we are prepared, we have the tools. we can do this. that s the next step. the president also announced requirements of vaccination and urging businesses and employers to step up and require this for employees. that s that tension between the government not being able to make that call in the united states, you can t mandate that as an executive action. he wants more employers to lead the way. the administration push reflects how america right now face this cross roads with the covid delta variant surging. the year 2020 is something many people do not want to relive in america with lockdowns and covid deaths driving a natural cultural conversation, was just about getting to 2021. 2020! i don t know about anybody else but i think i am kind of done, can we get to 2021 remember that? can we get to 2021? that energy of getting past 2020 was a reference of how tough covid was at the time of no cure and novak seens. daily covid cases were peaking as 2020 turned 20
rise in cases he admits in hindsight, i wish that had not become law. when all in starts right now. w. good evening from new york i m chris hayes. the coup came closer to succeeding than we ever knew. we know that donald trump lauded with his associates to overturn american democracy. he tried everything he could to keep himself in power over the will of the people. day by day we have been learning more and more about how comprehensive and dangerous that effort was. we did not learn the details of the single most damning piece of evidence yet, until yesterday. frankly, i have to say, it is so damning and unnerving i spent the last 24 hours scratching my head in disbelief that it is not a bigger story. the document we learned about yesterday showed an infamy in american history as a completely villainous tax. if the acting attorney general at the time had signed that document, it would have likely thrown the united states into the worst constitutional crisis since the ci
any hospitalization and death. they re also effective in reducing the overall risk of infection. meanwhile, on capitol hill, the senate appears to be moving closer to the finish line with its work on bipartisan infrastructure bill. this as andrew cuomo is given the opportunity to provide final evidence in his defense as state lawmakers wrap up their investigation into allegations he sexually harass aid dozen women. and members of congress and other leading figures pay tribute to one of the leading labor leaders, afl-cio president richard trumka who died at the auj of 72. the we re going to begin this hour with the latest on the pandemic. seven states, florida, texas, missouri, arkansas, louisiana, alabama, and mississippi all of them account for about half of the new cases and hospitalizations in the past week despite making up less than a quarter of the u.s. population. there are also states with some of the lowest vaccination rates with, we should note. here are the other
bill. chuck schumer saying he intends to get the legislation along with a budget resolution paving the way for the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill through before the august recess. we are on track to pass both elements of the two track strategy before we adjourn for august recess. it took some prodding and a few dead line but it all has worked out for the better. we re going look at the road ahead with colorado democratic senator john hickenlooper who helped negotiate that bill. a house committee heard from some of the texas democratic law machers who fled the state to block passage of a voting restrictions bill as protesters march towards the state capitol in texas demanding action on voting rights. we re learning more about how far donald trump went in his efforts to get the justice department to help him pursue his false election fraud claim. we ll talk with a reporter that broke that story and get reaction from senate judiciary committee chair dick durbin. and nbc n
while they were trying to defend our nation s capitol. the big question this morning, did their words have any impact, will there be any consequence sns we ve got to start with the biden administration considering dramatic new action to combat the delta variant s rapid assault against unvaccinated communities. we are talking coronavirus. sources tell nbc news the white house is strongly looking at requiring federal workers to be vaccinated or face tough covid protocols like regular testing and wearing a mask. this news comes after the department of veterans affairs became the first federal agency to issue a vaccine mandate for all front line workers. and after california and new york city announced they will require vaccinations or weekly testing for all public employees. at the very same time, the cdc is out with brand new guidance, now recommending indoor masks again for everyone, including vaccinated americans, in specific covid hot spots. as a result, in the nation s capi