Warns that the Delta Variant is as contagious as the Chicken Pox and can create a greater risk of hospitalization although vaccines are highly effective protecting against the virus in an effort to boost vaccinations, President Biden announced federal workers must show proof of their Vaccination Status or submit to regular testing and masking. The Defense Department has since followed suit. And while the White House is not considering a federal Vaccine Mandate at this time, the senior senator from wisconsin, a republican, had this to say. Could you ever get behind a Vaccine Mandate for everybody . No, not unless there is some incredibly deadly disease. I mean, much higher Infection Mortality rates than we have with covid. Breaking news, buddy. Covid is an incredibly deadly disease. More than 610,000 americans have died, and in counties with low vaccination rates, the Mortality And Hospitalization rates are rising. Joining me now, Msnbc Science contributor laurie garrett. Laurie is also
a law clearly aimed at disenfranchising millions of voters, many of them people of color. why did the georgia legislature only pick sundays to say there should be no early voting on sunday? we know why. it s because that s the day african-americans vote in the souls to the pole operation where they go from church to vote. according to them, if you support voter i.d. for absentee ballots, you re a racist. according to them, if you believe in protecting the security and sanctity of the ballot box you re a, quote, jim crow in a suit and tie. the filibuster at the end of the day is about minority rights in the senate. how are you going to insist on protecting minority rights in the senate while refusing to protect minority rights in the society. so every time a republican does anything, we re racist. if you re a white conservative, you re a racist. if you re a black republican, you re either a prop or uncle tom. they use the racism card to advance a liberal agenda and we
it was a moment to see if the justice system would actually deliver for ahmaud arbery. the attorney who represented the family told the new york times, it s good to see racism lose and you can t overstate how big this is. joining me now is cal perry from brunswick, georgia. insider senior editor katya tubman. and assistant director of the lbj school of public affairs, victoria defrancesco soto. also former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst cynthia alksne. everybody, thank you so much for being here. cal, what an incredible day yesterday, and what a moment to be there in observance of it. what can you tell us about what you saw and what it s like there today? so there was jubilation both inside the court and outside the court. we ve seen that video of ahmaud arbery s father reacting, yelling and being escorted out of the court. the facts of this case were never in doubt. three white men, well-armed, murdered an unarmed black man. but there was still a concern here
political stand off. singer britney spears regains contol of her life singer britney spears regains control of her life and career, as a judge overturns a conservatorship imposed 13 years ago. hello and welcome to bbc news. the official deadline for an agreement at cop26 in glasgow has passed but delegates and negotiators are now working through the night to try to sign off undertakings that can be agreed across the board. experts recognise that the agreements made at the summit will not limit global warming to under 1.5 degrees a key threshold which would avoid the worst effects of climate change. david shukman has the latest. sirens wail a warning from outside the conference about the state of progress inside it. world leaders are singled out forfailing to keep their promises, for allowing the planet to become dangerously overheated. appeals for action came in the conference halls as well, activists calling on governments not to water down key points in the agreement a
the border. our green team panel is standing by to break it down and new developments tonight in the search for gabby petito s missing boyfriend. we have a live report with the latest developments. hunter biden back in the spotlight. what newly uncovered documents reveal. the latest on the what the biden administration is saying, white house correspondent is digging into if that matches up with what they are doing. joe biden and the team took office promising a more humane border and immigration policy following widespread democratic criticism of former president trump s approach but now not only have they failed miserably in their efforts to curb the crisis, the white house is now facing criticism from inside the administration. had ample opportunity to raise concerns about migration during his tenure, he never once did so. what one individual says does not define the integrity that we bring to bear to the mission we re dedicated. the biden administration is on t