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joshua johnson? welcome to the week. the sun is working. it s infrastructure weekend on capitol hill, we heard from kristen cinema of arizona and rob portman of ohio. they just gave short speeches on the senate floor. they have been among those leading the negotiations on this bill. now we still don t have the final text, but the plan is to file that bill is a substitute amendment tonight. the current bill is just over 2700 pages long. so far. the senate will then move to the amendment process, where we are told this should be completed in a matter of days. but the bipartisan bill is just half of the story. majority leader chuck schumer promise once that legislation has passed, he will mediately move to the budget reconciliation instructions. those blue principle at the senate begin working on a 3.5 trillion dollar social health and environmental bill. sometimes we ve called it the human infrastructure bill. using reconciliation to pass that, one would allow for a simpl ....
another republican voice to the table, congressman adam kinzinger. the question is, what does kevin mccarthy have to say about the move? and team usa continues its quest for medals. katie ledecky comes up for the first event, but the question is can she still bring home the gold? it is way too early for this. what s up, everybody? we will start with the news. coronavirus continues to rise and the nation s top infectious diseases expert dr. anthony fauci says the u.s. is headed in the wrong direction. nbc news correspondent meagan fitzgerald has the latest. reporter: the worst-case scenario among the unvaccinated. it feels like we re going back in the bowel again, and it s definitely another wave. reporter: the highly contagious delta variant fueling a new surge in cases across the country. the country s top doctor. we could have a considerable problem with the surge of infections. reporter: the variant sweeping through the south accounting for 40% of the ....
get accurate information to people so they can get this vaccine. those comments come as the delta variant continues to explode across the country, sweeping through unvaccinated communities like a raging wildfire. i m going to say that again. unvaccinated communities and remind you, vaccines are available. as of this morning, the variant accounts for nearly 58% of all new covid infection, and here s more proof that this pandemic is not over. los angeles county reinstating a mask mandate, effective this weekend, as the nation s largest county deals with a rapid increase in cases. and last night s yankees/red sox game officially postponed due to some of the yankees players reporting breakthrough cases. at the same time, the fda now says emergency authorization for covid-19 vaccines in kids under the age of 12 could be months away. stephanie gosk is in new york city. also joining us, former fda commissioner, dr. scott gottlieb. why is l.a. county reinstating this mask ma ....
the engineering firm issued an alarming warning. the firm found that there was cracked concrete and steel in the building s beams, walls and parking garage, estimated repairs were $9 million and repairs were set to begin soon but it seems not soon enough. steve harrigan live in surfside, florida where fire has slowed search for survivors. steve: eric, a lot of frustration on behalf of relatives an family members a short time ago, some of them were taken by bus to the site of the collapse, some of them offering prayers near the rubble and some, important to do so as soon as possible. there has been frustration with the pace of the rescue effort, no rescues since thursday and also with the lack of an explanation as to why this building collapsed thursday at 1:30 a.m. the trench that you talk about main feature of where the rescue work is underway. 40 feet deep there, using sonars and cameras but nothing to show for it in the way of rescue, 9 confirmed dead, a number we ex ....
congressman matt gaetz. we touched on this story before, but i have never said what i m about to say to you tonight. the feds are eyeing possible obstruction of justice. this stemming from a phone call that a witness had with the maga favorite and republican congressman matt gaetz s ex-girlfriend who patched gaetz into the call. this is a story broken by politico. it has been confirmed by nbc news. we can see how the investigation is moving with this key witness spilling everything to the feds, including what, by definition, sounds like things that some people might not want to get out. meanwhile, gaetz s guilty and convicted association cooperating, talking to the feds under a legal obligation to share anything and everything, whether he wants to or not, whether he thinks it is relevant or not saying, quote, congressman gaetz pursues justice. he does not obstruct it. let me be clear. that is a specific new charge that tells you on the one hand that this is a big and ....