Good morning, charles it s a weekend away for washington, for president biden after a week away in europe. The white house says next week, the president will be talking with democrats and republicans about the potential for an infrastructure compromise there s a group of senate democrats and republicans who were negotiating a $1 trillion infrastructure proposal, but there are significant disagreements, in particular, how to pay for it on one side you ve got democrats who want to increase taxes, on the other side you ve got republicans who want to use unspent covid relief funds. I, myself, do not think we should be taking money out of the pockets of people of unemployment or take money out out of the rescue package, because it s there for a purpose his own proposal, as you know, is a huge new package, $2. 65 trillion with $2 trillion of new taxes, particularly taxes on american businesses and american workers, which makes no sense coming out of this pandemic. Reporter: and to close the
his big government agenda in his first joint address to congress. you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. todd: in just one hour he talks about his $1.2 trillion progressive plan, gun control, police reform and a lot more. as he double down on his message of unity republican senator tim scott said the administration is pushing the nation farther apart. . to wrap up a big night is richardson live from washington. it was a unifying message of resilience, resolve and hope for a presentation of radical tax and spend agenda that crushes economic opportunity. is typical around here democrats and republicans have two different views of president biden s address to a joint session of congress where he also touted his administration s work in addressing covid 19 and efforts to vaccinate millions of americans. we are marshaling every federal resource, we ve gotten vaccines to 40,000 pharmacies, 700 community health centers, we are setting up community vaccin
sure up the nation s ageing roads and bridges and rail lines and utilities, a plan he says will transform the united states. i m proposing a plan for the nation that rewards work, not just rewards wealth. it s not a plan that tinkers around the edges it s a once in a generation investment in america unlike anything we ve seen or done since we built the interstate highway system and the space race decades ago in fact, the largest american jobs investment since world war ii it s big, yes. it s bold, yes and we can get it done. biden says it will cost over $2 trillion among his plans to pay for it a corporate tax reich from the current 21% to 28%. keep in mind he signed his 1. 9 trillion dollars covid act into law without any republican support. the plan biden introduced today is part one he says he ll announce part two helping the nation s families, education and health care and the like in a matter of weeks. today he invited republicans to work with him on both. the divi
roads and bridges and rail lines and utilities, a plan he says will transform the united states. i m proposing a plan for the nation that rewards work, not just rewards wealth. it s not a plan that tinkers around the edges it s a once in a generation investment in america unlike anything we ve seen or done since we built the interstate highway system and the space race decades ago in fact, the largest american jobs investment since world war ii it s big, yes. it s bold, yes and we can get it done. biden says it will cost over $2 trillion among his plans to pay for it a corporate tax hike from the current 21% to 28%. keep in mind he just siped his $1.9 trillion covid relief act into law without republican support. the plan biden introduced today is part one he says he ll announce part two helping the nation s families, education and health care and the like in a matter of weeks. today he invited republicans to work with him on both. the division for the moment shouldn t
saying this. we have all got to do our part and pitch in to end this virus. we still need you to social distance, wear a mask and get yourself and your loved ones vaccinated. the only way out is through, and the only way through is together. there is simply nothing more important than getting the resources that we need to vaccinate people in this country as quickly as possible. we are not going get our economy back in shape and millions of people back to work and our schools and businesses fully reopened until until, as he says, we beat this virus. and that is where i want to begin. joining me now, someone who has been following the deadly pandemic since the very beginning. dr. peter hotez. doctor, thank you for joining us on this. you and i have actually spoke together on a couple various grim milestones that we have reached throughout this pandemic because there have been a few of them. and this is the worst. half a million lives now lost, unnecessarily so, from this pand