But we begin with other breaking news. We begin with the demolished Infrastructure Talks. Negotiations on President Bidens massive Infrastructure Spending and Tax Legislation with a group of republican senators have now broken off. Lawmakers described a, quote significant Speed Bump Today and Hitting A bring wall. Now those talks are dead. But senior White House officials say they have already begun new talks with a bipartisan group of lawmakers. We will talk live with West Virginia Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito in just a moment. Senator capito has been leading the republican effort. Has been meeting with President Biden. We will talk with her live. White House Correspondent Peter doocy is live on the North Lawn with the very latest. Good evening, peter. Peter good evening, bret. President bidens trillion dollarS PluS Plan create good paying Union Jobs has fallen apart because talks with the top republican negotiator for infrastructure Senator Shelley Moore Capito are done fo
On the back and forth over mask messaging, good evening, peter. Peter good evening and shannon, White House officials are dealing with a lot. Gas shortages, violence in the Middle East, signs of a weakening economy, but none of those things are getting as much attention as this Announcement President biden had been saying was two months away about masks. Did somebody at the Biden Administration or in the biden Administration Update this guidance for political reasons . No. Peter but critics arent so sure. This iS Polldriven, look, they always say trust the science but we know what its been. Its been trust the polls, trust the Teachers Unions. Peter and leader of up influential Teachers Union just recently changed her tune about reopening schools in the fall. We must keep them open, fully and safely five days a week. Peter so why did the Biden Administration make the big Mask Announcement Yesterday . There was no scientific Knowledge Manifestation ha happened yesterday, when you look at
in year two? my guests this morning, democrats congressman jim clyburn of south carolina and democratic strategist james plus growing fears that russia is taking steps to invade ukraine. we have been very clear with russia on costs and consequences of further military action. now the u.s. is accusing russia of sending saboteurs into ukraine to create an excuse for an invasion. i ll speak with mitt romney about that and about the state of the biden presidency. also, the covid surge. there are many hospitals in the country on their knees. they re overwhelmed. cases, hospitalizations, deaths on the rise. testing, too, but is that too late? should we have done that sooner? we are doing it. should we have done it sooner? we are doing it. are rural hospitals ready for this wave? joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief washington correspondent andra mitchell, eugene robinson, amna nawaz, and anthony continetti of the american enterprise institute.
democratic senators tripled down on their opposition to senate changes that would be neededs to pass the bill. first the u.s. supreme court and what the decision means for the president and the nation. fox news chief legal correspondent and anchor of fox news at night shannon bream joins us now. good evening, shannon. hello, bret, in that pair of split decisions the supreme court handed the biden administration both a major loss and a smaller victory. in blocking a workplace vaccine mandate that would have impacted more than 80 million american workers 6-3. supreme court held when it comes to osha congress, quote: had not given that agency the power to regulate public health more broadly requiring the vaccination of 84 million americans selected simply because they worked for employers with more than 100 employees certainly falls in the latter category. that means the federal vaccine mandate, as well as the masking and testing option cannot be enforced. the joint dissent wa
the announcement comes after president biden said americans should be concerned but not alarmed with the rise in covid cases. his remarks today coming after the u.s. became the first country in the world to record 1 million new cases in a single day. nearly doubling the previous record set less than a week ago. the president also saying the federal government is adding new test sites around the country each day after pledging to send out a half billion free tests last month. a promise that has made little to no progress as some schools revert back to virtual learning. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. after public pushback the cdc now says people should use a rapid test after a positive covid case after five days of isolation if you can get one and if you want to. and if you test positive, you should keep isolating until day 10. it is another shift in policy after setting a new