facebook fires back: hours after a whistleblower claims the social media giant is harming our kids and democracy, tonight, hear how c.e.o. mark zuckerberg is responding. no holiday cheer? the toy store owner who sails her stock of hot wheels and barbies will sell out before christmas as shipments are stuck at sea. what s causing the backlog? the dangerous journey for haitian immigrants heading towards america. reporter: for all the people on that boat, this is the only way to the other side. o donnell: and the box brigade: what these do-it-yourselves are doing to fight covid. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin with a story of panic and fear that has become all too familiar in this country shots fired inside a sc