patients. almost all of them, unvaccinated. and now the white house is thinking about withholding federal funding to get places like nursing homes to mandate vaccinations. the president continued his full court press to get more shots in arms just a short time ago. yes, cases are going to go up before they come back down. it s the pandemic of the unvaccinated. i know i ve said that constantly, and others have as well. the pandemic of the unvaccinated. it s needless taking a needless toll on our country. about 400 people will die because of the delta variant in this country. a tragedy. because virtually all of these deaths were preventable if people had gotten vaccinated. cnn s nick valencia is focusing on the covid hot spots. he s starting with florida, which now leads the nation in new infections. reporter: covid cases on pace to surpass 100,000 a day again with the delta variant spreading as easily as chickenpox. now accounting for almost all new covid-19 cases in t
other adversaies they must face consequences for this and other cyberactivity. the republican party made it clear they re the party of insurrection. senate republicans yesterday blocked the bill to create a nonpartisan commission to investigate the january 6th insurrection, a bill that was negotiated in good faith by members of its own party. here they are. 35 senate republicans who voted to block a vote on a january 6th commission. modeled on the famed 9/11 commission. why don t these people want an investigation into the violence that put their own lives at risk? are they worried about what might be unearthed by such an investigation? about what we all might learn about the former president and the pro-trump extremists that took part in and aided and abetted in the attack on the united states capitol? those 35 republicans voted against the commission even after the family of brian sicknick, who died after defending the united states capitol on january 6th, paid personal vis
they don t support investigating the january 6 insurrection. they don t believe in making voting easier. they don t believe making mass shootings harder to pull off. they don t believe women should get the same pay as men. they don t even believe that poor people, and apparently minorities deserve decent wages. here s what a trump appointee economist told fox news. for those people, sandra, coming into the labor force brand fresh, not oldtimers who have been around for a while. the poor, the minorities, the disenfranchised, those with less education, young people who haven t the job experience. they are not worth $15 an hour in most cases. even on infrastructure, the republicans have made it clear the only way that would happen is if they can make you, the. at a pair, cough you have the dough. detect a pattern yet? earlier today, senator john thune, mcconnell s top deputy, said there s no scenario where even ten republicans would come together to make infrastructure happe
on this memorial day weekend. tonight s lede, a monument to traitors. right now, as we enjoy this unofficial beginning to summer, half the country is vaccinated and economists predict a boom coming for the nation. it s the inverse of our last memorial day when covid seemed uncontrollable. our cities were shuttered and republican lawmakers were calling for every punishment for anti-racists protesting police violence. but fast forward to this week, to yesterday when the senate gop voted near unanimously to block the commission to investigate the insurrection that desecrated our capitol and brutalized its police force. because it would anger donald trump and implicate too many of his allies and, yes, his voters. it s a lot to think about when many americans just want to tune out over the holiday. but the coming weeks will determine whether president biden and congressional democrats can effectively push back with their agendas. for biden, it s his infrastructure plan and his new