Again, for now. In its biggest decision of the term. What it means and what it doesnt, also ahead. Welcome to a pretty busy thursday. Meet the press daily im chuck todd. The reaction continues to spill in upholding Obama Care. The third time that the Roberts Court has upheld The Law, but a ruling that will not save The Law from future attempts to undermine it perhaps. We will have a lot more on that story Coming Up in the hour. But well begin with some major decisions facing President Biden. Fresh off his diplomatic swing through europe and his meeting with putin he now faces what you could call some urgent domestic diplomacy here at home at least inside the democratic coalition. As the White House faces increasing pressure from progressives to abandon talks with republicans, a group of 21 senators from sort of the center of this current u. S. Senate, 11 republicans and 10 democrats say that theyve come to an agreement on a framework for a deal on infrastructure. Thats 20 of the senate
Peoplesponding to get covid under control and the bold action we took by Passing The American rescue plan. Here are the numbers for may, out just a few hours ago. The united states adding 559,000 jobs. Thats just shy of the entire population of wyoming, by the way. The Unemployment Rate now 5. 8 . Thats down from 6. 1 . So far, we have recovered roughly 67 of the jobs that were lost during this pandemic. A new focus on Capitol Hill, a possible bipartisan deal on infrastructure in the spotlight there. In a few moments i will talk to congresswoman lawrence. Shes the cochair of the democratic Womens Caucus. Women have been hard by the pandemic. The new Jobs Report shows theres still a long way to go. I want to get to our reporters on the ground covering this Jobs Report. The bigger implications for us. Mike memoli is at White House. Stephanie ruhle has made her way to westfield Garden State Plaza mall in new jersey. Garrett haake is in morgan. Dale virginia. Mike, lets start with you. We
Welcome to thursday. It is meet the Press Daily and im chuck todd. None of this we say lightly. Today appears to be the day you can mark in your calendars as the day that represents the republican partys complete and total surrender to Donald Trump. Whether its the Paeshts Revolt against Liz Cheney in washington or new Voting Restrictions theyre celebrating in florida and texas or bizarre audit thats playing out of president ial results in the state of arizona, the republican party surrendered to a lie, as it surrenders to trump. Lets not mince words, it means the american democracy is in really big trouble, more so today than it was yesterday. The number three house republican lists cheney as the number three republican being ousted from leadership for the sin of speaking out against her Partys Embrace of the former president s Outlie Lie that somehow the election was stolen from him. And its not just why shes being ousted thats so alarming, theres also the way the Mob Rule republican
U. S. Businesses. What we know and how we should respond. The chair of the house Intelligence Committee, democratic Congressman Adam Schiff of california will join me ahead. A source confirms to Nbc News federal prosecutors are indeed looking into whether Congressman Matt Gaetz obstructed justice. Its all part of their investigation into potential Sex Crimes involving the congressman. Well have the latest on that coming up. Welcome to thursday. It is meet the press daily. Im chuck todd. The President And Congress have a dilemma on hand when it comes to our democracy. Its bigger than simply trying to come to an agreement on say January 6th commission and bigger than any single priority, even the hr1 sweeping bill on voting rights. What im talking about is the move among republicans at the State Level aiming to give trump allies more power to subvert election results, essentially rig the umpires, buy off the umps. A lot of conversations about Voting Laws has been about voting access. Yes
Confronting this administration, the violence in the Middle East. The growing international pressure to find a way to deescalate the conflict between israeli forces and palestinian militants. There are unfortunately no signs of an end to the crisis or the bloodshed. Some of the deadliest strikes happening over the weekend with residents in gaza reporting the heaviest bombardments last night. Roughly 200 palestinians have been killed in gaza, including 59 children. Ten have been killed in israel since the conflict began according to local officials. The White House has held conversations with leaders on both sides of the conflict. Tony blinken spoke about the situation this morning from denmark. The united states remains greatly concerned by the violence, by the escalating violence. Hundreds of people killed or injured, including children being pulled from the rubble. As we have said before, israel has the right to defend itself. There is no equivalence between a terrorist Group Firing