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they can t be built back the same standard because the water is not going to get better. we just need to keep it from getting worse. we have to build back better and stronger. no one should have to hold their breath as they cross a rundown bridge or dangerous intersection in their hometown. need to bring her infrastructure up to speed. good union jobs at prevailing wages. jobs you can raise your family on. have a little breathing room. jobs that cannot be outsourced. jobs are pleasing like water pipes so families can drink clean water that improves the health of our children putting plumbers and pipe fitters to work. jobs length thousands and thousands of miles of transmission lines to build a modern energy grid. jobs making high-speed internet foldable and available everywhere in urban and rural america. this pandemic has made clear the need for affordable high-speed internet. the idea of a parent having to put their kids in the car for virtual learning, drive and set ....
william shatner bravely goes to the edge of space as a tourist. the 90-year-old actor reflects on the journey. here comes our crew back into the desert. newest astronauts 596, 97, 98 and 99. the capsule touchdown. welcome back. the news to astronauts. audrey powers, william shatner. what you have given me is the most profound experience i ve ever had. we ll go back to that dramatic story in a moment, but we begin this hour with president biden and his ambitious agenda and brand new polling on what you think. the president s standing is a bit stronger than what some other recent polling suggests. there are two big biden challenges, managing relationships within the biden family and selling his plan that would make your life better. the north star reporting heading into a midterm election year, where does the president stand with the american people? 50% in our brand new poll released right now approve, 49% disapprove. an even split in our polarized time. you would ....
of thousands of migrants who fled their homes prepare to make the dangerous journey to the u.s. through the darien gap, a stretch of jungle filled with smugglers and thieves. we ll get the latest reporting from nbc s gabe gutierrez who s on the ground for us there. and we begin with the latest in washington, where partisan tensions are growing as the u.s. heads towards default. republicans are now planning to filibuster a vote to suspend the debt limit until december of 2022. here s how senate majority leader chuck schumer responded. we could prevent a catastrophic default with a simple majority vote tomorrow, if republicans would just get out of the damned way. joining me now, jonathan lemire, white house reporter for the associated press, and also an msnbc political analyst. also with us is nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ali vitali. ali, let me start with you. what s the government defaulting on its debt really mean? you can sort of think about this like ....
relaxed. people were starting to breathe i think a little better. but this is a sign that la leave practically on nato s doorstep, 43 miles from the poland border, not safe. there were strikes in luhansk. the governor urging people to evacuate, saying there are no safe places left in the region. and kreminna has fallen into russian hands. they entered the town with a huge amount of equipment. some tried to escape in their vehicles and russians opened fire on their car, killing at least four. ukraine s president zelenskyy telling cnn they are not willing to give up territory in the eastern part of the country to end the war. he says the coming battle in the donbas region could influence the war. russia telling ukrainian fighters, lay down your weapons or be eliminated. that ultimatum was rejected. yet another example of ukrainian resistance. russian troops have surrounded the city for some time. today some say mariupol will be closed for exit and entry and the men re ....
he then participated in efforts with the nevada republican party to claim that his dead wife s ballot being cast in the election must mean there was mass voter fraud by democrats. he is the one who cast his dead wife s ballot, he s a republican, he got caught, he was sentenced to probation. the guy in the upper right is a republican elected official from ohio. in his case, it was his father who died, and he cast his dead father s ballot in the 2020 election. that ohio republican official was sentenced to a grand total of three days in jail. keep going clockwise, the gentleman on the lower right is from pennsylvania. his case, it was his mother who had died. he nevertheless cast her ballot for donald trump in the 2020 election. he was caught. he got probation. and the last guy lower left, another pennsylvania republicans whose mother also died, apparently couldn t help himself, he cast a ballot in her name in the 2020 election. he got caught. he got probation. there was ....