A community dedicated professional and who shared milestones of my life. And i have been allowed to share milestones in theirs. Ive been to an awful lot of weddings and christening, and unfortunately some burials as well. Were family. You know, i remember one night, my daughter was only 6 years old and it was my birthday. And we were voting. I went to bob dole and i said, bob, whens the next vote going to take place . He said, joe, why . I said, well, my daughters really upset im not going to be able to be home for the Birthday Cake she made for me. He said, what do you need . I said, i need time to catch the 5 00 metro and i can get the 6 28 coming back because on the platform in delaware, you walk from one side to the other. Got off the train, my wife was standing there, my daughter had the cake, candle lit, i blew them out, gave me a kiss, walked across and got on the southbound. Its been part of my life. Ive been Riding Amtrak almost as long as theres been amtrak. Ive come to see a
Battleground state that trump won in 2020. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin with Breaking News in the health lead. The white house Just Announced that the u. S. Will start restricting travel to the u. S. From india because the covid crisis there in india is so devastating. Cnns Kaitlan Collins joins us now from the white house with this Breaking News of the kaitlan, when exactly do these restrictions go into effect, and tell us who is impacted. Jake, they are not going into effect immediately. This is not starting until actually 12 01 a. M. On tuesday, may 4th. Thats when youll start seeing this go into place and that should be clear that does not apply to u. S. Citizen. If youre a u. S. Citizen you can still come into the country. The International Testing standards, however, are still in place. Instead, this is going to apply to nonu. S. Citizens who have been in india in the last 14 days. Pretty similar language to the other Travel Restrictions for other countries that
Cosponsored legislation to put sanctions on the african apartheid regime. And expanded protections against Employment Discrimination based on race. Todays Mitch Mcconnell, though, the one who strongly depends efforts to gut Voting Rights around this country is a very, very different person. Hes telling you who he is so believe him. And we are grading President Joe Bidens first year in office. The question, will he pass . Plus, everyone has something to say about mars new controversial imagery brand for the green m m. And tensions are high between the u. S. And russians. Well break down russias power grab in eastern europe. Im ayman mohyeldin. Lets get started. Thursday marked one year in office for President Biden and his report card from the American People is not good. A new nbc news poll out this week shows bidens Approval Rating dropped 10 points from april 21 until now. The lone exception you obviously know who it is, donald trump. President biden held a lengthy News Conference lo
In in loens exception you obviously know who it is, donald trump. Now, to compensate, President Biden t held a lengtsy News Conference thursday looking to set the record on his first year straight. Look. I didnt know a promise, what i have probably outperform what anybody thought would happen. Ha can you think of any other president thats done as much in one year . Let me be clear, before you think its only the gop and its followers that are not feeling the love for biden, lets note the criticism of this administration, actually coming from across the political spectrum, including members of the president s own party, the democrats. People are frustrated, and people feel like government continues to not deliver for them. Kre, we should still brate the American Rescue plan, we should celebrate thee bipartisan infrastructure framework. But we have failed at connecting with realfa americans, particularly americans of color, on the ground, daytoday, to hear their concerns, and to listen to
How tough the challenge, how high the obstacles, we always overcome. This virus is tough, but weve been also this hour, we are looking ahead to the politics of 2022 with control of capitol hill up for grabs and a major focus on the events of january 6th and the former president s role in the violence on that day. We have to have peace so go home. We love you. You are very special. Youve seen what happens. You see the way others are treated that are so bad and so evil. I know how you feel, but go home and go home in we are also following the fallout from devastating colorado wildfires. Ill talk to the boulder mayor about the situation that had people running for their very lives. We staid up all night long just hugging each other, just glad that we have each other and we have our kids. And were going to take a look at the legacy of betty white and the impact that she had on generations of female comedians. Daily show cocreator liz winstead will join me later on this hour. We want to sta