And a lot of the country is heeding that message in some way, shape, or form. Yesterday, the government announced that half of u. S. Adult population has received at least one dose of the covid19 vaccine. That s pretty amazing. The cdc reported that almost 130 million people 18 and older, have started the vaccine regimen and almost 84 million adults are fully vaccinated, which is about 32. 5% of the population. We are getting there. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It s monday, april 19th. With us, we have white house reporter for the associated press, jonathan lemire, washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay. Professor at princeton university, eddie glaude jr. , and professor at the lyndon b. Johnson school of public affairs at the university of texas, victoria defrancesco soto. Thank you all so much for being with us this morning. We ll get to that good news on the vaccine in just a moment. But first, we begin this morning with minneapolis and the whole country
president biden signalled he might be open to them, democrats in congress revolted. they aren t fair, and they don t work, dems argued. republicans say they are fair and that it is only responsible to have a baseline standard for who can receive government benefits like medicaid, that a requirement to work would motivate people to work. a hand up, not a hand out, says speaker kevin mccarthy. so how does a work requirement function in actuality? we ve got one of my favorite policy wonks with us to explain because it is a tricky issue. one that could sink a deal, and in light of that, a number of democrats are coming up with a plan b. there s one in the house to force a floor vote on the debt, over the objections of gop leadership if need be, and another being floated in the senate to negate a vote entirely. president biden, you have the authority all on your own, they say. one of those senators joins us to explain why. but first, let s get to the reporting and the policy. join
tonight, the important days ahead and washington tie to our nations that. president biden said to sit down with speaker mccarthy tomorrow was the threat of defaulting hangs in the balance. and republicans continue their investigation into president biden s family. they just need to top down their conforming first. and a preview of tomorrow s hearing on artificial intel events. it s congress prepared to regulate this technology? as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. treasury secretary janet yellen is sounding the alarm yet again. in a letter to the speaker top lawmakers, she wrote, the united states could run out of money to pay its bills, quote, if congress has not acted to raise or suspend the debt limit by early june, and potentially as early as june 1st. that means congress has less than three weeks to act or risk an unprecedented debt default. in congress, their only inception a fraction of those three weeks.
in six weeks, come in whatever, well, we ended that. now they want to go back to the levels where we cut those folks that now provide that kind of help. this amounts to $22 billion cut in veterans health care. now they dispute this. they know where their actual proposal or exclusive protection for veterans, but they say it s unusual language we use with presidents these days, they say i m lying when i say that. the truth is, why do so many veterans groups speak out in opposition to the republican proposal, they re not all democrats, they know what s going to happen. folks, that s a game republicans are playing, anytime you single out the impact of their overall cuts, they tell you, no, no, no, it s not true. but they re wrong. they want to protect something. they would have written it down and say we re protecting it. you can t cut this program. you can t cut it. so he can see it. here s another example. under the republican plan, nationwide, 100,000 teachers and support staf
for sexual abuse, ordering him to pay $5 million to writer e. jean carroll. we have legal analysis on the case and more reaction from capitol hill straight ahead. also ahead, a high stakes meeting on the debt ceiling lives up to the low expectations everyone predicted. a look at what could come next as both sides have a small window to hammer out a deal. plus it appears that george santos elis and questionable financial claims are finally catching up to him as he is facing federal charges. and a live report from el paso, texas on how the biden administration is preparing for the end of a pandemic-era immigration restriction. good morning and welcome to morning joe it s wednesday, may 10th. along with joe, willie and me, we have host of way too early, jonathan lemire. former white house director of communications, jen palmerry. cohost of show time s the circus . attorney and columnist for the washington post george conway is with us as well. so it begins. donald tru