plus, the met gala is known for its stunning outfits, sporting outfits by influencers. so why is everyone freaking out about aoc s dress? and one person that wasn t in attendance at this year s gala was artist nicki minaj due to vaccine requirements. but things quickly spiralled out of control after she posted a string of tweets that included virus and vaccine misinformation. we re going to break down what happened, and the conversation surrounding celebrity accountability. i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. all right.t. so the anticipated right-wing rally in washington, d.c., clearly did not go as planned. i mean, the number one rule in any good movie, obviously, is do not return to the scene of the crime, folks. today, just a few-hundred demonstrators showed up to support the more than 600 people charged in connection to the january-6th insurrection and those in attendance appeared to be outnumbered by the media and a heavy police presence. now, of course, this lack of
that s when the vaccine shots were limited. the white house says a third of new infections are coming from either florida or texas. the city of new york is taking unprecedented step of requiring now proof of vaccination for indoor activities. we re talking restaurants to eat indoors, fitness center, entertainment venues. new york s governor is calling it the key to new york s best. a lot of people looking forward to it, some not so much. sure. this is a big deal, though. it s the farthest we ve seen any america go when it comes to mandates. you ll have to show proof of vaccination to go any places, eat inside, workout inside or seek any entertainment inside. the proof of vaccination can be the vaccination cards you get when you get your vaccination. in new york state there s an excelsior app that shows you made your vaccines and another app nyc safe pass. people just have to show they ve taken one dose of the vaccine. right now about 60% of new yorkers have taken at least o
down vaccination rates and costing lives. fish or cut bait? the bipartisan infrastructure deal is in peril and now has a new deadline. how president biden s number one priority could soon collapse. and the extraordinary life and tragic death of anthony bourdain. a haunting yet beautiful new film, the filmmaker joins us. thanks for being here. we begin this hour with the entire country now trending in the wrong direction for the first time in a very long time. right now every state is showing an increase in coronavirus cases from this week to last. take a look at this map. it is now a sea of red and it is fueled by the unvaccinated. the drop in vaccine rates and the delta variant tearing through the country. the cdc director is now sounding the alarm again. listen. i think things could still get worse which is why we re doing everything we can now to make sure that doesn t happen. i don t like to see our cases rising, we haven t seen this amount of cases for months. i m very
lawmakers and potentially have them arrested. they are now here in washington where they held a press conference at the capitol, begging democrats, congress, and the president for help. intent to stay out and kill this bill, use the intervening time, 24, 25 days before end of session to implore the folks in this building behind us to pass federal voting rights legislation to protect voters in texas and across the country. we are looking forward to seeing what the president says in his speech today on voting rights in philadelphia and we hope what we ll hear is an even stronger commitment and clear plan of action as to how we can break the gridlock in the senate and pass federal legislation immediately this summer. we can t hold the tide back forever. we need congress and federal leaders to use that timewisely. the problem facing the president and democrats in washington is that they don t have the votes to pass that new voting rights legislation. don t have votes to chang