broadcast or on cable television, where you have a bit more restraints and the parameters are tighter. in a podcast, we are freer, as you are freer on the radio. to say certain things, to talk about certain things. but what i want people to know is that this is a place for everyone to come to. as i have said, if you are if you aren t easily offended, you definitely want to watch us i mean, listen to us. if you are not easily offended, you definitely want to listen to us. because especially, if you are, because we are going to toughen you up a little bit. as you know, i don t i believe in accountability. i don t believe in cancelling people. i believe that people are fallible and that they re human. and in this podcast, we are going to say things that are provocative. the way people talk in person, with each other. how people, often, make mistakes in conversations because that s what we do. and if people make a mistake, then we talk about it. we don t cancel people for
person starting this fall with no remote learning. but at the same time the cdc is now investigating some reports about potential heart issues in some children who got the vaccine. while in the middle east, the violence between israel and hamas has stopped for now. the cease-fire is holding. but here in the united states developing a very different story. a wave of anti-semitic hate crimes are being reported all over this country. and there s breaking news this morning about a meeting with president biden and russian president vladimir putin. we will get to all of that but we want to start on coronavirus with tom costello, dr. gupta, nbc medical contributor. how is it looking, we re one week away from memorial day when people get together and party? absolutely right. it s a week today and memorial day starts thursday in some cases. you re absolutely right. it s already starting to a return to normal. take a look at the stats. you alluded to them at the stop but they are e
this hour, i will ask a doctor what families need to know and how concerned we should all be. today, secretary of state tony blinken is set to visit the middle east. his visit comes as the fragile cease-fire between israel and hamas holds for a fourth day now. president biden has made his position clear. he wants to see a two state solution in that region. that s not the only thing that president biden has laid out, not the only part of his vision. he pitched an overall to the immigration structure. he pitched a massive infrastructure bill, he pitched that twice. most pressing today, the president wants changing to our policing system. he gave congress until tomorrow to pass a reform bill by tomorrow. so far, congress has not said anything on the priorities, none of them. hasn t sent a thing to sign into law. that s where we start this hour. kelly o donnell at her post there at 1600 pennsylvania. and nbc capitol hill correspondent leigh ann caldwell is on the hill. we lai
action. ahead of the anniversary of george floyd s murder, what has changed when it comes to policing? we are live in minneapolis ahead. welcome to monday. it s meet the press daily did the. it feels like we have reached a pivot point with profound implications for the country. take a look at all of the big developments right now. the white house negotiations with republicans on infrastructure seem to have stalled for the time being after the biden administration offered to shave $300 billion off of its multi-trillion dollar proposal. a deadline on policing reform by tomorrow s anniversary of george floyd s death isn t going to be met, even though both parties agree reform is needed. that bipartisan agreement for a commission to investigate the siege on the capital, it s been detailed by gop legislatures. while some republicans have condemned her remarks, leadership has been quiet. the gop further embraces trump-style tactics and election lies, progressive democrats
since early years of the trump administration. but the situation on the ground remains tenuous. israeli police engaged in what they call operation law and order, rounding up hundreds of people accused of criminal acts around the violence and protests of recent weeks. and saying they made at least 74 arrests just today. meanwhile, new details on president biden s first face-to-face meeting with russian president vladimir putin as the biden administration responds to another budding crisis in eastern europe. western governments accusing belarus putin-backed president lukashenko of orchestrating a hijacking of an airliner to capture a prominent dissident. they believe the russian kgb agents used a bomb threat as cover for belarus to dispatch a fighter jet and force the plane to land in minsk. in minutes, the opposition leader who faced lukashenko in last year s election, now living in exile will join me live. we start in the middle east with the latest. joining us from jerusalem