Nonstop on cable news. Not just on cable news. We are hearing the very same thing from elected officials including some republican elected officials. We are hearing it from the leaders of federal Law Enforcement agencies and of the intelligence agencies. We are hearing it from the pentagon. Just this week the new Secretary Of Defense ordered the entire u. S. Military to, quote, stand down while investigators cleanse the ranks of political extremists. And of course we are hearing it from the Business Establishment from wall street from the Tech Monopolies from the massive multinational corporations that increasingly control the contours of american life. All of them are now on the hunt for political extremists. And at one level that does not sound bad. Because no sane person is for political extremism, especially violent extremism. We are against it. Were for moderation. We are for incremental change. We are for the consent of the governed. We said that every day for four years and we m
the royal family simply don t recognize some of the things that harry and meghan told oprah. this is actually a slap in the face, i think. announcer: this is new day with alisyn camerota and john berman. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is new day. it is wednesday, march 10th, 6:00 here in new york. and this morning, the house of representatives is poised to take president biden s massive rescue plan over the finish line. in just a few hours, lawmakers will debate and hold a final vote on the $1.9 trillion relief package. it will deliver the largest ever direct payments to americans, bringing help to millions who are struggling. this will be a major legislative victory on president biden s 50th day in office. the president plans to sign it ahead of a prime-time address to the nation tomorrow night. that s one year after the pandemic plunged the country into shutdown. so he doesn t really have much selling to do w
this is new day and it will be an historic day in the u.s. congress. you re looking at live pictures of the u.s. capitol where later this morning, we do expect final passage of the $1.9 trillion relief package. this is a monumental piece of legislation that will have a huge impact. a new round of direct payments, the largest ever to americans, but it does much much more than that. child tax credits, more money for schools and health care on and on. the president will sign it ahead of his first prime-time address to the nation tomorrow night. and then he ll hit the road to sell the plan, which may not be that hard. we have a brand-new cnn poll which shows strong bipartisan support for the bill and especially what s inside it. the president s prime-time address will mark one year since the official start of the pandemic. today, nearly one in ten americans have been fully vaccinated, but there s still a along way to go for herd immunity. and public health officials say peopl
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straightforward. having a public platform that is maximally trusted and broadly inclusive. it s extremely important to the future of civilization. free speech. someone you don t like is allowed to say something you don t like. if that s the case, then we have free speech. it is annoying when someone you don t like this something you don t like. that s a sign of a healthy, functioning free-speech situation. laura: that s what our founders believed and of course that s the opposite of what twitter has become. jack dorsey turned into a digital version of like a college campus with different speech rules for conservatives and liberals. i know that well from the 1980s at dartmouth. we hope all of his changes under new leadership. all these developments show that