Its a Big Day. This afternoon an important speech from the president On Voting Rights and texas democrats catch a plane out of austin. They are running away to block a republican effort there to limit the ways people can vote. Plus new covid cases are climbing again. The Surgeon General says its possible well need covid Booster Shots but no change in the Vaccine Guidelines for now. And protests in Cuba Saddle the biden administration with another big Foreign Policy puzzle. Can the White House do anything as the cuban regime moves to crack down on demonstrations. First, Voting Rights. Theres no disputing the urgency of the issue. Whether the president can do much to turn the tide is a giant question. Texas is the latest battle ground. Dozens of democrats fled the state coming to d. C. In an effort to block legislative action in austin. The Texas Drama backs up the president s complaint. Republicans in state after state are taking steps to make it hard tore vote. But it also highlights a
Few hours from now. The impact of the storm already being felt. This Morning Coast Guard crews are searching for nine people still missing off the coast of Key West after 15 others were rescued. Our team is Tracking Elsa as it approaches landfall. Lets begin in Clearwater Beach, florida, where Randi Kaye is standing by. Randi, tell us what the conditions are like there. Reporter good morning, jim. Things have improved. We are seeing just a little bit of sunshine. Finally this Morning Weve had heavy rains and heavy winds throughout the night. We are expecting winds of about 50 to 75 miles per hour, and we got them. But let me just show you what the scene is here right now. The waters are still a bit choppy. These docks behind me, they had people on them yesterday and they were really enjoying the time in the water. Not yet today. The boats out there in the distance, they were tied up overnight. We werent sure they were going to be here this morning. We were told they actually moved them
And welcome, everyone. Im Sandra Smith. It is friday. Hello, benjamin. Im benjamin, in for john roberts. Department of education approved plans to have six states and washington, d. C. To use funds from President Bidens american Rescue Plan. Sandra some states could use the funds to further the controversial programs. Live from the White House with a breakdown how the states will use the funding. The american Rescue Plan was signed in during march, getting that money out times time. The departments of education sending 6 Billion to handful of states to help kids get back to school. A lot of money going in different places. A Lot Go for funds to make sure kids go back to the classroom, some for summer programs. There are proposals to address racial and social gaps. Look at Rhode Island funding plan. They want to center all Actions Antiraceicism that promotes wellness. Critics are watch closely to see if the biden administration is upon hadding School Districts advance more on training p
Rights legislation. With Majority Leader Chuck schumer bringing the for the people act to the floor this tuesday. But the bill will most definitely be filibustered Mcconnell Style despite a compromise from contrarian Joe Manchin which included a ban on gerrymandering, voter i. D. Requirement and establishing Election Day as a national holiday. While the Manchin Compromise enjoyed a key democratic endorsement from Stacey Abrams, republicans were quick to offer their fullthroated opposition. A revised version produced by one of the democrats yesterday, which has been endorsed by Stacey Abrams, equally unacceptable, totally inappropriate. All republicans, i think, will oppose that as well. Joining me now, Beto Orourke, former texas congressman, former president ial candidate will be rallying on the steps of the capital for support. Thank you very much for coming to the Sunday Show. Jonathan, its great to be with you. And thank you for mentioning well be meeting this evening 5 30 here in a
And the attack is still ongoing. The Colonial Pipeline Jichs more than 5,000 miles from texas to New York. Its responsible for roughly half of the fuel on the East Coast. And they described the impact of the hack. This is an attack on u. S. Energy infrastructure which shows the vulnerability of our system not only impacting us on the wallet immediately by raising gasoline prices, but raising the cost of transporting Gasoline And Diesel because they have to take more stringent security measures. In a statement, Colonial Pipeline says we proactively took systems off line to contain the threat which halted Pipeline Operations and affected some of our i. T. Systems. A leading cyber Security Firm was engaged and weve launched an investigation. The reports this was Ransomware Attack using encrypted files to shut it down and demanding ransom to turn it back on. And after the Winds Attack on russia, and an attack on china. And at Super Bowl was blamed on aran. And it could impact the u. S. Mil