Joe Manchins Compromise Bill come makes Election Day a public holiday and mandates at least 17 days of early voting and bans partisan gerrymandering. Betto orourke who will join us in a minute to explain why he supports Manchins Bill along with other Progressive Democrats like jimmy Harrison And Stacy abrams. As for mcconnell, hes just being Mitch Mcconnell. The revised version produced by one of the democrats yesterday endorsed by Stacy Abrams and extraordinary dubious constitutionality would remove legislating from State Legislatures and totally inappropriate and all republicans, i think, will oppose that, as well. I actually think when Stacy Abrams immediately endorsed senator Mcconnells Proposal it became the Stacy Abrams substitute and not Joe Manchin substitute. Infrastructure is the other big item on the hill. At least 21 senators say they back a bipartisan proposal. A fiveyear Spending Plan with about a 1 Trillion price tag. It would do far more than just fix roads and bridges.
immunity entirely. the biden administration announced new travel restrictions. this is where we begin our coverage this hour with jacqui heinrich. hi, jacqui. hi, gillian. we got a new statement from president biden about the new variant that the world health organization has deemed the omicron variant. there s three key points from the president. he said for vaccinated, the best way to strengthen yourself is to get a booster shot as soon as you re eligible. for those not yet fully vaccinated, he s urging people to get vaccinated today saying this includes children and adults. and then finally he says the news about new variant should make it clearer than ever why this pandemic won t end until we have global vaccinations. he wants intellectual property protections to be waived so the vaccines can be made globally. this is a quick action taken from the white house. this comes after the u.k. and several countries restricted travel from south africa and neighboring nations. dr
suspected gunmen arrested after an attack on a concert hall. isis taking credit for the shooting rampage that has a left at least 133 dead and vladimir putin vowing revenge especially for if anyone responsible, they will be fully punished. then to london where news of princess kate s cancer diagnosis has the world watching and worrying. in january i underwent major abdominal surgery in london, and at the time it was thought that my condition was noncancerous. the surgery was successful. however, tests after the operation found cancer had been present. my medical team, therefore, advised that i should undergo a course of preventive chemotherapy, and i m now in the early stages of that treatment. this, of course, came as a huge shock, and william and i have been doing everything we can to process and and manage this privately for the sake of our young family. neil: the 42-year-old british royal undergoing what her doctors call preventative chemotherapy for cancer, but at this
breaking moments ago, the supreme court has refused to consider former president trump s claim of immunity in his federal election interference case until a lower court has its say. so the high court could eventually hear this case, but they re not going to do it jack smith s way which was to expedite it. we re waiting for trump s legal team to appeal the colorado historic decision to remove him from the state s ballot. we could get the move from the trump team on that any minute. we have a great legal panel standing by on this breaking news this afternoon. john yoo, former law clerk to clarence thomas. great to have this outstanding panel with us. first let s go to chad pergram and get the latest on the breaking news this hour on a friday afternoon on capitol hill. hi, chad. march that good afternoon. jack smith has lost his effort to speed up consideration as to whether the former president was immune from prosecution for interfering with the 2020 presidential election. n