Breaking news from the president ial the Campaign Trail, where Kamala Harris has choizen governor tim walz to be her Running Mate. The highly anticipated decision comes hours after the Vice President formerly secured the president ial nomination after a virtual Role Call become the first woman of color to lead a major president ial ticket. The Vice President and Governor Walz will appear on stage just hours from now for the first time at a rally in philadelphia. First stop on the Campaign Blitz that will take the pair to five Battleground States over the next couple of days. With us now is washington correspondent yamiche. And julian castro, 2020 president ial democrat you can Candidate And Msnbc political analyst, and simone townsend, cohost of the weekend here on msnbc. So yamiche, good morning. How did the Vice President setting on walz . Reporter its a key question this morning. Vice President Settled on tim walz, the governor of minnesota, because first, there was a strong kem ind
Notably michigan, a state that had been of significant to bidens reelection bid. In 2020, particularly in the detroit metro area. Also where he made history last september after the United Auto Workers went on strike, he joined them on the picket line, the first time a sitting president had already done that. As a result, he earned the uaws endorsement in january, which bolstered his aspirations to be quote, the most prounion president in american history. While many unions like the american federation of teachers, and the service employees international Union Workweek to back harris this week, the uaw has held off doing so, at least so far. Michigan exposes some of bidens weaknesses. The president aced fierce opposition from the large arab population over his stance toward the war in gaza, which land to the abandoned Biden Movement that called for primary voters to challenge the reelection bid. It was particularly effective in michigan, even though biden still easily won the primary i
School. They are answers that cannot come soap enough for anxious parents. Going without masks is very scary. Its not necessary. As long as everybody does what theyre supposed to do i feel like it will be okay. We have a team of doctors standing by the entire hour to answer your questions. These are questions that you sent in as we get closer to a complicated School Year. Also continue to send those questions and post them on twitter. The Email Address on our screen is talk msnbc. Com. I will also be joined by a 12yearold girl from florida who asks her local classroom for masks. All of this while the cdc takes on Booster Shots. A third Vaccine Dose for people with compromised Immune Systems. Well be watching for their recommendations this hour. That states School Year giving us a glipgs at a scary scenario right there. As glasses start this country, once schools started theyre in mississippi there was an unprecedented Covid Outbreak there. More than 4,000 students are quarantining. Ali
And in just a few minutes, the state lawmakers are set to discuss impeaching the governor. While Behind Closed Doors, two top former Justice Department officials are answering lawmakers questions over the Weekend about just how far former President Trump went to overturn the election results. And those in the Justice Department that actively helped him. Were going to hear from Grammy Awardwinning Musician who is making major headlines after requiring vaccines at his concerts in austin, texas. A city with just six icu beds left open. The praise and the backlash hes now getting. Weve got to start, of course, this morning with covid. The good news right now is that half the country has officially been fully vaccinated. But at the very same time, the number of average cases are topping 100,000 a day for the first time since last february. The rate of hospitalizations and deaths nationwide have both jumped more than 90 over the last two weeks. Of course, the biggest problem is in places wit
Part of the bill focuses on human infrastructure. The united States Senate is addressing the needs of Working Families. And is going to stand off for ordinary americans rather than just the wealthy and powerful. The new York City Judiciary Committee has started the process to investigate Impeachment Articles against Governor Cuomo as we hear for the first time from an Executive Assistant who filed a criminal complaint against him. One of Governor Cuomos attorneys Will Downme live to respond to that and much more later this hour. And a group of democratic lawmakers from texas who fled the state to block action on new voting restrictions, have Security Court Order blocking republicans from forcibly returning them to the state capitol. Well talk about that one of the lawmakers involved in this effort. And a sobering report from the United Nations says that while Human Activities are responsible for global warming, there is a chance to pro vent the planet from getting hotter. We ghun hour